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I'm willing to call systems that perpetuate existing biases "inequitable" ("inequity") because the idea of equity inherently involves existing social context.

Of course one might ask, "Well, why can't the concepts of bias and discrimination involve social context?" Well, they sure can; in fact, most uses of terms like "systemic [bias/X-ism]" seem to.

There's no point in arguing over definitions and I guess it's "just semantics" to a degree. But again, I think the distinction matters.

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I think a distinction needs to be made between social systems that introduce new forms of bias/discrimination and those that perpetuate existing forms. The former category is what I think of when it comes to terms like "bias," "discrimination," and the "X-isms." This is why the term " " in particular rubs me the wrong way: Pretty much every instance I have read about falls under latter category.

Maybe I should start using my Twitter account, just to follow relevant accounts (Not everyone has a Mastodon bridge lol)

"Maybe it’s expecting too much of the American people, but I wish the FDA could lean into this strategy. Grant drugs one-star, two-star, etc approvals... Then you could attach different legal rights and requirements to each of those."

"Adumbrations Of Aducanumab" from Astral Codex Ten

astralcodexten.substack.com/p/

We have the right to a better digital future - a future where the ambitions of would-be monopolists and their shareholders take a back-seat to fairness, equity, and your right to self-determination. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/util

The #ACCESSAct will help everyone that Big Tech has silenced - from BLM to Palestinians, Christian ministries to conservatives - create their online forums, with house rules that reflect their own values and needs. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/righ

"13 important points in the campus & K-12 'critical race theory' debate" by by Greg Lukianoff, Adam Goldstein, Bonnie Snyder and Ryne Weiss in "The Eternally Radical Idea" thefire.org/13-important-point

(Side note: The replies to Lukianoff's Twitter thread on the article are a perfect demonstration of one of the reasons why I hate Twitter threads. I gave up trying to follow the discussion under each post. twitter.com/glukianoff/status/ )

YouTube says this is due to a security update that was made for unlisted videos, but they clearly have the technical ability to preserve the URLs of old videos if they have an opt-out option.

"URIs don't change: people change them." w3.org/Provider/Style/URI

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is setting unlisted videos uploaded before 2017 to private unless the channel owner opts out.

If you have any old unlisted videos, please opt out ASAP so people can continue to access the videos at the same URLs!
blog.youtube/news-and-events/u

I wonder how many these days still adhere to the classic model of providing downloadable audio files in an RSS/Web feed, rather than locking the audio behind streaming services and apps

We're calling on @paypal to reinstate the account of a long-time Tor supporter and commit to more transparency about account closures and freezes going forward. eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/payp

"What digital files and digital artists do have is duplicatability... I'm horrified to see this willingly traded for an opportunity to reproduce the worst parts of the existing physical art market, where 'the original' is useful foremost as a rare thing- a unique thing- that, in its scarcity, is an asset."

"HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY 'BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?'" by Everest Pipkin everestpipkin.medium.com/but-t

Digital rights are only as strong as our power to enforce them. But when we sue government officials for violating our digital rights, they often get away with it because of a dangerous legal doctrine called “qualified immunity.” Congress must repeal it.

eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/why-

I don't share the same attitude of ownership over my work that some other artists/creatives seem to have, but have to agree that this whole thing (and I'm inclined to say the hype around in general) is absolutely ridiculous.

By the way, if you want to get a sense of the environmental impact of NFTs specifically there's cryptoart.wtf/

(Repost w/ more hashtags)

(It probably would've been better if only the account owner could tokenize their posts but still.)

"Connections Versus Subscriptions," in other words, only some connections include wanting to receive a regular feed of what they post: collectedoverspread.tumblr.com

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