Is anybody or does anybody know a Native American sensitivity reader?
The dream would be to speak to an Atfalati/Kalapuyan sensitivity reader, but any Pacific Northwest tribe would also be great.
(Not for me, but someone from a writing discord I’m in.)
#SensitivityReading #books #bookstodon
#NativeAmerican #PacificNorthwest
We were tricked and conned?
Carney is no rescue from the billionaire takeover.
Trump's invasion is the worldwide billionaire coup.
Carney appears to be in CHARGE of the Billionaire takeover.
WARNING
No loopholes: NDP tables bill to strengthen anti-scab legislation
A current loophole in the labour code allows employers to bring in managers from other locations to work on sites experiencing a labour dispute.
https://rabble.ca/labour/no-loopholes-ndp-tables-bill-to-strengthen-anti-scab-legislation/
I was trying to take a picture of this bee's butt and she turned around and gave me this look. Now I have to go reevaluate all my life choices.
In the get people Fedi-hired category, my university department has an opening for a senior (research-side) sysadmin where you'll get to do fun things in a dynamic group that's doing stuff at the crossover of chemistry, robotics, and computing. It's sadly not open to remote people, so Toronto only. And you'll be my indirect colleague (not in my group but working closely with us).
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Computing-Support-Specialist-ON/603316117/
(boosts welcome)
Bonus #quorb (because quorb).
in case you need to sit by a river for a little while today
(sound on for occasional birds and the sound of the weir upstream)
The honeysuckle is looking fantastic
First, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then, they'll claim your official ID is
unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data.
They will collect your face scan,
your palm scan, and even your iris scan (no exaggeration, these are all already being collected by some companies for identification). They will claim it's super safe.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then what? Rinse and escalate.
You will have lost control of not just your corporate social media accounts by participating to this, but to any data capable of validating your identity, to your privacy rights, to the protections you could use online to stay safe.
We don't have to wait that it escalates.
We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now.
"In what remains of the Gaza Strip, after Israel took control of large areas of land and forced hundreds of thousands of people into repeated displacement, fears are growing that the humanitarian crisis is entering an even more dangerous phase.
The decision by the World Central Kitchen in May to reduce the number of meals it provides in the Gaza Strip was not merely an administrative measure or a cutback in a humanitarian program. It came as a devastating blow to hundreds of thousands of families who have become almost entirely dependent on these meals to survive. In a territory shattered by war, where most people have lost their jobs and sources of income, a daily meal has become the last line of defense against hunger.
,.,.,.,.
"From One Million Meals to Two Hundred Thousand
The World Central Kitchen announced the suspension of a large part of its food operations in Gaza due to the depletion of essential supplies and fuel, growing difficulties in bringing aid into the territory, and the financial pressures facing the organization. More than 500 employees working within its Gaza programs were also laid off."
#gaza #starvation #famine #humanrights #apartheid #genocide #crisis
Posts that begin "today we said goodbye to our dog" on the internet are seldom a good time, but this one at least has a happy ending.
Today we said goodbye to our foster dog, Kath, as she begins her new job as a working guide dog.
It's hard to imagine a better dog as our first foster. Kath was smart, affectionate, well-trained, everything you want in a dog!
Never did figure out what game she wanted to play with her favourite green ball though, hopefully her new humans will!
Covid vaccination was also tied to a nearly 24% reduction in all-cause cardiac events in a large study, surprising researchers. https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/covid-vaccination-cardiovascular-protection-jama-study/
Achievement unlocked!
Independent virus families - different genomes, life cycles, target tissues - keep ending up at the same two points in the brain. They switch on the same inflammation machinery, and they jam the cell's protein clean up system. If so, the damage is mostly the body's reaction, not the virus itself. 🧵
There is an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism, and economic tensions.
A set of bold policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors, such as industry and mining, to education and health.
If these and other measures are taken the incomes of 89% of the world’s population would double by 2100 and global heating would be kept below 2C (3.6F) over the preindustrial average.
This vision provides a positive alternative to the grim projections from far-right techno extractivists, nationalists and billionaires who claim the future will inevitably bring more fossil fuels, climate disruption and inequality.
#Earth #ClimateDiary #GreenEnergy #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #Nature #Science #TaxBillionaires #NoPlanetB #Economics #Politics #Health #Equality
Happy bee on the blanket flowers.
After some back-and-forth trying to understand exactly what they were asking for NOW NOW NOW, @hannorein made exactly what they were looking for.
Please enjoy(?) this horrifying visualization of how many Starlink sats are in orbit right now, and how many SpaceX has asked for in the future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfOgp9gp2hA
Alt-text for video in link: the Earth getting gradually surrounded by a grid of more and more orbiting satellites, until the million data centre plan completely hides Earth.
I'm getting burnt out on all my moderation actions being against fucking AI. Like, I never thought I'd say it, but I miss suspending Nazis and bigots—at least they were real people who would give up after a while—these LLMs just go on and on, and they don't give a shit if they're suspended or rejected.
#FuckLLMs (but also #FuckNazis and #FuckBigots)
A few years ago we took a chunk of our lawn and seeded it with a mix from Minnesota Native Landscapes. https://mnlcorp.com/native-seeds-and-plants/
After two years of mowing, we got to let it go this year. I'll just add to this thread through the summer/fall. It's already amazing to see every day.
Drone warfare kills over 1,000 in Sudan in 2026 as strikes multiply: UN https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15/drone-warfare-kills-over-1000-in-sudan-in-2026-as-strikes-multiply-un?traffic_source=rss