Notices by jenifer daniels ♎ :verified: (jentrification@mastodon.social)

obituary for Fiqah

https://me.dm/@anildash/112047214306621885

#BlackTwitter folks who migrated, i am sharing the news of the passing of @/sassycrass, creator of #YourSlipIsShowing

“These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. I’m not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial.” - Fani Willis

in America, Black women's mere presence is political.

The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts

Their inspiring acts of resistance were ignored or erased for centuries—until now.

BY SARAH DURN

#BlackFuturesMonth #BlackHistoryMonth

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-led-slave-revolts

@verge mannnnn

How Estonia ripped up its school plans just 5 years after breaking from Russia and became the top country in math, science, and reading outside Asia

https://fortune.com/2023/10/31/theory-of-everyone-book-excerpt-lse-michael-muthukrishna-estonia-school-education/

"The current workweek structure isn't an economic need, he says, but a cultural value.

"Work is what we have for condemning other people, for setting ourselves apart, for our prejudice against all those 'lazy bums,' for justifying racism," he says...

"Work is religion, and any time a religion is threatened, the people who believe in that religion get really mad," he says."

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/27/college-grad-goes-viral-for-tiktok-about-9-to-5-schedule.html

On October 10 and 11, the department will be holding the first negotiation session for Biden's new plan for #studentdebt relief using the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Those who want to watch the negotiation sessions can register here. There will be morning and afternoon sessions on both days, and information for the sessions on November 6-7 and December 11-12 will be posted closer to those dates.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/negotiated-rulemaking-public-hearings-tickets-721448510917?aff=oddtdtcreator

that's because we didn't organize you goofs. you were too mad at fast food workers asking for living wages now we're all screwed.

https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/american-workers-feel-trapped-employers-managers-power-careers-labor-leadership-anne-chow/

Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after DeSantis, others ban books

#BlackMastodon

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/30/black-history-bans-spark-action-beyond-classroom/70981951007/

WOWSERS

The Art Institutes, an eight-school network of private for-profit colleges in the US, has abruptly closed, in a move that has left 1,700 students affected.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-institutes-network-closes-covid-finances-1234680530/

Your #NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless

#PumpAndDump

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/nfts-worthless-researchers-find-1234828767/

Survivors Of The Birmingham Church Bombing Say GOP Culture War Bills Are Trying To Erase Their History

#BlackLivesMatter https://www.huffpost.com/entry/birmingham-church-bombing-white-surpemacists_n_650353c4e4b05e98accad56b

the media has discovered legacy admissions after fomenting discord and confusion around affirmative action for decades.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rinatorchinsky/2023/08/28/kids-of-alumni-get-special-treatment-at-80-of-americas-top-private-colleges/

harrison, the blacks for trump dude, has not bonded out yet.

the black guy is still in jail y'all.

(well also he did assault the FBI when they tried to serve him a subpoena for the DC jury)

MSNBC SAYS HE HAS A BAIL BONDSMAN!!!!!

Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-broken-promises-streaming-ride-hailing-cloud-computing-2023-8

i need a mouse for my tablet! don't ask this genxer questions

so some new to me info in the indictments:

1. trump drafted an "I won, cheating..." speech DAYS BEFORE the election (proves that he knew the polling data was showing he could not win)

2. they obtained voting machines, wowee zowee

i have never been so scared of tech in my life 🫨

"Developed by Tools for Humanity, the Orb is a 6.2 pound biometric imaging device custom-built to verify humanness in a secure way. Passersby need only gaze into its mirrored surface, whereupon the device will scan their irises and generate a unique hash or numeric code attached to their particular set of eyes. In exchange, each participant will receive a World ID and a WLD token."

#AI

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worldcoin-orb-ai-2341500