timorl @timorl@social.cleverlibre.org

@cwebber I really think this is something more people need to consider with WFH.

We're comfortable considering split shifts for in-person work, but I don't see many people taking that mentality when working from home even though it is way more suited for split shifts (particularly for people who have distributed teams across multiple time zones or people who are also doing care work on top of WFH)

Another thing that changed since 10y ago when I used Blender: I used to have to convince people who are interested in 3d artwork "you should really try Blender, no really, it's worth your time"

Nowadays, everyone I talk to already is. Blender seems to be the 3d default.

Woot! I fixed a policy limitation at work by simply refusing to apply the policy as written and standing my ground. "Family" for purposes of sick/bereavement/etc. leave now includes anyone with which the employee has a "family-like relationship", not just "blood and law relatives"

I got into a little trouble by signing off on family leave for an employee whose dear friend ("she's like a sister to me") needed some medical support, but I stood my ground on the basis that we shouldn't be defining family in a way that excludes people our employees consider family. And I signed it off twice more.

HR threatened to fire me over it, but a whole bunch of my peers and a good chunk of my team basically went together to HR and my VP and said "he goes over this, we quit". Solidarity works!

Very proud to announce our first event. With the fantastic Mireille Hildebrandt and Wendy Chun, moderation by Felix Stalder. Part of our new research project "Latent Spaces – Performing ambiguous Data".
Details: https://latentspaces.zhdk.ch/general/public-event-1

“Europe cried about a 'migrant crisis' in 2015 against 1.4m refugees fleeing war in Syria and yet quickly absorbed some 2m Ukrainians within days, complete with flags and piano music. Europe never had a migrant crisis. It has a racism crisis.” - Ayo Sogunro

So I've got a Singer 834 #sewing machine that I would gladly give away. It broke down yesterday again and I expect I could fix it again, but I am kind of tired of this happening so often, so I want to get a more reliable one.

The thing that is broken is the spinny thing that is supposed to tangle the lower thread with the upper (as you can see I'm clearly a professional who knows all the terms) -- it isn't properly synchronized with the needle. I suspect you want it only if you like tinkering with such devices or you want it for parts.

I can send it anywhere from Switzerland, but if the postal costs are too high I might ask you to chip in.

i need more mathematician friends on mastodon. can you boost this for visibility, please?