@saraislet@infosec.exchangeEvery company that has ever been involved with fascism, slavery, or exploitation of labor should have open statements like this on their website
But I'm impressed that BMW is this blunt about it — and has actual pictures of Dachau
https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/company/histo…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online3 things that you can do to support someone who is struggling with their mental health, specifically depression:
• Educate Yourself
• Listen to Understand, Not to Change
• Check in Often and Check in WELL
via @rachel_havekost@threads.net
https://rachelhavekost.substack.com…
@jrm4@mastodon.socialTheory: ATProto is pointless and it just hit me why.
It's too complicated. Ok, so then your response will be "then we can educate and hold hands and explain and gain trust"
You do THAT and *boom* you ALREADY just solved the problem with humans that you were just trying to solve with complex tech.
At that point just point them to, or become, a good Mastodon server.
#socialmedia
@cdarwin@c.imLegal teams in Chicago are mobilizing to educate children on their rights and document any coercion.
But make no mistake
—this is cruelty by design.
https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/operation-freaky-friday-what-you-need-to-know/
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com"I would like to propose that IPs of [NTP] pool-members should not be allowed to host [Tor exit nodes] simultaneously under the same IP."
or put another way, "my employer paid for this whizzy firewall but it complains when we make it talk to a free service run by a volunteer because of other software the volunteer runs. Please educate your volunteers about how they need to go about providing this free service to us."
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioAs a marketer by profession I feel this very deeply and struggle to find a way to communicate to fellow people on the left that the methods and tools for communicating messages and persuading masses of people SHOULD be used, as effectively as possible, to promote facts and values we align with.
I get that power is uncomfortable when so many parties visibly abuse it for malicious purposes.
But power in and of itself is a tools that needs to be wielded, and we should be cognizant about targeting it at changes that will improve our societies and help us and the planet.
Yes, don’t use power blindly. Don’t manipulate people. But using persuasive, effective tactics for mass communication to educate people on the truth and get them aboard initiatives that will help them??? Why is that evil?
It feels like the left sees power, influence, and thus marketing / PR / propaganda as too black-and-white. We need to be comfortable in navigating the grey. https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114913847088444610
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialDay 7: Brenda Romero
I hinted yesterday I'd be moving beyond a narrow definition of "author," so of course that means I'm going to include game designers. I'll definitely get back to some more traditional authors before I hit 20, but I wanted to mix things up early.
Brenda Romero is something of a celebrity in the niche culture that is the Game Developers Coherence, I like to imagine. Of course the misogyny there likely means many just pay attention to who her husband is, but she's a terrific designer in her own right, if not prolific.
Content warning: the Holocaust
To me her most outstanding game has always been "Train," which is an exhibition tabletop game in which players collaborate to load and unload cargo and move train cars around a board, with the stated objective of efficiently delivering cargo to meet certain collective goals. However, through both physical cues and in-game reveals, it becomes clear to players that the game they are playing stimulates the Holocaust, and the cargo they're moving is people being brought to extermination camps. The actual goal of the game is for the players to stop playing and walk away, or perhaps to play against the stated objective and gridlock the trains. Romero supervised play at the expos where it was presented, and intervened to stop the game if the players continued too far (in some cases not picking up on the hints offered because they had very little knowledge of the Holocaust as a historical event). I've never played the game myself; just heard Romero give a report about it, but the sheer genius of designing a game meant not to be played to help educate about a system within which defying the rules was the only ethical action earned her instant respect from me. Romero has a whole series of games in this vein about didn't historical events (not necessarily all designed to not be played), although last I checked in most are just at prototyping stages.
I've got other non-man game designers that will appear on this list, but Romero stood out to go first because she's a good example that you don't need to be someone prolific or widely-known to do great work; I'd bet most people have an author or two they respect who is not widely known (and I'll include at least one more from that category on this list).
#20AuthorsNoMen
@trochee@dair-community.socialMarty McFly had so many missed opportunities.
- see "Folsom Prison Blues" performed live
- save James Dean from his own driving
- see the first version of Kermit live on TV
- interfere with the founding of Westboro Baptist
- visit Disneyland on opening day
- give Emmett Till a safe ride home (in a Delorean)
Educate your kids!
@cdarwin@c.imThe Education Department has cut off funding for campus-based child care at over a dozen colleges,
accusing the schools of conflicting with the Trump administration’s polices by teaching young children about gender and race or prioritizing diversity in hiring.
Grants from the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program are a critical source of money for public colleges that educate large populations of students with limited financial means.
The $80 million …
@arXiv_statAP_bot@mastoxiv.pageA Bayesian factor analysis model for non-randomised staggered designs
Constantin Schmidt, Shaun R. Seaman, Beatrice Emmanouil, Leila Reid, Stuart Smith, Daniela De Angelis, Pantelis Samartsidis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09554
@brichapman@mastodon.socialUBC introduces the world's first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, turning waste into compost. Sustainable design for a cleaner future. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate
@cdarwin@c.imWe were just in LA working on finalizing what we need to launch in Los Angeles,
where ICE activity is ramping up and community fear is growing.
But to do this, we need your help right now.
We must raise money to fund our first deployment.
Money that will help cover vans, production crews, legal infrastructure, and community coordination.
Chip in any amount you can to help us expose ICE’s abuses and power our Liberty Vans;
and educate the American people on…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialStudy shows biodiversity boosts pollinators & crop yields! #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate
