Justin (koavf)
I'm tall but not too tall. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Koavf
Joined Mar 2018
@Darnell Congratulations, D: it seems like this was a big development for you. If you make the trek to Sierra Leone, I would love to be updated.
A beautiful directory of interesting blogs: https://ooh.directory/
#blogs #blogging #directories #webdirectory #directory #webdirectories
@Darnell Incredible! Have you been there? Correct me if I am misreading you, but your heritage is Sierra Leonean, but you are actually from somewhere else? I would be interested to know more.
Webmasters, consider a humans.txt file: https://humanstxt.org/
@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine Happy fourth Thursday in November, wherever you are, friend. I am thankful for kind words from strangers.
If you are thankful for a person in particular this year, maybe consider starting an Appreciation Campaign: https://theappreciationeffect.com/
In another win for anti-colonialism, Namibians have pulled down a statue of Curt von François in Windhoek: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63728105
#namibia #bbc #windhoek #curtvonfrancois #acurtfarewell #anticolonialism #antiimperialism #anti-colonialism #anti-imperialism
@singlemaltgirl That has been my experience in the 4.5 years I have been here, so I am happy that yours has been the same. I expect there may be a little bit of nonsense with the exodus from Twitter.
@singlemaltgirl Everything you own owns you. It also makes moving easier once you have divested of a bunch of stuff! I hope the move goes smoothly and you stay safe and warm, friend.
@singlemaltgirl This is wild because I have not encountered Nazis, mean persons, or trolls on this Mastodon instance yet, and the community here seems pretty good at self-regulating. Have you experienced many negative users here?
@Madken65 The day after Thanksgiving (also known as Black Friday).
@miinx Indianapolis goes back and forth on white Christmases and goes all-in on bitterly cold and snowy Januarys and Februarys. Here in the States (as in Norfolk Island!), we have Thanksgiving coming up first, tho and that is my personal favorite holiday.
Sierra Leone are spending 22% of their federal budget on education, particularly to keep girls in school and ensure that educators have proper training: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/23/sierra-leones-president-defends-large-education-budget-as-necessary-risk
#guardian #theguardian #sierraleone #education #girlsrights #womensrights #juliusmaadabio
@miinx Sure. Or, if you are motivated, there are many sister projects that are more entry-friendly: https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/
I hope you are preparing for a sunny and warm Christmas, friend.
I hope you will all celebrate Buy Nothing Day with me this week, as I have done for 15 years: https://www.adbusters.org/article/the-evolution-of-the-buy-nothing-meme
#buynothingday #culturejamming #anticonsumerism #anticapitalism #adbusters
@jerzey I wrote them and asked about if they had an account somewhere or plans to join and they wrote: We do not. Not sure what the plan is for that yet.
@silhouettic Good point: a 16 year-old may not have great reasons, but is liable to have reasons and bad reasons are better than no reasons. Either way, they have a stake in the outcome, so they deserve some representation.
A quick take on minds and how they are not accessible by neuroscience: https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/classifying-minds.html
For my philosophy degree, my senior seminar was Consciousness and Personal Identity and I feel like (almost 20 years on), I am no closer to _defining_ minds than I was then, but this is a great reminder to keep on investigating.
#mind #consciousness #hardproblemofconsciousness #neuroscience #computerscience #jamesstanley #dualism #philosophy
Justin (koavf)
I'm tall but not too tall. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Koavf
Joined Mar 2018