Everything about how we “teach”, from cradle to grave, is rooted in reward and punishment.
Carrot and stick. Approval and shame. Gold stars or public correction. Praise or punishment.
It’s a formula we’ve accepted without question for so long that we don’t even recognize it as a formula anymore. We don’t question it…we optimize it.
We design “better” systems, stronger incentives, clearer rubrics. We implement tools for behavior management and compliance. And rarely do we stop to ask:
La ragazza ucraina scomparsa venerdì a Carovigno, in Puglia, è stata ritrovata impiccata - Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/07/08/ragazza-ucraina-scomparsa-carovigno-puglia-trovata/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Magi-fantasma alla Camera per i referendum, due giorni di interdizione. “Procedura sproporzionata”
https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/07/08/news/riccardo_magi_fantasma_camera_referendum_piueuropa-424718772/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Magi-fantasma alla Camera per i referendum, due giorni di interdizione. “Procedura sproporzionata”
Lo scorso 14 maggio la protesta del segretario di +Europa in aula. La decisione dell’ufficio di presidenza di Montecitorio. Azione vota con la maggioranza che …Gabriella Cerami (la Repubblica)
🚨 Mastodon 4.4.0 is out now! 🐘
Lots of new features & fixes - but watch out when updating!
👉 This time, a simple 'docker compose pull && docker compose up -d' won’t be enough!
Make sure to read the release and update notes carefully:
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I'm hoping that when I put this on I don't immediately take a quest into the nearest wall.
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I hope the cat is OK 😉
Narrator: Jim did exactly the same thing last night, after turning off the last light before bed.
*The cat is OK 😅
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"Les autorités libyennes ont annoncé lundi avoir intercepté 113 migrants au large de leurs côtes lors d'opérations distinctes sur trois jours. Les corps de trois migrants subsahariens ont également été découverts sur une plage de Misrata."
St. Jude Children's Hospital's fundraising arm selects new CEO in midst of global expansion
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Interviews would be so much easier if we could all just tell the truth.
“What interested you about this job?”
“It pays well and seems like I won’t have to kill myself doing it.”
BOJ Faces Inflation Risks and Has Room for Hikes, Nakaso Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/boj-faces-inflation-risks-and-has-room-for-hikes-nakaso-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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È possibile costruire solide istituzioni di pubblica amministrazione nel Sud globale?
Traduzione italiana della 27° newsletter del 2025 di Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research sulle istituzioni pubbliche nel Sud globale.Rosa (Potere al Popolo)
Anthem chiude e diventa l'ultima vittima dell'industria dei videogiochi
https://www.wired.it/article/anthem-chiusura-conservazione-videogiochi-stop-killing-games/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Anthem chiude e diventa l'ultima vittima dell'industria dei videogiochi
Gli sviluppatori hanno annunciato che Anthem verrà messo offline all'inizio del 2026. Nel frattempo, un movimento si batte per salvare altri giochi dall'oblioMegan Farokhmanesh (Wired Italia)
⛔️🇨🇳Germany has accused China of targeting its aircraft with a laser attack. Germany’s Foreign Ministry stated that Chinese military forces used a laser against a German aircraft participating in the EU’s ASPIDES (more) #Ukraine #Germany #Mastodon #Brussels #SHAPE #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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🇩🇪🇨🇳 Germany has accused China of targeting its aircraft with a laser attack. Germany’s Foreign Ministry stated that Chinese military forces used a laser against a German aircraft participating in the EU’s ASPIDES naval operation in the Red Sea.Telegram
The Kremlin complains about Trump’s decision to resume arms deliveries to Ukraine, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claiming it “does not contribute to peace.”
Get out of Ukraine, and here you have your peace, freak Dmitry.
Il Sole è stato quieto la scorsa settimana, ma la nostra ionosfera (lo strato "elettrico" dell'atmosfera) ha mostrato qualche anomalia!
Il 2 luglio, a La Spezia e Roma, abbiamo registrato variazioni medie nella frequenza foF2 e un forte aumento del TEC (più elettroni nell'atmosfera) sull'Italia. Il 6 luglio, invece, il TEC è diminuito. Registrate anche disturbi nei segnali GPS/radio a Lampedusa (2, 4, 5 luglio, con picco il 5), Chania e Nicosia.
