Wandering Adventure Party

Such a great thread - even as someone who theoretically 'knows' this stuff, it's still useful to be reminded of the sheer scale of it all in absolute terms...

Meredith Whittaker (@Mer__edith@mastodon.world)

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

Mastodon (mastodon.world)

OK #BlackMastodon, #MuseumTech, #DigitalHumanities and #BlackHistory enthusiasts - I've got a special ask!

I'm doing some research on ways of communicating trans-Atlantic histories of the African diaspora and would dearly love more feedback and thoughts.

Basically you'll be asked to compare two layouts for content from museum and archive collections -

If you're up for it, please start here: https://forms.gle/AUGUvyne6pyVLkS2A

And of course do share