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Nikophos

@ Nikophos @lemmy.ca

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  • YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy

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  • True! I know "performative" has a pretty negative connotation and can be used dismissively, but I really do believe there can be power behind simple collective actions like these. Particularly as a starting point for something more.

  • YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy

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  • I'll highjack this comment to add my opinion - I wasn't sure if it was appropriate for the main post.

    I see the profile picture as performative (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). I don't want to fall into a habit of doing performative things and feeling like it's enough action. I also recognize Clippy is a flawed choice, as one of Microsoft's mascots and it's existence as a proto-AI assistant.

    All of that said, I found the solidarity in the comment section of the original video comforting. So today, I will perform (and maybe spread just a little more awareness).

  • YSK about Changing your Profile Picture to Clippy

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  • :) happy to help! I appreciate the appreciation

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  • ✨ new tech bingo ✨

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  • I was scrolling through job postings today and came across one that read like this. I was confused -> clicked the link -> saw a picture of two oil rig workers -> genuinely said "Ah, oil!" out loud -> and closed the web page.

    They try to hide behind green washing and jargon. It happened to me at a university career fair a few months ago, too.

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  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/democrat-republican-elect-primary-1.6497911

    It's apparently all part of a Democratic strategy aiming to help those seen as extremist Republican candidates to secure their Republican party's nomination. (Which Mastriano did win.)

    The hope for Democrats is that those extreme Republican candidates would be much easier for Democrats to beat in the November general election. But the strategy has raised some concerns about effectiveness and whether it could have unintended consequences.

    https://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-reveals-dnc-elevated-trump-to-help-clinton/

    The memo named Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson as wanted candidates. “We need to be elevating the Pied Piper candidates so that they are leaders of the pack and tell the press to them seriously,” the memo noted.

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  • Anti-acknowlegements

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  • If a man told you he worked with computers, it'd be odd to raise an eyebrow and respond "Are you some kind of computer boy?". The technician treated this woman's work as something special because she was a woman. In other words: A man that works with a computer is still just a man. A woman that works with a computer must be something special, a computer girl.

    And bonus points for calling her a girl, which is just a little bit more infantilizing.

  • General Strike US

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  • Thank you for allowing it! I tried to find an article covering this group, but as I've mentioned, it's been difficult. With ongoing censorship on other platforms, I hoped the webpage as a primary source would be good enough (or even better than a poorly written article full of ads).

  • General Strike US

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  • Of course!

  • General Strike US

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  • They claim to follow a decentralized ("starfish") model for organizing. The Learn More button in their About Us section links to a "GSUS Welcome Packet" hosted on Google Slides with more information:

    Organizing a movement as such requires online activism but also boots on the ground listening and connecting with their community. Our chapters not only help spread awareness about GSUS but by being involved in community empowerment initiatives or organizing their own.

    In order to stay true to decentralization, In order to prevent this movement from being stopped, Or a "Leader" being targeted. We seek to explode into many interconneced nodes. State to State, this interconnected system of collaboration will ensure our basic needs are met before and after the strike.

    The presentation doesn't have too much information. A lot of their organization seems to occur over regular Discord meetings, and partnering with other grassroots movements & groups.

    So there's clearly lots to be improved, but I respect that it's something. Best of luck to you and your family. I also want change!

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  • Absolutely fair, thank you for mentioning the privacy concerns. A reply on another crosspost brought up something similar.

    There hasn't been much protest coverage in the news I'm regularly exposed to - I hoped people might find other resources on the website useful, particularly for organizing their own demonstrations or otherwise staying informed.

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