Alex
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Solarpunk Now! is my latest #podcast find. It’s in English and talks about the future of our world, with #solarpunk ethics, of course. The intro episode touches on the difference between cottagecore and solarpunk and on why cottagecore too often leads to ecofascism, and I thought it was super interesting; the other episodes, if I…
des colonisations
Le discours public actuel sur la colonisation, c’est souvent le même que pendant l’ère coloniale. Et tout en haut de l’État, on préfère essayer d’interdire l’étude de la colonisation sous prétexte d’islamo-gauchisme plutôt que de prendre nos responsabilités et d’essayer d’améliorer les choses.
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…
The really remarkable thing isn’t just that Microsoft has decided that the future of search isn’t links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar – even more remarkable is that Google agrees.
I’m grateful to have received feedback, from multiple people in multiple places, that some of my writing is hard to understand. My working life is so saturated with jargon that I often forget to stop and define terms – so, for example, while I know what I mean by “human-centered design” or…
Good thinking here, and I’m also trying to get rid of jargon. This intersects with (in French): Le langage militant est-il trop élitiste ? – Original version: Elitist Language
Licences libres : Faciliter la création de communs immatériels
« On peut espérer que dans une société socialiste la notion de propriété intellectuelle n’aurait plus de sens, seule la parenté d’une œuvre pourrait être encore pertinente, et les créatrices et les créateurs n’auraient pas à user du système restrictif et précarisant qu’est le droit d’auteur pour espérer survivre. »