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Nathan Murphy
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Thought I'd be dead and buried in Brooklyn, turns out I meant Denver.
(moving) APODA Multiple Green Flash Sunset
Image Credit & Copyright: T. Slovinský & P. Horálek (IoP Opava); CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA
Robert McNeesMathematician Emmy Noether was born #OTD in 1882. She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, and her eponymous theorems articulated the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics.
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mekka okereke 
Instead of just listing a bunch of Black accomplishments to try to counter that lie, I want us to look at the language that US folk use to describe discoveries or inventions. It's dripping with racism and white centering.
Non-white people are invisible. They don't even count. When we say "discovered," we really mean discovered "for white people." This is baked into our language.
This "I only see white people" impacts people of all other races, but anti-Black racism is most egregious.
Dan SinkerThere's A LOT of discussion about content moderation right now and very little of it touches on the fact that we've all lived on the big social sites for the last decade-plus thanks to the massively exploitated labor of mostly-invisible moderation workers. The social web at scale wouldn't have happened without these laborers, who in addition to shit wages, have been exposed to literally every imaginable horror.
If we're remaking this world, let's do better on that front.
Laura MartinezJust say “Gracias” and have a Happy Thanksgiving y'all! http://wp.me/p30bS-4YL
here's a picture of a bunch of cool telescopes. mine's the one in front, on the tracking platform.
also the threat of racism/bigotry grows at least geometrically with your follower and melanin count, as well as any sort deviation from a saltine gender identification. mastodon may not last as any sort of place for non cishet nonwhite folk. it might, but likely won't without moderation across the fediverse to keep asshat ofay nazi bullshit at bay
some of the fear/hand-wringing for non-professional social users is the FOMO of not being on the "cool" or "cache" mastodon instance. for *non-pro* users, it will not matter nearly as much which instance you are on, especially since you can bounce later. advice: try to join multiple to secure your handle, then see what happens and trim the one(s) you don't like.
notice i typed *non-pro*. the impact of the "wrong" instance is real for people with large followings or the need to pay rent with it
notice i typed *non-pro*. the impact of the "wrong" instance is real for people with large followings or the need to pay rent with it