@jgphotomom

Thanks!

#Journalism profs: Let's coordinate about which platform to switch our class-related #socialMedia assignments to. I'm leaning toward #Mastodon because #Twitter having an oligarch owner who shakes the antfarm for attention isn't conducive to learning and that behavior shouldn't be rewarded. We're between semesters, so this feels like a good time for this discussion.

In which Santa's elves learn an important lesson about machine learning bias. 🎅🧵

'Twas the weeks before Christmas
And Santa was busy
His list was so long
It was making him dizzy

There are too many children
List checking can’t scale
If I do this by hand
I will certainly fail!

But one of his elves
Had a brilliant idea
What if we automate
Christmas this year!

[continued :) ]

A long but excellent piece by ⁦‪@nytimes‬⁩. Every horrendous detail of Russia’s illegal and botched attack into Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html

Hello Mastodonians! For an #introduction:
I'm a husband, father of 2, grandfather of 5. Served 38 years in the Army, all over the world. Now thriving in a 2d chapter of life studying & teaching leadership (mostly in healthcare which was my research focus for a Doctor of Business Administration in 2019), "analyzing" national security on CNN (recently a lot on Ukraine due to my time spent in Europe), and engaging in several non-profits. I believe we should keep working on a more perfect union.

Not the only Russian unit experiencing this fate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/16/russia-200th-brigade-decimated-ukraine/

@JustinDurand

You're welcome! 🙂

The German word "schenken" means "to give a gift".

Sounds nice? Well, it has its pitfalls.

The sentence "Dieses Jahr schenken wir uns nichts" can mean
- "This year, we don't give each other gifts"

But it can also mean
- "This year, we won't have mercy on each other"

Also, "Das kann man sich schenken" means "It's not worth while - don't do it / go there / buy it."

So, all in all, "schenken" is basically Christmas in a nutshell. 🎄

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

📖 „Hope is the Last to Die” by Halina Birenbaum

Halina Birenbaum survived Majdanek, Auschwitz, Ravensbrück & Neustadt-Glewe camps. Her autobiography describes an adolescent journey through the horrors of the Holocaust.

Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Last-Die-Halina-Birenbaum-ebook/dp/B09FRFFN41/

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Majdanek #Ravensbrück #autobiography #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #memoirs #kindle #ebook #books #bookstadon #hope #teenager #woman #Birenbaum @bookstodon

All our books: http://books.auschwitz.org

The administration of US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s latest massive missile attack on Ukraine, targeting mainly civilian infrastructure on December 16, 2022, and promised that the new aid package for the Armed Forces of Ukraine would include air defense equipment. Source: John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the […]
The post US promise https://uaposition.com/latest-news/us-promised-ukraine-additional-air-defense-systems-after-new-russian-missile-attack/ source : UaPosition #Ukraine

CNN, WaPo, NYT journalists' accounts were restored. The Intercept and independent journalists were not. We've gotten the worst of it all: the criticism of being the “mainstream media” but without the backing or protection of being the “mainstream media.”

@Dolphinchaz

Congratulations!

This is very good, on Russia's military failures. But it also doesn't suggest they will stop fighting anytime soon
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html

So Elon is reinstating the accounts of journos he banned last night and some of them appear relieved to be “back.” That is all fine but imho Elon’s actions crossed another line last night. It’s tragic to see some of these journos sound so “relieved” to be back there. By doing that they are bending their knees to a billionaire 🤡 drunk on power.
Elon’s actions are providing an opportunity for us to build an healthier civic online space for our democrac. Would be good for us to take it. #fediverse

Russia has enough missiles for heavy strikes, we’ve enough determination and self-belief – Zelenskyy

💾
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address said that over 40 terrorists' missiles were destroyed in the sky of the central regions of the country and near Kyiv on December 16. All their targets are civilian, and these are mainly energy and heat supply facilities, the President https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-smuaO5VCU source : UATV English #Ukraine

The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration noted on December 17, 2022, that Russian military shelled the Kherson region 27 times on December 16, one civilian was killed and three were wounded. Source: Yaroslav Yanushevych, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration “Russian troops shelled the territory of the Kherson region 27 times. […]
The post Russian soldiers shelle https://uaposition.com/latest-news/russian-soldiers-shelled-the-kherson-region-27-times-there-are-casualties/ source : UaPosition #Ukraine

The "bookmark" feature (next to the star in the web UI) may be the least loved and mentioned feature in Mastodon, but it's darn useful.

1) Hm, I might want to read this later. -> Bookmark

2) What a great picture! -> Bookmark and Fav and Boost!!11

3) Do I want to follow this account? Let me take a look later. -> Bookmark

4) I should boost this again sometime. -> Bookmark

Search (somewhat deliberately) sucks, making bookmarking essential to find stuff again. Use it liberally. :)

"In Ukraine, I saw the greatest threat to the Russian world isn’t the west – it’s Putin"
Timothy Garton Ash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/17/ukraine-greatest-threat-russian-world-vladimir-putin

This Small School for Students with Disabilities Calls the Police on Students Every Other Day. An astounding story by @ProPublica Chicago Tribune

https://www.propublica.org/article/students-police-arrests-illinois-garrison-school

@jeffjarvis

cough::money laundering:: cough