Sonya McChristie @sonya@scholar.social
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
Joined Oct 2018
I’m shocked at this news, shocked I tell you!
Isn’t modern science amazing?
https://newsthump.com/2019/04/10/scientists-release-first-ever-image-of-brexit/
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@scisus let us know what you think ^_^
Review of Caroline Criado Perez's book, Invisible Women, about how women are disadvantaged by data bias, with a focus on what the book covers in relation to the higher education sector. Added to reading list.
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during autism awareness month, please remember that autism speaks is a terrible organization, and very few autistic people like them at all.
instead of supporting them or "light it up blue", you should instead support ASAN, the autistic self-advocacy network, and you should remind allistic people that A$ is a horrible company.
instead of supporting them or "light it up blue", you should instead support ASAN, the autistic self-advocacy network, and you should remind allistic people that A$ is a horrible company.
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In the last few months:
- Tumblr purged adult content (and a bunch of stuff it misindentified).
- Flickr purged free storage above a limit of 1000 photos/account.
- Myspace deleted 12 years' worth of music.
And Google+ only has two weeks left before Google pulls its plug.
Back up your accounts!
And if you can, consider donating to the Internet Archive. https://archive.org
... and it’s gone. Got signed out on my iPad, now I can’t sign in because I have it on 4 devices. Now I have to ask myself who I hate least - Microsoft or Google? :/
Aww, wow... Alas poor Dropbox, I knew ye well.. :(
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/14/dropbox-free-storage-plan-three-devices/
death metal, vore, link to the BBC Show more
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Be a pronoun professional in three easy steps:
1) Add your pronouns to your profile
2) Discover and use the pronouns people have in their bios before interacting with them
3) If you don't know their preferred pronouns default to they/them and don't presume anything
Turnitin sold to Advance for £1.3 billion, a US media company that owns the Discovery Channel, Wired, most of Reddit, and much more.
Why this is of concern from the THE article: "it reinforces a business model that relies on the collection and use of student data at students’ expense and without compensating them”.
A thing of beauty:
“Hipster whines at tech mag for using his pic to imply hipsters look the same, discovers pic was of an entirely different hipster”
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/06/hipsters_all_look_the_same_fact/
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@GwenfarsGarden yes, ditto! Much further reading ^_^
Good article about the suppressed contributions of women in science. While I would optimistically like to think that most people know about Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA now, the problem goes much deeper.
Hey Siri, show me the most British headline imaginable:
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Accessibility isn't just for "disabled" people.
Accessibility benefits EVERYONE, from the people who are severely impacted to those who find the extra options convenient, and everyone in between.
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE to making your stuff more accessible.
Reader, Writer, Philosopher, Learning Technologist, Geek, Queer. Possessor of at least 2 distinct superhuman abilities. Pronouns: They/Them or She/Her.
Joined Oct 2018
