Asher Wolf Amazing read, Im a little familiar with this work via Telstra but nonetheless enthralled by this piece.

There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approached the counter.

“Five coffees please. Two for us and three hanging.”

They paid, they took their two coffees and left.

I asked the waiter. 'What’s this about hanging coffees?'

“Wait and you'll see.'

Some more…

The level at which institutions (literary, academic, otherwise) are so boldly catering to the feelings of genocide-accomplices, & actively turning away from Palestinians right now + dismissing actions (regardless of how organized/intentional/etc), is unforgivable & unforgettable

Breaking:

Dozens of Google employees began occupying NYC and Sunnyvale offices today in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion dollar Project Nimbus cloud computing contract with the Israeli government
wired.com/story/google-n…

Why has Meta not released their transparency report for the 2nd half of 2023? transparency.meta.com/reports/govern… What are they hiding?

According to Swiss police, evidence from encrypted messaging systems shows that organised crime (in this case, Calabrian) is targeting the Swiss justice system with the aim of infiltrating it. If true, this is big. 👇

The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

Self-guided apartment tours are becoming more and more common.

But there’s a catch—you’ll probably be asked to hand over your biometric data in the process. NEW:
themarkup.org/privacy/2024/0…

I love it

My aunt’s caring for him while I’m away. Have ordered him to bed with a lemon honey tea

Kid has a cold. Sore throat, croakey voice, congested chest. I’ve never been apart from my Kid before when he’s unwell. I want to drive home right now and care for him, even tho I know he’ll be fine

Doesn’t get better than this

My students all have their Positive Potatoes, and all of them died of cute (there was some squealing involved, and a few “you made all of these?!?!” shrieks). I’d say 3 weeks of evening effort well-spent… (1/2)

China shuts down influencer's accounts over fake story bbc.com/news/world-asi…

I need to plan to spend some time alone outdoors tomorrow

Digital rights are human rights

Someone who respects you will care about their impact on you

It was great to participate in this global workshop 'Recognising, Resisting, and Reorienting Algorithmic Systems for Disability Justice.”

A must read for anyone interested in the draft #NDIS legn - and so called reforms, which rest on assumptions of #Algorithms .

Asher Wolf