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Notices by neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop), page 9

  1. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 07:25:56 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„
    • Matthias Pfefferle

    @Flophouse_Sam Ooh yep, looks like it's moved to your user profile page.

    @pfefferle

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 07:25:56 EDT from social.coop permalink
  2. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 07:13:19 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    I was subscribed to the Mozilla newsletter with two difference email addresses, and getting the exact same mailshot but with a difference subject line for each. Kind of interesting, I guess they must do A/B testing on which subject gets more opens.

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 07:13:19 EDT from social.coop permalink
  3. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 06:59:54 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    I feel like my options are limited here....

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 06:59:54 EDT from social.coop permalink
  4. zig πŸŒ‘πŸŒ± (zig@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jul-2019 18:58:56 EDT zig 🌑🌱 zig πŸŒ‘πŸŒ±

    I am organizing a #Scheme coding competition where you have to build a static blog generator with a mystery feature (that will be revealed little by little in the next few months).

    We have already one sponsor and are actively looking for other sponsors to reward the participants πŸ₯‡ πŸ₯ˆ πŸ₯‰ (goodies, cloud credits, books...).

    Checkout: https://git.sr.ht/~schemers/competition-2019-static-blog-generator#schemers-competition-2019

    #webdev #dev #fp #programming

    Boost appreciated!

    In conversation Tuesday, 16-Jul-2019 18:58:56 EDT from functional.cafe permalink Repeated by neil
  5. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 05:52:33 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    This was a good piece by Lisa Nandy I thought.

    Some of the calls for individual action on climate crisis don't take into account daily life for a lot of people in working-class towns in the UK. e.g. guilt shaming about driving a car, when public transport systems have been neglected for years.

    Green new deal and green jobs could be a good positive framing I think.

    https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/yes-we-need-climate-action-but-it-needs-to-be-rooted-in-peoples-daily-reality/

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 05:52:33 EDT from social.coop permalink
  6. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 05:30:00 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    At the moment, my view is something along the lines of:

    - Do what you can as an individual, to the best of your ability
    - Don't be overburdened by guilt if you can't do it all
    - Be very conscious that not everyone is in a position to do what you think is 'doing the right thing' (including yourself)
    - The system is pretty rigged against doing the right thing, so ultimately the system is the one that needs to change
    - Individual behaviour change is probably a part of bringing about system change

    In conversation Sunday, 06-Oct-2019 05:30:00 EDT from social.coop permalink
  7. django (django@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 22:59:29 EDT django django

    3 months left in this decade!

    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 22:59:29 EDT from social.coop permalink Repeated by neil
  8. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2019 01:48:04 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    Raytheon, Juul, Atos, Deliveroo, Capita, Serco. A veritable rogue's gallery of corrupt, arms-dealing, worker-bashing, basically anti-people corporate sponsors at Tory conference.

    Contra the populist trash the Tories are spewing of late.

    https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/10/the-tories-lobbying-bonanza/

    In conversation Friday, 04-Oct-2019 01:48:04 EDT from social.coop permalink

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      The Tories’ Lobbying Bonanza
      This week's Tory Party conference featured a perp walk of corporate ghouls - from public service privatisers to gig economy scammers and arms industry lobbyists - rubbing shoulders with government ministers.
  9. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 17:43:03 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    Jacobin article starting with 'yes, capitalism has achieved all of [list of things], but here's some things it hasn't done'. It's a bad premise though - labour did these things, capitalism just distributed the results badly. Also, assumption that only capitalism would have been able to organise labour to make these advancements is a bad one too.

    In conversation Thursday, 03-Oct-2019 17:43:03 EDT from social.coop permalink
  10. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 18:15:18 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„
    • Doug Webb

    @douginamug Not published yet :) Blog posts always take longer than I think. I think I'll wrap it up on the train tomorrow.

    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 18:15:18 EDT from social.coop permalink
  11. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 15:53:45 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    Gah, writing a blog post takes a long time. But worth it. Sharing good info is good praxis.

