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🆕 blog! “A practical example of the social construct of race”

I've been reading lots of books about race, justice, and history. One of the things which confused me when I started this journey was the notion that race is a construct. But then I started reading about how Blumenbach literally invented the concept of distinct human races. And about how the discredited "S…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/02/a-pra…
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#culture #race #racism


A practical example of the social construct of race

I’ve been reading lots of books about race, justice, and history. One of the things which confused me when I started this journey was the notion that race is a construct. But then I started r…
Terence Eden’s Blog
#culture #racism #race

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Öffentliches Geld – Öffentliches Gut!: Die janusköpfige Open-Data-Politik Bayerns
netzpolitik.org/2023/oeffentli…

Sich für Open Data rühmen, dann aber bei deren freier Nutzung vor Gericht ziehen? Absurd. Oder bayrisch?


Öffentliches Geld – Öffentliches Gut!: Die janusköpfige Open-Data-Politik Bayerns

Bayern feiert sich dafür, „zahlreiche“ Geodaten frei verfügbar zu machen, klagt aber gleichzeitig gegen Open-Data-Aktivisten.
netzpolitik.org
in reply to Jayson Smith

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Pitermach

Really awesome to see these get preserved. I actually got the files from Steve a while ago and planned to eventually upload them to the internet archive, but wanted to fill in the metadata to the files to make them more searchable which I didn’t find time to do yet. I dug out the old archived ACBRadio page with the episode descriptions though and this should come in handy if you want to find something specific in the files or see what Main Menu was all about. web.archive.org/web/2008102610…

Main Menu And Main Menu Live On Demand - ACB Radio - Connecting the Blind Community

ACB Radio - Connecting the Blind Community!
web.archive.org

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

#RealTime Communications #Devroom Talk:

OpenSIPS 3.3 – Messaging in the IMS and UC ecosystems by Liviu Chircu

fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

Start at 14:10. Building: K, Location: K.3.401

#opensource #jabber #europe #rtc

FOSDEM 2023 - OpenSIPS 3.3 – Messaging in the IMS and UC ecosystems

fosdem.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #fosdem #europe #realtime #brussels #rtc #devroom

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

#RealTime Communications #Devroom Talk:

Modernizing #Authentication and #Authorization in XMPP
It's time to forget your #password... by Matthew Wild @mattj

fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

Start at 13:50. Building: K, Location: K.3.401

#opensource #jabber

FOSDEM 2023 - Modernizing Authentication and Authorization in XMPP

fosdem.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #fosdem #password #authentication #realtime #brussels #devroom #authorization @MattJ

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

Real Time Communications #Devroom Talk:

Media #Streaming Mesh
Real-Time Media in #Kubernetes by Giles Heron

fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

Start at 13:30. Building: K, Location: K.3.401

#opensource #rtc #Europe

FOSDEM 2023 - Media Streaming Mesh

fosdem.org
#xmpp #opensource #fosdem #streaming #europe #kubernetes #brussels #rtc #devroom

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

Real Time Communications #Devroom Talk:

#W3C RTC Working Group Update by Romain Vailleux

fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

Start at 13:10. Building: K, Location: K.3.401

#opensource #decentralisation #interoperability #rtc #jabber #europe #standards

FOSDEM 2023 - W3C RTC Working Group Update 

fosdem.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #fosdem #interoperability #decentralisation #europe #w3c #standards #brussels #rtc #devroom

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM

Find the Real Time Communications devroom overhere: fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track…

Start at 13:10. Building: K, Location: K.3.401

#opensource #decentralisation #interoperability #rtc #jabber #europe #standards #brussels

The Realtime Lounge in Building K, FOSDEM

FOSDEM 2023 - Real Time Communications devroom

fosdem.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #fosdem #interoperability #decentralisation #europe #standards #brussels #rtc

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#XMPP at #FOSDEM

Come over to our nice #Realtime Lounge!

We are on the K building 2nd floor, beside the elevator.

