Jules @afewbugs@librem.one

@colinpurrington thank you! Hopefully I'll be able to pop round to his again over the Christmas break (he found it on the moor but has it in his garden) and get some usb microscope picture

@futurebird I think maybe card readers are still catching up with the technology. I guess public transit readers are designed to get people through the gates as quickly and efficiently as possible, whereas the bar had a card reader that was sort of between the bartop and a till screen, easy enough to get a card held in a hand onto, but not the width of a watch plus wrist

@tony I think the narrative that gets most traction is to do with who the people empathise with and put themselves in the place of in this situation honestly; "Look at this poor little old lady who could be my grandmother, made an honest mistake and now her lifelong career is ruined" vs "Look at this Black woman who's achieved so much and was insulted and denigrated at what was supposed to be a celebration of her acheivements"

@colinpurrington just wondered whether you'd been able to take a look at these?

@futurebird I watched a friend contort his wrists into a series of increasingly awkward shapes to try and get his smart watch in the right position on the pad to pay for his drinks in the bar last night, and had to conclude that the future may be here but it looks hellishly uncomfortable

"What I’ve learned is that the “bad apple” narrative is potent not only because it masquerades as taking responsibility without the institution having to do any such thing, but also because it often helps drive a backlash against the “woke brigade” for cancelling yet another innocent. I see that “She’s 83” is now trending on Twitter, imploring us to leave this nice old lady alone..."

Update from Mandu Reid:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/01/lady-hussey-resign-monarchy-race-remarks-institution

@cris but I think it's not so much about immediately correcting (which I did, but with a bit more panicked flailing than the suggestion!) because it's not really about reassuring the person that you're not racist, it's about reducing the mental load on them by not doing it in the first place, if that makes sense

@cris obviously it's different with friends who bring it up themselves (and in fact the other student and I did did become friends later in the year and talked about it) but I have found that a good rule of thumb as a white person is never ask a person of colour first. And yes absolutely someone in the Palace should know this, and I really hope other staff there are at the very least getting some training

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