J. Nathan Matias @natematias@octodon.social
Building public interest, independent research on online safety & fairness. PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab. Harvard BKC. http://civilservant.io natematias.com
This Dec 5 talk by @Florini on how people create online enclaves for conversation away from harassment may be of interest to people on Mastodon: https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2017/luncheon/12/Florini
Finally getting some of my art on the wall. This one is a panel from Nick Sousanis's graphic novel PhD dissertation.
@niloufar So many good feminist novels!
@niloufar I've been enjoying Ursula Le Guin's novels lately. In the past, I found the works of Nadine Gordimer especially moving.
Statue of the day: Angeline Eberly shot a cannon to protect the Texas archives in Austin from a secret incursion ordered by Sam Houston in 1842 https://octodon.social/media/PShO3HcHagxh3tqSsDk
Photo by John Nestor on Flickr. Sculpture by Pat Oliphant
New bicycle trailer seems to be working well!
https://octodon.social/media/0ehdDfxIUz-hPXcIdwg https://octodon.social/media/82wHsxqmqlc5g4fOXjM
Their report on the decentralized web can be read here: http://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb
.@ethanz writes about Mastodon's popularity as part of a wider report with Chelsea Barabas and Neha Narula on decentralized publishing:
https://medium.com/@EthanZ/mastodon-is-big-in-japan-the-reason-why-is-uncomfortable-684c036498e5
UK politicians bringing their cats to work: http://www.metafilter.com/168869/UK-politicians-trying-to-get-their-cats-wedged-into-parliament
My contribution: Platform-based social change will continue to be risky without progress on evaluation and governance by platform users
New report on harmful speech online by folks at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, useful for thinking about Mastodon instance management: https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/fresh-perspectives-on-harmful-speech-online-d25fc4092db1
@niloufar any particular genre?
Hi everyone, went quiet on Mastodon for a while during the dissertation, now back. *waves*
@KendraSerra no sponsorships, about 25 followers, and she looks for snacks in small international shops, so the range is fascinating
@KendraSerra a friend of mine reviews every snack she eats on social media, with a photo. It's a fun way to follow her life & learn about new snacks
I am so conflicted about what to eat tomorrow. Denver has *three* Guatemalan restaurants, which is a rare treat. But they also have a Native American restaurant, which is impossible to get in Boston.
I'm leaning towards Native American cuisine.
Today I ate vegetarian Arepas at a local restaurant in Boulder.
They were open-faced, round with artistically-bordered patterns like galettes. The corn + cheese + peppers arepa was creamy, and the mushroom arepa was smooth and flavorful.
Today, I totally borrowed the title of a Stephen Universe episode for my blog post about finishing the PhD #LifeGoals
