Super annoyed that the more I meet social workers of colour and fellow social workers who went to social work school with people of colour the more I learn that we consistently have awful and marginalizing experiences with instructors and classmates, and consistently these are experiences that are the most pronounced in social work classes in particular. My stance is that NASW is a good ol' boys club for cis hetero white LICSWs and I don't see it changing any time soon.

ErickC wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 pm Super annoyed that the more I meet social workers of colour and fellow social workers who went to social work school with people of colour the more I learn that we consistently have awful and marginalizing experiences with instructors and classmates, and consistently these are experiences that are the most pronounced in social work classes in particular. My stance is that NASW is a good ol' boys club for cis hetero white LICSWs and I don't see it changing any time soon.

I’m sure there is some trouble here, but social work is not exactly a gig that many covet. Those I know in the field have their hearts in the right place and are “pragmatic realists”. That is to say it’s like being a cop, but without a gun, bravado, or accolades. Also all the cush early retirement type gigs have milked dry by the boomers.

Al Barile's (SSD) post last night on instagram scared the crap out of me. He sounds like he is in unbelievable pain, and all the treatments have made it worse. I am worried about the guy.

Managing people under 25 is like herding cats. Not always, but most of the time.

Glad my son is with me now, safe, healthy and happy

What's the point of youtube shorts? Just make a short video? Why does it have to be its own format?

Standardise the format so you can bombard users with an endless rapid-fire stream of them, with no time to pause or think or breathe inbetween. Which is how like Gen Z likes to relax, while playing videogames voice chatting and livestreaming.

kokorodoko wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 11:10 pm What's the point of youtube shorts? Just make a short video? Why does it have to be its own format?

https://www.profgalloway.com/tiktok-boom/

Ever think about how different foods have different flavours of fullness associated with them? I just had some oatmeal with milk, which leaves me with a stodgy, somewhat distended kind of fullness. Then there's pasta, which tends to grow in your stomach in a very unpleasant way if you eat too much of it. Sushi you can gulp down in an instant and barely register beyond a sense of satisfaction, but it keeps you going half a day - and if you eat more than you should at once it can knock you out completely.

On their own, nuts are not good when you're hungry. You feel taste, you feel something in your stomach, but it's not satisfying. Protein bars are the same - and worse because of the sugar. I ate two leaves of lettuce once which immediately took the edge off the dizziness you feel when you're really hungry.

My only regret about Beto O’Rourke crashing that news conference is that it wasn’t me.

Fuck all those NRA shills.