mastodon 4.7.3Studying the impact of tech on the most marginalized peoples informed by history, abolition, & my oversized heart. I made @alterconf & @fundbettertech.
“The machine conceals the machinations.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
#STS #Sociology #PublicInterestTech #Tech #SocialJustice #Inequality #AntiRacism #AntiFascism #AntiCapitalism #Abolition #Labor #Unions #FeministKilljoy
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"The first page of Google results are links to pages that have scraped other pages for information from other pages that have been scraped for information. All the sources seem to link back to one another. There is no origin. The photos on the page look weird. The hands are disfigured. There is no image credit." https://www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/
I’m once again asking for you to provide meaningful release notes for your apps.
I just keep thinking about @kissane@mas.to talking about the next pandemic, the next climate disaster, and the next genocide. Put so plainly it’s like a gut punch. #xoxofest
Lol why didn’t y’all tell me I got a sunburn!!! #xoxofest
The general public have become even more feral since the pandemic.
Made it to #xoxofest! Please feel free to come say hi, I’m wearing a bright pink hoodie and a polka dot backpack 💕
A lot of shared sentiment on the web we’ve lost and the web we should hope for in this talk from @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io #xoxofest
Woke up, ate a small breakfast, and went right back to bed for a couple hours. I think the weekend has taken more out of me than I realized.
Biden admin is gonna start sending out free covid tests again (end of Sept) so you know the surge must be real bad.
@polotek@social.polotek.net it felt great. Everyone wore high quality masks, we ate outside, there was a channel in the slack where we posted our morning covid test results. There was absolutely still risk, but there’s little I would change about the event.
Bawling courtesy of @andymcmillan@xoxo.zone #xoxofest
Out of control
West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2024/02/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians/
@aki@toot.cat I ran into someone a couple days ago that asked “you know Cordelia, right?” and I was like “only for forever” lol 💕 @thebestsophist@scholar.social
@andy@dotgr.id you too! What a great weekend :)
@matthewcassinelli@mastodon.social I walked past you yesterday but you were deep in conversation. Hope you’re doing well!
@numist@xoxo.zone glad you’re mostly okay!
@luis_in_brief@social.coop contentious
@danhon@dan.mastohon.com was nice running into you yesterday!
@harpaa01@mastodon.social absolutely :))
@nev@flipping.rocks oh my goodness, glad you’re okay 💕
