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I know I'm in a ridiculously privileged situation to be able to moan about this, but work has really felt like **work** recently. Endless marking, paper revisions, reviewing, and admin. It seems that all of the crap tasks have basically bunched together in the last couple of weeks.

The realisation of the usefulness of cooperation, which should have led to the triumph of solidarity in all human relations, instead gave rise to private property and government, that is to the exploitation of the labor of the whole community by a privileged minority.
---- - Errico Malatesta - ----

Of course it's gonna be privileged kids doing more activism! It's the fact they use their privilege, “pass the mic”, and fight for a world where their circumstances aren't a privilege but a right, that's what matters.
When conservatives point out the privilege of their political rivals, it's never to actually criticize a hierarchical society, but rather an expression of the wish that their opponents had as little of a voice as the groups they marginalize.

What a lovely writeup on the #OS wars in the 80ies, their legacy and corporate politics background:
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/aftermath-of-the-kernel-wars/

Aftermath Of The Kernel Wars
During the 1980s and 90s, computer companies waged an open war for supremacy. We are witnesses of an age that could be described as post-apocalyptic. The dust has settled for the past 20 years, with a small ignition of hostilities around 2010, between members of the mobile duopoly and some late challengers. But to a large degree, we can say that the Kernel Wars are over, and we are privileged observers of their aftermath. But everyone was surprised to discover the winner emerging from the ashes…

“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”
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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.
It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

RE: https://xoxo.zone/@xoxo/116455782874693726
Amazing! I feel privileged to have been able to attend the last event in 2024.

RE: https://types.pl/@pigworker/116303542395479308
I concur: these people are not only brilliant researchers, they also deeply care about their teaching. I was privileged to attend a class taught by Atkey and McBride. A unique opportunity for the right person. …

Space Camp fundraising has been hard this year. Beyond the cancelled fundraiser in Jan, people are kind of tapped out with donation requests: there’s been so much dire need for groceries, rent assistance, stuff like that…well, when survival is in question, education and joy become luxuries for the privileged.
That’s what happens in times like these. But I’ll be damned if I let ICE rob these kids of Space Camp without a fight.
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My most recent post reveals what a clueless privileged man I am...

#blogpost

Dining with a Baby
Random observations of the day...

Working on extending features for Warlock, and this round of features requires a backend web service running in a centralized, controlled environment due to the requirement of privileged access to partner network resources, (aka, they require an API key and prior authorization to access certain data, thus cannot be distributed in an open source project).
SO, since this is a traditional web service, I opted to use the traditional technologies to power it, but wanted to try out Symfony s…

People who abuse their partners or others emotionally, sexually or physically should be brought to justice. Especially if they’re using their privilege to do so. Especially if they are in positions of power.
We need to shame these abuses of power and build and strengthen networks of support and trust, especially in our privileged circles as is our responsibility. We need to believe and support victims and people at risk. And we need to ensure that offenders face meaningful consequences…

Event Video: Multifaith Prayers and Call to Action
The Interfaith Center of New York hosted a conference on Religious Resistance to Authoritarianism, and I privileged to be invited to give one of the close prayers. The video of that segment is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AsyGBk9bI

You’re not apolitical, you’re unapologetically privileged.

Working on extending features for Warlock, and this round of features requires a backend web service running in a centralized, controlled environment due to the requirement of privileged access to partner network resources, (aka, they require an API key and prior authorization to access certain data, thus cannot be distributed in an open source project).
SO, since this is a traditional web service, I opted to use the traditional technologies to power it, but wanted to try out Symfony s…

New place near me does not offer olives on pizza. That’s just depressing. 😤
I mean, if you’re only looking at it through a privileged food lens and not actually considering (GESTURES AT EVERYTHING)

In *Leviathan and the Air Pump*, S Shapin recounts the 1600s controversy between Hobbes, who held that true knowledge always originates in pure solipsistic reasoning (“ratiocination”) and Boyle, who argued that knowledge required external confirmation via physical evidence. We’re still at it.
Privileged psyches in particular hate giving up on the idea that what they conclude on their own, without checking it by the world, is true.

In lecture at Brown, Yann LeCun discusses a new approach to AI
No stranger to controversy, AI pioneer Yann LeCun told a capacity crowd that large language models are not the future of AI and that a new approach is needed if machines are to achieve human-like intelligence.

RE: #OwenSound where the average household income is about $50k