lobster @Lobster@social.cleverlibre.org

@continuist Hello #newbie !

Here is some information you should gobble up:

#fediverse #FediverseTips #mastodontips #mastodonhelp #mastodonapp #mastodon #feditips #fedihelp #newhere #helpdesk

:ivory_elephant:

We have lots of systems to facilitate communication. Communication is a problem in our organization.

This is common. It is not solved with another technology system.

It’s a beautiful morning in Mountain View, catching the train to work.

I find that the Bay Area is much nicer to visit using public transit than renting a car and fighting the traffic.

“the “carbon majors” responsible for the crisis at hand knowingly spent decades that could have been used to avoid disastrous global warming to make so much money they could have paid their “fair share” of climate-related damages and still pocketed US$10 trillion” #climatechange #energyextortion https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/16/news/30-trillion-reasons-make-big-oil-pay

So many people are freaked out about the idea of #AI #CustomerService, but the reality is that the AI will probably have more latitude to deviate from the script than the humans ever did.

Montem Primary #School in #Islington threatened with closure, despite GOOD #Ofsted rating, and excellent work supporting some of the most vulnerable and deprived children in the borough. A real shame if this goes ahead.

https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131218

After a long history of excellent work, it was allocated Additional Resource Provision specifically for these children with #EHCP and struggle in mainstream school.

Support the petition if you can:
https://www.change.org/p/operation-save-montem-primary-school

For me Signal is simply yet another FOSS service to be sustained because it's not sustained by advertising. To others, it is the only secure way to reveal criminal practices. It is certainly worth a small monthly donation
https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/

Autumn leaves.

Occasionally I'm annoyed at or disappointed by Mastodon. Then I remember that some of the principle alternatives are:

1. A site run under the de facto control of a government involved in widespread repression and ethnic cleansing,
2. A site run by a guy increasingly promoting views aligned with genocidal ideologies, and
3. sites run by an organization implicated in facilitating an actual genocide.

With that perspective, the comparative issues of Mastodon seem pretty manageable.

I am not even coming to your holiday party unless you have a Tree-Rex:

Next up, Pouhiou from @Framasoft presenting PeerTube.

PeerTube is an decentralized, federated alternative to YouTube and Twitch.

@NGIZero funded feature development of improved search, remote transcoding, and all major features in v6. More than funds, it received help with networking, accessibility, and diversity & inclusion.

The EU Commission, multiple EU country governments, universities are using PeerTube. Over 1000 instances now in just 6 years.

https://joinpeertube.org/

#NGIForum23

@Pouhiou on stage at #ngiforum2023 presenting @joinpeertube ! Amazing project done until now with only 1 full time developer !

⚠️ DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE ⚠️

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Unionized Starbucks workers will be walking out today to demand better working conditions. Show your support for workers by NOT supporting their employer today.

Brew a cup at home and donate the $5 to a good cause.

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“This year, on the heels of victories won by striking workers across different industries nationwide, Starbucks workers are taking the rebellion to the next level,” the union said. 

They finally got me, too. Yesterday, after 5.5 years at Skillshare, I was laid off along with @ramsey and 21 others.

That means I'm immediately available for work. I am looking for a staff/principal software engineer role working on a foundations/platform team. I love modernising legacy applications and mentoring other engineers.

I'm based in the UK but happy to work for a company anywhere in the world - contract or perm. So let's chat. :)

#LookingForWork

"Ravens are the birds I'll miss most when I die. If only the darkness into which we must look were composed of the black light of their limber intelligence. If only we did not have to die at all. Instead, become ravens." --Louise Erdrich

#art #sketch #raven #pencildrawing #artist #artwork #MastoArt #traditionalart #drawing #graphite #birdart

@NGIZero @Framasoft @peertube But please don’t take that to mean that we can work miracles with nothing either.

Why is it that Silicon Valley asshats get €5M a pop for every toxic, extractive startup idea they have whereas we have to beg for scraps and spend inordinate amounts of time on to ensure basic necessities like keeping a roof over our heads and food on the table when we’re the ones building the ethical alternatives?

https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

@SrRochardBunson Hm. Might i be good at ranting? Does your new movement have an opening for a propaganda minister?

(Yes, this is a joke. I think my abilities might be more in listening to difficult people, but this person was extremely nice)