bois de vache @boisdevache@octodon.social

reminder

Facebook Doesn't Need To Listen Through Your Microphone To Serve You Creepy Ads

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/facebook-doesnt-need-listen-through-your-microphone-serve-you-creepy-ads

"“Sustained response” = war. And that requires the authorization of Congress - unless you don’t believe in the Constitution." ---Seth Moulton (D-MA)

"There is no way this action is legal but that horse left the barn decades ago. [...] I would like a careful explanation of why we should believe anything this administration* says simply because the boom-boom has started." ---Charles P. Pierce

Heroes are, more often than not, complete assholes.

I feel like this fact isn't highlighted enough in a lot of fiction.

I think work being *boring* is making me apathetic and lazy and unmotivated to do even the things I like...

Arguing with transphobes reminds me of Wendy Cope's great poem, "He Tells Her":

He tells her that the Earth is flat—
He knows the facts, and that is that.
In altercations fierce and long
She tries her best to prove him wrong.
But he has learned to argue well.
He calls her arguments unsound
And often asks her not to yell.
She cannot win. He stands his ground.

The planet goes on being round.

Inspiration compiles to success.

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In case you missed it, and not following along with the looming laws about to hit ad-tech, this "techie's rough guide to #GDPR" from January is an easy and enlightening read.

https://www.cennydd.com/writing/a-techies-rough-guide-to-gdpr

Frankly, after reading that, I'm looking forward to the web exploding in a couple months.

I can't wait to get up tomorrow and find out whether Jesus saw his shadow when he came out of his hole.

How we treat our teachers is a complete disgrace in this country.

We spend more time talking about how teachers build up our future but there is no future for teachers. We simply do not pay them enough to survive.

We've built a career where the first word out of any teacher to a prospective teacher on learning they want to become a teacher is "why?" followed by "why would you do that to yourself?"