Okay, Mastodon friends, I rarely ask for amplification about my day job, but I personally pushed for my employer to make a big investment in enabling the fediverse, and I'd love for everyone to show that the support is appreciated. On June 28, you can join us for a (FREE!) hands-on conversation about how the Fastly team worked to support @Mastodon while the service was under a *massive* DDOS attack. Everyone who cares about scaling the fediverse should join: https://learn.fastly.com/security-mitigating-ddos-and-traffic-surges-with-mastodon @devs
Throughout the last several years, the Adriatic sea -- specifically the Istrian coastal region of Croatia -- has inspired my photographer's eye.
I collected my favorite shots and cropped them to 16:9. And now they're ready to be wallpaper on your PC.
Please help yourself:
https://cloud.midreality.com/s/iqN3TJRyyMYYSfp
@m_clem I think we all know this but it is still nice to see it empirically shown. What I would really love to see is how this has changed over time. This paper uses data from only a few years in early 2000s but it would be fascinating to see a study like this over a longer time period.
“Adviser connectedness and placement outcomes in the economics job market”
New by Rose & Shekhar —> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102397 #econjobmarket #econtwitter
JOB OPPORTUNITY! I'm hiring again.
I need a historian to help Colonial Williamsburg with its website, web strategy, and blog content, who can also help us vet the accuracy of our content. The role will also bring someone in the ground floor as we re-imagine the museum for the digital age as we are building the world's largest virtual museum about early American history.
Salary Range: $60K-$70K.
Let me know if you have questions.
24 hours of Earth's rotation, with the camera locked to the sky instead of the ground. We're all hanging out on this spinning rock.
Brilliant video by Bartosz Wojczyński. https://artuniverse.eu/gallery/190705-rotation24h #nature #wonder #earth
I wrote about how Reddit’s years of making users responsible for content creation, moderation, and product development came back to haunt it today. https://www.platformer.news/p/reddit-goes-dark
✨ Import from Instagram
Now available! 🥳
PR: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/4466
Docs: https://pixelfed.social/site/kb/import
Thanks again to @NGIZero for funding this amazing feature! #instagramImport
@dansup amazing work!
@gamingonlinux UPDATE: Halls of Torment DOES work through the Steam flatpak!
TIL: there is someone who has made it their mission for years to eradicate the phrase “comprised of” from Wikipedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Giraffedata/comprised_of
State Dept official: Western exports of microchips/electronics to Russia are back to pre-invasion levels
European companies sell to companies in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Georgia, the UAE and Armenia, which then turn around and sell the items to Russia
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-better-evading-western-sanctions-electronics-war-ukraine/
Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/09/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-going-to-get-rid-of-the-block-feature-enabling-greater-harassment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/230610/p60#a230610p60
So yeah, thanks @scott, this is very cool...
Electric bicycles (and trikes) are displacing more barrels of oil than all other electric vehicles... combined. >>> https://carfree.city/@scott/110515609281961933
Check out @ClimateMigration for more #climate and #ClimateScience
I'm riding 130km to raise money for MS Queensland tomorrow. I'm only just short of $3000 raised. Please put in a little more and help me get over the line https://www.brissietothebay.com.au/fundraisers/johnquiggin/brissie-to-the-bay
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics