@joeposaurus.bsky.social
epistemological & organizational anarchist ¦¦ co-organizer of #FRoGSconf ¦¦ You get to decide how you're gonna try to see it. - D. F. Wallace ¦¦ @[email protected]
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I find the premise that science should serve capital really troublesome to begin with
The UK government says it wants to make Britain one of the top three places in the world to create, invest in and scale-up a fast-growing technology business
go.nature.com/4ifRp9n
go.nature.com/4ifRp9n
Can UK science really spawn a $1-trillion company?
The British government wants the country to be home to a supersized tech firm within the next decade.
go.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I find the premise that science should serve capital really troublesome to begin with
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Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Blogged: The five areas of Agile
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/th...
tl;dr:
- collaboration
- software engineering
- work management
- product
- reflect & experiment
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/th...
tl;dr:
- collaboration
- software engineering
- work management
- product
- reflect & experiment
The five areas of Agile
five areas ought to be enough for anybody
smallsheds.garden
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Blogged: The five areas of Agile
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/th...
tl;dr:
- collaboration
- software engineering
- work management
- product
- reflect & experiment
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/th...
tl;dr:
- collaboration
- software engineering
- work management
- product
- reflect & experiment
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Ok this (arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...) is an amazing example of the kind of BS hype tech writing we see so much, because even I, a lowly historian, can see the Obvious Problems with 'space data centers' that the article by a journalist at a technical publication failed to ask.
Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
“We could see another transformation of what’s done in space.”…
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ok this (arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...) is an amazing example of the kind of BS hype tech writing we see so much, because even I, a lowly historian, can see the Obvious Problems with 'space data centers' that the article by a journalist at a technical publication failed to ask.
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I have to say that this book is an incredible joy to read--full of self-aware, lucid prose that has a great deal of explanatory power regarding a great many things, historical and otherwise!
Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social for this great gift to my brain :-)
#history
Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social for this great gift to my brain :-)
#history
Inventing the Renaissance
An irreverent new take on the Renaissance, which reveals it as anything but Europe’s golden age. From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawni...
press.uchicago.edu
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I have to say that this book is an incredible joy to read--full of self-aware, lucid prose that has a great deal of explanatory power regarding a great many things, historical and otherwise!
Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social for this great gift to my brain :-)
#history
Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social for this great gift to my brain :-)
#history
Traceability is not a verb!
So please complete this sentence:
As a stakeholder,
I want traceability,
so that ...
So please complete this sentence:
As a stakeholder,
I want traceability,
so that ...
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Traceability is not a verb!
So please complete this sentence:
As a stakeholder,
I want traceability,
so that ...
So please complete this sentence:
As a stakeholder,
I want traceability,
so that ...
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In that, dreadful, terrible moment, every black bloc protestor in the world is useless, but a line of concerned senior citizens, office workers and house-spouses is actually a 'harder' target.
And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'
And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
In that, dreadful, terrible moment, every black bloc protestor in the world is useless, but a line of concerned senior citizens, office workers and house-spouses is actually a 'harder' target.
And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'
And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
Have been playing Hades 2 for a bit and I suspect its perfectly tweaked reward cycle is detracting from the quality of the game. I mean, do I want to play because I enjoy playing or because I want to get more of those rewards?
September 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Have been playing Hades 2 for a bit and I suspect its perfectly tweaked reward cycle is detracting from the quality of the game. I mean, do I want to play because I enjoy playing or because I want to get more of those rewards?
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“You’ve got sadness in you, I’ve got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.”
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“You’ve got sadness in you, I’ve got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.”
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
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Here's your period reminder that "Luddite" does not mean "hates technology/progress".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
Protests, mass meetups, conferences—a youth-led movement is reclaiming the Luddite mantle, rejecting a future dominated by Silicon Valley companies, toxic apps, and generative AI.
This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
This fall, a "Luddite renaissance" is in full swing.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing
This fall, the new luddites are rising
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Here's your period reminder that "Luddite" does not mean "hates technology/progress".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
It means "hates how technology/progress benefit only the bosses while the workers get the shaft".
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Here is 28 seconds of sleeping cat with little sleep noises for your calming down needs.
September 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here is 28 seconds of sleeping cat with little sleep noises for your calming down needs.
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That "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist" is still getting misattributed to James Baldwin instead of Robert Jones Jr., huh? Damn. Guess Mark Twain was right.
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
That "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist" is still getting misattributed to James Baldwin instead of Robert Jones Jr., huh? Damn. Guess Mark Twain was right.
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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So I counted how many people were behind Silksong.
106.
(And over 1000 people who backed the money)
Character artists, background artists, musicians, sound folks, coders.
This game was not made by 3 people. Stop pedling this bullshit.
106.
(And over 1000 people who backed the money)
Character artists, background artists, musicians, sound folks, coders.
This game was not made by 3 people. Stop pedling this bullshit.
September 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So I counted how many people were behind Silksong.
106.
(And over 1000 people who backed the money)
Character artists, background artists, musicians, sound folks, coders.
This game was not made by 3 people. Stop pedling this bullshit.
106.
(And over 1000 people who backed the money)
Character artists, background artists, musicians, sound folks, coders.
This game was not made by 3 people. Stop pedling this bullshit.
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Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
September 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.
Blogged: How adding a flex-wrap almost spiraled out of control
Or, about the thin line between value and distraction.
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/ho...
Or, about the thin line between value and distraction.
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/ho...
How adding a flex-wrap almost spiraled out of control
The thin line between value and distraction
smallsheds.garden
August 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Blogged: How adding a flex-wrap almost spiraled out of control
Or, about the thin line between value and distraction.
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/ho...
Or, about the thin line between value and distraction.
smallsheds.garden/blog/2025/ho...
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For a taste of her topic and writing, here's one of her promo threads for the book, about a ramp in Florence that is almost certainly a disability aid for the Medici, but mostly not recognized as such by historians. (and I doubt the Medici would have admitted it, for reasons in the thread)
Friends, let's visit the largest, most famous disability access ramp on Earth...
with a twist! About how our feelings about a bit of history can reverse completely based, not just on the historian’s POV, but what questions we ask 1/?
(Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
with a twist! About how our feelings about a bit of history can reverse completely based, not just on the historian’s POV, but what questions we ask 1/?
(Countdown to "Inventing the Renaissance" https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
Inventing the Renaissance - Ada Palmer
In Inventing the Renaissance, acclaimed historian Ada Palmer provides a fresh perspective on what makes this epoch so captivating.
www.adapalmer.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For a taste of her topic and writing, here's one of her promo threads for the book, about a ramp in Florence that is almost certainly a disability aid for the Medici, but mostly not recognized as such by historians. (and I doubt the Medici would have admitted it, for reasons in the thread)
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was just discussing “AI” with a coworker and realized this:
if i had wanted to use english to program complex systems that run nondeterministically, i would’ve gone into law
if i had wanted to use english to program complex systems that run nondeterministically, i would’ve gone into law
July 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
was just discussing “AI” with a coworker and realized this:
if i had wanted to use english to program complex systems that run nondeterministically, i would’ve gone into law
if i had wanted to use english to program complex systems that run nondeterministically, i would’ve gone into law
"The problem with a book is that you never know what it's planning to do to you until you're too far in it." - Nina Burgess in "A Brief History of Seven Killings" by Marlon James
August 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"The problem with a book is that you never know what it's planning to do to you until you're too far in it." - Nina Burgess in "A Brief History of Seven Killings" by Marlon James
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There are only two genders.
July 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There are only two genders.
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!