Mandy Watson · @MandyCanUDigIt
151 followers · 282 posts · Server beekeeping.ninjaI feel I have to get this off my chest - why has the word 'affected' become redundant and replaced with the seriously overused and hateful 'impacted'? I know there was always a problem with people confusing 'affect' and 'effect' but in old newspaper speak, impact was really only used when being hit by a car. Rant over, thank you for listening.
#English #language #subeditor #editor #impacted #impact #newspapers #journalism
#english #language #subeditor #editor #impacted #impact #newspapers #journalism
C. · @cazabon
153 followers · 3478 posts · Server mindly.socialThis is an #attempt to #wrest back #control of the user's #web #experience, so they can #abuse you for money. #Abusing people is very #profitable in Big Tech.
I haven't even dealt with #accessibility issues in this thread, though those are hugely #impacted by this.
It also will make people #unsafe by taking away a lot of #anonymity #choices.
This is pure #evil. Hunt down "Web Environment Integrity" wherever it lives, and kill it with fire.
11/11
#attempt #wrest #control #web #experience #abuse #abusing #profitable #Accessibility #impacted #unsafe #anonymity #choices #evil #killitwithfire #webenvironmentintegrity
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1397 followers · 14968 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgA gradual #decline in #biodiversity may have led to a more devastating #ecosystem #collapse during the #PermianTriassic #MassExtinction , according to #NewResearch .
#Scientists #recreated #ancient #FoodWebs to determine how #species were #impacted during this event. But how well can our knowledge of past #extinction events #inform us about the #CurrentCrisis of #SpeciesLoss ?
#Science #paleontology #Studies #ClimateCrisis #ScientificResearch #OneEarth #ecological
#decline #biodiversity #ecosystem #collapse #permiantriassic #massextinction #newresearch #scientists #recreated #ancient #foodwebs #species #impacted #extinction #inform #currentcrisis #speciesloss #science #paleontology #studies #climatecrisis #scientificresearch #OneEarth #ecological
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12502 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
“#Inuit are a #maritime people - we depend on the coast, #ocean and #sea ice for our #FoodSecurity, #culture and #economy, ” Sara Olsvig, ICC’s International Chair, said in a statement.
“From an Inuit perspective, like #HumanRights, all #LivingBeings are #interrelated , #interdependent and #interconnected – when one dimension is #impacted there is a #dynamic cascade amongst #connecting #ecological structures across #abiotic , #biotic and #cultural elements.
#inuit #maritime #ocean #sea #foodsecurity #culture #economy #humanrights #livingBeings #interrelated #interdependent #interconnected #impacted #dynamic #connecting #ecological #abiotic #biotic #cultural
Kyle Keesling · @kylekeesling
39 followers · 27 posts · Server ruby.socialI love optimism and understand people wanting to be diplomatic as they look for their next opportunity, but to say that you were “impacted” by the recent tech layoffs just doesn’t sit right with me.
In reality you were deserted by employer due to their own mismanagement and in many cases also their greediness.