Happy 9th anniversary to the first Mastodon post! Via
Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Attached: 1 image The search filters on Mastodon are pretty neat. Found the first post on Mastodon, or a "toot", as they were called back then. h...
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On this Long COVID Awareness Day, my thoughts go out to the millions who have been directly affected, or care for someone who has. Hope you all have someone to lean on in these particularly difficult times, something that still brings you joy. Hang in there, we're all in this together! ✊ #covid #LongCovid #LongCovidAwarenessDay #health #PublicHealth #solidarity
In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them. 2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""
Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland
The majority of workers in Iceland now look set to move to shorter hours for the same pay.
 2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay." https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/iceland-shorter-working-week-economy/index.html 2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."
WECB
In 2019, Iceland Approved the 4-Day Workweek: Nearly 6 Years Later, All Predictions by Generation Z Have Come True
In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries to officially approve a four-day workweek. But rather than passing a blanket...
 #news #labor #WorkersRights #FourDayWorkWeek #work #iceland
Happy Pi Day, fediverse! And since it's also Albert Einstein's birthday, here's a quote from his 1949 article "Why Socialism?": "The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil." He sure was a smart guy.
Why Socialism? - Wikipedia
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Well, if you need something to do to keep your spirits up during these trying times, why not learn to draw with this 1913 book.
Internet Archive
What to draw and how to draw it : Lutz, Edwin George, b. 1868 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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 Via
The Public Domain Review
*What to Draw and How to Draw It* (1913)
A cartoon drawing masterclass from Edwin G. Lutz, the man who inspired Walt Disney to animation fame.
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Happy 24th anniversary to Daft Punk's second album, Discovery. "Discovery was vigorous and innovative in its exploration of "old questions and spent ideals", hailing it as "a towering, persuasive tour de force" that "transcends the dance label" with no shortage of ideas, humor, or "brilliance""
Discovery (Daft Punk album) - Wikipedia
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@404 Media has obtained a list of sites and services monitored by an ICE contractor ShadowDragon to let government analysts search and draw connections between people. "The long list of sites and services that ShadowDragon’s SocialNet tool accesses is a reminder of just how much data is accessible and collected from and about us to provide surveillance services to the government and others."
404 Media
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the...
 #news #USNews #ICE #immigration #surveillance #technology
It was on this day 36 years ago when @npub1rknc...cdxd submitted his proposal to CERN for an "information management system", precursor to the World Wide Web. "In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues. [...] His boss’s response? “Vague, but exciting.”"
Vox
The World Wide Web — not the internet — turns 30 years old
The World Wide Web was conceived on March 12, 1989, by computing legend Tim Berners-Lee.
 #OTD #OnThisDay #internet #TheWeb #history #VagueButExciting