Don’t forget that abortion isn’t just healthcare. The right to decide what you do with your own body is a core privacy right as well. Supporting the right to abortion also supports the right to privacy for all.
Sometimes it helps to remember that you're basically a very old baby. Are you cranky? Have a snack. Are you sad? Take a nap. Do you feel frustrated for no reason, like the whole world is against you, but you don't know why? Maybe you need to go play outside!
Wordpress has joined the Fediverse! Really exciting.
“The revolutionary ActivityPub feature is now available across all WordPress.com plans, unlocking a world of engagement and interaction for your blog. Your blogs can now be part of the rapidly expanding fediverse, which enables you to connect with a broader audience and attract more followers.”
I complained a lot about missing quote tweets when I first started using Mastodon, but now I don’t miss it that much at all. It does change the nature of conversation here. It’s not worse or better—just different.
American recommendation letters: “This candidate is the most brilliant person alive. I will never in my entire life have a student as smart as this one again.”
European recommendation letters: “This person completed the requirements for my class. They are currently alive.”
De-prioritizing news is a mistake for Threads. Twitter’s cultural relevancy was much less about celebs and brands than about news and politics. Without news and politics, you don’t get the journalists. Without journalists, no one is hyping up what’s happening on your platform!
What app do folks recommend for Mastodon these days?
I’ve been using Ice Cubes. I like it except that the feed doesn’t auto-refresh, so I have to manually scroll up every time I open the app. (Unless I did something wrong w/settings?)
Tip to students: If you run into a paywall trying to read an article, ask a librarian for help! Many public and school libraries have newspaper and magazine access, and some university libraries even have free subscriptions or app access for students.
Both fears and cheers for medical AI are not quite getting it. Of all the fields AI could take over, we should hope healthcare would be one of the last. We are vastly underestimating the importance of human contact in care work.
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