RT @internetofshit@twitter.com
who would’ve thought nobody wanted a camera and microphone owned by Facebook in their house??? 🤷♀️ https://mashable.com/article/facebook-meta-gives-up-smartwatch-portal
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/1594894813446696960
Club Q Shooting
Colorado Springs PD tackled the man who stopped the Club Q shooter, handcuffed him, and locked him in a cruiser while he screamed to be let out so he could find out if his family was safe.
SUCH a cool experiment out of
the Harvard Library Innovation Lab: https://archive.social
Allows you to capture a thread from Twitter and archive it in sealed PDFs to attest to legitimacy.
Could be enormously useful to journalists, archivists, etc, particularly with Twitter facing a perilous future.
Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you to all the people who have liked, boosted and commented on my images, and to all the new followers I have. It's rather humbling. 😊
Today's shot comes from a magical day in the Scottish #Highlands, a few years ago, when I was photographing red squirrels.
These charming characters are incredibly agile and can jump great distances between trees.
Here I managed to capture one as it appears to be flying down my lens.
this could be the perfect space for zinesters to connect, if you're out there lmk! a bit about me, I make zines about queer identity, mental health, lit, poetry, pop culture and some other fun stuff 🧚♀️
#zine #zines #zinester #zineswap #ZineScene #amwritingqueersff
Me being a bit petty tbh
My theory is so many people in certain communities are hopping to Hive bc their exclusionary clique stuff and promotional tactics aren't working work here on Mastodon. Here, you have to be an engaging and inclusive person, but in chasing likes and numbers (and I've been there) you can forget how
Seven years ago, a fellow named "MIDI_MAN" compiled 130,000 unique MIDI files by browsing a ton of sites, placing them into directories, and generally assembling years of MIDI music.
Now that collection (1gb compressed, 3.5gb uncompressed, 130,000 files for real!) is at the Internet Archive at this URL:
i've been the repeated target of neo-nazis who have circulated photos of my home and children online along with my address and who have filled all my inboxes, including my voicemail, with hate. despite having all the evidence at their disposal, most of the accounts that participated in that abuse remained on twitter, and my account was ultimately removed for cursing out bigots with blue checks. i've had similar experiences with facebook. i guarantee i do a better job keeping hate off my site.
There were two notable moderation incidents on mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the past 24 hours that I would like to address. In the first, a post was wrongfully removed due to a report claiming it contained a dogwhistle, and in the second, a person was wrongfully suspended due to a report claiming it's an impersonator. Both were undone and apologies issued.
Read @doctorow@twitter.com's take on how financialized universities have become rapacious predators in late-stage capitalism: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/21/rah-rah/#sis-boom-bah
He's riffing, in part, off this week's fine NYT report on schools' beyond-cynical casino deals. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/caesars-sports-betting-universities-colleges.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhlSVUZAybfQMMmqBCdnr_EybEnj2XlaTONTixe1KEfDpSc-kHCILdlZsU-xS-aWN5MK_okQ_h2w-BSJAptVwys6NOiqagyHh8U-8i1T39kmNXER6w5-jvnKWDmIe5ymOTn-hvbbzH1XKzbg2lxIVpvvZY2d12t3yMDwKmVFfVnmYUrhYdXDZ54TT8KZiWY7bK_W1glZoLwPlyL4RI2WupZRTnQgdWfjrsCew5TAl7FJ2httSd-sJgPfYNKY9usakIoa8H8gr4OCmd3LYvPBpQ5RILck70Coqf9dPDE9RFVhqXegnp2EK4F
#hotoffthelathe today is a set of two nested bowls and a decorative hollow form. First time using my coring rig and all of these are from the same piece of wood. Original piece of wood was 40+ lbs & without the coring rig, the two smaller pieces would be shavings at this point.
Red cedar. Hollow form has a walnut burl inlay and the top is purple heart.
Large bowl is 10.5x6 inches. Small bowl is 8.75x4.25". The hollow form is 3x3" + 1.5" for the lid.
I was supposed to intro w/ hashtags? 🤣
🏥: #pots #psoriaticArthritis #autoimmune #migraine #chronicMigraine #fibromyalgia #IBS #asthma #hypermobile #MCAS #spoonie #spoonieLife
📢: #disability #disabilityRights #disabilityAwareness #accessibilityForAll #universalDesign #queer #allyLGBTQ
🧶: #fiberArts #knitting #spinning #crochet #embroidery #reading #writing #NaNoWriMo #movies #medieval #SCA #costuming #music #80sHairBands
✨: #genX #theatreKid #burnedOutGiftedTalentedKid #EMS #Nurse #geek
Link to new chapter of Those Who Create and Destroy, character portrait with eye contact
In Chapter 23, “I Will Follow You into the Dark,” Jules becomes more desperate to find a cure for Max, and Alexandra and Draven provide clues in the attack investigation.
Read Chapter 23 online: https://readformandvoid.com/the-nullweaver-cycle/those-who-create-and-destroy/chapter-twenty-three/
Start back at Chapter 1: https://readformandvoid.com/the-nullweaver-cycle/those-who-create-and-destroy/chapter-one/
#TransWriters #TransBooks #trans #transgender #TransMasc #nonbinary #NonbinaryWriters #SFF #queerSFF #UrbanFantasy #AmWriting #AmWritingSFF #AmWritingFantasy #LGBTQwriters #NaNoWriMo #MastoWriters #ScribbleDons
Three Good Things, Monday eve edition:
1. I stole my son's computer desk chair while he's at his dad's this week and I love it. So good.
2. Great dental check up. Boring, but good!
3. I have the evening ahead to work on my manuscript. 🙂
#3GoodThings @3GoodThings #Thoughts
Today really felt like a waste.
Didn't felt like writing at all.
So I just sat down to screibe a couple of words, only to not loose the writing every day streak.
Two thousand, four hundred and eighty three words later .. :/
#AmWriting #NaNoWriMo2022 #NaNoWriMo #SciencePunk #SciFi #WritingCommunity
Once upon a time, a ferret-wearing orange shitgibbon decided banning Muslims in America was a good idea.
Many good people decended upon US airports to protest, lend support & give legal aid. The man in my avi came to EWR on 1/28/2017 & he's been my lodestar through trying times.
The orange shitgibbon's return to the birdapp brought me here & NewarkMan will again be my sentinel.
Hiya, Fediverse! I'm Pix.💖
Since being on mastodon, as I slowly move out of the bird app, I have found that I’m missing the #indigenous and #Navajo community that made it difficult for me to decide to leave Twitter.
Absolutely mastodon has a more positive and welcoming environment here, which I’m loving. But Im in search of #indigenous and other #bipoc accounts.
I have many interesting Christmas/Midwinter food folklore facts to share and I was hoping to present them 1 per day 1-23 December. Is that something people would enjoy do you think?
#Folklore #FoodFolklore #Foodways #Christmas #Food #Midwinter #WinterSolstice #Yule
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.