#tech independence

[firstoccupier]

Setting Up an IRC Server for Secure Communication in a Future Insurrection

By WPS News Technical ReporterBaybay City | January 20, 2025 In an era marked by digital surveillance and control exerted by technology moguls, the need for independent communication platforms has never been more vital. As social movements and grassroots organizations rise to challenge existing power structures, the requirement for secure channels of communication is paramount. One viable…

[inspired-lesson-plans]

Your posts make me happy whenever I see them because one day, I would like to become a teacher. I want to teach possibly kindergarten or first grade. Also, I think your posts can be applicable in non-school settings too in some cases. Thank you for such a wonderful blog! <3

Thank you! So much! I don't get many asks so this means a lot to me :)

If you have a bachelor's, I recommend you try substitute teaching. Look up the school district that you live in, check the careers page, and see how they hire their substitutes. Usually, it's done through a contract agency. Most schools near me use ESS. Typically it's $150/day in New Jersey, and it's very easy to get hired so long as you go through criminal background screening first.

I have about 15 different jobs in my career history, spanning many industries. Teaching has been the most meaningful and rewarding by far. It's also been the most difficult by far. Do not go in unprepared.

Do not go through an education program until you have ample experience in the classroom to see if you are a good fit for the job. That's what I did, and it did not work out. You want to see your strengths and weaknesses in the real setting before you invest your time.

And it's worth it if you can stick the landing.

[artificelux]

“Many say the moon is closer to the dead.”

This is COLOR OF A MIRROR, my debut novel with an original, dark ambient soundtrack by composer Josh McCausland to go along with it.

Written, designed, and published by me, it’s the culmination of years of work, and it’s exactly the story I wanted to tell. It’s not loud or bombastic, but rather a cerebral, slow-burn cyberpunk narrative lingering on themes of fame, paranoia, religion, and technology. If you’re a fan of the brooding futures of William Gibson, Blade Runner, or anything with a mood like the movie Drive, I think you’ll find something to love here.

Available exclusively on my website, it comes in limited edition deluxe-hardcover, softcover, and e-book. (And if you’re a vinyl lover, the soundtrack is pressed in 180g Moondust White; also available on my site.)

Welcome to the Dive. Hope to see you around.

-Dan

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colorofamirror.net

(Book photos by Josh McCausland.)

[whump-in-the-closet]

hmm sorry generative AI isn't another trademark use of progress it's qualitatively different the tradeoff isn't efficiency it's your independence

[thepoisonroom]

honestly continually taken aback at how squeamish citizens get if you're honest about the practical calculus of immigrating, even the ones who think of themselves as pro-immigration! like why are you suddenly stumping for The Good Immigrant archetype bc i promise the immigration bureau is NOT going to fuck you!!!

[praise-the-lord-im-dead]

Really weirded out when people insist a setting is medieval because it's fantasy and there are swords

[quill-of-thoth]

Today (and yesterday, and last week... it's been one of those months, TBH) things got weird at work again. Background: I work in animal health but we are more about reportable disease and blood work than cute living patients. Therefore the office is one old vet, one young vet, and three lab techs, only one of them with a veterinary degree. The other two of us did envisci (me) and criminal justice. She does a lot of the Bloodwork.

Bloodwork is also the only one of us who was born and raised locally, a mormon, and the youngest by about one year. This means, since I now live in the same ecosystem as the LDS church, that our equally mormon local handyman keeps trying to set her up, because his uncle knows her dad or some other such - matchmaking is not ONLY the provenance of female relatives here. Bloodwork does not want to be set up. She wants to refurbish her great grandma's house for herself and her cats. The first time Handyman decided to take his break in our air conditioning and decided his only avenue of conversation was construction dudes he knew who Bloodwork should have coffee with (all most of a decade younger than her) I offered to run him out of the building. With a broom. This was not enough of a hint for him, and as such, Vet Tech and I have been regarding him with a sort of polite territoriality. Building inspections and repairs therefore go like this: We let him in. Bloodwork finds something to do besides play tour guide. Handyman blithely and with complete friendliness makes a casually sexist comment about what 'you ladies broke' or 'do you do anything but chat' and Vet Tech and I hackle up like a pair of lionesses. Politely. Some portion of Handyman's hindbrain realizes that even though he's twice the size of both of us, if we're lionesses he is the wildebeest. He goes to put a wrench in something, usually a pipe. Today we needed to fix the emergency shower in the lab, because the last thing you need if you get a corrosive acid on your face is scalding water direct from the water heater.

For those of you who never had to do the lab safety training: the emergency shower is a bright yellow overhead faucet designed to dump a fuckton of water on you in case of contact with chemicals. It is in no way partitioned, and is in the middle of the lab. Because time is of the essence if you are developing a chemical burn. If you get in there you're diving in fully clothed and also drowning your phone. It also has a separate little sink for rinsing specifically your eyes.

Enter Handyman. Handyman climbs first a ladder, then our filing cabinets, to get WAAAAY into the supply room ceiling. There is a pipe junction in there or something. We turn the eyewash on and take turns running our fingers through it to test the temperature, because we don't actually own a thermometer in the lab. Temperature is adjusted, Handyman plonks down on the floor to ask if everything is good. "If you ladies need to take a hot shower I can turn it back," he says, seemingly unaware that this could be taken as not the BEST thing to say at work. "We're good," says Vet Tech, "this means we won't scald your eyeballs."

[phagodyke]

7hrs into my work day lets play a fun game of how much overtime will they make me do 🥰

[firstoccupier]

Setting Up an IRC Server for Secure Communication in a Future Insurrection

By WPS News Technical ReporterBaybay City | January 20, 2025 In an era marked by digital surveillance and control exerted by technology moguls, the need for independent communication platforms has never been more vital. As social movements and grassroots organizations rise to challenge existing power structures, the requirement for secure channels of communication is paramount. One viable…

[cinnamoncianna]

my toxic trait is I lowkey enjoyed basic science research more than clinical research will I go to hell for this

[artificelux]

Can’t think of a much better way to celebrate one year of this project, than by getting to see a review for COLOR OF A MIRROR in print for the first time! And in the indie section of Publishers Weekly no less!

Written, designed, published, and sold by me.

Thanks to BookLife for the review, and thank you always to the Kickstarter backers who helped make this possible (and to everyone who’s picked up the book since then).

colorofamirror.net

[homeforclones]

Crosshair under the chip pays his taxes.

Normal Crosshair commits tax fraud

[ynatmusic]

New Club House Music 2024

Artist : YNAT

Track : Blow My Mind (Original Mix)

[corneliusmindset]

hey everyoneeeee I have a lot of art…it’s just not digital lol so I thought I’d share quite a recent (just made it) creation and see how it goes. Something more important than a heart would be a comment, as an extrovert, please fill up the comments and we shall interact for eternity! Hope you guys like it!

[venezart]

Winning is Never Whining

Denis Waitley’s quote, “Winning is never whining,” serves as a straightforward but profound reminder that success comes from resilience, not complaints. It highlights the difference between focusing on solutions and getting stuck in negativity.

Winners Don’t Complain: At its core, the quote suggests that true winners don’t waste time whining about their circumstances or challenges. Complaining only shifts the focus from progress to problems, while winners channel their energy into overcoming obstacles and finding ways to move forward. Success requires a proactive mindset, not one bogged down by complaints.

[drippywhinypuppiespurgatory]

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