Eloísa & them Seagulls @eloisa@masto.pt

Are there any #IndieWeb people who are proficient on the subject that I might be able to interview for a video?

I'm looking to distinguish #fediverse and indieweb, and articulate their similarities and differences.

anyone knows of good online html+css courses for beginners - perhaps live?

Howdy folk! Apparently, my Website and email had been down from approximately July 10th until, well, moments ago.

I did a pretty good job keeping all my balls in the air even through receiving death threats and being dispossessed off most of my stuff when I was displaced a couple months ago, but some things clearly got dropped.

I apologise to those who use my Website as a resource for learning about colonialism, or were trying to contact me through email. Both resources should be available for the next six months, now.

I am also continuing to develop software for hosting a group focused on learning about colonialism. Right now the community is on Discord, if you want to get a head-start. DM for invite.

I'll take this opportunity to highlight that I live off gifts from folk, and lost most of my possessions (clothes, kitchenware, towels, etc.) a couple months back. For folk on the Web, money is often the easiest gift to give: https://ko-fi.com/emsenn

I also accept materials: seeds, beads, textile, fiber (yarn, thread), just DM for a shipping address. I also like stickers and buttons and stuff.

Please read the whole thread for context of the above photograph.

Colonists use patriarchal-brainwashing to continually probe and ask for "more evidence" of the reality of genocide. The "beyond reasonable doubt" clause is often abused to make the issues about gathering of "more" evidence when there is already plenty available. Usually a thin attempt to cast heroes rather than perpetrators of genocide.

Thanks to @emsenn for the link and quote (tip them @ duckpond: https://discord.gg/zRJ9kEbawd):

"Roman Catholic churches in Saskatoon and across Canada had also signed an agreement promising to raise $25 million to compensate Daniels and tens of thousands of other survivors for the emotional, physical and sexual abuse, malnutrition, cultural shaming and systemic violations of basic human rights suffered in Catholic-run residential schools.

...But most of that money was never raised.

...While the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon and its 80,000 members spent $28.5 million on the new cathedral, they raised just $34,650 for survivors.

The story was similar in other cities. Canada's 12 million Catholics donated less than $4 million of the promised $25 million, roughly 30 cents/ person.

After several years, the federal government told the Catholic Church to pay up.

Instead, church officials hired one of Canada's top lawyers, who, in a private court hearing, successfully argued that the country's Catholic churches had tried their best, had no more to give.

...On July 16, 2015, after a secret hearing the previous month, Justice Neil Gabrielson sided with the Catholic Church, saying the federal lawyer wasn't clear enough in his opposition to the proposal and a "reasonable person" would conclude a deal had been struck.

The Catholic churches quickly paid the $1.2 million buyout. They were still more than $21 million short of their commitment, but were absolved of any further legal or financial obligations."

source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/church-residential-school-compensation-1.6082935

#Indigenous #LandBack #decolonization #decolonize

Is that bad?

The #SFFBookClub poll has a clear winner this time: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker, with 6 votes when nothing else got more than 2.

A good online friend of mine has finally (finally!!) obtained an opportunity. This will get her out of the frying pan and back into the wide world of the employed academic. I cannot express how hard she's worked for this!

Just one catch: She has to get there.

"A university in Armenia has hired me at short notice, but they don't reimburse my airfare, my various paperwork costs or my housing deposit." -- Mel

https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8BoRUubzix?fbclid=IwAR2n5tnRskG8KU2Q3grmuUA0-FJLPqEwiPbTYdRs6Mnf_BigEyj-lvuu5fM

why KITTEN.EXE is better than other .EXEs!
KITTEN.EXE:
-cute
-soft and pettable
-wants to be your friend
Other .EXEs:
-usually not cute
-not pettable
-probably does not understand the concept of friendship

the advantage is clear

Old: Teaching autistic people “social skills” that make them more compliant with allistic people abusing them and with standing quietly by while other people are abused

Bold: Teaching autistic people the social skills that make them “noncompliant” to protect themselves and others even when that hurts abusers’ feelings

@tomasino

Canadian trans lifeline: (877) 330-6366.

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Anyone got tips for cheap femme shoes in big sizes, shops located in Europe?
Boosts greatly appreciated.