@NFL@darktundra.xyzNiners GM John Lynch: We've had 'good and substantive meetings' regarding Trent Williams' contract https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-gm-john-lynch-we-ve-had-good-and-substantive-meetings-regarding-trent-williams-…
@tschfflr@fediscience.org7 meetings since 10am 😓 oof
I feel a little brained out #academicChatter
@cdarwin@c.imStrikes run on pizza.
Turns out they also can begin to end on them.
Several pies, in fact, arrived on North Shore Drive on the brisk Tuesday that was Oct. 18, 2022,
when the strikers first walked out of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom
because the PG had violated federal labor law.
The workers said they would not go back to their jobs until their employer followed the rules.
They had no idea it would take three years
and become the nation’s lon…
@tschfflr@fediscience.orgMeeting planning, emails (generating further meetings). Monday morning as usual #academicChatter
@aardrian@toot.cafeThing is, I’m actually in a good mood today. A nice morning of snow driving, cafe socializing, shoveling, and then some casual meetings.
But these really problematic lies from big vendors and megacorps (and WGs) about accessibility need to be called out when they flood the zone.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCanadian separatists optimistic after meetings with Trump officials (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/canadian-separatists-alberta-meetings-trump-officials-rcna258230
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p19#a260212p19
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioMy husband and I have been sick with the flu and completely out of anything going on with society for the past week.
This time of illness has been worse than COVID - I showed up to urgent care last week with a 104.2 F (40.1 C) fever after sleeping for 22 hours straight.
I am still delirious and unable to keep track of meetings or emails, so trying to get caught up on work will be a struggle.
Don’t be like me, get your flu shots if y’all can 😭
@DamonHD@mastodon.social#today will be preparing some stuff for coming meetings tomorrow and in a week, and mentoring some students with their Hackathon presentations...
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSalesforce makes Slack's new AI-powered Slackbot generally available, helping users answer workflow questions, draft documents, schedule meetings, and more (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/slackbot-ai-agent-upgrade/
@wraithe@mastodon.socialI’ve used this for literally decades; and evangelize for it always.
It’s IMMENSELY useful when doing presentations because you can zoom in on a small section easily to emphasize it
Also, great when doing support for someone or in when screen sharing in meetings https://martianbase.net/@mackuba/11604
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Howard Shore:
🎵 The Fellowship of the Ring "Many Meetings"
#HowardShore
https://open.spotify.com/track/0VfcYOujgf9JDAgwlgu1qm
@mia@hcommons.socialAfter a morning of hilarious (not!) Sharepoint collaboration fails in meetings, I thought I'd give Copilot attached to Outlook a go.
Surely, I thought, creating a meeting request from an email would be a core competency? But no! The verbose 'reasoning' looked impressive, but the .ics file it created failed to import. Whyyyyyy, MS, whyyyyyyyyyyy?
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Paramount CEO David Ellison met with Trump last week for two conversations; Trump has said he will stay out of Netflix-Paramount competition for WBD (Brian Stelter/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/media/david-ellison-tr…
@servelan@newsie.socialNever heard about 'Sleepy Joe' #Biden doing that, now, did you?
Donald Trump Asked Staff to Put Fewer Meetings on His Schedule - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-asked-staff-to-put-fewer-meetings-on-his-schedule-11293367
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/
@bici@mastodon.socialzoom meetings are like using a blanket for a condom.
#zoom
@cdarwin@c.imTrump says ‘help is on its way’
as he urges Iranians to
‘keep protesting’ and ‘take over’ their institutions
US president cancels meetings with Iranian officials ‘until senseless killing of protesters stops’
Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade
China threatens to retaliate over Trump’s 25% tariff on countries trading with Iran
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-2ead9f281ba2491e0581aced50a0533d
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p92#a260210p92
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe@… I did take minutes of meetings, years ago, before my hearing became too poor.
The rate of increase of twist of my sense of humour is inversely equal to the rate of loss of hearing.
I have a twisted sense of humour …
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaWhy are programmers non-productive?
Because their time is wasted in meetings.
Why are programmers rebellious?
Because the management interferes too much.
Why are the programmers resigning one by one?
Because they are burnt out.
Having worked for poor management, they no longer value their jobs.
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
@tschundler@leds.socialI got an invite to a meeting at work for a project I don't work on. I was then told it wasn't a mistake - an engineer suggested I might have useful input.
Which makes me realize there have been a various other times I've been invited to meetings that I don't know why I'm there. They've always been very productive and worth my time.
...meanwhile, many meetings for projects I do work on really don't need me.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEx-Tory MP Ben Howlett says he paid £100 for a 50% stake in influential X account PoliticsUK, which he used for posts that aligned with his clients' interests (Democracy for Sale)
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-our-fake-chinese-ai-investor<…
@smurthys@hachyderm.io @cdarwin@c.imTexas Sen. Ted Cruz told Republican donors last year he had warned Donald Trump that his tariffs and economic policies were steering the GOP toward a midterm election disaster
According to recordings from two meetings with donors obtained by Axios,
Cruz said he told Trump,
“Mr. President, if we get to November” of 2026 “and people’s 401(k)s are down 30 percent and prices are up 10 to 20 percent at the supermarket,
we’re going to go into Election Day, face a bloodbath…
