Steven Davis (WireDisability)

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Disability-related startup founder @WireDisability on Twitter at https://disabilitynewswire.net/ #disability #SpecialEducation #accessibility #marketing
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Apr 6, 2023
Hacker News 50Apr 5, 2023

Mindset shifts for functional programming (with Clojure)

Link: https://blog.janetacarr.com/mindset-shifts-for-functional-programming-with-clojure/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35439916

#clojure

Mindset shifts for Functional Programming (with Clojure)

For more experienced functional programmers, most of this post will seem introductory, but I introduce some more advanced stuff near the end. Functional Programming over Canadian Programming Lately, I've been thinking about this Functional Programming journey I've been on. I thought it started when I was twenty, but It may

Janet A. Carr
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Apr 6, 2023
PixelJonesApr 5, 2023

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) has introduced a bill that would end corporate personhood with the goal of reversing #citizensunited

Thank you,
thank you, thank you @RepJayapal
We should keep pushing this until it is impossible to ignore.

https://truthout.org/articles/corporations-are-not-people-jayapal-files-bill-to-reverse-citizens-united/

“Money Is Not Speech”: Jayapal Files Constitutional Amendment to Reverse “Citizens United”

The proposal specifies that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as individuals.

Truthout
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 9, 2023
Show threadSteven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023

@bhawthorne @drewharwell

Owning your name (and your home) in the Fediverse

Almost no one starts a business without buying a domain and setting up a basic website.

The same is rapidly becoming true for the Fediverse.

(It doesn't have to be Mastodon or an open instance)

With Open Social networking, you control your relationship with your community (or rather they control their relationship with you-equally good)

https://disabilitynewswire.net/social-blogging/

Misunderstanding Mastodon & the Emergence of Social Blogging

Is Mastodon the “next big thing” in social networking? Perhaps, but it may signal something even more significant…

Disability Media Wire
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 9, 2023
Show threadSteven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023

@jimcarroll @drewharwell...

The question will be..
How long until media companies start going live and publishing consistently in the Fediverse.

...especially as simply launching a server at this point will be a bit newsworthy...

Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023
Show threadFuturist Jim CarrollFeb 8, 2023

@drewharwell It's pretty certain that Wapo has a Mastodon server running in test mode somewhere while they figure out their launch plans....

Bookmark this, you'll remember my point in the future.

Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023
Drew HarwellFeb 8, 2023
The Washington Post now flags journalists' profiles as verified on Mastodon.
Show threadSteven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023

@jimcarroll @drewharwell...

The question will be..
How long until media companies start going live and publishing consistently in the Fediverse.

...especially as simply launching a server at this point will be a bit newsworthy...

Show threadSteven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023

@bhawthorne @drewharwell

Owning your name (and your home) in the Fediverse

Almost no one starts a business without buying a domain and setting up a basic website.

The same is rapidly becoming true for the Fediverse.

(It doesn't have to be Mastodon or an open instance)

With Open Social networking, you control your relationship with your community (or rather they control their relationship with you-equally good)

https://disabilitynewswire.net/social-blogging/

Misunderstanding Mastodon & the Emergence of Social Blogging

Is Mastodon the “next big thing” in social networking? Perhaps, but it may signal something even more significant…

Disability Media Wire
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 8, 2023
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 6, 2023

@TexasObserver

There is nothing but upside for media companies getting serious about Direct Social Publishing in the #fediverse.

It will be interesting to see when more tools come out to make this easier.

Thank you @Hey_Beth!

https://disabilitynewswire.net/start-direct-social-publishing-today-the-real-meaning-of-mastodon/

Start Direct Social Publishing Today on Mastodon

Social networks and discovery platforms depend on the work of highly motivated creators, influencers, brands, and advertisers. Get off the hamster wheel and start owning your social feed. Start directly publishing your social content into the open social Fediverse.

Disability Media Wire
Steven Davis (WireDisability)Feb 6, 2023

@TexasObserver

There is nothing but upside for media companies getting serious about Direct Social Publishing in the #fediverse.

It will be interesting to see when more tools come out to make this easier.

Thank you @Hey_Beth!

https://disabilitynewswire.net/start-direct-social-publishing-today-the-real-meaning-of-mastodon/

Start Direct Social Publishing Today on Mastodon

Social networks and discovery platforms depend on the work of highly motivated creators, influencers, brands, and advertisers. Get off the hamster wheel and start owning your social feed. Start directly publishing your social content into the open social Fediverse.

Disability Media Wire