@samnabi's spore.social bookmarks https://spore.social/@samnabi Custom Script Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:49:05 +0000 Klangphonics | band https://www.klangphonics.com/ https://www.klangphonics.com/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:49:05 +0000 I recently learned that there is a German band called Klangphonics that uses a sewing machine as a drum. It’s just fantastic

klangphonics.com/

]]> Killing Is Killing: Yarmouk and the "Squeeze" of Being Palestinian-Syrian | Antidote Zine https://antidotezine.com/2024/12/19/killing-is-killing-yarmouk/ https://antidotezine.com/2024/12/19/killing-is-killing-yarmouk/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:12:39 +0000 New transcript of a talk from June 2022

Elia @ayoub spoke with Nidal Bitare about:

- Yarmouk camp in Damascus, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world before the Assad regime laid siege to and destroyed it

- The legacy of Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian leftist writer Samir Kassir, who was assassinated presumably by the Assad regime in 2005

- The sad hypocrisy of pro-Assad politics in the movement for

And much more. Truly a must read.

antidotezine.com/2024/12/19/ki

]]> The 2024 IFTAS Needs Assessment Report is Here! https://about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/ https://about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:35:44 +0000 Some interesting insights from the 2024 @iftas Fediverse Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report.

- most communities operate on donations
- very few moderators receiving compensation
- roughly 1 moderator for every 1,200 active accounts
- only 16% of communities have 24–hour moderator coverage
- nearly 1/2 of moderator teams lack formal guidance
- 1 in 5 moderators report experiencing trauma or burnout this year

about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the

#fediverse #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #IFTAS #TrustAndSafety

]]> A brief history of CSS until 2016 https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS20/history.html https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS20/history.html Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:31:53 +0000 Also good read:

"It is difficult to count how widely CSS is used, but the number of HTML pages that does not use CSS is probably not more than a few percent. Many people make their living as CSS designers or from CSS conferences. And the number of books written about CSS can no longer be counted."

w3.org/Style/CSS20/history.htm

#CSS #anniversary #webdev #internet #TheWeb

]]> - YouTube https://youtu.be/radOeIf2YvY?feature=shared https://youtu.be/radOeIf2YvY?feature=shared Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:59:51 +0000 Some music for everyone today. This is some of the best progressive rock ever written. It's something that you're unlikely to find on music streaming services. I'd guess because of licensing bullshit. But it's what I grew up with, and it's hard to find anything better. This is a supergroup, so if you're familiar with prog rock, check which bands the members are originally from. You may know one.

In typical prog fashion, you're going to need about 30 minutes to get through this song. It's worth it!

youtu.be/radOeIf2YvY?feature=s

#Music #NowPlaying

]]> <![CDATA[<p>This whole situation is about as believable as a Russian dissident or oligarch falling out of a midrise window in Moscow. Like the Boeing whistle blower I don't think it much matters if "foul play" was involved because this whole scenario is foul af.</p><p>This young man was very brave and righteous to blow the whistle and was undoubtedly under immense social and professional pressure not to. He's fucking up A LOT of people's grifty gravy train.</p><p>We should read his words</p><p><a href="https://suchir.net/fair_use.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">suchir.net/fair_use.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>]]> https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/113650735304628691 https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/113650735304628691 Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:36:36 +0000 This whole situation is about as believable as a Russian dissident or oligarch falling out of a midrise window in Moscow. Like the Boeing whistle blower I don't think it much matters if "foul play" was involved because this whole scenario is foul af.

This young man was very brave and righteous to blow the whistle and was undoubtedly under immense social and professional pressure not to. He's fucking up A LOT of people's grifty gravy train.

We should read his words

suchir.net/fair_use.html

#AI

]]> Same/Different | Antidote Zine https://antidotezine.com/2023/01/14/same-difference/ https://antidotezine.com/2023/01/14/same-difference/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:01:27 +0000 As the situation develops minute-to-minute in and the public communications of different factions and their supporters trickle out, showing little signs of trust or repair following years of antipathy, our thoughts turn to this 2022 article by Andrea Glioti which we liberated from its academic paywall.

It is hard not to think, once again, that Arab-Kurdish rapprochement is the key to victory over tyranny and multipolar imperialism. There is so much common ground.

antidotezine.com/2023/01/14/sa

]]> Life’s Swell https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/lifes-swell/ https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/lifes-swell/ Sun, 27 Oct 2024 21:02:11 +0000 🏄‍♀️ _Blue Crush_ is 20 years old, but did you know that, like _Adaptation_, it's an adaptation of a non-fiction story by Susan Orlean? And the non-fiction story is right here:
outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve

]]> <![CDATA[<p>I have made prints of the constellations of the zodiac, those that straddle the ecliptic and loom large in the human imagination.</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/117139930" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/117</span><span class="invisible">139930</span></a></p><p>🧵2/2</p>]]> https://spore.social/@minouette/113249154160577698 https://spore.social/@minouette/113249154160577698 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:29:14 +0000 I have made prints of the constellations of the zodiac, those that straddle the ecliptic and loom large in the human imagination.

minouette.etsy.com/listing/117

🧵2/2

]]> Disaster Recovery Efforts Can Serve More than One Goal https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-07-21/disaster-recovery-efforts-can-serve-more-than-one-goal/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-07-21/disaster-recovery-efforts-can-serve-more-than-one-goal/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:15:58 +0000 From one mountainous state pummeled by climate-exacerbated flooding to those in the NC/TN mountains, I send love. And, because we need to pool creativity and knowledge, I send this, written after VT's 2023 flooding disaster. resilience.org/stories/2023-07