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Examples and guides for using the OpenAI API. Contribute to openai/openai-cookbook development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
De Donno e lo studio americano (ancora…)
Alcuni lettori ci hanno segnalato un articolo, o meglio dei post social che condividono un articolo pubblicato su Donna Fidelity House, sito di proprietà del gruppo NetAddiction di Andrea Pucci, coloro che si definiscono "professionisti dell'intratte…maicolengel butac (Butac – Bufale Un Tanto Al Chilo)
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I wanted a photo of lounging handsomeness but my subject had other ideas. So I give you Stretch: A Four-part Miniseries running now in your feed.
The best laptop deals we’ve found for Prime Day (so far)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/699521/amazon-prime-day-laptops-notebooks-gaming-apple-lenovo-hp?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The best laptop deals we’ve found for Prime Day (so far)
Amazon and competing retailers are offering sizable discounts on laptops for Prime Day, including MacBooks and notebooks from Lenovo, Asus, Microsoft, and more.Antonio G. Di Benedetto (The Verge)
sneak peek for future comic 1 out of ?
i like this pose
this comic will release very soon, stay tuned!
Man is kidnapped from a Walmart, by masked people wearing DHS-marked clothing in Bernalillo County #NewMexico. Video at bsky.app/profile/thejenniwren.…. I believe this is a Walmart between #Albuquerque and #SantaFe. Tough to watch, but we must bear witness.
This sort of awfulness is happening in many states. It is why I’m so active in fighting fascism in mine. If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend getting involved in your local Indivisible group. Find it at indivisible.org/groups.
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Shame. I-40 & Coors.
If that had been on Central Ave aka Route 66 or in the International District?
All HELL would have broken loose.
De meteorologische situatie van die regenbuien in Texas lijkt in sommige opzichten wel op die van de overstromingen in Limburg en buurlanden van 2021. Een stilhangend lagedrukgebied dat zich maar blijft volzuigen met warme vochtige lucht.
Wat al dit soort extreme buien met elkaar gemeen hebben: in een warmer klimaat neemt de hoeveelheid regen bij extreme buien flink toe. nos.nl/l/2574148
Dodental overstromingen Texas gestegen tot meer dan honderd
Onder de doden zijn deelnemers aan een zomerkamp langs de rivier. De organisatie, Camp Mystic, maakte gisteren bekend dat 27 deelnemers en begeleiders zijn omgekomen.NOS Nieuws
⛔️🇷🇺In Kazan, Russia, a Cessna 337 Skymaster trainer aircraft hit power lines during a training flight. The aircraft crashed directly into a house in a suburban area (VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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The Best Amazon Prime Day Vacuum Deals: Dyson, Shark, and More
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La imagen muestra a una persona vestida con una capa oscura que cubre la cabeza, dejando solo la barba y parte del rostro visibles. La capa es de un color azul oscuro y parece estar hecha de un material suave. La persona sostiene un bastón elaborado con una cabeza de dragón en la parte superior, que tiene escamas y detalles que sugieren un diseño detallado y artesanal. El bastón es de color oscuro, posiblemente negro, y tiene una textura que recuerda a la piel de un dragón. El fondo de la imagen es borroso, con tonos verdes que sugieren un entorno natural, posiblemente un bosque. La luz natural ilumina la escena, creando un contraste entre la figura y el fondo.
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“Pousse-toi Starmer” : Charles III et Macron, deux rois en pleine lune de miel
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"En visite d’État au Royaume-Uni, Emmanuel Macron est accueilli comme un roi par le roi Charles lui-même. La couronne lui a organisé “un cérémonial” aussi faste que symbolique en vue de célébrer l’amitié franco-britannique retrouvée. Après cette rencontre
Allez, pour soulager la nausée voici un petit meme en forme de cri primal cathartique:
Dalla visita alla città al talk, termina la due giorni del ministro Giuli a Lucca. Pardini: “È stato un onore”
Il sindaco di Lucca ha ringraziato il ministro della cultura dopo il tour ion città e l'evento al Lucca Summer Festival
L'immagine è una composizione di due fotografie in bianco e nero, una sopra l'altra, che mostrano un giovane con un trucco facciale elaborato. Nella parte superiore, la scritta "1998 Scherzo" indica un'immagine antica, mentre nella parte inferiore, "2025 Trapper" suggerisce un'immagine futuristica. Entrambe le immagini mostrano il giovane con trucco che include occhiali da sole, baffi e un disegno che sembra un nodo. La scritta "OPEN'S" è visibile sulla fronte. Un individuo sta applicando il trucco con un pennarello. La fotografia superiore è etichettata con "#machenesannoi2000", mentre la inferiore non ha un'etichetta.
