Notices by Maj - Michele Ann Jenkins (maj@cosocial.ca)

I'm impressed that I have gotten some new follows from this.

I've been procrastinating horribly ahead of a client meeting. I was going to work all evening on things, then all morning, then for at least two hours, then for a very focused one hour and then... They cancelled.
So I learn nothing! Yay!

Follow me for more productivity tips!
#productivity #meirl

I love Canada for a lot of reasons but petty, passive aggressive moves like this make me proud.

#canada #USpol

@evan @paige How did it take this long to come up with "Activity at the pub" ??

@evan @paige Good to know!

I had to learn a lot about parliamentary government when studying for Canadian citizenship so I have all the passion of the recently-converted but I think we're all getting a lesson on which is the superior* approach right now.

*Not perfect, of course. And I'm still holding my breath for the Canadian election.

#USpol #government #canpoli

@ted @evan Managing different "yous" is huge. I do not need my Tumblr me and LinkedIn me running into each other.

So centralized experience, distributed network, and fine-grain control.

They call it "retruthing"

I mean, he's also calling for an invasion of my home country, but the "retruthing" things is just... wow.

#trump #USpol #canada #hfs

Just remembering like 17-18 years ago being at #SxSw and hearing about this new thing called Twitter that was supposed to let your servers tell you when they go down but you could, like, also tell people what talks and parties were cool. It might even catch on. It's gonna be so great!

#twitter #sxsw #falseNostalgia

@ben Some of the MAGA talking points I have come across on Reddit:
* Canada gets all the benefits of being a state so should not have the ability to levy tariffs
* Since Canada's economy relies on trade with the US it's not a "real" country
* Canada has had over a 100 years to "prove" it's a real country and not done it so it should default to part of the USA (???!?)

#canada #USpol

Content Management Analyst Job with the (non-profit) MasterCard Foundation

They're looking for "Knowledge Management, Information Management, and/or Library Science with expertise in taxonomy, records management, and information management processes."

https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mastercardfoundation/jobs/7783112002?fbclid=IwY2xjawIcmspleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHerHZl6CkiU83i7NjygfvnERih_hOH-mNGm_5JPIy-tL0i9ViNSExs9T9w_aem_DElixzWbt-4ZEa4eShN8jg

#jobs #informationManagement #contentManagement #knowledgeManagement

@evan @klausi Unfortunate as I think they were making a good point (? I didn't read the whole thing).

@klausi @evan Yeah, that came out of nowhere and is bullshit:
"The biological difference between the sexes, which had been a foundational assumption of medicine as well as of the feminist movement, was almost instantaneously replaced not only by the idea that there are numerous genders but that reference in medicine, law or popular culture to the existence of a gender binary is actually bigoted and abusive. "

A "foundational assumption" of the feminist movement? WTF? The rest is BS, too.

@evan Yes, but... it generally always has been?

@evan Oh, like sack of my balls!

#NeverGetsOld

I missed this very important announcement.

https://americandialect.org/2024-word-of-the-year-is-rawdog/

#words

@evan Me! I said that!

Human rights are unconditional.

USAID website has been down but now has a message

On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST).

#uspol #usaid

https://www.usaid.gov/

Cursed with the knowledge that I COULD just get up and go make a batch of cookies and eat half of the dough and it would sort of make me feel good for a moment but then really not so I probably shouldn't.
Probably.

@BeAware @Maj@pixelfed.social But I would have to ask all the people I harassed into following my Mastodon-bridged-to-BS to follow the the pixelfed-bridged-to-BS instead/in addition?