Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Fascinating history of polio from the Infectious Diseases and Therapy article (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108111/#:~:text=Before%20the%20twentieth%20century%2C%20poor,of%20sewage%20from%20drinking%20water):
"Before the twentieth century, poor hygiene and sanitation meant that almost all children were exposed to polio virus during infancy, which enabled natural immunity to build up in populations. The industrial revolution brought great sanitary improvements[, but] it reduced childhood exposure to the virus..., creating the perfect setting for epidemics to ignite [3]."

A reminder that the Daily Mail is a toxic waste dump of journalism -- vile, vile people at an outlet you should never, ever cite as proof of anything. (I immediately unfollow any account that treats the Mail as legitimate journalism.) https://mastodon.social/@rvawonk@newsie.social/109765532849132897

If you're looking for work in IT, and a prospective employer tells you, confidently, that they're a "Microsoft Shop" they've got really bad governance and I'm confident they'll cause you more pain than they're worth if you work for them. Here's what I mean: https://davelane.nz/mshostage

Decades of research prove that the best way to end homelessness is...

Give people a home. Seriously. That's it. No strings, no prerequisites, no faith-based, holistic, means-tested, yoga-cebtric meditation parole. Just a home.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2356643-we-can-reduce-homelessness-if-we-follow-the-science-on-what-works/

The race to out-Nazi everyone for the GQP nomination

Scratch a Libertarian, find an Authoritarian whose beef is that they're not in charge of everything.

"Erasure of history is not a secret. There are 2.8 million students sitting in Florida public schools right now knowing that their governor does not want them to learn about Black history"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/25/desantis-african-american-studies-black-history/

A true open standard (see https://openstandards.nz/definition) allows for *permissionless innovation*. Literally anyone can both study the open standard in its entirety, and implement it without fear of patent extortion or the need to pay up front or have profit drained by royalties.

The fact you're looking at this on an ActivityPub-enabled Fediverse app demonstrates that a community of focused individuals can create a global-scale network around an open standard that rivals (or, frankly, beats) pretty much anything capitalism could create, even at its 'best'.

And these communities create without profit motive - just because they share a vision and think it'd be a good thing. All they require is sustainability, not exploitative profit.

I think that's worth celebrating.

With these 'big tech' corporate lay offs, I encourage those who're unexpectedly back in the job market to consider the power dynamics & lacking ethics of the previous employers they chose to work for and look out for (and avoid) new role in similar circumstances (that's likely to have the same ultimate outcome).

The options with more principled, ethical management (perhaps even non-profits & foundations) might not pay as well, but the peace of mind might easily be worth the difference.

@lightweight every billionaire is a policy failure

Obscene wealth should be a source of shame and contrition rather than inspiring bravado and a sense of worthiness & superiority.

Kevin McCarthy just officially put COVID conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Greene was previously banned from Twitter for spreading COVID disinformation and continues to spread lies about the pandemic to this day.

📢 I'm looking to #hire a part-time #frontend #webdev to help me build important and cool projects at @freedomofpress such as the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker (https://pressfreedomtracker.us/)

The work we do is meaningful and we're a fun and thoughtful team.

We're particularly looking for someone with #react experience. #dataviz and #python are a bonus.

We posted this #job a couple weeks ago, and are going through apps now, so apply soon!

https://grnh.se/ed48e1175us

ACAB
Some people in NYC hacked a programmable road sign to display their own messages. Want to do this yourself? It’s surprisingly easy!

Just CogDogBlogged: LinkedUn

https://cogdogblog.com/2023/01/linkedun/

NYPD to ticket homeless people $50-$250 and jail time:
"The summonses require the payment of the fine. If not paid, a bench warrant would be issued for the violator, who be hauled into court and potentially jailed if he or she could not pay."
https://nypost.com/2023/01/18/nypd-mulls-new-tactic-to-curb-rampant-nyc-homelessness/

‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/no-miracles-needed-prof-mark-jacobson-on-how-wind-sun-and-water-can-power-the-world hopeful and necessary: we must act fast to address the growing #ClimateCrisis - this is how we do it... #renewables