leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

I like this quote:

“The problem is that electric cars are popular with politicians precisely because they provide an excuse to avoid doing harder things, like rebuilding our cities, or changing the habits of lifetimes. Persuading people to switch from their old gasoline car to a shiny Tesla is much easier than persuading them that they can live without a car. Hence governments are pushing electric cars, often with incentives that make no sense.” - Daniel Knowles, author of Carmageddon

"The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will rip up hard-won privacy protections. This will not only harm UK citizens, but also the rights of Europeans living inside and outside of the UK."

🗣️ @marianods for ORG. #DPDIBill #GDPR #dataprotection

https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-data-protection-reform-under-eu-rights-gdpr

Today marks my 4 year's anniversary of moving to The UK, to live with a group of friends I have known for quite while prior.
Four years later, I still live here, and our relationship are growing stronger for each day that passes.

This has been long time in the making. And I am thrilled that it actually came to fruition.

Happy squeak and the wish of cheese for everyone who would like some*.

*due technically reasons, only virtual and imaginary cheese can be offered at this time

I see the old “too many people are going to university to do Mickey Mouse degrees” trope is doing the rounds again. My son did a degree in Comedy Writing and Performance. Did he get a job in the creative industries? No. Is he earning a good salary? Also no. But he was greatly enriched by studying something he was passionate about for three years. What is wrong with just learning for learning’s sake? Education is not supposed to be merely a mechanism for churning out workers

Boy, nothing says welcome to mastodon like a bunch of accounts announcing you’ll be gone in a minute, scolding you for taking so long to leave Twitter, or pretending there’s nothing frustrating about signing up to a place that has different rules than you’re used to.

Cut the new arrivals some slack, people.

New folk, you’re very welcome. Most of us are kind and friendly. You’ll get the hang of it! #Welcome #WelcomeToMastodon

Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-shattering-myth-men-hunters-women.html

"They found that women hunt in 79% of the analyzed societies, regardless of their status as mothers. More than 70% of female hunting appears to be intentional—as opposed to opportunistic killing of animals encountered while performing other activities, and intentional hunting by women appears to target game of all sizes, most often large game."

#Archaeology

Lakeside fursuiters!

My fav spot for photographing fursuits at ConFuzzled is by the lake. Here’s an assortment of different critters I’ve taken down there for pics over the years.
This is an expansion of a collage I originally made in 2018, to which I’ve added 15 more pics.

What kind of history do you write for your world?

#WorldBuilding #Pride #PrideMonth #ttrpg #AmWriting #dnd #writing

@flexghost
Indeed.

I wonder how many persons with an IT background use fedi vs people with no IT background...

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OK can we get this same energy for Discord now?
OK folks can we see the problems now?

3 days left before the Pepper&Carrot game jam starts!

It's hosted by @brettmakesgames here:
→ https://itch.io/jam/pepper-carrot-jam

Good luck to the 17 participants who already joined, and because I cannot wait to see the results, I colored a sketch with Pepper and Carrot playing a 'VS Fighter' (Carrot is clearly winning).

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #videogames #krita #MastoArt #HumanArt

Free Software activists give people control over technology, and help defend their digital #rights. We have created means that have allowed us to become organized and connected, bypassing utilities controlled by unethical corporations.

KDE presents "For Activists": you to can leverage the tools to effectively organize rallies, privately communicate with fellow #community members, and safely manage your own grassroots #movement .

https://kde.org/for/activists/

For activists, by activists.

#activism

One of our most popular cartoons of all time is the "Who can work in science" pie chart. We felt that it was long overdue a small update. Happy #PrideMonth everyone #LGBTQ

There's yet another "AI will kill us all! It poses a risk of extinction!" letter going around, and I just… Y'all i am just so fucking tired.

CAPITALISM poses risk of extinction (climate change, right the fuck now).

WHITE SUPREMACY poses risk of extinction (genocide, eugenics).

HEGEMONY poses risk of extinction (nuclear FUCKING WAR).

And whatever "risk of extinction" "AI" poses, it poses because it is BUILT FROM THOSE EXTREMELY HUMAN VALUES.

Even if you stopped every "AI" project running, RIGHT THIS SECOND, those values would still kill us. And no matter how long you "pause" your "AI" projects, if you don't address those values? Then when you start your "AI" back up? You'll KEEP BUILDING THOSE SAME VALUES IN.

This is not hard. At this point, as much as it pains me to say it, it's not even novel. And yet you're still not fucking getting it.

I'm so goddam tired.