@bit Your mileage very much may vary, but please do look into community college and tuition-free options. If you need any help doing this research, please let me know.

@ContentWarningVirusB42 Oh wow, that never even occurred to me. :/

@jds_again https://uopeople.edu solves at least one of those problems.

As someone who just started back at school again (headed for my fourth degree and maybe a master's certificate), I was surprised to see that college enrollment and particularly community college enrollment has dropped heavily: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072529477/more-than-1-million-fewer-students-are-in-college-the-lowest-enrollment-numbers- #education #college #communitycollege #work

Russia threatens to send troops to Cuba or Venezuela in a bid to stop Western support for Ukraine: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/russia-says-talks-with-nato-over-ukraine-are-hitting-a-dead-end This is an irrelevant threat, since they send troops to Venezuela anyway. #bluster #lies #propaganda #putin #russia #cuba #venezuela #nato #ukraine

Researchers use hyperspectral imaging to sort plastics: https://www.optimistdaily.com/2022/01/scientists-develop-tech-that-can-separate-12-different-types-of-plastics/ (popular) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924203121001247 (academic) #plastic #recycling #hyperspectralimaging

This really resonates with me (except the part about having even the mildest coding abilities): https://fede.dm/blog/ #blogging #blogs #flotsam #jetsam

@XSGeek Agreed. Twitter-on-blockchain does not sound appealing to me.

@dz Good reasons to be skeptical, for sure. I still like the Web.

A blockchain-based microblogging platform: https://github.com/publiusfederalist/zooko #zooko #blockchain #microblogging #opensoftware

@bluesbaby @anita_rotheram I know that Quebec operates along French-style, civil law patterned after Napoleonic law, so they have some kind of allowances that other provinces and territories do not have in the Canadian system.

The United States is facing a blood shortage crisis. Please donate if you can: https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/red-cross--national-blood-crisis-may-put-patients-at-risk.html #redcross #unitedstates #blood #giving #crisis #helping #emergency

Quebec will impose a tax on those who choose to not be vaccinated: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/11/quebec-health-tax-unvaccinated-coronavirus I never thought I would be in favor of a Quebecois law, but these are strange times #covid #vaccination #covidiots #quebec #publichealth

Podcasting no longer produces hits: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-01-09/podcasting-hasn-t-produced-a-new-hit-in-years This is a good thing in general, as this means that there is a greater diversity in the market, but some of the existing hits are gross and altogether bad, so I dislike the institutional conservatism that keeps them popular. #podcasting #longtail #markets #radio

The United States Department of Justice is creating a domestic terrorism unit: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072123333/justice-department-domestic-terrorism-unit #terrorism #justice

Scottish gorse could feed millions: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/10/protein-from-gorse-bushes-could-feed-millions-of-people-says-expert #protein #nutrition #plants #plantprotein #vegan #waste

If you are looking for a visualization of deaths in custody in the United States: https://usdeathsincustody.org/ #neglect #death #abuse #prison #justicesystem #oppression

@Armchaircouch Have you ever volunteered?

I am posting this from a 2012 Thinkpad and this rings true to me: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2022/01/09/why-i-went-back-to-using-a-thinkpad-from-2012/ #thinkpad #thinkpads #lo-tech #lowtech #lotech #goodenough #durability

I am ashamed to admit that I spent way too much time looking at Cryptoland nonsense just now (and for the past several days). If you are like me, you may enjoy this: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/web1 #web3 #scams #crypto