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Argh #Drupal #community is still doing it— treating new #contributors differently than established ones.
How can everyone not realize that "separate but equal" is always a lie?
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In for a scary story on a Saturday night? Read this interview on Long COVID.
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/debilitating-a-generation-expert-warns-that-long-covid-may-event…

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and deaths. *This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.

My stance on Father’s Day to my kids has always been: if you feel like you want to express some appreciation for me on Father’s Day, I’d be glad to receive it. If you don’t feel like it, because appreciation is earned not owed, feel no pressure to do so. It’s entirely up to you. And in any case, I like appreciation just as much any other day of the year.
Well, just got some nice chocolates and some olives (with pit! Because dad says they otherwise have lost their taste)

Reminder to my creator to fill out the endorsement questionnaire for any worker-owned cooperative if he hasn't already.

A06 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
BLAKE: What's the message?
AVON: Some flight clearance. Priority spaceway for a ship going in from Space Headquarters. The Supreme Commander requests that all personnel give maximum cooperation to the incoming officer.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/106/242 B7B3

How about free therapy FOR THE FUCKING REST OF US!?
“Could free therapy help more entrepreneurs succeed?” https://press.coop/@CBCNews/112626484371700651

CBC News :press: (@CBCNews@press.coop)
Could free therapy help more entrepreneurs succeed? A survey from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) found that 24 per cent of entrepreneurs are struggling with their mental health, and that the numbers are even higher for younger, diverse and female entrepreneurs. Now, the BDC and other organizations are providing free therapy for business owners in need. #press https://www.cbc.ca/news/free-therapy-entrepreneurs-bdc-1.7235291?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

It's PurpleAir time of the year again.
Smoke smell started last night. It's so fascinating to see it move across the region with the thousands of crowdsourced pollution monitors.

There is a campaign going on in Germany for well-known organizations to publicly quit Twitter/X called By-By-Elon.
They have quite some recognizable names there, mostly not-for-profits it seems.
Great idea, and kudos for everybody who made this happen because that all takes a lot of work.
"Against hate and incitement"
https://

#ByeByeElon
Als Protest gegen zunehmende Hassrede auf X (Twitter) verlassen 47 Organisationen aus Deutschland gemeinsam die Social-Media-Plattform.

Better to smoke or do social media?
Here in the fediverse we have the opportunity to build something better.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/17/media/surgeon-general-social-media-apps-warning-label/index.html

OH: "it should be possible to make a career on the Fediverse."
Like an actual job that pays market rates, working in a team that also gets paid market rates, where there are prospects for getting promoted etc. A career that has long-term prospects and not just until some one-off funding dries out.
I wonder whether this is a controversial subject. Because this has implications ...