Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr@social.coop

So @caseynewton says Substack poaching local journalists is "the exact right way to spend venture capital." This is true only if one has fully inculcated the mission of VC to centralize and eradicate all local control.

We need local institutions.

What's the best podcast where prominent people engage in formal, structured debates on the issues of the day?

"We’re coming out of this era where platforms own people, and moving into this era where people own platforms" says @hamishmckensie of @substack. Great, let's talk about how to make your platform user owned with @exittocommunity! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/business/media/substack-newsletter-competition.html

Today is Apostolic Cooperativism Day in the global Catholic church. Let us rejoice and be glad for all those who ensure that the needs of everyone are met. https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading

Now hiring! @Zebras Executive Assistant - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QnGwYYh6zdzLQcPDq-cVhvKhcLjdvyFTy8gEs76aOoA/

How have I never encountered this beauty before??

Of the Ruling of Men by W.E.B. Du Bois http://www.webdubois.org/lectures/DuBois;OfTheRulingOfMen.html

Tech Work Under the Pandemic - Cleaner and App Co-Owner · TWC Newsletter - https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2021/04/01/issue-9/

If you haven't seen the great film Coded Bias yet, here's a great chance to catch it, along with the Algorithmic Justice League! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hdd-2021-mini-film-festival-day-1-coded-bias-tickets-147181490801

The latest @medlabboulder podcast, now out!

Looks Like New - on @KGNU: Looks Like New: What Is the Internet Doing to the Environment? https://news.kgnu.org/2021/03/looks-like-new-what-is-the-internet-doing-to-the-environment/

Great to see the Drivers Cooperative being discussed on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26588607

Thanks to all those who have reached out to see that we're okay. My family is on the other side of town. But no distance is real distance from such senselessness. This society has become so ill.

Am I the only one for whom stickies and scattered diagrams make things harder to understand rather than easier?

Okay, papists, it's Sunday so time to check in with @CWP112716 at catholicwomenpreach.org. This week, what do you tell your daughter about what happens when we die?

A friend was just telling me about staying up all night to get her loved one a vaccine appointment. Really? Once again, is the US medical system telling us we need to make ourselves sick first in order to get care?

This nonsense is a design.

I was looking for something about chickens and all I got was the @bouldercolorado Corny Joke Page. https://bouldercolorado.gov/osmp/corny-joke-page

At what point does your Zotero library turn from a useful resource to the Library of Babel?