shello @shello@octodon.social

it's time for the fact of the day:

"The GNU project was never political" and other children's bedtime fantasies.

(This is a vent, not a conduit for discussion. Replies will be blown off. Enjoy your day.)

@compostablespork I have a preferred honorific, stew, but you will call me rum or stew.

doctors discovered the cause of celiac disease because of a famine caused by Nazis blocking food shipments in the Netherlands in WWII.

A bright pediatrician discovered that while people were starving to death, kids with celiac seemed to be healthier than ever. the mortality rate dropped from 35% to nearly zero. when breads were available, the kids got sick again.

he put his patients on a bread-free diet, and they got healthier. after the war, his colleagues helped him identify the exact cause (gluten). screening kids for celiac disease in europe became standard practice.

unfortunately, because an especially loud-mouthed american pediatrician erroneously believed that celiac could be cured by raising kids on a "banana diet" of all bananas (so he taught other doctors that kids with celiac could grow into adults who could eat gluten), the dutch pediatrician was laughed at when he tried to teach US doctors how to treat celiac disease with a gluten-free diet.

Dr. Dicke was being considered for a Nobel prize for his life-saving celiac disease discoveries. Unfortunately, he died a couple of weeks before the winners were announced, and Nobel prizes aren't awarded posthumously.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-celiac-disease

the department for work and pensions is introducing algorithmic decision-making (specifically AI) into social services. it's happening with little to no oversight.

how are there still large organizations who believe that outsourcing critical decisions to computers is a good idea? have they not been reading the news for the last several years?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/14/fears-rise-in-benefits-system-automation-could-plunge-claimants-deeper-into-poverty

Accessibility issues are related to some kind of fundamental incompatibility to access something a certain way. ie. voice control, screen readers, switch control, colourblind modes, etc.

It is incredibly different to 'I don't like this'.

"but who's going to pay for it"

no one, if people need it they should be able to just take it, that's the whole fucking point

if you think the fediverse doesn't have nazis in it, you are mistaken.

you have to remember that many of our servers are gated communities. Just because we try to keep out bad actors doesnt mean they arent there.

Telling someone there's no Nazis on the fediverse is disingenuous at best.

To the ones who are talked over, not listened to or made to be quiet:

Your words have value. Your thoughts, hopes and dreams are important. Your questions, beliefs and experiences matter. Spoken or not, your inner voice is precious and wonderful.

me_irl

The Legend of #Zelda: The Missing Link, wherein the Legendary Hero is... uh, nowhere to be found, so Zelda has to roll up her sleeves and do the damn job herself

tony hawk's pro nouns

I keep forgetting to share this - I couldn't share it while I was working on it because it was a commission for someone as a gift for someone else, so I had to wait until they received it!

This took me out of my comfort zone something fierce and I kept doubting that I could pull it off, but I love how it came out. They wanted a mandala that looked like those blue ink porcelain floral patterns. It's coloured with Faber-Castell Pitt pens, which blend very nicely.

#MastoArt #CreativeToots

Hey, I'm a disabled queer who has been denied government support. Most of my income comes from commissions but since I suffered a significant back injury more than a week ago, i've mostly been out of commission (ha ha) while recovering and I'm already behind on my bills.

Anything to help would be greatly appreciated.

https://paypal.me/mutantstandard

Spanish justice & democracy, eh?

For organising a referendum the following Catalan political leaders have received these jail sentences:

* Oriol Junqueras: 13 years
* Raül Romeva: 12 years
* Jordi Turull: 12 years
* Dolors Bassa: 12 years
* Carme Forcadell: 11.5 years
* Joaquim Forn: 10.5 years
* Josep Rull: 10.5 years
* Jordi Cuixart: 9 years
* Jordi Sànchez: 9 years

It is a disgrace. Even worse is the almost complete silence from the EU.

#Catalunya #Catalonia #democracy #Spain

thanks everyone who came by the stream today, that was a bit of a mountain to overcome... but satisfying. the VOD is here if you want to watch. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494721767

welp, turns out i was given some faulty information; telegram's assets being seized is not actually a possibility. They could be required to return the money that was invested though. So it's still not great but it might not be as bad

Hi friendos, here's a reminder that furries and otherkin are valid.

I think this continues to be a good read: https://medium.com/@keisisqrl/dear-fellow-trans-people-lay-off-otherkin-9787ccf6725c