Sandy Piderit PhD

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Day job is teaching in a business school in the South Bay, but I won’t write about that much here. This is my place for insomniac musings about our collective future. I’m an American progressive seeking intelligent #politics debate and hope for the #climatecrisis. I’m an #atheist teaching at a Jesuit university and working to unionize with my non-tenure-track colleagues. I also enjoy #DogsOfMastodon #HigherEd #unions #HistoricalFiction #ScienceFiction #Travel #Cooking #Knitting
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This is an infuriating story about journalists, bias and the energy industry. https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143753129/power-companies-florida-alabama-media-investigation-consulting-firm
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

NPR

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon

How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you're leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.

The Washington Post
Looks like the WSJ is going all in on moving to Mastodon, with this little tutorial available without a paywall.
https://www.wsj.com/story/how-to-use-mastodon-the-social-media-platform-blocked-by-elon-musks-twitter-7751455f
How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter

Mastodon could be the future of social media—if you can figure it out

Wall Street Journal
Before leaving Twitter, consider archiving your Tweets on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. https://help.archive.org/help/how-to-archive-your-tweets-with-the-wayback-machine/
How to archive your Tweets with the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center

People whom Teri Kanefield follows

417 Posts, 54 Following, 15.2K Followers · Housekeeping: If you are trying to follow me and you see "pending" or "withdraw request" it is a gitch. Click the pending button and refollow. SORRY! I’m a former appellate defender and a UC Berkeley Law graduate. My practice was limited to representing indigents on appeal. I’ve written more than a dozen books; published more than 50 short pieces in such mainstream outlets as the Washington Post and Cnn.com. My book prizes include the Jane Addams Book Award.

Mastodon
@gwbstr @mmasnick my links are still in my profile on twitter (links to mastodon and Post) because I put them there before the new rules went into effect. There’s still a warning generated when you click on the mastodon link but it can be overridden.
Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021
https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/ #dataviz #boost #climatechange #climate
Video: Climate Spiral – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

The visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2021.

Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

@seekingsrishti sorry to hear you are a victim of Musk’s “move fast and break things “ approach. Who do you most want to connect with? Lots of hashtags help.
@Hollenbeck_Girl the star is a favorite and only you can see how many favorites one of your toots has received. There’s no algorithm shaping your feed so favorites are just for the warm fuzzy feelings.