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Biden is up against a twice impeached adjudicated sex offender under indictment for espionage and a Florida man who has good things to say about slavery

…and it’s close.

What’s that tell you about america?

this animation and more is coming to @solarwatch

watchOS 10 🫶

Consider "Hey Black people! Don't be on Twitter! They hate you more!"
Vs "Let's make the Fediverse better!"

Consider "Hey Black people! Don't vote GOP! They hate you more!"
Vs "Let's undo the systemic racism in the Dem party!"

Consider "Hey African countries! Don't trust Russia and China! They hate you more!"
Vs "Let's start truly partnering with Africa!"

If you were Black, you would see through the self-serving message, so it's strange that folks don't get that Black folk see through it too.

I assume you get why it's not a nice thing to say that "slavery helped black people in some ways" but I think some people miss why this particular idea is *exceptionally* racist.

One of the main arguments to justify slavery was that it "civilized" black people by making us Christian & teaching us obedience to our "betters." Black people were "lucky" or "better off" as slaves.

It assumes that when people were enslaved they had no skills, nothing to offer, that they were basically animals.

Have you had experience as a browser engineer? Would you like to work with me? #WebXR #Apple #VisionPro
https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200490894/spatial-web-engineer-apple-vision-pro

Journalist Ed Yong continues to cover #LongCovid and #MECFS with immense clarity. This new article is so important. It shows how our traditional understanding of fatigue is totally undermined by these illnesses.

"American society tends to equate inactivity with immorality, and productivity with worth. Faced with a condition that simply doesn’t allow people to move—even one whose deficits can be measured and explained—many doctors and loved ones default to disbelief." https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/

If you're planning to delete your twitter account, consider that if any creep in the world dislikes you they can register your abandoned username, impersonate you, and spread lies about you. It happened to my friend. It sucks.

Keep control of your username.

While we wait to hear back about the Vision Pro labs, I figured I'd put together a list of tips for how to maximize your time at a lab like this. This is based on similar past experiences. Time is your enemy at an event like this and so being efficient and thoughtful ahead of time can greatly increase what you can get done in your slot.

If I'm fortunate enough to get a slot I’ll update the article if there are things I learn specific to visionOS which I can share.

https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2023/07/27/vision-lab-tips/

You can't keep telling people the future is a fascist takeover and ecological collapse, and conservatives and corporations are the ones directly responsible and are blocking efforts to fix it, and not expect people to ask why we're being so goddamn nice to them in that case.