Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

The president of the Indiana Builders Association is named Paul Schwinghammer.

#NominativeDeterminism.

https://buildindiana.org/about/leadership/

Why was visibility so low this morning?

Any #retrogaming fans interested in a creative #Doom mod? My independent study student made one:

https://epic-gamez.itch.io/suburban-basketball

#Violet is guarding my office. #DogsOfMastodon #smol

I hesitate to boost this, because people only reading the headline might misread it as "someone is accusing Eugen of *being* a Nazi, which is either true or a melodramatic Godwinization" or "Mastodon is full of Nazis".

TLDR:

1. Our instance, qoto.org, came under attack by an actual, swastika-waving Nazi. Mastodon is by no means full of such bad actors, but they do exist. Freemo provides evidence and history of the attack.
2. This bad actor created enough disinformation noise that Eugen chose to delist qoto from joinmastodon to protect the reputation of Mastodon. This was a win for the baddies.
3. Debates over proper moderation and federation policies are complicated and can grow heated.

@freemo @Gargron @trinsec @khird #qoto

(Interesting thing I learned when autocompleting those tags: there are several accounts impersonating Eugen.)

#3GoodThings

1. Leaves falling like snow.
2. #Violet came to work and got along with the other dog in the department.
3. Pulled off my first three-toss combo juggling clubs.

#3GoodThings

1. The students did not decide en mass to just blow off the entire week.
2. Leftovers.
3. Chocolate chip cookies on demand.

A couple of years ago, many of the software development project pitches from other faculty involved building mobile apps. This year people want us to do data science.

Wait ... does that mean some of them are optional?

The BoardGameGeek holiday gift guide is out:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/59/2022-boardgamegeek-holiday-gift-guide

Note that there are several categories. If you are not already a hard-core gamer, have a look at "family games", "kids games", or "party games" ... or dive deeper!

#BoardGames

Over the break, I hope to prepare next semester's course materials using advanced techniques like "multiple drafts" and "having a plan".

#teaching #pedagogy #education

Econ 101: In this simplified model, we assume that everyone has all the information, so we can ignore advertising and arbitrage. In more advanced courses, we will consider...

Libertarians: Nope, we're good! Let's build the economy on those assumptions.

Actual economy: *consists almost entirely of advertising and arbitrage*

#Violet wagging in her sleep. #DogsOfMastodon