Notices by Scott Murray :neurodiversity: (scott@sfba.social)

Hey @alfredapp fans, you’ve got to try the Bad Workflows, a collection of tools that make your Mac harder to use.

“Escape the cult of productivity“ 😂

https://olifro.st/blog/bad-workflows/

@skinnylatte i will check it out! I bought my first Syn NAS a few years ago after lots of research and hadn’t come across Asustor. Thanks!

“Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something” by @fromjason

Every once in a while, someone writes a clear-headed, forceful, just-angry-enough and just-foulmouthed-enough (but not too much so) rant about the state of the #Internet that is a joy to read. This is that rant.

(Apparently this was published in March, but I missed it then. Still very applicable now.)

https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/

Given this headline…

“Record #measles outbreak in #Oregon blamed on #vaccine exemptions”

It’s a great time to re-share this superlative interactive simulation from @TheGuardian on “how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated – and when they don’t”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/record-measles-outbreak-in-oregon-blamed-on-vaccine-exemptions/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/feb/05/-sp-watch-how-measles-outbreak-spreads-when-kids-get-vaccinated

CA voters: Take 2 seconds to VERIFY your voter registration now! Double check your name, party affiliation, and address(es):

#vote

https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/

US voters: Take 2 seconds to verify your voter registration. Start by choosing your state here, on the official federal government site:

#vote

https://vote.gov/register

“Are they afraid of the Trump campaign banning them from opportunities to have Donald Trump lie to them in the future?”

OK, I don’t watch MSNBC and had never heard of Lawrence O’Donnell before but since approx. 1M people shared this in my timeline, I watched it, and yeah, I think his point is a good point: rambling word salad ≠ answers to legitimate questions. So anyone who claims Trump answered any question ever is themselves lying. 🤷♂️

Surprised this point of view was aired on MSM, as it’s so… reasonable. 🤦♂️

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-stupidest-candidate-trump-did-not-answer-reporters-questions-216787525948

Possibly the first campaign press release to ever employ the CSS style {
text-decoration: line-through;
} for comedic/disparaging effect?
https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112928526301056189

Made a page for all the #MastodonForHarris visual assets!

https://mastodonforharris.notion.site/

Let me know what other images/formats would be useful, and I'll add them!

#Harris2024
@heidilifeldman
@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

I updated my #MastodonForHarris profile banner. Feel free to use it yourself!

Design note: Colors and typography deliberately do *not quite* match that of the campaign. It’s in between the campaign’s visual language and also Mastodon’s. It’s intentionally a bit off… much like the #fediverse itself. 😁

Thanks to @heidilifeldman
for inspiring this and organizing the massively successful fundraising.

Let’s go, #Harris2024!

@heidilifeldman @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews Heidi, for what it's worth, here is an alternate idea. No mastodon (or elephant) and doesn't exactly match the campaign typefaces (I don't have those!) but I hope strikes balance in feeling somewhat Mastodon-y and also campaign-y. 😁

Hey #SFBA @moderators — I just noticed sfba.social listed here as federating with Threads: https://fedipact.veganism.social/

I’m new here. What’s the discussion been like around this instance’s position on when to federate, when to block, etc? (Feel free to point me to a blog post or something.)

Thanks!

If you’re a paper subscriber to the #NYTimes you can “pause” your deliveries for a couple months and still have full digital access to everything at no cost.

Just saying, you know, in case you are feeling uncomfortable giving them $ right now but not quite ready to fully rip the bandage off

Help, my podcast feed is too serious!

Can you recommend any good #comedy or comedy-adjacent #podcasts?

Ideally: #feminist, smart, clever, not just privileged white guys whining

@ryanhoulihan are alternate software keyboards a thing? I didn’t realize it was possible to use anything else!

Them: Sorry, it looks like you’re using an ad blocker. To view this content—

Me: Sorry, I just added you to my router’s blocklist so no one in my home ever sees your site ever again

“Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon — soon”

Fascinating!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/science/lunar-time-zone-scale-nasa-artemis-scn/index.html