Katy Love
@ktlove.bsky.social
Perpetually vacillating between despondency over the state of things and drive to fix it. (she/her)
Small but persistent irritation about the Twitter to X shift: I keep having a brief moment of intrigue that my coworkers have shared an XKCD cartoon before realizing, no, they're sharing a post on X. Much less fun.
August 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Small but persistent irritation about the Twitter to X shift: I keep having a brief moment of intrigue that my coworkers have shared an XKCD cartoon before realizing, no, they're sharing a post on X. Much less fun.
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When über-corporatist Fortune magazine is saying there's an imbalance in the distribution of wealth, you know it's bad.
March 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM
When über-corporatist Fortune magazine is saying there's an imbalance in the distribution of wealth, you know it's bad.
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Two years ago, we wrote in the Guardian: "The CDC is beholden to corporations and lost our trust."
With today's news about the CDC weakening COVID isolation guidance, likely influenced by corporate interests, this statement continues to sadly hold true.
With today's news about the CDC weakening COVID isolation guidance, likely influenced by corporate interests, this statement continues to sadly hold true.
The CDC is beholden to corporations and lost our trust. We need to start our own | The People's CDC
We’re epidemiologists, nurses and physicians, artists and biologists. We have come together with a common anger at the US government’s handling of Covid
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Two years ago, we wrote in the Guardian: "The CDC is beholden to corporations and lost our trust."
With today's news about the CDC weakening COVID isolation guidance, likely influenced by corporate interests, this statement continues to sadly hold true.
With today's news about the CDC weakening COVID isolation guidance, likely influenced by corporate interests, this statement continues to sadly hold true.
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FYI, if you use Dropbox, they automatically opted us all in for “Third-Party AI” which is shady as hell.
To fix, log into the desktop site, click on your account icon>settings>third party AI and turn it off.
To fix, log into the desktop site, click on your account icon>settings>third party AI and turn it off.
December 13, 2023 at 2:37 AM
FYI, if you use Dropbox, they automatically opted us all in for “Third-Party AI” which is shady as hell.
To fix, log into the desktop site, click on your account icon>settings>third party AI and turn it off.
To fix, log into the desktop site, click on your account icon>settings>third party AI and turn it off.
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guess i gotta tap the sign www.discourseblog.com/p/anyone-who...
December 12, 2023 at 6:43 PM
guess i gotta tap the sign www.discourseblog.com/p/anyone-who...
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“Small Child Becomes Leading Voice Of Climate Movement” is not an inspirational story.
It falls into the same trap as “Office Workers Donate Vacation Days To Pregnant Colleague So She Can Have Maternity Leave.”
Each is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to protect children.
It falls into the same trap as “Office Workers Donate Vacation Days To Pregnant Colleague So She Can Have Maternity Leave.”
Each is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to protect children.
The 12-year-old who halted COP28
It is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to slow climate change that a child feels she must do the job of adults.
heated.world
December 12, 2023 at 7:46 PM
“Small Child Becomes Leading Voice Of Climate Movement” is not an inspirational story.
It falls into the same trap as “Office Workers Donate Vacation Days To Pregnant Colleague So She Can Have Maternity Leave.”
Each is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to protect children.
It falls into the same trap as “Office Workers Donate Vacation Days To Pregnant Colleague So She Can Have Maternity Leave.”
Each is indicative of the world's total systemic failure to protect children.
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Are you hosting a gathering? Want to give yourself and your guests a better chance of staying well for the holidays and avoiding long term harm from Covid? Here’s an air filter calculator to help you figure out what your room needs. A little wonky but I managed. 😌 filters.cleanairstars.com
Air Filter Recommendation Tool
This tool helps recommend how many of the available models of portable air filters at different fan speeds will be required to meet current recommendations to reduce the risk of transmission of respir...
filters.cleanairstars.com
December 12, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Are you hosting a gathering? Want to give yourself and your guests a better chance of staying well for the holidays and avoiding long term harm from Covid? Here’s an air filter calculator to help you figure out what your room needs. A little wonky but I managed. 😌 filters.cleanairstars.com
Headline: Science shows remote groups aren't as good!