]]> <![CDATA[<p>"Ford has largely ignored the strong prescriptions set out by his own housing task force, and last week Global News reported that the “massive density” Ford proposed around transit stations is gone because Ontario PCs gutted their own housing bill." <a href="https://buff.ly/4gM4BRS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4gM4BRS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>]]> https://spore.social/@dtkmelissa/113226390865711785 https://spore.social/@dtkmelissa/113226390865711785 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:14 +0000 "Ford has largely ignored the strong prescriptions set out by his own housing task force, and last week Global News reported that the “massive density” Ford proposed around transit stations is gone because Ontario PCs gutted their own housing bill." buff.ly/4gM4BRS

]]> Why Won’t Anyone Listen? Elizabeth Sawin on How to Talk about the Polycrisis https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-08-27/live-event-why-wont-anyone-listen/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-08-27/live-event-why-wont-anyone-listen/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:21:06 +0000 Today - 2PM ET. Who do we need to be and how do we need to communicate to keep up our and others courage and find creative ways forward together? I have some ideas (mostly from hard won mistakes!) and I look forward to hearing what works for others. resilience.org/stories/2024-08

]]> Community Democracy Project – Our City. Our Budget. Imagine That. https://communitydemocracyproject.org/ https://communitydemocracyproject.org/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 01:08:39 +0000 @zspencer @adarsh @seachanger eyyyy you all are essentially describing Community Democracy Project.

They're working to bring direct, active, sustained democracy to Oakland with community control of the budget. A future with monthly opportunity to participate in voting and discussion in neighborhood assemblies.

communitydemocracyproject.org/

]]> <![CDATA[<p>AramcoWorld has a lovely feature on the dates growing in California’s Coachella Valley, the USDA’s agricultural explorers that brought them to the US and the signature milkshake treat that has been popular since the 1920s. </p><p><a href="https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/July-2024/America-s-Arabian-Superfood" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aramcoworld.com/Articles/July-</span><span class="invisible">2024/America-s-Arabian-Superfood</span></a></p>]]> https://spore.social/@UnconventionalEmma/112908999975427565 https://spore.social/@UnconventionalEmma/112908999975427565 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:43:33 +0000 AramcoWorld has a lovely feature on the dates growing in California’s Coachella Valley, the USDA’s agricultural explorers that brought them to the US and the signature milkshake treat that has been popular since the 1920s.

aramcoworld.com/Articles/July-

]]> How Postwar Ads Got Us Hooked On 'Disposable' Single-Use Plastic https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vintage-ads-plastic_n_5cdb1768e4b01e9bd3540ffa https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vintage-ads-plastic_n_5cdb1768e4b01e9bd3540ffa Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:26:15 +0000 How Postwar Ads Got Us Hooked On 'Disposable' Single-Use Plastic

„We were trained to buy this stuff, these identical, multiple objects that are meant to be used for a short period of time and then replaced with an identical one, and that took cultural training,” Odile Madden, a plastic conservation scientist at Getty Conservation Institute, told HuffPost.“

huffpost.com/entry/vintage-ads

]]> The Center won't beat Fascism https://www.jphilll.com/p/the-center-wont-beat-fascism https://www.jphilll.com/p/the-center-wont-beat-fascism Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:59:28 +0000 Centrism will not beat fascism.

When the far-right attacks immigrants, the center moves right. The the far-right attacks the homeless, the center moves right.

Now we're seeing the results in the form of lynch mobs and the criminalization of the homeless.

jphilll.com/p/the-center-wont-

]]> The Obliteration of Thinking https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-obliteration-of-thinking https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-obliteration-of-thinking Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:57:28 +0000 "The pace of contemporary life obliterates thought because it asks and expects us to do more in an ever-narrowing window of time while consistently distracted by technological products designed to hoover up as much of our attention spans as possible." davidmoscrop.com/p/the-obliter

]]> Pride of Place https://www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/pride-of-place https://www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/pride-of-place Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:59:05 +0000 "Love wins, but housing loses. No human is illegal, but their housing is. Black lives matter, but they can’t live here. Diversity is celebrated—at the grandstand but not at the ballot box. So much for inclusivity." -Ryan Puzycki ryanpuzycki.com/p/pride-of-pla

]]> We're Israelis who study fascism. This week, our country took a terrifying step toward the abyss https://forward.com/opinion/618223/israel-fascism-academic-dissent-law-crackdown/ https://forward.com/opinion/618223/israel-fascism-academic-dissent-law-crackdown/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:25:31 +0000 “We are Israelis who study fascism. This week, took a terrifying step toward fascism# – The Forward forward.com/opinion/618223/isr

]]> My mission? A two-day voyage along the Norfolk coast to deliver potatoes for a chip shop https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jun/05/sailing-voyage-the-wash-norfolk-potatoes-chip-shop-kings-lynn https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jun/05/sailing-voyage-the-wash-norfolk-potatoes-chip-shop-kings-lynn Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:07:10 +0000 One man is trying to revive zero-carbon cargo routes by sailing produce along England’s eastern seaboard – and taking paying passengers along for the thrilling ride.

theguardian.com/travel/article

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