Clif Kussmaul
@kussmaul.bsky.social
computing, education, family, FOSS, Ghana, India, music, POGIL, research, software, travel
Capitalists, after all, hate capitalism. For all the romantic odes ... the actual goal of businesses is to make you an offer you literally can't refuse. Capitalists want monopolies, they want captive audiences.
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Pluralistic: Petard (Part I) (30 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Capitalists, after all, hate capitalism. For all the romantic odes ... the actual goal of businesses is to make you an offer you literally can't refuse. Capitalists want monopolies, they want captive audiences.
pluralistic.net/2025/01/30/l...
pluralistic.net/2025/01/30/l...
useful info in troubled times: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated.
www.aclu.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
useful info in troubled times: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
When your oligopic health provider won't talk to your oligopic health insurer so you have to talk to both, then wait on hold while they talk to each other.
January 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When your oligopic health provider won't talk to your oligopic health insurer so you have to talk to both, then wait on hold while they talk to each other.
According to my phone, it's -6F, feels like -15F, and "today will be the coldest day in 9 years".
January 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
According to my phone, it's -6F, feels like -15F, and "today will be the coldest day in 9 years".
Why do webinar hosts wait until the advertised start time (or longer) to open the webinar platform? Do they wait that long to unlock doors for in-person events?
January 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Why do webinar hosts wait until the advertised start time (or longer) to open the webinar platform? Do they wait that long to unlock doors for in-person events?
"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings."
"We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party".
- M.K.Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
"We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party".
- M.K.Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
December 16, 2024 at 3:53 AM
"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings."
"We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party".
- M.K.Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
"We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party".
- M.K.Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Resolved: conferences about education & technology should model best practices in both.
December 8, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Resolved: conferences about education & technology should model best practices in both.
Well, it's nice to be on a social media platform that isn't cluttered with useful ads. More friends & content would be nice, though. :-)
November 15, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Well, it's nice to be on a social media platform that isn't cluttered with useful ads. More friends & content would be nice, though. :-)
Palm University Founder & President Peter Okantey, surrounded by Palm students who will change the future of Ghana.
November 15, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Palm University Founder & President Peter Okantey, surrounded by Palm students who will change the future of Ghana.