Reading article: Looking at papers ranging from 1960 to 2020...
Cause there's no way THAT timeframe could bias things towards this result if modern innovations around communication aren’t being taken into account. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reading article: Looking at papers ranging from 1960 to 2020...
Cause there's no way THAT timeframe could bias things towards this result if modern innovations around communication aren’t being taken into account. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 1, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Headline: Science shows remote groups aren't as good!
Reading article: Looking at papers ranging from 1960 to 2020...
Cause there's no way THAT timeframe could bias things towards this result if modern innovations around communication aren’t being taken into account. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reading article: Looking at papers ranging from 1960 to 2020...
Cause there's no way THAT timeframe could bias things towards this result if modern innovations around communication aren’t being taken into account. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Literally only had two town ballot questions in what was labelled a "Special Election" (because my town actually holds town elections on a Saturday in April 🤷) and yet I STILL got up and to my polling place before work. Get out and vote today, people!
November 7, 2023 at 2:12 PM
Literally only had two town ballot questions in what was labelled a "Special Election" (because my town actually holds town elections on a Saturday in April 🤷) and yet I STILL got up and to my polling place before work. Get out and vote today, people!
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Everyone who was on USENET, IRC or had a blog looking at Millennials being labeled "First Gen Social Media Users":
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Everyone who was on USENET, IRC or had a blog looking at Millennials being labeled "First Gen Social Media Users":
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
The fuck did you just say, my dude
www.wired.com/story/first-...
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I have, in fact, never wondered why Wikipedia wants so much money. It's one of the highest trafficked sites on the internet. The logistics of maintaining just the infrastructure must be very complicated. It also doesn't have ads.
I have often wondered why Elon Musk wants so much money.
I have often wondered why Elon Musk wants so much money.
Must suck to realize that there are some forms of epistemic grounding that you and your pals can't simply purchase and torch to the ground.
October 23, 2023 at 2:59 PM
I have, in fact, never wondered why Wikipedia wants so much money. It's one of the highest trafficked sites on the internet. The logistics of maintaining just the infrastructure must be very complicated. It also doesn't have ads.
I have often wondered why Elon Musk wants so much money.
I have often wondered why Elon Musk wants so much money.
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This is so real. I’ve reported on this over the years in many forms. Coral reef scientists. Conservationists caring for endlings. Public health workers in the pandemic. Journalists covering all the above. The people bearing witness are not okay.
One unexpected thing in my qualitative study w natural scientists (one-hour interviews) is how deeply, deeply sad the climate scientists are. They say things like "you have enough information from us, why won't anyone act?" -- the psychological distress these people are enduring is very great.
October 22, 2023 at 4:18 AM
This is so real. I’ve reported on this over the years in many forms. Coral reef scientists. Conservationists caring for endlings. Public health workers in the pandemic. Journalists covering all the above. The people bearing witness are not okay.
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It was always obvious that the Campus Free Speech panic was going to produce laws like this.
Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."
Florida rule would limit talk of ‘social issues’ at public universities
Critics say a proposed regulation is too broad and could inhibit free speech.
www.tampabay.com
October 23, 2023 at 1:28 PM
It was always obvious that the Campus Free Speech panic was going to produce laws like this.
Just makes the thought of living in Europe more appealing, no?
Elon Musk is considering taking Twitter out of Europe amid EU compliance investigation
Elon Musk is considering taking Twitter out of Europe amid EU compliance investigation
As Twitter, renamed X, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and usage falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.
www.businessinsider.com
October 18, 2023 at 11:37 PM
Just makes the thought of living in Europe more appealing, no?
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sick days are a benefit and if you don't use your benefits it's like giving money back to your boss straight out of your paycheck. take your sick days when you need to, or want to.
October 18, 2023 at 5:12 PM
sick days are a benefit and if you don't use your benefits it's like giving money back to your boss straight out of your paycheck. take your sick days when you need to, or want to.
Finally setting up a refuge from you know where. Not yet clear how active I'll be (have been enjoying life with one less social network) but always happy to see friendly faces.
October 18, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Finally setting up a refuge from you know where. Not yet clear how active I'll be (have been enjoying life with one less social network) but always happy to see friendly faces.