ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

When I was a teenager I knew that I wasn't a lesbian. But it wasn't as simple as calling myself bisexual, either. and I didn't have to think about it too hard, because there was queer, right there, an umbrella term big enough to cover all of us, an invitation to solidarity and inclusion. it was easy. it didn't leave anyone out. it was quick and efficient. you could say it like a flung rock. you could sing it like an aria. it had defiance built in.

This shot of Lake Michigan reminds me of the shoreline not far from where my gramma and grampa Jopek lived in Harbert, Michigan.

“There is no color quite like this. Even when it’s cold and dreary outside, Lake Michigan is as gorgeous as ever!” - Up North Images.

The night folds
A blanket of stars
Over my shoulders
And whispers,
Sleep well

#MastoPrompt #poetry #SmallPoems #fold

“Daddy what is this cable?”

“Oh that’s called a parallel cable. A DB-25 if I remember correctly.”

“What do you use it for?”

“Literally nothing.”

“Are you going to throw it away then?”

“Absolutely not.”

F is for fennec fox. These tiny canids are suited to the high-temperature, low-water environment of the deserts of north Africa. Their large ears not only allow them to hear very well, but also help to dissipate heat, and their kidneys restrict water loss, contributing to the fennecs' ability to live without drinking water.

More ABC art: https://gwennseemel.com/artwork/abc/

#mastoart #fediart #painting #traditionalart #illustration #womensart #creativetoots #artist #fox #sciart #biology #reading #children

I wrote a few threads based on my #research on #Brexit. This is a means of an #introduction. I am a Prof of @economics at Warwick Uni.

1) Did #austerity cause #Brexit? Short answer: yes.
https://econtwitter.net/@fetzert/109348821390260124

2) #Bregret is NOT a recent phenomena:
https://econtwitter.net/@fetzert/109620674622942032

3) Why is the #PennyDropping on so many #Leave voters or #Brexit implementation supporters that voted #Remain?
https://econtwitter.net/@fetzert/109654869027130379

4) Have dodgy #OpinionPoll's shaped the electorate in 2016?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/10/29/long-read-are-opinion-polls-pro-leave-biased/

Just found out this afternoon that I was impacted, aka laid off from my job at Intel. My research expertise is no longer needed, at least on my current team.

If you know of openings in UX research, sustainability, responsible AI, and/or the future of work, in industry, academic, and nonproft contexts, I’m here #techlayoffs #uxresearch #mastojobs #academia

It was "woke" people who ended slavery, ended Jim Crow, passed Constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, passed both Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act plus championed marriage equality. Now you get why the GOP hates people who are woke.

Just got my author copy of OTHER COVENANTS: ALTERNATE HISTORIES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, edited by Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum. Here it is with Hotspur on #Caturday. Looking forward to seeing what my fellow contributors have done.

@darnell @Sheril

Republican billionaire donors, like Koch & Thiel, seek to create a "new world order" of corporate feudalism. It's really just neofascism.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/15/author-discusses-his-new-book-anti-intellectualism-and-fascism

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled

Illiterate peasants are required in a theocratic feudal society.

https://truthout.org/articles/economic-theorists-the-high-priests-of-capitalism/

Front cover of La Vie Parisienne, 5th January 1929.

BREAKING: These foxes are very fluffy. #fox

Portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographed in the 1900s.

Have you guys heard of this? It's brand new, but I think it'll be big.

I arrived as a Senate staffer in 2006 with a Masters in policy, but academic training did not prepare me for the job.

I spent my 1st morning marveling at how interested my colleagues seemed to be in “R&D,” assuming it reflected a shared appreciation of research & development (a term that broadly encompasses science policy issues). Science touches everything after all.

An hour later, I sheepishly discovered they were simply referring to Republicans & Democrats. https://sheril.substack.com/p/the-fiction-of-american-democracy #politics

mastodon is a place where i can get lost for hours learning about peoples’ experience as well as global news sourced from actual journalists without a paywall. as a bookworm, b4 joining i’d regularly get lost in wikipedia returning hours later not remembering what my initial query was. the peace of this decentralized collective without the need for constant vigilance of trolls and hate accounts has given me unfettered access to like-minded people. i remain so very grateful for the fediverse.

#newbies #twittermigration #bookworm #gratitude

Random #GoldenAge scan tonight. Cover by H.G. Peter.

#comics #comicbook