Map: osm.org/go/0EoSs4ysn?m=&relati…

Chat xmpp:summit@muc.xmpp.org?join

#opensource #decentralisation #interoperability #rtc #jabber #europe #standards #brussels

Relation: ‪Ville de Bruxelles - Stad Brussel‬ (‪58274‬) | OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
OpenStreetMap
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #fosdem #interoperability #decentralisation #europe #standards #realtime #brussels #rtc

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Can't make it in person to Brussels? Of course you can join the Matrix devroom via Matrix!

matrix.to/#/#2023-k.3.401:fosd…


Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
matrix.to

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It's 2023. "Gosh, we didn't realize how people would misuse this" just isn't believable anymore.

Bare minimum, with any new tech:
1) How would a stalker use this?
2) What will 4chan do with this?

And don't release, not even as alpha or beta, before mitigating those risks.

theverge.com/2023/1/31/2357928…

#AIethics #ethNLP


4chan users embrace AI voice clone tool to generate celebrity hatespeech

AI voice cloning software is improving rapidly — as is its accessibility. 4chan users recently discovered free software that lets them clone the voices of celebrities like Joe Rogan and Emma Watson, generating audio samples ranging from hatespeech to…
James Vincent (The Verge)
#aiethics #ethnlp

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Attention all
@fosdem
fans: the first ever physical Matrix devroom runs from 09:00 to 13:00 CET today (Sunday) at K3.401, and then continues online at matrix.to/#/#2023-d.matrix:fos…. Check out the schedule at fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track… - be there or be 🔳! And come hear
@matthew wax lyrical in Janson at 4pm for the mainstage Matrix talk too!

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
matrix.to
@Matthew Hodgson @FOSDEM

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Wow, do you really need two fighter jets to attack the balloon? Impressive! ? nytimes.com/live/2023/02/04/us…

Shooting down the balloon ended a dramatic chapter in a diplomatic crisis.

The airborne surveillance device was first spotted earlier this week over the western United States, setting off a diplomatic crisis. President Biden had been discussing military options with the Pentagon since Tuesday.
Helene Cooper (The New York Times)

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My good friend @stasp has just released his first song on streaming services, and it's banging! Gice it a listen:
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=EN9-wDhzrN…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2NxgbIm…
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/i-do-…
It's on most of the others too, so go search for "Mudb0y - I Do Care About You" wherever you stream your music!

I Do Care About You by Mudb0y

Listen to I Do Care About You by Mudb0y on Apple Music. 2023. Duration: 3:36
Apple Music
@Mudb0y

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Did you know that American police officers receive the fewest hours of training in the developed world? Are you aware that their training emphasizes violence much more than police training in other countries? Did you know that Americans are vastly more likely to die in the hands of police than citizens in any other democratic country--no matter what their race?

Those are just a few of the things I discovered researching this article. #tyrenichols

greatergood.berkeley.edu/artic…


Can We Train American Police to Turn Away From Violence?

American police are not well trained compared to those in other countries. That needs to change if we want to prevent incidents like the one that killed Tyre Nichols.
Greater Good
#tyrenichols
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There's an interesting new paper in the journal Ecological Economics. The title is:

"Assessing US consumers' carbon footprints reveals outsized impact of top 1%"
sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

This is from the abstract --

Unsustainable environmental degradation and extreme economic inequality are two of humanity's most pressing challenges. They are intimately linked. Climate-altering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are disproportionately driven by consumption among wealthy and socially privileged groups, yet poorer and socially marginalized peoples face disproportionate climate harms.
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What really grabbed me, however, was the chart below, created by Andrew Fanning using data contained in the paper. It clearly illustrates the massive scale of carbon inequality in our modern society.

#Inequality #GreenhouseGases #Emissions #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice

Chart showing household greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 by income group, within the United States and across other countries. Bottom 10% (globally, by household income) = avg. 17 tons annual emissions Average USA household = 42 tons Top 90-99% (globally, by income) = avg. 81 tons Top 1% (globally, by income) = avg. 173 tons Top 0.1% (globally, by income) = avg. 955 tons Super rich & billionaires = avg. 3,443 tons
#Climatecrisis #ClimateJustice #inequality #greenhousegases #emissions
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