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Turning PET Plastic Into Paracetamol With This One Bacterial Trick
Over the course of evolution microorganisms have evolved pathways to break down many materials. The challenge with the many materials that we humans have created over just the past decades is that we cannot wait for evolution to catch up, ergo we have to develop such pathways ourselves. One such example is demonstrated by [Nick W. Johnson] et al. with a recent study in Nature Chemistry that explicitly targets PET plastic, which is very commonly used in plastic bottles.
The researchers modified regular E. coli bacteria to use PET plastic as an input via Lossen rearrangement, which converts hydroxamate esters to isocyanates, with at the end of the pathway para-aminobenzoate (PABA) resulting, which using biosynthesis created paracetamol, the active ingredient in Tylenol. This new pathway is also completely harmless to the bacterium, which is always a potential pitfall with this kind of biological pathway engineering.
In addition to this offering a potential way to convert PET bottles into paracetamol, the researchers note that their findings could be very beneficial to studies targeting other ‘waste’ products from biological pathways.
Thanks to [DjBiohazard] for the tip.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •What if the entire framework is the problem?
What if the very foundation of how we’ve been taught to teach, lead, parent, and manage was never designed to serve us all in the first place?
Outside of academic spaces, and even within them, I’ve found very few environments that are willing to challenge the deeply embedded reward-punishment binary. And in the rare moments I’ve encountered alternatives, I hadn’t yet developed the lens through which I now evaluate the world.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •A lens shaped by understanding how systems, institutions, and policies were deliberately constructed to benefit the few at the expense of the many.
A lens that sees how white supremacy and anti-Blackness are not fringe forces but deeply woven into every structure, every assumption, every “best practice” that has been normalized across generations.
It shapes our daily lived experiences, especially if you come from a lineage or identity that has been disrespected, erased, and criminalized.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •And here’s the painful truth that I now know:
The “secrets” of the Universe, the wisdom, the knowledge, the deep understanding of how to live in harmony, were never secret. They were once shared freely, passed down through generations, embedded in rituals and relationship, story and song.
Until they weren’t.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •Until they were stolen, destroyed, erased, or intentionally buried by those who were welcomed into spaces of learning but chose extraction over humility. Power over reciprocity. Profit over people.
It is ignorance and arrogance that turned ancient brilliance into myth and superstition. That labeled ancestral intelligence as “primitive.” That replaced communal learning with competition and control.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •I often wonder how far could we be as a society, a species, a people if those first encounters with indigenous wisdom had been met with reverence instead of conquest?
What would our communities look like today if interconnectedness had been protected instead of persecuted?
I don’t have all the answers. But I do know this:
I’m choosing differently now.
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •I’m rejecting the reward-punishment cycle that underpins so much of our educational models, workplace culture, parenting norms, and leadership strategies.
I no longer want to “earn” my worth. I no longer want to lead through fear or compliance. I no longer want to withhold, or be withheld from, based on arbitrary standards of “value.”
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •I want to learn through curiosity, not coercion. To grow through exploration, not fear. To remember, through connection and play, what colonization tried to make us forget.
And I want to do that learning in community with others who are also ready to reclaim teaching as a liberatory act.
With others who are asking: What would it mean to rebuild everything, starting with how we learn?
Kim Crayton ~ Her/She
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •The path forward is here. We just have to be brave enough to walk it. Together.
Mx. Luna Corbden
in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She • • •I've been decolonizing whiteness pretty heavily in myself lately, and when I've written about it, it's resonated heavily with white people. It feels like there's a yearning in some to get back to our own precolonial roots. It's bigger than bigotry and race. It's a worldview that situates us in opposition to nature and drives us to dominate on behalf of our superiors.
This disconnection from our bodies, each other, and nature is unnatural, and we intuitively feel this while at the same time don't understand how to speak with our intuition. I've been on that journey for decades but only recently have had enough pieces to see the larger picture and associated those internal feelings with the ancient colonialism that my ancestors were absorbed into more than a thousand years ago.
But whiteness is the cult that America is indoctrinated with, and it's been no different than when I deconstructed the Mormonism I was raised in — difficult but enlightening.
I've been learning how to present these ideas to non-left people, and it's been resonating with some of my family. "Whiteness isn't about the color of your skin. It's an ideology that's been imposed on us that happens to use skin color as the starting point of who to exclude and rank. Here's how it works to keep all of us down." Lots of nodding and participating instead of defensiveness and arguing.
Reward/punishment is just the tip of our iceberg.