ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Took my kids sledging this past weekend on the mountain behind our village and whilst i gave them some warm rooibos - i noticed this seemingly fractal shape on a tree wrap. I suspect its from frozen water when it was stored, but could be wrong. I am fascinated about fractals though;
My daughter reminded of the “Let it go” song from @Disney@mastodon.social :)
“Frozen fractals all around…” Elsa, Frozen
Which is quite true.

In my college dorm room I used to have a "quote board" on my wall—a white posterboard with some markers nearby—where my friends and I would write down funny or pithy quotes whenever they occurred. I continued that practice for a few different housing situations after that because it was always nice, when one of us was feeling down, to go read the board and get inspired or just have a laugh. These two quotes that came up today won't mean anything to anyone else or sound particularly profound, I suspect, but if I had a quote board handy today, I would add them to it.

"objectively beautiful"

"he is the personification of goodwill"

Perhaps I will hang a board in my office space. 🤔

Researchers looking at anti-harassment, whiteness in tech, community-led design, queer software, social networks, etc ...

Here's a draft partial history of Mastodon, with links to a lot of primary sources, framed by perspectives from @schock and @shengokai

Feedback welcome -- and feel free to use however!

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/

FYI @ubiquity75 @safiyanoble @gleemie @cfiesler @natematias @owasow @andresmh @wbm312 @sjjphd @timnitGebru @emilymbender @olivia @cyberlyra @markcmarino @asb

#Garfield

Our #JunoMission is turning its gaze to Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io.

Juno is expected to complete nine flybys of the Jovian moon, observing how volcanoes interact with Jupiter's aurorae and magnetosphere. http://go.nasa.gov/3FVXRR0
#NASA

A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the "modern" book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://buff.ly/36aQW24

#books #bookcover #bookcovers #bookart #coverart #art #illustration #bookillustration #booklovers #bibliophile #bookshelves #art #bookshelf #bookporn #bookaddict #histodon

Shooting stars across Yr Wyddfa and a frozen Llyn Y Dywarchen last night. So many shooting stars, I almost ran out of wishes for every one!

Bitterly cold, but crystal clear and bright. I'm sure I might, maybe, just about, have heard sleigh bells in the distance...🎅

#eryri #cymru #wales #nature #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains #yrwyddfa #night #nightphotography #stars #winter #snow

For #moderators on the #fediverse — please take a look at this very good thread by @erinfulmer

It’s incumbent on #admins and #moderators to learn how to spot and understand the very practiced techniques of #racism.

We need to make a good home for #BlackMastodon / #BlackFedi

https://wandering.shop/@erinfulmer/109519419588028667

In the 1930s #Asheville was the homebase of the Silver Shirts, a fascist movement obsessed with Jesus and UFOs. Anti-nazi sentiment during WW2 stopped their growth, but they wrote the playbook for insurrectionary white supremacists. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2022/12/15/asheville-fascist-led-silver-shirts-movement-in-1930s/69712334007/

I'm new to dads.cool having immigrated from mastodon.social. I'm a dad and grandpa, old-school nerd, and SciFi fan.

#introduction

Gyre *and* gimble? In this wabe?

OK, time for a serious plea to everyone who "just wants to learn."

I don't care if we're talking about racism, ableism, queerphobia, or whatever else. Your intention to learn is fine, that's a good start, please don't give up on trying to learn.

But lesson number one? HOW you learn really, really fucking matters.

Do not come into conversations among racialized communities and poke for answers. Do not enter disabled or queer spaces and start taking notes. Do not presume upon the time or energy of people just because you really want to learn from them.

If someone is not overtly and clearly offering to educate, do not ask them to teach. This also applies to people who DO willingly educate but may also, y'know, deserve an occasional break from being teachers.

Oppressed folx got enough shit to carry already, and y'all wandering in and acting like straight-up stalking us is a "healthy way to learn" are not helping anything.

Keep your desire to learn intact. Like I said, it's a good thing. Just aim it in the appropriate directions, for fuck's sake.

Friendly reminder that Indybay is an open-publishing radical news website. Pass it on.

If you organize a social justice event, announce it on the calendar:
https://indybay.org/addevent

If you attend an action, share your own words, photos, and/or video:
https://indybay.org/publish

#Oakland #SanFrancisco #SanJose #Sacramento
#NorthernCalifornia

I have family members with #ADHD, and I think this blog post is brilliant: “I … share my best pieces of advice for growing a #freelance #business and some of the ways I was able to identify, accept and work with my ADHD #symptoms.” https://blog.editors.ca/?p=10063

#Bookstodon #publishing #editors #editing

Sycamore wings reluctant to fly.

Opening up a Little Brutus franchise to take down the local Little Caesars

#Mushroom hunting in Bay View Park. Love that hill.

Look, I'm sure most people already know this, but @Popehat is a national treasure.

CRITICAL THEORY FOR POLITICAL THEOLOGY 2.0

Abstraction

Political theology intimately understands that given reality teems with forms of life that remain opaque to us.

Sara-Maria Sorentino

https://politicaltheology.com/abstraction/