I am sick of this genre of “we must correct the liberal bias in academia” opinion pieces.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/opinion/liberal-universities-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

So I’m supposed to teach that climate change isn’t happening or isn’t being caused by human activity despite the overwhelming evidence that it is happening and we are responsible?

I’m supposed to teach that homosexual behavior is abnormal and unnatural, despite it being observed across many species (including other primates) and having a well documented prevalence in human history?

I’m supposed to teach that Reaganomics allows for uplifting everyone despite the overwhelming evidence that it only increases income inequality?

I’m supposed to teach that our history of systemic racism either did not exist or does not persist in causing social harm to this day, despite the overwhelming evidence for the generational impacts of practices like redlining and race biases in healthcare and the criminal justice system?

I’m supposed to teach that Trump won the 2020 election and was disenfranchised because of some deep state plot, despite the complete lack of evidence (and the counter evidence that he and his supporters knew they lost the election)?

Maybe the reason that conservative positions do not get traction in academia (and gets consistently flagged by fact-checking services) isn’t some nefarious conspiracy to suppress conservative voices. Maybe it’s just because most of what counts as conservative ideologies today are premised on non-empirical assumptions or flat out lies.

Greetings from California... stay warm out there!

I made this PG-ish version, but the original uncensored version -- without California or Canada marked -- was posted by disalmanac in 2014.

My uncensored version with CW is here: https://sfba.social/@mrbenji/109564555136446386

#satire #cold #winter #weather #meme #humor #funny #humor #california #schadenfreude #map #AltText

We are in the midst of another Google Reader-level community disruption.

It’s a good time to reset, take stock, clean house, and own your content!

If you don’t yet have your own web site—it’s a good time to start!

1. The most crucial piece is ownership of the domain name.
2. Then add content (it can just be plain HTML!)
3. Iterate on it! Make it better, but more importantly—make it yours.

My Compassionate User's Guide to Mastodon helped a lot of people, so I took it even farther! 🖖

It made me really glad to hear from people how my guide helped them, so I've compiled all my tips on one place and will keep updating with new articles as time goes by!💜

**I will be reposting this regularly!**👀

https://indubitablyodin.medium.com/a-respectful-guide-to-everything-you-need-to-know-about-mastodon-f726d8181e48?sk=c197dbd6b91da03924f100145fd96e5e

#New #NewHere #Help #FediTip #TwitterRefugee #TwitterMigration #Confused #Support #HowTo #Guide #Mastodon

Here are my Mastodon tips:

1. Follow hashtags
2. If you're adding a known user searching by url (e.g. https://mas.to/@x) is faster than by @name@server (e.g. @x)
3, Add hashtags to your posts to allow others to find you
4, Put your hashtags at the bottom for a better experience for screenreader users
5, Put alt text for images for screenreader users
6, Set the post visibility and language
7, The translate feature in Mastodon v4 is amazing
8, Boost interesting posts!

#FediTip #FediTips #Mastodon