Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Mastodon was the only place to catch every suggested short story I posted in July due to other social media shenanigans. But you still may have missed one.

I've got you covered, with a round-up over at my blog:
https://www.adriabailton.com/musings/short-fiction-round-up-77

This graph is making the rounds again on other social media sites. It begs the question "Why do men pay off their student loans, but women can't/won't?"

It's not Black history month, but you already know the answer!

Black women are forced to borrow more for their education. Then Black women are paid less when they graduate, even for the same degree.

A disproportionate amount of the $1.7 Trillion of loan debt (not a typo. Trillion. With a "T.") is held by Black women that did everything right)

A coworker asked me if I had big plans for the fall. It took me way too long to realize they meant “Autumn” and not the collapse of civilization…

@evelynefoerster Shame it wasn’t on the Abbey Road album!

#Beetles #Jokes #humour #today #DadJokes #MumJokes

Hello everyone! This is Benjamin Hollon; I spun up a GoToSocial instance to try out.

I will not be moving permanently, but I will be messaging some from this account and putting it through the motions. Feel free to ask questions!

The main water feature at THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES is this long, pebble lined rill. It snakes it's way down the central avenue, sometimes going underground before popping back up again, or flowing around groups of ancient boulders. It ends at a large spiral and fountain. #nbgw

New “Eris” Covid Variant top 10 symptoms interestingly does not include fever-

1. Sore throat
2. Runny nose
3. Blocked nose
4. Sneezing
5. Dry cough
6. Headache
7. Wet cough
8. Hoarse voice
9. Muscle aches
10. Altered smell

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/ten-symptoms-new-rising-covid-30643261

Kansas State Wildcats must alter future football schedules as new members join Big 12 https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article278025168.html

old-style software was stuff like WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get*)

the new software paradigm** everyone's racing for is DIFM (Do It For Me)

* haahahahahahaaaaahaaaha
** ugh, sorry

We just had to send 2 warships to the Red sea...3000 US troops.

We recently had to deploy 4 destroyers to Alaska because of coordinated threatening maneuvers from both Russia and China.

TBH, I think trump already endangered #NationalSecurity of this country either for profit or for favor.

The indictments are likely the tip of the iceberg and only what can be made public.

#HomelandSecurity #TopSecret #GlobalThreats #RedSea #Alaska

The conflict in Sudan has forced millions of people from their homes.Many have fled to the eastern city of Port Sudan, putting a strain on basic services suc...
Port Sudan electricity supply fails to meet high demand

Government reviving plans to send migrants to Ascension Island

Sending the whole Tory government would be a much better proposition

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/government-reviving-plans-to-send-migrants-to-ascension-island-354055/

'An Important Step Forward': Deep-Sea Mining Not Approved During International Talks - EcoWatch

“Thus far, 21 countries have expressed their support of a ban, moratorium or precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, including new supporters Finland, Brazil, Portugal and Canada.” #stopdeepseamining #climatechange #marineecology

https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-international-seabed-authority.html

I guess this is a disease caused by Musk...

Hopefully this subject is nothing anyone in the Fediverse need worry about personally but it's still a very interesting read about what happens to people who make mistakes on social media. Horrible, devastating mistakes.

The author Jon Ronson, is genuinely kind in how he interacts with his subjects. As a result, he gets more honest and candid responses from them.

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson - Nonfiction

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28531969-so-you-ve-been-publicly-shamed

#Bookstodon
#BookReview

This paper has comprehensively demonstrated why you don't roll your own anonymization (unless extremely qualified). It's pretty epic:

https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/ejmr_paper_nber(1).pdf

... It also demonstrates that a bunch of
economists will say a lot of hateful things (sexist, racist, homophobic, and antisemetic) if they think they're anonymous. So many people are trying to get this replaced by a moderated alternative.

Paper is worth a read to drop your jaw at the terribleness of either angle. Or both.