Open Society
(6) Why Some Disabled People Can't Work | LinkedIn
You probably remember when Kim Kardashian shared this "advice" for women in business: "Get your fucking ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.
stimpunks·linkedin.com·
12TH OF NOVEMBER 2022 LATEST MUSINGS ON “PATHOLOGICAL” DEMAND-AVOIDANCE (PDA).
Introduction. This blog post is a mixed bag. First, I introduce the call for papers for a special issue on “Pathological” Demand-Avoidance (PDA), in Frontiers in Education. Secondly, I provide PDFs…
stimpunks·rationaldemandavoidance.com·
The Pandemic’s Legacy Is Already Clear
All of this will happen again.
Technological solutions also tend to rise into society’s penthouses, while epidemics seep into its cracks.
stimpunks·theatlantic.com·Matt on Tumblr on Tumblr
For Tumblr: Over the past 7 days, iOS downloads are up 58% with 30% more impressions in the App Store. Android downloads are up 57% with 50% more impressions in the Play Store. Thank y'all for check…
stimpunks·tumblr.com·
How to use gender-inclusive language
I originally wrote this for an internal blog at work, and my colleagues and friends requested I repost it publicly to be shared more widely. I’ve adapted the original post with some minor updates and...
stimpunks·thetallulahhh.tumblr.com·
Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
stimpunks·knightcolumbia.org·
Pluralistic: 11 Nov 2022 Apple’s business model made Chinese oppression inevitable – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
stimpunks·pluralistic.net·
The Vonnegut Effect at 100: On the Promises of Humanism in 2022
Kurt Vonnegut himself would likely burst into a raspy laugh, a smoker’s laugh, at the arbitrary importance associated with today being the 100th year from his date of birth, 11 November 1922.…
stimpunks·radicalscholarship.com·
VELA Education Fund
Accelerating Education Innovation and Opportunity for Every Learner
stimpunks·velaedfund.org·
We Need A Library Economy
The library has been a long-standing institution in our society, but what if we applied its philosophy more broadly? Let's imagine what it would mean to realise the possibilities of this proto-socialist concept and reintroduce free access to the commons through a library economy.
The Meaning of Anti-Work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP0nBIO1Qo8)
Understanding Social Ecology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j42RbUjofm0)
How To Manage The Commons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG4Y8bgUwQ0)
Why Imagination is Vital (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pQb9WM3VVg)
The list of artists used is in the outro.
Introduction - 0:00
Brief History of Libraries - 3:11
The Rise of the Internet (wow!) - 5:42
Foundational Concepts of a Library Economy - 6:58
Imagining a Library Economy - 16:05
Questions & Concerns of a Libray Economy - 18:11
Outro - 22:03
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outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel
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Sources & Resources:
The Ecology of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
Governing the Commons by Elenor Ostrom
https://srslywrong.com/
https://www.neweconomy.org.au/journal/issues/vol2/iss4/library-socialism/
https://medium.com/@wrong_shon/the-universal-public-library-ded5b5ca4191
stimpunks·youtube.com·
Rebecca Cokley on Twitter
“@Imani_Barbarin People forget disability is a term that comes w/ civil rights because it’s codified in statute. “Differently abled” “handicapable” & “special needs” aren’t. It’s also a word WE chose when we named the ADA, not a word chose by nondisabled ppl 2 make them feel better. #saytheword”
stimpunks·twitter.com·TheDisabilityEnthusiast on Twitter
“The label "disabled" means so much to me.
It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself in the face of ableists. It means I can be myself and so much more.
#WhenICallMyselfDisabled”
stimpunks·twitter.com·
No Evidence for Psychiatry’s Depression Claims, Report Three 2022 Research Reviews
According to three 2022 comprehensive research reviews, there is no scientific evidence for what we have long been told by psychiatry—and the mainstream media—about the neurobiology of depression. These reviews, in unison, will pack a powerful wallop for critical thinkers. However, for American society in general, the deck is stacked against any scientific truths making a dent in psychiatry’s brain-defect mythology.
stimpunks·counterpunch.org·
Outdoor Tracks: Wheelchair Kite Flying
The ocean waves are pounding on the shore beside you as you lean back and enjoy the sun. The wind is behind you, the breeze filled with the aroma of the sea. Before you the sky is a deep blue…
stimpunks·newmobility.com·
Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New Paradigm? - Mad In America
People are finding the perspective of mental distress as fixed within a biological predisposition or malfunction to be insufficient.
stimpunks·madinamerica.com·It looks like I’m moving to Mastodon
Elon Musk laid off about half of Twitter this morning. There are many terrible stories emerging about how this went down, but one that particularly struck me was that he …
stimpunks·simonwillison.net·
A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you | Aeon Ideas
The belief that hard work and talent make for success is not only false, it encourages selfishness and discrimination too
stimpunks·aeon.co·
A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you | Daily Dose of Research | Human Restoration Project
A highlight from Mark's A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you. Featured by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 restoring humanity to education.
stimpunks·humanrestorationproject.org·
A vote for 'Black Disability Politics' : It's Been a Minute
It's Election Day, and Brittany's focusing on those long lines at the polls. For years there's been a lot of talk about voter disenfranchisement - especially for Black and Brown voters who wait for hours to cast a ballot. But Brittany's guest thinks of those lines differently. Sami Schalk is the author of Black Disability Politics. She argues that by focusing on the intersection of disability and Black liberation you can find creative ways to address systemic oppression. Long lines are just one example of where Black and disabled oppression meet.You can find Sami's book here.Follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenAMin or email us at ibam@npr.org.
stimpunks·npr.org·
Carceral Classrooms | Human Restoration Project | Jessica Hatrick Sophie Sylla
Our work has led us to understand that classrooms, as they currently function, are carceral spaces. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
stimpunks·humanrestorationproject.org·
Designing Possibility in Schools | Human Restoration Project | Paul Kim
The default culture within most schools today is more transactional than transformational and dehumanizing in that students and teachers do not have the space where they can be successful without sacrificing some part of their identities. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
Education is not memorization. It is the activation of the imagination and a path towards liberation.” – Dr. Christopher Emdin
“Queremos un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos // We want a world where many worlds fit.” – Zapatista of Chiapas
The default culture within most schools today is more transactional than transformational and dehumanizing in that students and teachers do not have the space where they can be successful without sacrificing some part of their identities. To remedy this, Dr. Christopher Emdin has argued that schools need to be spaces where people can be “ratchetdemic” – both ratchet and academic – or whole in their identities. This calls for a disruption of the dominant culture in schools that values individuation over standardization and creativity over compliance.Put another way, schools need to be places where students are known to have “jagged learning profiles” and teachers are known to have “jagged teaching profiles” as defined by Todd Rose, former professor and director of the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at Harvard. Rose argues that schools are suffering under “the tyranny of the average,” misguided by the notion that instruction should be directed toward an “average student.” The problem with this is that an “average student” is a fiction that only exists when you strip young people of their most human qualities.
“Any system produces what it was designed to produce.” – The National Equity Project
stimpunks·humanrestorationproject.org·
Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopias
The difference between utopia and dystopia isn't how well everything runs. It's about what happens when everything fails.
stimpunks·wired.com·
The role of creativity in expertise and skilled action
Synthese - Perhaps a part of what makes expertise so inspiring to the curious researcher is the possibility of appropriating the structural components of skilled action to draw a roadmap towards...
stimpunks·link.springer.com·
Enacting Change by Listening | Human Restoration Project | Chris McNutt
Pressing forward and armed with this knowledge, we need to bring about a grassroots movement toward change. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
stimpunks·humanrestorationproject.org·