Soreth @Soreth@awoo.space

"no one is finally dead untill the ripples they caused die away"

A glorious 25th of May to you.
#gnuterrypratchett

I need to find a cell phone that:
👓 Has large text so it can be read by the visually impaired (something like 20/400 vision).
🤳 Does NOT have tiny buttons on the side, or has some way to disable those buttons. (It can't have buttons that are too hard to see or that can accidentally be squeezed by hands that have lost their grip sensitivity.)
🌐 Can work with the AT&T cellular network (sim card).
🔰 For heaven's sake, is simple enough to just call people with. It doesn't need to have KaiOS apps or the like. Just calls and voice mail.

Feel free to boost, and thank you for your help.

SCI-HUB NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Do you have a few dozen gigabytes of free diskspace and a machine that can seed it via #bittorrent?

You can help save an unbelievable trough of scientific knowledge from disappearing behind the elites' paywalls!

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_mission_for_scihub_and_open_science_we_are/

https://phillm.net/torrent-health-frontend/seeds-needed-scimag.php

Spread the word and seed till you bleed – for the betterment of humanity!

How to Clean and Maintain a Parakeet Cage

Today at the dog park: a bald eagle! Circling around in the distance. Wasn't sure what bird I was seeing at first, then a flash of white tail feathers made me quite sure...

...and then the crows showing up to mob it away confirmed it for us. 😄

we asked five different ancient greek philosophers to name every bean in this glass jar

socrates: why?
plato: ok hold on let me get out a scroll so i can list them
aristotle: how can i name them unless i know their genders
heraclitus: they're all named dave, done
diogenes: [disqualified for eating the beans]

#Capitalism #billionaires

Citizen Action is Hiring Phone Canvassers!

Canvassers will be calling members and supporters of Citizen Action to provide opportunities for civic engagement, including electoral work.

Successful candidates must:
· Be personable and professional
· Be patient and persistent
· Have access to a tablet or laptop with internet access and a phone
· Be comfortable using basic online software

Training will be provided
Previous experience in issue or political campaigns is a plus.
Salary is $16/hr at 15-20 hours/week, evenings Monday-Friday
People of color strongly encouraged to apply.

Email your resume to Sheilah Davidson, sdavidson@citizenactionny.org

(They're a good org, they were involved in the (successful!) efforts to raise taxes in the state budget, the eviction moratorium, abolishing solitary confinement, etc. I'm not part of their staff though so I don't know any details about the job.)

Hey guys!
So our landlord just told us we actually can't renew our lease and we have Three Weeks to find a new place to live??
I'll make a proper commission post later, but reminder that mine and @CannabisCryptid 's commissions are open!

A friend's vehicle broke down about 350miles from home. They got to their destination but need to at least replace the sparkplugs. Possibility of a blown head gasket, which would cost $1400 to replace. If you can help out in any way it would mean the world to them!

#TransCrowdFund https://paypal.me/amicoleco

The Tories want to cut funding for university arts by 50%. This will lead to many university arts and music departments shutting and then posh people can go back to hoarding all cultural capital. Working class musicians will keep making music forever, but they'll do so without the benefits of access to higher education. Effectively, access to some art forms will be severely limited for people who aren't ruling class.

There's a consultation on this, which you can do today or tomorrow. https://survey.officeforstudents.org.uk/s/RecurrentFundingConsultation2021-22/

For more information, see this post from the Musicians Union: https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-expresses-horror-at-proposed-halving-of-funding-for-music-at-he-in-england

The consultation form is long and confusing - it's fine to only respond to the sections about arts cuts and leave the rest blank.

Please do respond to the consultation, or at least spare a boost! This will be catastrophic for arts if it goes through.