Posts by kegill@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #Ahg6hPXXOAnEAHKl8a by kegill@mastodon.social
2022-11-17T02:02:03Z
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Borrowed: help make connections by listing a few things that interest you that aren’t part of your profile. Use searchable hashtags (this kind of CamelCase if multi-word, for screen readers). Then boost this post or repeat the instructions to spread the word!Pop culture#StarTrek#SciFi #DoctorWho #Reading#MysteriesIssues#ClimateChange #USPolitics#SocialJustice#Cooperatives#EconomicsOther#wine#Scotch #SingleMalt #peat#cooking
(DIR) Post #AiZM8iHsfTbMl3Xm40 by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-06-04T01:57:55Z
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@Wolven It's always fun (and a little fascinating) to see other Georgia folk who went to VPI&SU, as it was named when I was there. From philosophy and religion to tech/AI is a bigger jump than my comms/econ to tech.I've been teaching tech comms and ethics to undergrad engineering students at UW and we've had quite a few "trolly problem" papers and talks with AI as the trolly.Boy I'd love to have a beer or coffee with you the next time I'm home!
(DIR) Post #AjBkVuo6nF0JeFtuPQ by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-06-22T13:26:31Z
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No wonder we have the largest prison complex of any Western country.<< A 2022 report by the ACLU found workers in prison produce $2bn in goods and $9bn in services annually to prison systems in the US, but prisoners receive no or very little compensation for this labor.>>‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state#politicshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/florida-unpaid-prison-labor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Othercc @futurebird
(DIR) Post #AjRsOYrSdcrQBSDYAK by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-06-30T07:08:41Z
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There’s a cancellation movement. I joined it. The @nytimes editorial board has pissed me off one time too many. #politics #journalisticMalpractice
(DIR) Post #AjdQoMr5Qu7veo4wHw by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-06-08T01:45:55Z
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“Nine out of 10 of Death Valley’s hottest summers have been in the past 10 years…“Many of the plants and animals that live in #DeathValley are living on the edge of survival under current conditions and climate change is projected to make this part of the country even hotter and more arid.“#ClimateChangehttps://apple.news/A5XMAmKbiSSGrziNsVqdAVwhttps://mastodon.social/@kegill/112577863619065307
(DIR) Post #Ajg5FFcAqVr7VDOfey by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-07-07T05:38:33Z
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Which is worse?Trump’s language and behavior OR news organizations that refuse to report it?#politics #journalisticMalpractice https://themoderatevoice.com/trump-calls-biden-a-pile-of-cp-in-golf-cart-rant/
(DIR) Post #Ajpc3ZWe2PQWgpUMyW by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-07-11T20:02:37Z
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Granting fetus or fertilized egg personhood is not “softening” GOP abortion policyDear lord. The 2024 GOP platform is classic doublespeak and our traditional news organizations fell for it hook, line and sinker.https://themoderatevoice.com/granting-fetus-or-fertilized-egg-personhood-is-not-softening-gop-abortion-policy/#politics #journalisticMalpractice
(DIR) Post #Ak9rsvxUm9cE8XRWqm by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-07-21T08:03:31Z
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸Read that again. I did!From Australia’s ABC News: China will “meet its end-of-2030 target by the end of this month — or 6.5 years early.” Their storage: pumped hydro and battery. #climateChangehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-16/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-breaks-records/104086640
(DIR) Post #Ak9rsy2X2OpgajoZyi by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-07-21T12:47:54Z
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WowThe “what about-ism” in the replies is stunning. It’s GOOD news, people. It makes Trump’s “drill baby drill” 💩 look like the lame response that it is. IMAGINE if we had made half that investment. Biden’s #climateChange measures are admirable but limited by GOP intransigence. There is no perfect solution. Bridge tech is with us for a while. Given the farms are near a desert, sand batteries are a real option. https://polarnightenergy.fi/sand-battery #climateChange
(DIR) Post #Aku21Kwxg9B2m9zmls by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-08-12T21:04:07Z
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@NeonPurpleStar @barney First, @TheConversationUS isn’t a “media outlet.” It’s a forum for public scholarship, which is not slanted politically. This essay, however, should have been peer-reviewed. Second, Daniel Klinghard is at the College of the Holy Cross. A small (3k), private, Jesuit, four-year liberal arts college in Worcester, MA. Old. His PhD: Brandeis University (also in MA, also private). Lived experience: “outside the mainstream.”
