First post here! Hello folks.
The pandemic had a major effect on the Irish economy: lockdowns drove household spending down ↘️ and savings up ↗️.
But the official data show that savings are still very high, and consumption still hasn't fully recovered, so in this note I looked at some other measures 🧐 . 1/8
https://www.fiscalcouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Household-Consumption-and-Savings-in-Ireland-Since-the-Covid-19-Pandemic-Fiscal-Council-Analytical-Note-18-by-Kevin-Timoney.pdf
Installing content scanning software on our devices with access to our private messages and images is an open goal for the surveillance of an entire population.
The #OnlineSafetyBill puts a spy in your pocket.
3/9
For any trans people who need to hear this:
Your body is beautiful. You're worthy of being desired, if that's something you want.
Whether you choose to transition (and in whatever direction you want), and wherever you are in that process -- you're seen, you are believed, and I'm proud to be your sibling.
When you look in the mirror, you deserve to hear, "Hey, Beautiful." If you don't hear it in your voice, hear it in mine.
Your strength is incredible. You come from a long tradition of transgender people, stretching back to the earliest days of humanity.
Let the haters shout into the void. You don't need to. The Void already loves you. ✨
(cis people please boost)
I want to be selective this follow friday sorry for leaving off the countless of you that deserve mention. I dont have the energy to compile a long list today
@koyu@koyu.space - one of the oldest and most awesome people on the fedit
@Romaq A newbie but a pasionate outspoken person with a good head on him
@georgetakei just cause he is the only celeberty who is active here right now whom I really appreciate.
Interesting example of how a #MastoAdmin could run afoul of the EU's #DSA by preemptively suspending an account based on who they are prior to committing a rule violation. #ContentModeration #Admin https://r.algorithmwatch.org/nl3/s0puvOqTh8sH4ZdLtomVHQ
I often see far right accounts and publications - but also increasingly people in the pro-democracy camp - saying that the US is a republic and not a democracy.
So I wrote an essay about it, providing some historical context.
I'm reposting this because yesterday the comment section was swamped by far right troll accounts who obviously don't seem to like the US being associated with the term democracy.
#politics #uspol #democracy #republic
https://www.historem.com/2022/11/is-united-states-democracy-or-republic.html?m=1
Okay, I think I've observed enough on here to try to do a proper #introduction: I'm an assistant professor at Rutgers' School of Communication & Information, studying digital discourse, political communication, and computational social science
#firstGen and #nonbinary scholar hoping to connect more with folks over here! Be my friend! 👋 🌈
#commodon #polisci #computationalSocialScience #hci #socialMedia #politics #communication #politics #politicalscience
It's #NativeAmericanHeritageDay so I want to draw attention the US Government's role in the destruction of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ⁷ (Cayuga) community in so-called Upstate New York.
This issue has developed over two decades, and the US Government (Bureau of Indian Affairs) is involved in an violation of #IndigenousSovereignty by actively erasing the role of clan mothers in Gayogo̱hó:nǫ⁷ governance.
Pls read, boost & some noise about this because a decision is coming up...
https://therealnews.com/clint-halftown-us-enabled-tyrant-of-the-cayugas
Hi hi everyone, I do want to mention that I'm actively looking for work and the bird app used to be very helpful for that. I can see this isn't the same environment for rampant promo so I wont bring hectic energy here.
If you're a #writer #creative or #smallbusiness and you need #writing #webdesign or #startup consulting, do get in touch. You can check out my blog and portfolio at https://nineke.net/
Any #boosts are appreciated Thanks 🙏🏽✨
When we think of early New England, we tend to picture stern-faced Puritans and black-hatted Pilgrims, but in the same decade, a man called Thomas Morton founded a very different kind of colony — a neo-pagan experiment he named Merrymount. Founded as Mount Wollaston in 1624 near present-day Quincy, Massachusetts, it was a society built on art and poetry rather than labor: https://mathewingram.com/ae
🏁 Happy International Buy Nothing Day to those who celebrate 🏁
#introduction I'm a single dad (widower) blessed with a lot of support. I'm a grizzled computer programmer (some days more grizzled than others). I'm a volunteer EMT and for me it's the greatest job I'll never get paid for. I'm a veteran and my thoughts about that are complicated. Temperamentally I consider myself to be an extroverted introvert.
How many of my #ActuallyAutistic comrades ACTUALLY like trains? I do, and I know it's the most stereotypical white male autistic person think to be into, but curious who else is?
My #blackfriday gift of joy is to continue describing my #OMNIcomic for the #visuallyimpaired #blind. We last left off at Panel 2 where we learned the young Black doctor Cecelia Cobbina has suddenly acquired super intelligence and has been asked to head up OMNI, an org studying others who’ve “Ignited.”
PANEL 3
In the sky, we soar above a vulture that flies above Cecelia’s large, tech enhanced RV.
CAPTION
For all I know, OMNI could be evil and trying to capture the Ignited. So who can I trust?
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.