(webdev Tory) @worldsendless@qoto.org

I do not want to be given iron-fisted control over my child's media habits, particularly as they grow up, but every "parental controls" app and setting is based on the idea that I need a way to prevent my kid from learning that trans people exist or that people say "shit" sometimes, not that I want to just give them a device which has the stuff that we have put on it that does not *advertise* other things to them constantly. I have no interest in preventing them from seeking out information.

Wow. Talking about license plate registration stickers has actually caused me to stick up for one of those typically 'murican values.

Do we really need a differently-colored sticker every year to signal the car is properly registered in this day and age of enforcement cameras with OCR hooked up to central databases? Strictly speaking, no.

But it's a nice alternative to that sort of surveillance tech being everywhere which I'd rather not normalize.

@worldsendless @talios We're working on a way to let people opt in from K-9 Mail to Thunderbird for Android, as our plan is to give people an easy migration path. We hope this answer helps!

December 1. Start of #AdventOfSystemSeeing 2023 edition.

Like last year, there will be daily prompts on the AdventOfSystemSeeing hashtag (making it easy to follow or mute).

The idea is to do daily (15-20 minute) exercises in a System Journal (notebook). These could be a “make your own advent(ure)” sort of thing, or you can follow the prompts on the hashtag each day.

Day 1 #AdventOfSystemSeeing

Without looking at one (not even a picture), draw a bicycle.

Annotate with observations and questions that your drawing raises for you.

(I have us do this exercise during of some of my workshops. It’s more interesting and useful than it sounds — probably.)

Day 2 #AdventOfSystemSeeing

On Systems

Jot down your ideas about systems. This will form a useful baseline to look back at, when we get to the end of this advent(ure).

You could use a Mind Map with branches such as "definitional concepts," "related concepts," "approaches to," "people to learn from," etc. Or a Concept Map. A set of doodles perhaps. Text. Or something else -- let us know what you tried (if you'd like to, of course).

It's the weekend. It'd be nice to have fun with it.

Day 4 #AdventOfSystemSeeing

Identify Focal Situation

Think of a situation you want to explore as we practice various systems approaches and views. It's good if it's something that matters to you, but don't stress too much about your choice, as you can always shift focus as you explore and refine your understanding. If it helps, think of a challenge you’re facing, that you want to understand better, and address/resolve/dissolve...

Briefly describe the situation.

Day 5 #AdventOfSystemSeeing

Sketch the Situation

Start to explore the situation you described on Day 4 - visually this time. I like Rich Pictures for this: identify who (people, organizations, systems) is involved in this situation, how they interact, (annotating to add) what their purpose and role is as it relates to this situation, what they care about, their concerns, and so forth.

Use words and images, but keep it informal and sketchy.

Day 6 #AdventOfSystemSeeing

Re-Center

Take a look over the visual situation description (rich picture) you drew yesterday. Pick a person or group that is significant to the situation you’re exploring, and center the next frame on them. Draw a Rich Picture of the people, systems, organizations, etc. that they're encountering, as broadly related to their concerns on the previous visual situation description (rich picture).

Day 3 finished, only a couple days late. 😅 Would have been sooner if I'd written fewer bugs
https://github.com/lambdasierra/adventofcode2023/tree/e1d26a64e2061502ce914907fdbb3b869600adea/clojure/src/advent/day03

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