ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

I just finished this cute #romcom .
With The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, Shauna Robinson wrote a declaration of love to book and literacy. This novel is a pure moment of pleasure for book lovers. I really enjoyed every part of it : It is a great story, with delectable characters.
#book #bookreview @bookstodon #bookstodon

My feed feels like the best sort of pub where I've dropped in out of the blue and it's magically filled with all the best people having the best time.

A beautiful timelapse of the Milky Way galaxy over Cerro Armazones in Chile.

Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

#photography #space #night #timelapse

People fail to grasp what is being communicated in this metaphorical story.

Notice that the bartender does not respond by ignoring the Nazi. He immediately and swiftly confronts the Nazi and lets him know he's not welcome in the bar.

Further, the bartender warns that if you just ignore the Nazi, the Nazi will show up with more friends tomorrow.

If they are in your community, you need to confront them swiftly and decisively as the bartender in this story did.

Same day.
Same post.

Different channel.
Different engagement...

#Twitter #Mastodon

Have you tried following someone and it says "pending"?

In theory this is meant to only happen when someone has manual follower approval switched on. If they have it switched on, there will be a padlock 🔒 next to their name on their profile.

However, "pending" may also happen if servers are overwhelmed and your request is in a long queue, or there is some kind of technical fault.

Don't assume someone is rejecting your follow if you see "pending". They might not even know it is happening.

Smoke on the riverbank for #SilentSunday #ware #river #canal #winter #smoke

Just a landscape.

#Art #ArtEveryDay #ArtAdventCalendar

Black and white

#smoo #photography #photo

Are you happy on your current instance/server?

Please boost to help this poll scoot about the fediverse, thanks

QSFer Alex Washoe has a new FF time travel romance out (lesbian, trans MTF), In the Queerness of Time book 2: Unbroken Star.

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-unbroken-star-alex-washoe/

#scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #book #newrelease #announcement #sapphic #lesbian #trans #transgender #mtf

HourlyWolves presents: https://nitter.net/hourlywolvesbot/status/1599433624348246018/photo/1

🐦🔗: https://nitter.net/hourlywolvesbot/status/1599433624348246018

First post on M. If you're interested in religious trauma & recovery, definitely follow me! Together we can educate, liberate, and celebrate freedom from religious oppression & trauma.

#introduction hi! I am a #queer #trans #nonbinary #productmanager working to build a custom #EMR for a value-based #healthcare company in the #Medicare space.

I live in #stlouis with my partner and I'm an ex-academic #philosopher and #author with an interdisciplinary interest in #cognitivescience and a million other things including:

#piano #permaculture #coffee #books #metal #urbanism #nature #technology #buddhism #spirituality #softwareengineering #economics #podcasts #politics #chess

Good morning #AiArtCommunity

Here's what's on my mind this morning:

#AIart #AI #Aiartwork #scifi #conceptart #Midjourney #MidjourneyAI

When I took Abnormal Psychology in college we spent about two weeks reading and talking about the fluidity of, and harms created by, labels.

Never ended up in psychology, but I still think about the things I learned in those two weeks almost every day.

Manufacturers of all kinds bootstrap the DMCA into a new doctrine that Jay Freeman calls "felony contempt of business model." Removing DRM is illegal, so any business model that hides behind DRM is illegal to thwart. (via @pluralistic) https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/03/painful-burning-dribble/

This is a fascinating analysis of "long-termism" from Nafeez Ahmed. He explains this buzzy new pseudo-philosophy, revealing its deep connections to eugenics. This is worth paying attention to because long-termism and its progenitor "effective altruism" are knitted into the belief systems of many Silicon Valley leaders. And, of course, they creep into the business plans of their companies -- and that affects us. https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-far-right-eugenics-mindset-behind

@adeleward #amreading Babel by RF Kuang. My first dip into the 'dark academia' genre. Set in the 1830s, it's a story of empire, capitalism and personal conflict. Love the insights into theories of translation ('always an act of betrayal') and the magic of silver-working. Fascinating, disturbing and completely absorbing - what a book! #fiction