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  1. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 23:48:45 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 23:48:45 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: fediscience.org
      FediScience.org
      Fediscience is the social network for scientists.
  2. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 11:38:41 JST simsa04 simsa04
    Collaborative decision making: https://www.loomio.com/ Looks interesting.
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 11:38:41 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.loomio.com
      Loomio: decide together
      Bring people together, have discussions, make proposals and achieve clear outcomes
  3. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 10:04:22 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 10:04:22 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  4. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 08:44:34 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 08:44:34 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  5. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 01:39:27 JST simsa04 simsa04
    • Dvd Mrsdn
    We love the invasive species...
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 01:39:27 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  6. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 00:12:10 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.]
    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 00:12:10 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: substackcdn.com
      Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk
      from Casey Newton
      They're skeptical of their workers, too. PLUS: New details on Musk's 'general amnesty' for banned Twitter users
  7. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 13:44:17 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 13:44:17 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  8. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 11:08:08 JST simsa04 simsa04
    • Lohan Gunaweera
    • simsa04
    @lohang
    It was his notice and the thread of replies thereof here https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/4947733
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 11:08:08 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: files.mastodon.social
      Eugen Rochko (@Gargron@mastodon.social)
      from Eugen Rochko
      If text search is ever implemented, it should be limited to your home timeline/mentions only. Lack of full-text search on general content is intentional, due to negative social dynamics of it in other networks
  9. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:59:26 JST simsa04 simsa04
    • Lohan Gunaweera
    • simsa04
    @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.
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:59:26 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: mastodon.help
      Mastodon Help - Guide
      A thorough introduction to Mastodon
  10. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:54:43 JST simsa04 simsa04
    in reply to
    • Lohan Gunaweera
    https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2960/searching-toots-by-their-content-is-not-enabled-on-this-mastodon-server/2
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:54:43 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: avatars2.githubusercontent.com
      "Searching toots by their content is not enabled on this Mastodon server."
      I wonder if it has something to do with this: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/optional/elasticsearch/
  11. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:38:08 JST simsa04 simsa04
    in reply to
    • Lohan Gunaweera
    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...
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 10:38:08 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  12. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:40:51 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:40:51 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: i.guim.co.uk
      London museum returns looted Benin City artefacts to Nigeria
      from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/harrietsherwood
      Six objects stolen by British soldiers in 19th century are handed over in ceremony at Horniman Museum
  13. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:37:10 JST simsa04 simsa04
    in reply to
    • Mike Knell
    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...)
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:37:10 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  14. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:32:32 JST simsa04 simsa04
    in reply to
    • band
    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!)
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:32:32 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  15. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:27:17 JST simsa04 simsa04
    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.
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 04:27:17 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: thehauntedgeneration.files.wordpress.com
      Picture Box, Sean Reynard and Quentin Smirhes
      from Bob Fischer
      It’s 1978. Or 1979. Or 1980… it doesn’t really make any difference. What’s important here is that I’m ill, and off school, languishing in a somnambulent haze of measle…
  16. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 02:23:56 JST simsa04 simsa04
    • Micro SF/F by O. Westin
    Lovely!
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 02:23:56 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  17. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 01:30:39 JST simsa04 simsa04
    in reply to
    • band
    Esp when people claiming "various realities" do that from the standpoint of a single reality, thus self-defeating their claim...
    In conversation Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 01:30:39 JST from gnusocial.net permalink
  18. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 23:03:25 JST simsa04 simsa04
    "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.
    In conversation Monday, 28-Nov-2022 23:03:25 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: nytco-assets.nytimes.com
      An Open Letter from Editors and Publishers: Publishing is Not a Crime | The New York Times Company
  19. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:51:28 JST simsa04 simsa04
    https://ko-fi.com/quentinsmirhes
    You can donate to the incredible Quentin Smirhes.
    And you should.
    To gain your worldly indulgence.
    Instantenously.
    In conversation Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:51:28 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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  20. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:39:37 JST simsa04 simsa04
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZSK9rNCpYI

    [The dynamic of your fears...]
    In conversation Monday, 28-Nov-2022 04:39:37 JST from gnusocial.net permalink

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      QUENTIN'S JACK IN THE BOX P.I.F
      from Quentin Smirhes
      A cautionary tale.If you would care to fund Quentin's lunctionmeat obssession kindly follow the link below -https://ko-fi.com/quentinsmirhes
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