Posts by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #9yaacrJxFBwFqpAB2u by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2020-08-28T18:18:29Z
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@ceejbot We got an AirMega filter last fire season and it's a little champ. Really helps. (I think we went with the Wirecutter recommendation, iirc.)Also, it seems silly, but laying a towel at the bottom of the doors is making a difference in our house.
(DIR) Post #A491UHGkKI9rlZNZCq by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2021-02-10T22:20:55Z
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@ceejbot Also, as I've probably said before, don't miss Angelique Kidjo's amazing continuation of the intercontinental musical influence conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8jgFGmqvU
(DIR) Post #A8NjboZySEvP3qf3Am by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2021-06-17T16:08:54Z
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@ceejbot #spineenvy
(DIR) Post #A8NkONk11h2a0vW5M8 by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2021-06-17T16:17:40Z
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@ceejbot Alice in Wonderland is waaaaay up there, not only for the rich layers of reference to it, but from it. So my recommendation would specifically be to Gardner's The Annotated Alice (which solves your two-in-one problem 😉 )
(DIR) Post #A8Udr0xLTpP6AmB1pw by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2021-06-21T00:07:24Z
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@ceejbot Just in case you haven't enjoyed this yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGgThere's a sequel, I see, which I need to watch.
(DIR) Post #AC6fS70dbr2lCc5Gwy by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2021-09-29T18:16:50Z
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Get off Facebook. Get off every Facebook service. Block Facebook. Don't work for Facebook. Don't provide services to Facebook. Find every way you can to get them out of your life and support others in doing the same.They are ethically indefensible.https://gizmodo.com/leaked-facebook-docs-depict-kids-as-untapped-wealth-1847763431
(DIR) Post #AKQ6EyD8ovsUC5uzMe by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2022-06-12T17:52:06Z
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@selfcare 👍 fyi, user feedback: I would love a once or twice-a-day selfcare.tech; every three hours is too much for me. (And totally fine to be just the same stuff at reduced speed.) The content is very good, but it's too big a percentage of my home stream since I keep my follows manageable.
(DIR) Post #AO0IRvnSdDI77Dk7hw by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2022-09-27T22:39:52Z
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@cybette My main gaming pal and I really enjoyed this one. Just complicated enough to feel quite satisfying, but not too much for a day when we don't want our brains bent.
(DIR) Post #AP21OlreM3mf4r2Dia by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2022-10-28T16:21:28Z
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@kyle These look excellent! Great work!
(DIR) Post #ATitkQs5Ppf5xyNOc4 by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2023-03-17T16:44:36Z
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@dreamword Yes! The Internet Archive is not only a true library, it is an exemplary library. It provides a vital service in preserving and disseminating information and creating knowledge. I am a published author with a library degree, and was a library software developer, and I stand with @internetarchive in the #BattleForLibraries!#Libraries #Writing #Researching #DigitalRights
(DIR) Post #AXcObRW0A79YQKEiJc by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2023-07-12T03:51:44Z
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Did you know that the awesome @internetarchive has an app that lets you check if they need a copy of a book? It's so handy for sending things on to where they're needed for preservation and sharing. https://help.archive.org/help/donate-books-app-for-ios-and-android/I'm pretty sure I've now scanned every one of the hundreds of books in my parents' house. More cool stuff coming your way, IA!
(DIR) Post #AXp8KzK48nBs8oGS3s by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2023-07-18T16:05:47Z
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@KikiElara Lovely old place. We stayed in the Landmark Trust rental nearby (18th century weavers' house) and took a night walk. Moonlight visit recommended.https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/st-marys-lane-11775/Looks like you can also rent the Abbey gatehousehttps://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/abbey-gatehouse-4453/
(DIR) Post #AwkMxkfc9UVmqnINH6 by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:27:23Z
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@danny Interesting read and I agree that full-stack alternatives are absolutely necessary. In particular, a very good alternative to Google Docs, and (I begin to suspect) to Slack. Those are key nodes for cooperative projects, and such, a vulnerability when they're under corporate control. Unfortunately it felt to me through the history portion like listening to a fish in water unable to imagine not-water.Some non-ivory-tower, non-theoretical perspective would have helped.
(DIR) Post #AwkMxlgMOChbzOeU4m by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:28:43Z
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@danny "the tech industry is still seemingly the only entity with a serious vision of the future different to our present that could actually be enacted"🤨 There is too much unstated "no well-funded (in academia or business), white dudes have effectively articulated a popular alternative vision of the future" in that statement.
(DIR) Post #AwkMxmb4zK4YpJBmU4 by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:29:52Z
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@danny As long as success equates to control over an increasing amount of money (in fewer hands) and increasing market dominance (i.e. decreased options), we are dragged away from solutions with deep mutuality and many thriving nodes. Not only dragged away from implementing them, but from even seeing them as serious or viable visions.
(DIR) Post #AwkMxnSxkzArWQOoTI by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:30:37Z
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@danny Reading on, I do not think you can understand techno-utopianism without acknowledging how deeply it didn't / doesn't want to believe that our bodies are real and have real needs. So much desperate wishing to escape the reality of biology and nature. (And I say this as someone who was around the whole Mondo 2000 / cyberspace dream vibe back in the day.)
(DIR) Post #AwkMxrxx1iL3TgvcKO by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:31:14Z
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@danny That's a profound vulnerability of techno-utopians and their modern heirs (viz. the let's move to Mars crowd). When disasters come—and they are increasingly unavoidable and increasingly frequent—any group whose ability to use their knowledge (technical and otherwise) to relieve suffering is more likely to be trusted subsequently. And those who have power, but don't make a positive difference will be trusted less.
(DIR) Post #AwkMxw1dvvfW4Igcdc by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:31:40Z
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@danny Disaster experiences are transformative and disruption creates space for alternative solutions to demonstrate their viability. There's a potential for hackers (in the broadest sense) to change the world by saving their communities. There's where I see the greatest potential for collaborative / cooperative / mutualistic tech. Small, reproducible solutions that help people out of the worst situations, and perhaps strengthen local networks at the same time.
(DIR) Post #AwkMy0PtbhRfgg42zo by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:39:47Z
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@danny (It surprises me to encounter deeply thoughtful writing that moves between individual and broad perspectives which completely sidesteps the fact that climate change is going to impact the author and their ideas.Yes, some things will chug along as shifting trends and norms. But we are in radically disruptive times, amplified by the effects of current Federal action. We will need to achieve many big changes through small, interconnected solutions that can be implemented at local scales.)
(DIR) Post #AwkMy5E1jFvEbJY8gq by metagrrrl@mastodon.social
2025-08-01T04:41:13Z
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@danny (Last thought on this, is a bit of grousing: what the hell is up with a sentence like this? "When it comes to the generation of ideas you quickly hit diminishing returns when someone has their basic needs met, can access research material and has time to think and communicate with others." ?!If we actually resolve a lot of sources of human misery, we'll have FEWER ideas? That makes no damn sense against the vast sweep of human history.Serious 🤨 at that, but overall glad to have read.)