ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Next time you huff and puff about having to pay for good journalism, remember that Nebraska charges $15/search of state court records.

A Persistent Electrical Storm on Saturn
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Good morning from the federal courthouse in Washington D.C. where I am here and ready to bring you live coverage of DAY 5 of the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. Live blog link here:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/19/2148037/-Live-Follow-along-for-Day-Five-of-the-Proud-Boys-seditious-conspiracy-trial?t=1674137913089

If EVERYONE had access to the same COVID protections used for billionaires at the Word Economic Forum—state-of-the-art ventilation systems and same day PCR testing prior to entry, we could significantly reduce the risks of COVID and Long COVID.

We are third class passengers on the Titanic. #COVID19

A little philosophy humor to start your day.

Via @brksstrrtt@twitter.com
#WhatIsReality

David Bombal's interview of Lesley Carhart (@hacks4pancakes) on YT was interesting to watch. As somebody that is considering moving from IT project management and ongoing operations to a cybersecurity role, there were some fantastic ideas here.

I have little idea of where to start now as I was considering one or two of the over issued certificates I suspect they were discussing, but there were also some specific places to look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-TJVyBdF2M

Raging wealth inequality doesn’t stop just because the media gets tired of talking about it.

Since 2020, the richest 1% have captured nearly twice as much wealth as the bottom 99% of the world’s population.

Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day.

Hello?

With all the news about layoffs in tech, I'll throw it out there that my team has multiple openings we are desperately trying to fill: https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200307779/aiml-software-engineer-siri-runtime-platform?team=MLAI

We're the execution engine of Siri: we coordinate just about everything that comes out of the microphone + NL up to domain-specific logic, across multiple devices and between devices + servers.

Job is located in Seattle/SCV/Boston/Raleigh. Sadly not remote-friendly 😭

It's a short sleeve bee-shirt.

#stablediffusion #aiart #invokeai

I’m all about caring for animals, and I give to rescue shelters, but lately I’ve noticed big push on tv for #ASPCA solicitations, so I looked up to see it’s rating as a charity to see if worthy of donation - 3 star is an ok rating, but CEO makes $852K per year and with bonus over $1M - so #ASPCA needs nearly 5,000 of us to donate $19 per month for a year just to pay their CEO’s salary, maybe I’m wrong to question?

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The single scariest thing that ever happened was during our move from Tennessee to Oklahoma. We stopped at a motel, picked mostly because it accepted pets and was nearby. We were exhausted from driving, and we didn't have a lot of options.

But when we got out of the car, the entire area (parking lot, sidewalks, everything) was covered in tiny frogs. A plague of tiny frogs.

I think the girl at the desk was trying to comfort me when she said this wasn't normal.

It did not comfort me.

Hey everyone, look who made it to the party!
#zotero
@zotero

@arktronic Amazon killing off AmazonSmile because "it was spread too thin" misses the point completely. My local community band was able to make a couple hundred a year from the program, which is no small potatoes to a program like that. Amazon sure isn't gonna give any of their money to them now. They just want big headlines for big gives. It's all about ego.

@atomicpoet

Not only software developers and software are needed.

We need people who develop and improve the #ActivityPub standard!

Those interested in such work should join the Social Web Incubator Community Group:
https://www.w3.org/community/socialcg/

A couple folks asked why I share bios & links about women & underrepresented groups in science instead of “everyone.”

Well, we already hear a lot about famous men like Einstein & Darwin. But there are so many wonderful stories of other amazing individuals who have made significant contributions in #science #tech & beyond but haven’t been celebrated as widely.

And when we don’t see ourselves in the #history of STEM, we may not recognize we are capable of great achievements too.

OK, people, OK. Now that it has been confirmed by #MSNBC columnist Marisa Kabas that #GeorgeSantos used to be a drag performer, let’s just remember as we craft our jokes that drag performers are not the punchline. The #GOP getting duped into welcoming a former drag performer into their house after attacking drag performers IS the punchline—that they are either hypocrites, stupid, or both. All right. Carry on.

New survey of the galactic disc of the Milky Way reveals a stunning 3.3 billion celestial objects. #space #astronomy #MilkyWay #SciComm https://www.space.com/dark-energy-camera-milky-way-survey