Notices by simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net), page 5
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simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 23:48:45 JST 
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For info on science in the fediverse I guess I'll use the local TL of https://fediscience.org/public/local like a list. Interesting stuff there. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 11:38:41 JST
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Collaborative decision making: https://www.loomio.com/ Looks interesting. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 10:04:22 JST
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Finding myself urging people on #Twitter to keep their accounts there, if only for disaster and emergency communication, for art, for all the good info they only got via this platform (public journalism, scientific papers, etc.). Critics of Twitter, esp. those aligned with open blabla, the Fediverse and their distaste of Big Social usually ignore the immense benefits this platform has provided, irresepctive of the ugly and violent aspects. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 08:44:34 JST
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In my newly purchased "Handwörterbuch des Deutschen Aberglaubens" ("Dictionary of superstition and folk magic in German language countries") (10 vols., 1927-1942, Swiss editorial board), I've stumbled across a beautiful explanation for the origin of the celebration of people's birthdays, of birthday parties, and the exchange of birthday presents.
In the whole Greek, Roman, and Persian cultural aera before Christ it was assumed that with the birth of a child a good demon had chased away the evil demons. That is: The birth of a child was already the sign (evidence) that a good demon had succeeded against the evil ones. In honour of and gratitude to this "deus natalis" ("god of birth") celebrations were held and offerings presented. Thus a birthday party was not the celebration of the person born but a celebration of gratitude for the guarding demon that had ensured the save birth of this person. (Today we would rather speak opf one's guardian angel.)
I find this custom beautiful in at least two respects:
* Not the person but his/her good demon is acknowledged.
* Whereas in Christianity the newborn child is already sinful (and wicked, which is why early baptism is required), in this custom the arrival of the baby is *by being born* already evidence that the good demon had been successful, i.e., the birth of the child is already a sign of peace.
Given these origins, I'm more inclined than before to accept birthday parties. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 01:39:27 JST
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We love the invasive species... -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 00:12:10 JST
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Casey Newton & Zoë Schiffer, "Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk" https://www.platformer.news/p/why-some-tech-ceos-are-rooting-for
« If you’re an executive who has grown increasingly frustrated by the work culture of the past half-decade or so [...] Musk’s sledgehammer tactics must feel like a balm. These leaders only fantasized about firing their most vocal internal critics; Musk went out and did it. Often without even knowing what job those workers did! [...]
And if it doesn’t work? Musk’s management style seems likely to prove influential anyway. Some tech executives have long sought an excuse to begin unwinding some of the leverage that their workforce gained in the roaring 2010s. As the economy weakens, Musk’s full-throated embrace of austerity measures may have given them one. »
[Painting the dynamic as one of "robber barons" against "woke left" seems naive. Not just for the simplistic historical approach but for the omission that tech firms embraced this "white-male-woke-fun workplace culture" for a reason: maximzing profits. In earlier times CEOs turned to "management by birthday party", now they may again embrace "management by terror", but the goal stays the same.
Furthermore, the article doesn't take into account that a CEO loses a company's edge when he turns to the latter style as a hierarchical company stiffles creativity. Returning to a 1960s IBM company culture seems ludicrous given how many tech companies went bust because of this approach.] -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 13:44:17 JST
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Today's Tai Chi was very pleasant. Coming to the last third of the form the chatterbox suddenly turned silent, and all there was was movement watching movement. This abrupt becoming silent occurs more often now. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 11:08:08 JST
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@lohang
It was his notice and the thread of replies thereof here https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/4947733 -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:59:26 JST
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@lohang
. and https://mastodon.help/ "searching things"
I just give these two examples as I cannot find the Dear Leader's own notice he posted recently... When I find it, I'll send you the link. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:54:43 JST
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https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2960/searching-toots-by-their-content-is-not-enabled-on-this-mastodon-server/2 -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:38:08 JST
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Didn't the Dear Leader of mastodon.social curtail the search functionality of m.s.? You can't even search your own posts in your own Home TL there. So I wouldn't be surprised if the same restriuctions have been baked into the software every mastodon instance runs. Also, what you still can do on m.s. is search people but not posts. Seems like the Dear Leader wants to increase traffic by all means. But I stop here as I am getting too cynical... -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:40:51 JST
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Harriet Sherwood, "London museum returns looted Benin City artefacts to Nigeria" https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/nov/28/london-museum-returns-looted-benin-city-artefacts-to-nigeria -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:37:10 JST
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Oh man, now you spoiled it for me!
I can only hope the aliens somehow managed to travel through space and time without being able to decode DBV-T. Perhaps because they never had to, as, perhaps, they never managed to develop art and TV.
(In fact, being a species that simultaneously developed and maintained art (with big "A") and TV could surely designate us as a wonder of the universe. Other species' heads would explode by the mere attempt...) -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:32:32 JST
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In former awful times in the hospitality industry I came up with this slogan: "Reality is when there is no place left to argue or disagree." (Just do the damn job!) -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:27:17 JST
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Bob Fischer, "Picture Box, Sean Reynard and Quentin Smirhes" (2019) https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2019/06/01/picture-box-sean-reynard-and-quentin-smirhes/
A wonderful interview with artist Sean Reynard. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 02:23:56 JST
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Lovely! -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 01:30:39 JST
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Esp when people claiming "various realities" do that from the standpoint of a single reality, thus self-defeating their claim... -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 23:03:25 JST
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"An Open Letter from Editors and Publishers: Publishing is Not a Crime" https://www.nytco.com/press/an-open-letter-from-editors-and-publishers-publishing-is-not-a-crime/
#Assange is not a journalist but the leader of a private intelligence service that he used to pursue his own personal vendettas. Insofar the talk about the freedom of the press is misguided and misleading and Assange not an example for the claim that that it is in jeopardy.
That doesn't change the fact that Assange in his years of solitary confinement in Belmarsh Prison endured brutal isolation torture. For this treatment he is entitled to full compensation and restitution. It is for this reason, and not some alleged danger to the freedom of the press, that I support and endorse his immediate release, his full restitution, and compensation for all the damages inflicted on him. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:51:28 JST
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https://ko-fi.com/quentinsmirhes
You can donate to the incredible Quentin Smirhes.
And you should.
To gain your worldly indulgence.
Instantenously. -
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:39:37 JST
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZSK9rNCpYI
[The dynamic of your fears...]
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