Notices by Robin DeRosa (actualham@social.coop)

"It is obvious by now that everyone and everything is dying and living all at the same time, that failure and hope are all mixed up, and still the sheep are lambing and the roof has sprung a leak again and you’ve been snappish and petty even though you swore you’d be better and someone has to make breakfast and even breakfast can be a gesture of belief in the world as it could and should be."

From a NYT Article about the two surviving Shakers (free to read at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/magazine/shakers-utopia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE4.sU8d.Swbl2lAMcZJg&smid=url-share)

28% of Gen Z identify as LGBTQ+

21% of Gen Z identify as Republican

Source for lgbtq stat https://www.prri.org/research/generation-zs-views-on-generational-change-and-the-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead-a-political-and-cultural-glimpse-into-americas-future/

Also I would say that the Venn diagram of these two groups looks like that pair of eyeglasses from the Great Gatsby

And I also heard today that one in six conservative voters in the UK will be dead before their next election. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one-in-six-tory-voters-likely-to-die-before-next-election-analysis-claims/ar-BB1qoIwA

This seems legit and I plan to try when I get back to my computer.

“11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AI: You only have until June 26, 2024 to say no to Meta taking your personal photos and words and using them to train their generative AI. Here are step-by-step directions for opting out.”

https://deborahcopaken.substack.com/p/11-steps-to-opt-out-of-metas-data

What a fucking horrible thing to labor under these conditions. I’m so sorry for all of us in #higherEd.

And to be clear, tonight I’m sorry mostly for myself. I promise by the time I go back to work tomorrow, I’ll be back to feeling sorry mostly for my students and the people I work with who care about them so much.

"The story of the Moderna vaccine isn't one of a company taking huge gambles with shareholder dollars. It's the story of the US government giving billions and billions of dollars to a private firm, which will now *charge* the US government – and the American people – a 4,460% markup on the resulting medicine." https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nationalize-moderna/#herd-immunity #covid

I really don’t understand why someone critical of Twitter/X or platform capitalism would be excited—or willing— to try BlueSky when Mastodon is Already Right Here. What am I missing?