Whole-known-network
<p>We just secured the liberal majority on Wisconsin's Supreme Court through 2029! Susan Crawford's big win keeps the highest court in this battleground state from falling into MAGA hands. Thank you for all you did to elect this Indivisible-endorsed candidate (and make Elon Musk waste over $20 million)!</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Oh....... I almost wanna kill that guy</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> tempting, but I'm in between jobs atm, so it might depend on how deep a discount.</p><p>Also I'm in Australia so it'd be something like a 1am to 8am class, but that just adds to the fun/punishment, maybe</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Can I get an array of catgirls?</p>
<p>ah yes, "linker scripts"</p>
<p>Single Catgirl Multiple Bites</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> fair!</p>
<p>A few months ago I heard the term "left on read" for the first time* and I laughed right out loud at it. My reaction was ... this is not a thing? This cannot possibly be a thing? The whole point of using this medium is that there are no expectations for receiving a reply in any particular time frame?</p><p>Most young people feel differently, it seems. Texting is now a "high demand" communications platform, and they understandably want to escape from that.</p><p>* yes I know, I'm very very old!</p>
<p>A lot of discussion about generational communication focuses on asynchronicity, and I think that's right.</p><p>For boomers, phones were async because if someone was away from home, you missed them and left a message if they had an answering machine. Now everyone carries a phone around.</p><p>For my generation, texting is async because you can check your phone whenever. Now everyone is on their phone 8 hours a day.</p><p>For Gen Z, having to open Discord is a *feature*; meanwhile I never remember to check it.</p>