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Microwave labeling contest!

Thanks Kevin Lynagh for the photo

Been adding more #autoethnography to teaching & this piece caught my eye. However not sure when I'll be able to read, seems like such a gut-punch:

"intergenerational relationships & #transnational #care shaped by global #migration & aging. I reflect on the dynamics of my relationship with my mother, beginning with my departure from my home & spanning a period of 40 years. I contemplate theoretical models of intergenerational solidarity, ambivalence, & role ambiguity..."

https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/8/2/56

A public service announcement with an expiration date: if you've loved my writing and science, I have a book proposal+sample chapter out on submission right now. The pitch is "The Psychology of Software Teams": a general audience, warmly human, accessible book for teams, leaders, and curious minds, filled to the brim with practitioner stories AND the new empirical social science of technology innovation. 🙌❤️

Let me know if you know editors who might be interested in this uniquely cool project.

@roknrol Haggling is a very NT thing, and at some level all sales is haggling. Some of it is charisma, some is good old social power dynamics - stuff we're not usually good at. And we do tend to value honesty over manipulation, so the whole idea of selling something by talking it up feels bad. Fold in some rejection sensitivity and a dash of imposter syndrome, and I usually just give stuff away because it's so much easier. I think this is what folks mean by an Autism Tax.

When Big Tech is challenged on its energy, material and water use, it's response is always that its working on being more efficient, finding ways to keep growing but in a "greener" way.

We must challenge the Growth Death Cult.

Our environment simply cannot cope with this incessant growth of data, data centers, servers, chips, smartphones, laptops, earbuds.

There is no infinite growth on a finite planet. Driven by Big Tech, we have already bust past multiple boundaries.

It's not sustainable.

How was Starlink ever allowed to operate in the first place?

@Quinnypig “This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."

Lessetor in flight.

If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#generativeArt

“optimism is yet again being used to protect the privileged, and evade duties that decency and #justice demand (to protect those with the least resources)” & “markets are engines of ingeniously organized injustices” & “To do what’s collectively kind and what justice enjoins, cruel systems of greed and their cheerful defenders must be tamed or toppled.” & “#optimism is often an elite-serving demon” https://sublationmedia.com/the-dark-origins-of-optimism-and-its-current-cheerful-evils/

senior people who like to show off how smart they are or demonstrate how little executive function they have should sit the fuck down

re-#introductions

Hi, everyone! We are an international worker-owned co-op.

We provide tech services with a commitment to privacy, transparency and sustainability. We have a strong commitment to libre software. You can read about our values on our website: https://autonomic.zone/blog/our-founding-principles/

We are especially interested in collaborating with co-ops and other collective organisations working for a better world.

https://autonomic.zone/

#coops #workercoops #tech #cotech #freesoftware