    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 15:53:45 EDT from social.coop permalink
  12. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 15:52:00 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    Well that's interesting...

    Microsoft used to score zero on repairability on their devices at iFixit, but are now actually touting repairability on one of their new products, saying that it's something that matters to their customers.

    https://www.ifixit.com/News/microsoft-announces-a-repairable-surface-laptop-and-boy-are-we-excited

    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 15:52:00 EDT from social.coop permalink
  13. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 18:15:42 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„
    • Sir Garbagetruck

    @Truck Ah! Not my site, but didn't notice when sharing as I'd saved the article in wallabag.

    In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 18:15:42 EDT from social.coop permalink
  14. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 14:14:19 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    'Repair culture[...] is not a mere side effect of the development of industrial societies.On the contrary, it is one of the very few distributed and consistent niches of resistance against the transformation of all human creativity into quantifiable commodity.'

    Felipe Fonseca talks about gambiarra and the culture of repair and how maker culture got co-opted into wastefulness and prototyping lots of new things.

    https://is.efeefe.me/stuff/gambiarra-repair-culture

    In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 14:14:19 EDT from social.coop permalink
  15. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 08:03:06 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    Good news as EU formally adopts Ecodesign measures:

    - As of 2021, all TVs, monitors, fridges, freezers, washing machines, washer-dryers, dishwashers and lighting products on the EU market will have to meet minimum repairability requirements
    - Manufacturers will have to ensure easy disassembly with commonly available tools.
    - Spare parts and repair information will have to be made available to professional repairers for a minimum number of years.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49884827
    https://www.coolproducts.eu/news/eu-to-pull-plug-on-wasteful-unrepairable-products

    In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 08:03:06 EDT from social.coop permalink

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    1. Invalid filename.
      EU to pull plug on wasteful, unrepairable products β€” Coolproducts EU
      from Coolproducts EU
      Newly adopted EU laws will make several products easier to repair and more energy efficient, saving people money while reducing pollution, NGOs in the Coolproducts campaign said.
  16. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 18:07:08 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    'We care for things not because they produce value, but because they already have value.'

    https://placesjournal.org/article/maintenance-and-care/

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 18:07:08 EDT from social.coop permalink

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    1. Invalid filename.
      Maintenance and Care
      By Josh Wallaert from Places Journal
      A working guide to the repair of rust, dust, cracks, and corrupted code in our cities, our homes, and our social relations.
  17. https://rhiaro.co.uk/ (rhiaro@toot.cat)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 12:55:02 EDT https://rhiaro.co.uk/ https://rhiaro.co.uk/

    Do you like data? Do you like standards? Do you like public good? Do you like co-operating and flat org structures and a good work life balance and not just chasing $$? Open Data Services Co-op are hiring: non-dev techie data standards roles. Fully remote. Check it out. https://opendataservices.coop/jobs/ #coop #cooplife

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 12:55:02 EDT from toot.cat permalink Repeated by neil
  18. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:54:24 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    I wrote a blog post two years ago about trying to fix some digital kitchen scales, and now one random commenter is giving advice to another random commenter with a problem. Cool how that can happen.

    https://doubleloop.net/2017/12/10/attempted-repair-salter-digital-scales/

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:54:24 EDT from social.coop permalink
  19. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:42:20 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„

    I saw a chameleon up close today, never have before. They're wild! Eyes that move independently of each other and all over the place. And it moved around like it was stop-motion animated, and had these funny little pincer hands with little fingers. It kept on sticking its tongue out almost as a way of wayfinding. Quite a character.

    I felt sorry for it being cooped up like that though.

    #Chameleons

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:42:20 EDT from social.coop permalink
  20. neil πŸ„ (neil@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:31:38 EDT neil 🍄 neil πŸ„
    • Gina

    @Gina No... I didn't know in advance that they were going to break my heart. Not sure if that's better or worse! Good luck, if nothing else, it's all good life experience...

    In conversation Monday, 30-Sep-2019 16:31:38 EDT from social.coop permalink
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