ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

I wrote up some of the tricks and tools and tips I've picked up that have made Mastodon more useful, and which people seem to appreciate when I share with them: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/

It can be difficult to find hope in such a cynical time, but remember this:

Small actions and victories lead to bigger ones, and the improbable becomes possible.

We must keep up the fight. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/staying-hopeful-in-a-cynical-time#details

This is what disappears on 1st Jan 2024:

— equal pay for women
— holiday pay
— agency worker rights
— data protection rights
— protections of TUPE
— consultation when redundancies are proposed
— paid maternity and parental leave
— part-time and fixed-term protections
— rest breaks
— max working hours
— night worker protections
— rights on the insolvency of an employer and more

You won’t even have the right to a written statement of job terms and conditions

We have to #GTTO before then!

There is no war on Christmas. But there is a fucking war on a round Earth, a war on science and a war on facts.

Did you know that Biden signed 65 pieces of legislation into law this week? If you didn’t, it’s worth asking why the media you listen to didn’t tell you that. #politics #media #bidenwins

Rare sighting of Tadpole Shrimp, a prehistoric creature that existed on earth for 550 million years

"The forests of Tama Hills are our home. So you can't keep destroying them all! This plea is from every living creature in the forest."

🚜🚜🚜

Anime: Pom Poko (1994).

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #pompoko #metaphor

Mörkopoly [Early Access] by NeonoN

"MÖRKOPOLY is the first ever attempt at a MÖRK BORG borrgame, set in the indie darling's own unique setting - the Dying World. Players will assume the roles of its unfortunate denizens, travelling through the grim and perilous land, not to buy property or erect housing projects, but to simply survive the longest."

#MorkBorg #Monopoly what's not to love/ loathe entirely?

The cute lil goblin is staring into my soul!

#TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #Itchio #NeonoN

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“The road forward will be paved with sociopaths and sociopathy. It could be decades before this cancer is removed from the body politic. In the now, we will face more death, destruction and terrorism because of this shameless servitude to [getting and] keeping power, democracy be dammed.” https://america.substack.com/p/the-sociopathy-of-greg-abbott-redux

Sahra Wagenknecht: heroine of German left could become ally of far right - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/29/sahra-wagenknecht-german-left-die-linke-breakaway-far-right-afd to no one's surprise

Throwing criminal politicians in prison isn't the sign of an unstable democracy. Letting criminal politicians run free is how you become a former democracy.

Literature escaping the clutches of copyright should be celebrated more often. Better yet, let’s shorten the length of copyright. It’s honestly absurdly and unjustifiably long.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/28/23528003/sherlock-holmes-metropolis-to-the-lighthouse-public-domain-day-2023

Ah, so it was just an upgrade... that borked the site. Uh huh. #Elonmusk #Birdsite

Still two slots open for my introduction to #mastodon class tomorrow.
https://sfba.social/@dcreemer/109588712651380568

Dear podcaster:

If you don't have the bandwidth to publish a transcript (even a rough, machine-generated one) along with the podcast, it's super-unlikely that I'll have the bandwidth to listen to it.

Apologies, but time is the scarcest resource.

Chinese media bragging about high vaccination rates is largely bullshit because so many of us have not been vaccinated in over a year so. By Chinese scientist's own studies we are effectively unprotected and not being permitted to boost- so are getting much sicker for no reason.