(DIR) Post #AkvGzenabSm8E9EF9s by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-08-13T03:49:19Z
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@NeonPurpleStar I was not defending the author. See my comment about the need for peer review. It would have flunked, I think. I looked up his background to get an idea of his experience and worldview. Coddled. @barney @TheConversationUS
(DIR) Post #AlvyBIKgIgXfr01CFM by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T17:23:15Z
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@chrisgeidner https://x.com/kegill/status/1082709494797201408?s=46&t=P6Dj5eZQ3WC5LhY9qqf1xQ
(DIR) Post #AlvyxcvT2Q8dcgGsXA by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T17:30:24Z
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Residents of Nevada need to scream bloody murder. Demand they explain the black box: how was the algorithm trained? Where are and what kind of guardrails? https://flipboard.com/@mashable/social-good-71fajcgoz/-/a-Rlw9EiIAQOC5t7hkdxiwcg%3Aa%3A141172479-%2F0
(DIR) Post #AmGgxPgKYrUxgw68zg by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-09-22T17:19:01Z
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Trump promises to invade “all sanctuary cities” with federal “law enforcement” and petition Congress to make such cities illegal. #USPolitics #Election2024 #immigration #trump #society #fascism #authoritarianism
(DIR) Post #AmboRR0ZZ70cDsFmQi by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-10-02T20:22:55Z
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Dozens of #JDVance's former Yale Law classmates spent Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate donating money to a fund for Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, raising more than $10,000.#USPolitics #Election2024 #trump#GiftLinkhttps://archive.ph/HS1Bj
(DIR) Post #AnHrUl842EoMeSLwUy by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-10-23T04:41:23Z
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Are you better off today than you were four years ago?Undoubtably. October 30, 2020, “was day 274 since the first case of coronavirus disease was announced in the United States.”Deaths from COVID-19 accounted for about two-thirds of all excess deaths.https://open.substack.com/pub/kathyegill/p/covid-19-day-274-cdc-weve-had-300000 #USPolitics #Election2024 #trump
(DIR) Post #AngAH2GrA75pKgF4Ou by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-11-02T18:02:54Z
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Truth. #USPolitics #Election2024 #trump #elon #musk
(DIR) Post #AnqnksG5BCvR9WdPmK by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-11-08T08:01:28Z
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“It was Musk who lobbied Trump to put JD Vance on the ticket. Musk was the one funding the get-out-the-vote effort. Musk was the guy who turned one of the world’s biggest social media platforms into a black hole of anti-immigrant agitprop.”It’s the #billionaires, stupid. #USPolitics #Election2024 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/the-2024-election-was-defined-by-oligarchs-musk-mellon-bezos-zuckerberg/
(DIR) Post #AnrkiRr8Gc3Rz24mEy by kegill@mastodon.social
2024-11-09T04:40:51Z
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Haymarket Books has made 10 key antifascist ebooks #free to download.“Wherever each of us live, work, and are in community: the time is now to build power and fight back, together.”https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-free#USPolitics #Election2024 #reading
(DIR) Post #AqlR5gwcOa4OV2y3ZQ by kegill@mastodon.social
2025-02-04T03:33:01Z
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Which is why you let your HS grad brother in law operate on your brain: political scientist Henry Farrell: “The fact that none of the DOGE people actually understand how government functions is a feature, not a bug. If you understand the workings of the federal bureaucracy, you are almost certainly part of the problem, not the solution.”#DeathOfExpertise #USPolitics #musk .https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-bureaucratic-coup/681559/?gift=V2Xz1LHbTiPfZ3uourZyW5CSEHgWntUIcI-gavuvB30&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share