Posts by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
(DIR) Post #AhqVUixYJhBp419H96 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-04-10T15:32:39Z
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It took me a long part of my adult life to realize that 1) most people don't agree with my pie-in-the-sky progressive vision of the world, and 2) voting is harm reduction, not marriage. These are rough truths, but truths they are.
(DIR) Post #Ahrl4gGXVChTbYap8a by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-03-21T18:50:53Z
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Has anyone else seen that more and more websites seem to break with #Firefox?
(DIR) Post #AhsHqzE5VYW6qJWYPw by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-03-23T23:04:12Z
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It's #Caturday.
(DIR) Post #AhunvUQt0jO1dScapc by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-03-19T21:40:41Z
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Really enjoying listening to Judith Butler on Chris Hayes' "Why is this Happening." https://pca.st/yqvfb0py
(DIR) Post #Ai0HnTEZYHzO15kmfI by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-04-02T20:40:09Z
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So, those who are ardently against #Threads federation, has your opinion changed with @potus joining #Threads? I'd much rather the government start spinning up #Fediverse instances, but that doesn't look like it's happening (yet?)
(DIR) Post #Ai5tElhRfnSvCSwDs8 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-02-26T17:53:15Z
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Wait, so let me get this right: the people in the Alabama case who sued their IVF clinic for "wrongful death of a minor child" didn't foresee that winning the case would mean the end of IVF???? What the fuck were they thinking?
(DIR) Post #Ai6cSsIWR07zefNgeG by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-04-24T15:13:33Z
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WITHPod with Chris Hayes interviews Meredith Whittaker, CEO of @signalapp. It's a great listen. I do wish they had mentioned the #Fediverse.https://pca.st/episode/cc3741ac-de2a-4b19-8a36-e186c88d11eb
(DIR) Post #AjQVenwVqD3LUIOfSq by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-06-29T16:22:13Z
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I'm curious about people on the #Fediverse and their use of corporate social media. So here's a poll. Boosts for coverage appreciated.
(DIR) Post #AjWjGvwqzQQJfmpNNA by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-02T17:19:08Z
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@dj Really? That's all you got? That graphic design sucks. I'm shaking in my crocs.
(DIR) Post #AjWjXmNtniNqvzViTI by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-02T17:27:27Z
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@dj @Soy_Magnus
(DIR) Post #AjWjxVFC9Q8tIshmqW by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-02T17:31:13Z
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@dj You are *really* trying, aren't you? Bless your heart.
(DIR) Post #AjWkFqIibJXvp469h2 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-02T17:35:13Z
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@dj Don't you have anything better to do with your time in your parents' basement?
(DIR) Post #AjYm8WGzFp8Du8qOlU by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-03T16:53:23Z
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I love the #Fediverse. I have interesting conversations with interesting people. Some annoying trolls, but mostly hasn't been a problem for me. I love the variety of new #fediverse tools (I'm all in on @bookwyrm) My problem? An extremely tiny percentage of the people who are significant in my life are on the #Fediverse. So I'm sticking around, but realizing that, even though I don't want to, I'm spending more time on corporate social accounts because of those social connections.
(DIR) Post #AjYm8XQaxaPZUELaNc by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-03T16:56:41Z
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Ultimately, it's social connections that is why I'm on social media in the first place. If I didn't care about that, I don't think I'd bother with corporate social media.Which is why the whole argument about #Threads and the #Fediverse feels so fraught to me. There are more people I care about on #Threads right now, believe it or not, than here. Do I trust Meta? Jesus Christ, no. But I'd rather interact with those people here than there.
(DIR) Post #AkIxP9bxnahRwLC640 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-25T17:05:21Z
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I want this to be totally clear. "DEI Hire" isn't just shorthand for Black (or not white.) It contains the assumption that people who aren't white are inherently inferior and, thus, inherently unqualified. Therefore, any person saying this is a white supremacist racist full stop.
(DIR) Post #AkKIefKQRxOEqeBko4 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-26T15:22:33Z
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@ghast So you're saying that by definition, someone hired with DEI policies is unqualified? Is that what you think?
(DIR) Post #AkKKsSf2XmyrWUXLVI by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-26T15:47:33Z
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@ghast So you are saying there has never been institutional discrimination of any kind that needed to be rectified? Never once did a qualified person of color not get a job because they weren't white?
(DIR) Post #AkKLsB0cH1a8jM3bJg by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-26T15:58:43Z
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@ghast You might look at this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2024/04/17/new-research-reveals-resumes-with-black-names-experience-bias-in-the-hiring-process/
(DIR) Post #AkKOI1jVaFRlOoVd44 by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-07-26T16:25:46Z
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@ghast
(DIR) Post #AlPjzwIqFXm7vb8D4a by pearlbear@social.overlappingmagisteria.org
2024-08-27T20:01:55Z
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Any #queer, #GenderDiverse, or #BIPOC #HamRadio fans out there I can talk with? I've sort of been on the edge of diving in, but the prospect of spending all of my time talking with white cis dudes is making me sad.