Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

On the reach of and ubiquity of white supremacy:

My partner is white, but she also does a lot of work trying to dismantle, teach about, and vocalize/ verbalize the existence and effects of white supremacy, cultural imperialism, and colonialism while teaching younger generations of culinary students in the US (in California, which is relatively more liberal and relatively better educated than many other US states). Also the majority of her students are young adults, and people of color, often in community with various other forms of marginalization.

So as you might expect, she talks and teaches about social justice and antiracism a lot. It's also a pedagogical priority at the college where she teaches.

A few days ago, a student asked why albacore tuna tends to be more expensive than other kinds of canned tuna in US markets. Because my partner is always attributing disparities in demand and economy to the white supremacy, she did so again, with no real basis, sort of jokingly.

But later she researched it and it really is because of white supremacist cultural expectations. And this actually applies to other food products that are "lighter" in color, with a more "refined" or "subtle" taste. In the US, these characteristics are strongly economically tied to white supremacy.

As I watch X openly support Nazis, Google search displaying explicitly incorrect information and misinformation, and the continued march towards a lack of foresight or accountability in tech I must reiterate that technology is and forever will be a political force.

"The rich stole all your shit. Don't give em your empathy too"
Seen in London, Ontario

Maybe some of my followers can help me with this #question.

I remember reading about Chinese diaspora labour organisations, some sort of mutual aid society type thing, or proto-unions. However, though I remember they had a name, I forgot what it was and I'm finding it impossible to google for it. Anyone knows?

@tommythorn @darkling @NanoRaptor An ex-cofounder of mine from a previous company had his house catch fire.

Including a server containing a ton of irreplaceable data belonging to a client that was super paranoid and had an NDA clause mandating all data be stored on premises (his house since it was a tiny startup).

Luckily he had fiber with fast upload.

The client ssh'd *into the burning building* and managed to save most of the data before power was lost. Talk about a close save.

Love this toothpaste label - let's roll it out across all products

hoe ijs meteen in damp omgezet wordt, dat vind ik subliem.

More spacey space vibes 🤓

#mastoArt #creativeToots #art #b3d #blender #conceptart

I never want to get to a point where I have to turn down random meetings with people asking for help with stuff. I take a meeting or two a week thats just like "how do I do this thing" or "how are you thinking about this" and they are often my favorite part of the (work) week. I have seen people on here host "open office hours" in a more structured way where they set aside an hour or two just for helping ppl with stuff, and I love that.

Thats one of those big hidden harms of overworked profs having to tend grants all the time, all that accumulated wisdom and no time to share it.

Minecraft mod idea: an industrial/tech mod, except instead of setting up a processing pipeline for virgin resources, you need to scavenge for garbage and ruins, and set up a sorting/processing/recycling pipeline, with similar complexity to existing tech/materials mods - with resources balanced such that it's more interesting than just mining virgin resources

For many years, DSL/Cable routers by German company AVM, sold under the Fritz!Box brand, did some internal dns tweaking so that when you typed in http://fritz.box it would lead you to the config page of the router in your network. Now, years later, there actually is a .box TLD (Top Level Domain) and AVM forgot to register the fritz.box domain. Someone else did. And activated Certificate Pinning (HSTS). #Oops

UPDATE 2024-01-27: Their dns entries are flaky ATM, sometimes there, mostly not.

Some of the most recognizable artwork on the internet is by the comic XKCD.
(Its a science, math, tech and general STEM comic which can be humorous and poignant.)

XKCD is made with stick figures, graphs, text and simple illustrations. But people love it to the point where professionals cite it, people have stickers and mugs (etc) of it.

Your creativity doesn't have to look like a realistic painting to be valid. And I think thats a HUGE misconception.

#blackmastodon #artwork #drawing #STEM