Joel VanderWerf

@joelvanderwerf@sfba.social
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Mathematician. Applying semigroup theory to distributed computing, convergent replication.
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You needed to see a video of a hare displaying vertical take off and landing (VTOL) capability when scared by a curlew ...

Source -
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/watch-the-moment-curlew-frightens-a-hare-which-wandered-too-close-to-its-nest-5146242

Columbia cancelled my class on race and media. I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students. And more than 3,100 in the waitlist. Class starts tomorrow. We MOVE✊🏾 karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...

this is an incredibly well written article.

My Family and the Flood: A Firsthand Account https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”

The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

Texas Monthly

roses are red
tulips are white

WE FOUND A NEANDERTHAL INDUSTRIAL SITE

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257

Good morning #SanFrancisco

good morning.

#SanFrancisco

Another day, another egregious act of evil. IDF struck a line of children waiting for nutritional supplements. The people ordering these attacks are evil bastards.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd01g1gxro

Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says

Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah.

Fediverse is still the most lively social network I have ever used, since MySpace in 2003. It is better than Twitter or any commercial social media platform ever was. Absolutely love being here.

The most profound thing about it is the international coverage. After the first wave of enshittification in 2010, algorithms took over, and suddenly as a polyglot I was labeled as Finnish. No more visible international posts, people only saw the Finnish ones.

I've noticed the same effect in commercial AI. It ignores the fact that I use English online 99% of the time and still replies to me in Finnish despite all instructions. Algorithms and AI label you. They assign you a language, a status, a certain type of person. There's no changing that.

The Fediverse and Mastodon are delightfully mine, yours, and truly open source - respecting privacy. Nobody's machine can tell you, "You are this, and this is why we do that."

Fuck labelers and the fog machines. Let me be me. Here, on my own server, I can embrace my weirdness and post however I want, how often I want, whenever I want, in whatever language I choose - without constantly worrying about how my identity will be perceived by a machine.

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

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Interior of a church converted to a roller rink. http://www.churchof8wheels.com
Church of 8 Wheels | San Francisco's Roller Skating Rink | San Francisco CA

Abandoned churches make great roller rinks. We provide: classes, parties, open skating sessions, fitness skating programs, line dancing, and much more!