Notices by D. Joe (deejoe@mstdn.io), page 2

Next week I will be at Rochester, NY, giving a presentation titled Art of, by and for Everyone. If you're in the area, come and check it out! :blobuwu:

Very cool, how the Dutch took neighbourhoods and cities back from the car.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/28/17789510/bike-cycling-netherlands-dutch-infrastructure

every time I read a new bit of news about Brexit I think about http://crookedtimber.org/2019/01/31/leaving-do/ this searing piece by Maria Farrell @mariafarrell@twitter.com

50% of all photosynthesis occurring on Earth right now is being done by cyanobacteria.

City time

The Girl Scouts of Western Washington were offered $100,000 on the condition that the donation "will not be used to support transgender girls".

They sent the money back, held a fundraising campaign, and raised $300,000. #ForEVERYGirl

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-girl-scouts-transgender-20150703-story.html

Fucking finally this country is livable

I should probably introduce myself. I've been using GNU/Linux for over 20 years now, since way back in the Slackware days. I've been a regular attendee of some of the US Linux conferences, and have finally gotten up the nerve to present at a few. I also do a bit of bicycle and motorcycle riding when the weather allows.

Very long article about women in computer programming. From the beginning, to why there are generally less women in IT now and why are not staying in IT https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html

Have you considered contributing to #OpenStreetMaps? It's like Wikipedia but for maps - a map that everybody can edit! Today, the NSW Address Import project added thousands of addresses for West Pennant Hills, Warrawee, and West Pymble.

If you know those areas, check it out and start mapping!

#opensource #gis

I'm really surprised that there apparently isn't a "not made with prison labor" symbol for products, verified by a third-party group similar to the Non-GMO Project or the Vegan Society

When Americans buy products that say "Made in the USA" they expect the money to go into supporting local, well-paying jobs, not fueling private prisons who utilize slave labor. This is the desire regardless of political alignment. People need the ability to make an informed decision

Excited to be present for the first ever in-person #CopyleftConf. Huge thanks to all those who made it happen!

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

reminder: if you try to screenshot a movie purchased with itunes on a macOS or iOS device, it won't work. this is presumably to prevent you from taking 24 screenshots per second and stitching them back together into the full movie, because why else would you prevent people from doing this

reminder: apple surpassed $1,000,000,000,000 in value about half a year ago. that's one trillion dollars.

reminder: fuck apple

IT-workers vs. tech enthusiasts vs. programmers.

#Tech #Humor