leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

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This is an expansion of a collage I originally made in 2018, to which I’ve added 15 more pics.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.

Pride month over at SPECTRUM
#starcitizen

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/show-us-your-colors-celebration-2023

The #Akademy2023 schedule is here!

Find out all about how remote desktops work in Wayland; what new features and accessibility improvements enhance classic utilities like Kleopatra and KRunner; why you can integrate ActivityPub with everything; the state of Plasma for embedded; how to test KDE's software for efficiency and power consumption; and, of course, what's coming in Plasma 6 and beyond.

Don't miss the most exciting KDE-powered event of the year!

https://conf.kde.org/event/5/timetable/#all

Climate Scientists Leave Twitter For Mastodon

So, it is possible for a group to make the collective decision to leave Twitter. Scientists "suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter," and setting up shop on Mastodon.

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges >>> https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230524-climate-scientists-flee-twitter-as-hostility-surges

"Glaciologist Ruth Mottram had more than 10,000 followers on Twitter but left in February and joined an alternative scientists' forum powered by Mastodon."

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#twittermigration #climate

Tech speakers, it's 2023. Stop using moms as your example of a non-technical audience. It's wrong, its not funny, and whatever you were saying, now most of your audience is not thinking about it.

Just use the exec team as an example instead and get on with your life.

School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: Prison

Several Republican led states have passed laws that could sentence people for years if they provide ‘obscene’ (LGBTQ or sex education) books to minors
#GOP #news #Politics #USA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/18/school-librarians-jailed-banned-books/

Bummed to hear about the #RedHat layoffs today. I worked with a lot of amazing people there. Let's get a #RedHatLifeboat going!

Ex-Hatters, reply or post on the hashtags and I'll boost your post. Hiring managers, reply with job openings or reach out to these fine folks directly!

Next Monday, 22nd May, in Parliament square, the #TUC are organising an emergency protest against the anti-union #strike bill.

It's important that we do all we can to stop this unlawful bill that attacks our fundamental rights.

#RightToStrike

https://www.tuc.org.uk/ProtectRightToStrike