ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Under the conditions of kyriarchy, oppression is not merely one group dominating over another. Rather, it is a complex matrix of status/power which includes many different groups existing in dominance over other groups, with individuals who have memberships in both dominant groups and oppressed groups. As such, any one person can serve as both oppressor and oppressed depending upon who they are interacting with and the social context of the interaction.

Reminder to anyone who supports the NYT staff's labor action: unless a miracle happens and we get a contract deal by midnight, we will be walking out for one day tomorrow, Dec. 8.

We'll be asking supportive readers to abstain from visiting/using NYT offerings for the day, midnight to midnight. That means articles. That means multimedia. That means... Wordle.

I know. That one pains me too. But maybe the word will be like LYMPH and we'll all be lucky to miss it.

Given the rich abundance of learning materials and tools online, we're at the very beginning of a revolution in peer-to-peer learning. The peeragogy project has been going on for over 10 years now: learn the latest, access the peeragogy handbook, find out how to participate at http://peeragogy.org

This is what i wrote about it 11 years ago, when i initiated the project, which has since been taken up by a worldwide community:

https://clalliance.org/blog/toward-peeragogy/

#education #learning #pedagogy #p2p

Just got laid off from BuzzFeed and I’m truly heartbroken. I have so much passion for writing and to get this news right before Christmas is truly devastating. If anyone is looking for a writer—I’m available for hire. 🙁 #tuesday

the first step in becoming a #mastodon #nerd is admitting you are one ~ #ai #aiart #art #digitalart #mastoart #midjourney #socialmedia #community

There are so many indictments of Republican elected officials, I actually mixed this one up with another one.

Florida Republican who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ indicted on Covid relief fraud charges -
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/07/joe-harding-federally-indicted-00072896

Crazy.

#space #astrophysics #interstellar #earth

I've been seeing so many people who should know better using this AI selfie app anyway. Here's a good article from @hyperallergic about why that's a bad idea.

Key quote: "So, you’re spending money to give up the rights to your face, and there doesn’t seem to be much you can do if your AI-generated selfie is incorporated into a digital advertisement for a scammy cartoon porn site or something." https://hyperallergic.com/785759/read-this-before-you-jump-on-the-lensa-magic-avatar-trend/

Fran called. She is out of ranch dressing. I told her we can go to the store after I've finished watching QVC.

High Park Trees
Day 1 of #ArtAdventCalendar
#photography #trees #treesofmastodon #art

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Moore v. Harper, a consequential case where Republicans are trying to advance the fringe independent state legislature theory. Read @marceelias@twitter.com' thoughts on how the argument went.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/headed-toward-a-middle-ground-todays-argument-in-moore-v-harper/

My mother was a Christmas baby born on December 25; and my advice to you is, this: DON'T GIVE BIRTH ON A HOLIDAY!

@CatherineFlick so I am offering this specific experience non-prescriptively, as something to think about, but the one thing that I feel quite strongly about is to banish “screen time” from your vocabulary and push back on anyone using that framing, which most people will. It’s like taking nutrition advice based on “calorie time” or literacy advice on “paper time”. Not all time with devices is of the same character or quality.

New Discovery Could Explain Why We've Been Misled Over The Cause of Alzheimer's

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-discovery-could-explain-why-weve-been-misled-over-the-cause-of-alzheimers

@FreyaSu At home, I do the same. On mobile, I am using #metatext for now but the app is not good. I am waiting for the guy with the #ivory app for #mastodon. I am deeply missing an app for #friendica and such ...

#Rappler, please correct this: Users of #Mastodon have created a “Fediverse”…

Please also correct: “Mastodon's fediverse”. The fediverse is not Mastodon's, Mastodon is simply one part of the #Fediverse network.

A little #history.

* 2008: #identica, powered by #OStatus protocol, came online. The first publicly launched federated platform, or software, as well as service.

* 2010: #Friendica (called #Mistpark during development, and #Friendika when it) launched publicly.

* Sometime between 2010 and 2012, the term #Fediverse was first coined to replace the brand-based terminology #identiverse (based on identica).

* 2014: The W3C started the #ActivityPub protocol working group.

* 2016: Mastodon launched, supporting only the #OStatus protocol.

* 2017 July: #Hubzilla officially added support for the ActivityPub protocol.

* 2017 September: Mastodon officially added support for the ActivityPub protocol

* 2018 January: ActivityPub officially reached “W3C Recommendation” (a.k.a. launched, stable, final, recommended standard)

The Fediverse has existed since 2008. Eight years before there ever was a “Mastodon” platform/software. It was not even the first to implement the ActivityPub protocol.

https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/understanding-mastodon-beginners-guide/