DecaturNature @DecaturNature@social.cleverlibre.org

Y'all do realize that poor people pay more for slower Internet service than those in wealthy neighborhoods

One recent study found that poor, mostly black and brown neighborhoods in LA County pay anywhere from $10 to $40 more per month than mostly white, higher-income neighborhoods for the exact same service

Wrote a story about it. Wanna read it, here it go

https://muninetworks.org/content/study-low-income-la-county-neighborhoods-pay-more-internet-service-wealthier-neighborhoods

Today’s social media status quo isn’t cutting it, so Mozilla is exploring an alternative here on Mastodon. In early 2023, Mozilla will be testing a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social. We will keep you updated, but for now learn more here: mzl.la/3BNXQMQ

A mom goes to Madison Square Garden with her daughter and a Girl Scout troop. She is nabbed in the lobby and ejected by security after their facial recognition tech identified her as a person who works for a law firm that is suing MSG!

Remember that shit we warned about with facial recognition? It's here.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/

Jesus everloving christ this chart from @ourworldindata showing life expectancy loss due to covid. The US & Bulgaria lost 3 years (=2 decades of progress), but Mexico, India and South Africa lost 4 years - 3 decades of progress in Mexico's case. The macro-scale human cost is immense.

Another great piece from @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/19/better-failure/#let-my-tweeters-go

🛠️ I'm noticing a general problem with #organizing/ #activism on here: finding/hailing folks with interest in a campaign.

Two suggestions:

1, get a *specific* hashtag going *early on* so people can find, follow, boost that specific campaign/issue--and point it out so people know to use it;

2, Consider using a "groups" tool people can subscribe to. If you tag the tool when you post, everyone who subscribes will see the post (see: https://a.gup.pe/).

Amazing to see such a difference. Berlin Germany before in the 1940s (below) & the same place recently (above.)

#History #Germany #Berlin #Jewish #ZionStrong #AmYisraelChai #Hanukkah #Mazeldon #AntiFascist

PSA: Please do not piss off mama shoveler.

#birding #birdwatching #birds #ducks

At Twitter, "allowed under the current rules" only means don't bother because the overlord will change the rules, or act arbitrarily, when he feels like it.

Plans reportedly finalized by a US House of Representative committee to issue at least three criminal referrals for former President Trump. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-finalizes-criminal-referral-plan-trump-rcna62315

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 19/12/22.

There have been no notable changes to control since the last update.

A close-up look at the situation in Bakhmut today. (Image 2)

There have been no changes here since the last update.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #conflict #map #europe #nato #warinukraine #mapping #news #breaking

If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:

1) He'll still be the owner, and the owner makes the rules the CEO carries out.

2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.

3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.

Here’s what really happened in the stalking incident Musk cited to ban @elonjet. Read @drewharwell and my latest story https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/ #twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #technology

It feels like with Elon Musk's confusing public descend into madness, people are slowly waking up to the weird powers of technology/society interfaces.

It is not surprising. It is complex. And it is going to get worse for democracy, unless we do something.

#democratic #backsliding #conspiracy #myth #social #media #epistemic #crisis #complexity #science

https://protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/asymmetric-power-in-the-information

The inability of the Biden administration to name and confirm a permanent NIH director is a betrayal by a campaign that once claimed "the people have chosen science." Hollow words now.
President Biden must act. @erictopol My editorial: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3034

Photo by Shawn Bergman
@ct_bergstrom