Notices by Shauna GM (shauna@social.coop)

@dalias @aud

It's possible I'd be happier on Debian but Ubuntu's always worked well enough for me, and I always got the vibe that Debian was better for folks who like to configure and tinker with things, whereas I like to think about my operating system as little as humanly possible

@dalias @aud

I mean, I do in fact use Ubuntu and have for years. So I don't want to say that I've never benefited from their work. But they clearly have some problems.

@aud

I have never applied for a job at Canonical and I doubt I ever will. I may have actually learned about their hiring practices from the thread you wrote (or maybe from the one you were linked to - it was definitely a Mastodon thread) and I've since brought it up a few times and have friends confirm how bad it is.

I'm sorry they put you through that

@aud I really appreciate you sharing because as an open source professional Canonical is exactly the kind of org I might have naively applied to. Now I know not to bother

Hey Mark Shuttleworth's bonkers interview process for jobs at Canonical made Ask a Manager!

https://www.askamanager.org/2024/11/job-application-is-fixated-on-high-school-academic-performance.html

(The letter doesn't name the company, but a commenter recognized it - as did I, while reading the letter - and the letter writer confirms in the comments.)

Is anyone else having intermittent trouble finding people on Bluesky via BridgyFed? Sometimes it works fine, but sometimes people tell me they've followed @ap.brid.gy yet I can't find them by searching my own instance. Seems random.

I also like this quote about movement building. It's very reminiscent of how I try to help people contribute to open source. It's about embracing the whole person and and helping them make an authentic connection.

"Rather than recruiting people to fulfill the roles that we envision for them, Dixon stresses the importance of learning what people are passionate about and 'finding an intersection' between someone’s interests and the work at hand."

(full quote in image)

In another chapter, Kaba and Hayes right about the continually evolving impact of technology on organizing.They write,

"Activists who experience success using online tools sometimes undervalue or neglect the kind of on-the-ground work organizers practiced before social media"

This echoes Red State Revolt by Eric Blanc, which looked at a trio of wildcat teachers strikes in red states in 2018. Groups that relied on Facebook organizing without also building in person connections fizzled out

I am deeply sad and not a little frightened today.

Part of how I deal with things that sadden/scare me is trying to understand them.

I'm looking for recs of things to read/watch on the following topics:

- dealing with conflict and intersectional needs in progressive spaces and pluralist societies

- political psychology of right wing groups/cultures, especially anything with a psychodynamic approach

- research into subjective experiences of 'economic anxiety' and political alienation

Started off today with the first chapter Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, which I'd been meaning to read for a while.

My favorite quote so far:

"In a world where we are steadily being splintered apart, where so much of our social lives have been reduced to commercial interactions, and where fellowship and belonging are desperately lacking, we must relearn how to hold space and belief together in ways that anchor us to each other and to our collective moral commitments."

I've continued to read this over the past couple of days but haven't posted any quotes whoops. Here's some more that resonated with me.

Chapter 2 is entitled "Refusing to Abandon" and talks about the carceral system as "organized abandonment". To heal and grow people need supportive communities but prisons mostly view mutual aid groups, mental health support groups, etc "the same way that they would view a gang.”

It feels strange to say that the simple act of continually showing up for each other is radical. And yet, so much of our culture these days treats people as interchangeable and thus disposable. Whether it's workplaces firing people on a whim, swiping through potential dates like you're grocery shopping, or the way cancel culture encourages us to ostracize people for making mistakes...treating each person, each relationship as valuable and irreplaceable *is* radical.

@ryanleesipes is MZLA part of Mozilla Foundation or legally separate?

@ryanleesipes gotcha, so there's accountability and community governance in this subset of the MF. Actually I'd love to interview you (& anyone else involved in MZLA who'd be up for it) about your model sometime.

I'm not a Mozilla insider or anything but I took a look at their bylaws and afaict they have a self-perpetuating board, which means they're not formally accountable to anyone.

I prefer a member elected board (like the PSF has). It's hard for leadership to stray too far from member values when they're elected by members.

I know too many self-perpetuating boards who destroyed what they were supposed to be safeguarding, or even enabled abuse.

Governance matters.

Rather than actually put resources into covering women's sports ESPN is using generative AI to recap #NWSL matches and it's going about as well as you can expect.

For example, their coverage of Alex Morgan's retirement match fails to mention Alex Morgan.

The 'up next' section is also farcical, getting dates, competitors, and even team names wrong.

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/alex-morgan-ai-generated-recap-mention.html

https://x.com/susierants/status/1833147945958711332

https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/697990

Alex Morgan plays her final progressional game tonight at 8pm ET.

There are many different ways to watch it, including ESPN2 and CBSSN, FuboTV, Prime Video, SlingTV, Paramount+, ESPN+ and NWSL+. (NWSL+ is free but you do have to sign up for an account.)

#NWSL #USWNT #WOSO #MastodonFC

More here:

https://www.masslive.com/tv/2024/09/watch-alex-morgans-final-game-free-san-diego-wave-fc-vs-north-carolina-courage-live-stream.html

The #NWSL players just announced an incredible new CBA.

It includes:

- guarantees for player autonomy, including abolishing all drafts, free agency for all, and giving every player the right to veto trades

- player health measures like mandatory chartered flights in certain conditions and mandatory breaks

- big increases in minimum salaries, from $37k now to over $80k by 2030

- revenue sharing via a new salary cap with minimum spend (and audit rights for players)

https://www.nwslplayers.com/cba-fact-sheet

From the AFL-CIO:

"This game-changing collective bargaining agreement sets the gold standard for all professional sports and affirms what workers in unions can accomplish when we stand together. The revolutionary victories they secured—from eliminating the draft to requiring player consent for trades to safeguarding player health—advance the critical work of professional sports associations to let players decide what’s best for their families."

https://www.threads.net/@aflcio/post/C--XyGAxMc2?xmt=AQGzs7PY2nkPdGXcK0tOEgaRmXZbHmpMr4YbeQpGAB9kZA

The CDC is updating its guidelines to recommend pain management for IUD insertion, and apparently it's in part thanks to Tiktok?

It is, in retrospect, horrifying that doctors haven't already been doing this.

I attempted to get an IUD twice and both times had to call the procedure off because it was too excruciating to continue. At no point did my doctor offer me any kind of pain meds. I gave up and just kind of assumed other women were stronger than me.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/08/nx-s1-5068298/new-cdc-guidance-recommends-doctors-address-iud-insertion-pain-for-patients