ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

HOW WE WON: @Sam_Schmir@twitter.com and @yamshlaf@twitter.com explain how @genzforchange@twitter.com used social media to mobilize thousands of young voters to use their voices in the midterm elections and shape the future of our democracy. And Gen-Z is just getting started.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-social-media-mobilized-gen-z-to-the-polls-this-year/ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1599769420809007104

I just learned of several more instances that have removed us from block lists.. Im glad to see so many instance admins are willing to listen to reason and have changed their decisions in light of the facts and evidence. From what I hear it wasnt just my emails but the efforts of so many in the community showing support for us. I really appreciate that from all of you.

#fediblock

#ChatGPT is trending on #Mastodon. I had heard of it, but I didn't know how good it was until I started digging into it.

And here are the related HashTags and the influencers who are talking about it.

https://www.blogofy.com/tag/chatgpt

To mark the 125th anniversary of the #Battle of #Austerlitz (Slavkov) (1805-1930) & the 110th anniversary of the death of #Napoleon (1821-1931), the town created a special exposition with catalogue (112 pp. 4o).

The cover design with Napoleonic eagle in French colors is by V. Pečinka. The text includes photos as well as 2 full-page color landscape woodcuts by artist & educator Jaroslav Dobrovolský, whom the #Nazis would murder in1942 in #KZ #Mauthausen for resistance activities during #WWII

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Humor

Mauna Loa erupting on Hawaiian Independence Day is pretty on the nose. Pele doesn't fuck around! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/political-spiritual-symbolism-mauna-loas-historic-eruption-rcna59685

Some recent snaps of Downtown #Detroit. 📸

Cadillac Square, Parker’s Alley and The Monroe Street Midway

Highlights of the last week in space

Space Sunday: more Artemis, JWST, China and SpaceX - https://wp.me/pxezy-wNW

@pluralistic Ha! Thanks for reminding me that an alternate name for a cell phone or tablet is "distraction rectangle"

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Distraction%20Rectangle

A little Winter Wonderland for day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar

I managed to track down some seeds for an endangered native plant for some guerilla gardening.

I'm going to directly sew half and stratify the other half to start at home.

I got them from a botanical garden so I know no wild populations were impacted. I'm hoping to get enough of them established to collect seed for planting in new locations.

On the lookout for other species that I can get my hands on!

#SolarPunk #GuerillaGardening #NativePlant #Endangered

"Marley was dead: to begin with."
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Still one of my favorite opening lines of a book.

#AChristmasCarol #CharlesDickens #bookstodon #books

The Better Urban Spaces zine is in progress! here's the working illustration for our cover. If you'd like to contribute, add some ideas to our organizing doc! There's a space at the end to leave an email for updates and get access to the WIP zine on Google Slides:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-nXPQ3H83_wbHGM8NLt65xfDmFsWCswjRPUp42llCM/edit?usp=sharing
#zines #solarpunk #urbanism

Gingerbread::::

3 cups all-purpose flour
▢ 3/4 cup dark brown sugar , packed
▢ 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
▢ 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
▢ 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
▢ 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
▢ 12 Tablespoons butter , room temperature, cut into 12 pieces
▢ 3/4 cup molasses (dark molasses)
▢ 2 Tablespoons milk

This is a decent and approachable 9 page overview on the challenges of content moderation. I commend it to all those who are working on #MastodonMigration issues.

My concern with this article is that while it mentions issues of race and culture, it treats them as a technical challenge instead of the fundamental issue that it is. The concern I want to raise it the inability of most content moderation systems to differentiate between what the paper terms bad-actors and people who have different cultural communication norms. Hate speech and harassment are most typically defined in the context of white "polite society" culture which ends up excluding BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other oppressed groups ability to express themselves.

#fediblock #TwitterMigration #moderation #HateSpeech #mastodon

Defund the police. Arm drag queens.

Happy Wednesday, and solidarity to striking academic workers everywhere! #ucuRISING #UAWonStrike #CUPE3906 #BetterMac #Berkeley #AAUPTNS

I draw a ceremonial blade across my palm and chant archaic curses. Blood drips onto a fabric heart. The Build-A-Bear worker seems impressed.