ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Wearing this tshirt today. I bought it in Dec 2020, after I saw him pushing back on the crazy MAGA fake electors. When I heard he was running for senate, I donated to his campaign. P.S. I live in Ohio.

Looking for #java gurus to follow? Look who I found here at #mastodon (tooting to help you quickly add them to your network)

@Sharat_Chander
@myfear
@HeinzKabutz
@briangoetz
@brunoborges
@maxandersen
@dblevins
@stuartmarks
@frankel
@ivar_grimstad
@hansolo_
@omniprof
@SimonMartinelli
@royvanrijn
@lukaseder

Who am I missing that’s already here?

Yah, today is the first day I opened up the Mastodon server web UI and found enough posts to keep me reading.

High signal-to-noise is not something I've seen on social media in a very long time - usually because the size of my network, the insidious recommendations from the platforms, and the fact that these platform incent low value, wide-appeal posting...

Fingers crossed here?

#mastodon #metapost

The "oh no" comics guy is in a legal battle and crowdfunding for help. Since I used the "oh no" emoji this very morning, I felt morally obliged to bung him a tenner. You may want to join me!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexnorrislegalfund

Just a general shoutout to all Mastodon / Fediverse admins, mods, emoji wranglers, wheezing servers under desks, and the much-used coffee machines that actually power this place.

Looking for some #scifi mystery #bookrecommendations. If it’s got a romantic subplot, even better!

Now is the time.

Please get a passport.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html

You need:
The Passport application form
Evidence of US citizenship (such as a birth certificate)
ID (such as a driver's license)
A qualifying photo (drugstores do them)
Fees

The cost (only checks and money orders):
~ Passport renewal: $130
~ First Passport: $130 + $35 execution fee
(optional) Expedited service: $60
(optional) 1-2 Day Delivery: $18.32

If you need to change your name, gender marker, or replace a lost passport, there's a few extra forms, that you can download online.

You have to apply in person if this is your first US passport, or if your last one was issued more than 15 years ago.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/apply-in-person.html

You can renew your passport online, if you already have one, less than 15 years old:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/renew.html

Here's the Passport application form:

https://pptform.state.gov/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

If you're pressed for money, it can be worth getting a Passport Card asap, and then applying for an additional Passport Book later.

The cards are accepted for travel by land or sea to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean. They are much cheaper, only $30 plus the $35 execution fee (though you can't get the 1-2 Day Delivery option). These will NOT be accepted for international air travel.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/card.html

If you are a trans person with a complicated identity document situation, National Center for Transgender Equality has a resource by state to help look for requirements.

https://transequality.org/documents

Passport turnaround times are better than the mid-pandemic delays, but they are still longer than they should be. Which means applying NOW will get the thing to your mailbox probably by summer 2022.

Good luck.

I have a few reflections and advice on the 5-year anniversary of coming out as transgender:

1. The best piece of advice I got: "Your transition belongs to you." There are no true rules in this. You don't even have to transition, and you certainly don't have to transition to anything established, or understandable to anyone else.

There are no objective body schedules or social milestones. You are free to make up WHATEVER you want. And you are free to push for your standards to be respected and assisted. Transition belongs to you.

Outside of hard-and-fast medical numbers and safety guidelines (real physical safety, not gatekeeping bullshit), you'll encounter invisible rails attempting to direct your experience. It's alright to oppose this, and to call them out. But the core of your experience is your own, and that can't be taken away.

1/?

(boosts of this thread are ok)

The US is 50 states and several territories in an overcoat pretending to be a country.

A LOT of the changes you want to see at the Federal level need to start at the local and state levels.

For instance, nearly every state allows referendums. Use them. They are MUCH easier to pass than Federal amendments and can achieve many of the same goals.

@emilymbender @randomwalker @evawolfangel I've also given examples of genocidal calls on twitter that were even translated accurately using machine translation (which is unusual) but still one wouldn't flag them without a clear understanding of the context. Overall, the groups that benefit from "AI" based content moderation are exactly the people in power. Which is why we also see Black people (e.g.) being flagged many more times than others for calling out racism.

Because I'm on a German server my trending topics are #keinVergessen and #niemalsVergessen. This is because 9 November is the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

These brass plates in the pavements memorialise Jewish people at what were their addresses. I saw this one in Berlin in the spring. #NeverForget

We've spun up our own Mastodon instance at @raspberry_pi - hosted, naturally, on a Raspberry Pi. More details at https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-escape-pod-was-jettisoned-during-the-fighting/ - we'll have a how-to if you want to roll your own next week.

Just because you've moved, it doesn't mean we're not watching you...

Whatever you do, DON'T.

For more information please re-read.
#scarfolk
https://scarfolk.blogspot.com

My #introduction I'm a researcher in biomarkers and quantitative imaging, and I'm looking for an online community sharing interesting research in these and other fields. I've never been tenure track, but I'm ok with that.

I'm a fan of #militaryhistory . I study #torah from a Reconstructionist lens. And I'm in Indiana. #hoosiermastodon

(Well-funded) Universities should run *open* #Fediverse, and currently specifically #Mastodon, instances. They have the resources (knowledge and hardware), they're non-profit, are largely independent, and to do so aligns with their educational mandate. Same for #Wikipedia, IMO.

So... Any #Postdoc positions working with #cyanobacteria being advertised on Mastodon? I'm ready to science!

Citizen science becomes like an antidote to current sitch. Here are four projects anyone can contribute to. I'll list swedish ones next. Add your recos to the thread

1. Transcribe weather data from ship logbooks: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/p-teleti/weather-rescue-at-sea @ed_hawkins

2. Identify quiet places in cities https://opensourcesoundscapes.org/

3. Record mosquitos to help stop spread of Zika, Dengue etc http://www.mosquitoalert.com/en/

4. Snap a pic of your local river https://www.dryver.eu/citizen-science/introduction

#climate #health #weather #CitizenScience