Kate Gregory

@gregcons.bsky.social

I advise, develop, mentor, write, and speak. C++ mostly. One of the Carbon leads. Limited availability; you can ask. Want me to speak? http://gregcons.com/SpeakerKit.aspx She/her.

@athenepallas.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

Latest far right malign effect - unfounded accusations of immigrants stealing wild birds to eat have led to a physical assault on a volunteer rescuing a cygnet. The Greenwich Wildlife Network statement is long, but worth a read - it's thoughtful, courageous and impeccably argued:

@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.appReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

Russell Stover has begun using prison labor to make candy in Kansas A Russell Stover candy factory in Kansas has begun hiring incarcerated workers through a work release program, Eoin Higgins reports in his newsletter, The Flashpoint. About 150 women are bussed in from the Topeka Correctional Facility and paid $14 an hour, but the prison keeps some of their wages for room and board, taxes, transportation, and other expenses. When all is said and done, they take home less than $6 per hour. These deductions are high, but elsewhere in the country, they're even higher: In our May series on prison
@sarahmay1.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

I'm beginning to believe that the attacks on the Humanities have been precisely so that these fascists can use the cloak of culture. So Greek Myth, the Roman Empire, Christianity are simply part of their illusion of a timeless white supremacist state. The less people know about them the better.

@gretchenmcculloch.comReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

Today in "whoops, linguists were a tiny bit kidding about the whole novel sentences thing, sometimes a phrase actually has coincidentally been said already"

@jonasholmjaeger.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

Check it, nerds. Recent find of late stage Maglemosian (8400 BP) antler axe with preserved wooden handle from Egholm, Northern Jutland. Fantastic to see that we still have conditions in Denmark for such fantastic organic preservation. Because it probably won’t be long before we don’t.

@rajio.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

If you are a Toronto restaurant contemplating AI food imagery, I will photograph your food for you, and process the photos for the low cost of just letting me have the food for free, if it stops you.

@erikloomis.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1947. African workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway in modern Senegal went on strike with the demand that they be treated equal to French workers. This is a hugely important moment in both African labor history and the anticolonial struggle in west Africa!!!

@kaleidotrope.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

Moreover, a publisher who only removes unfair clauses from contracts when they get pushback from more experienced writers or artists isn’t to be trusted.

@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

Today is Leif Erikson Day. The day commemorates the arrival of Erikson and the Norse in what is now Canada around 1000 years ago and the founding of the Norse settlement of L'Anse aux meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador. 🎨 Hans Dahl

A group of Viking warriors stands on a rocky coastline, with a leader holding an axe and shield in the foreground, pointing toward the sea. Other warriors with spears and shields are nearby, while longships sail in the background. The scene features a dramatic seascape with waves, distant mountains, and seagulls flying under a cloudy sky.
@sturdyalex.bsky.socialReposted by @gregcons.bsky.social

They're laughing at ordinary working people, the bees and puffins. They get together at dinner parties, quaffing nectar and ethically caught sandeels, and they mock Sir Winston, call you flagshaggers, and LAUGH AT YOU.

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