ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

I am migrating Mastodon servers today. Mastodon.social is the place where many folks arrived to test out the experience, but for a variety of reasons it's not ideal for me. I'm going to take up permanent residence at wandering.shop, which was established by folks from the sci-fi/fantasy con community, and I like their vibe. I *think* all my follows will stay with me when I do this; let's see...

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Mastodon will break 8 million users by tomorrow!

7,925,283 accounts are active.

>2,000 new accounts are being made every hour.

That's 1 million new accounts being made since a week and a half ago.

Updated the list of Labour Unions in Science Fiction.

We're always interested in more. If you see a reference to a strike or a labour union in a science fiction or fantasy work, please let us know so I can add it to this list.

#union #unionStrong #Labor #LaborUnions #Workers #Solidarity #Strike #WorkersUnited #WorkersRights #Labour #LabourUnions

List: https://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/organized-labour-in-science-fiction.html

Goodnight

A rare antiquity found in the pages of an old book.

#books #bookstodon #booknerd

Remember, start your passwords with a comma to fuck up the CSV of the inevitable breach dump.

Just absolute destruction of this man's brain. What he says in this video is terrifically fucked up. Kanye on Infowars praising.... Hitler.

Alex Jones: "You're not Hitler. You're not a Nazi."

West: "Well, I see good things about Hitler, also. Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler."

"With a combined $27 billion in net income, the railroads can afford to give their workers paid leave and hire more staff to ensure the stability of their operations. Tolerating such slack might well improve customer service by rendering the railroads more resilient against disruptions.

But that would require the railroads’ owners to accept a cut in their passive income."

Shame on leaders who sold them out in DC. #Fediverse

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why-the-railroads-wont-give-in-on-paid-leave-psr-precision-scheduled-railroading.html

#Mastoot 1.19.1 released:

• Supported follow/unfollow hashtags (Requires Mastodon 4.0 on your server)
• Supported post editing notifications
• Added back mention and hashtag completion helper

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastoot/id1501485410

For those interested, the link is to my annotated copy of today’s opinion from the 11th Circuit, dismissing the special master appointed by Aileen Cannon on ground that she wholly wrongly took jurisdiction over the case in the first place. I’ve annotated with the aim of making the opinion, which is clearly written anyway, even more accessible to non-lawyers. #lawFedi #ruleOfLaw #11thCircuit #appellateLaw https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B7kUUWiE2RdL2opmEl_qW9zy65-PHAN-/view?usp=drivesdk

It's entirely up to rail workers if they think a wildcat strike makes sense. But if they do, I think they will be surprised by the outpouring of support they will receive. Because it couldn't be clearer that we are all in this fight together.

Thou shalt not praise Nazis. Thou shalt not have dinner with Nazis.
Thou shalt mock Nazis and anyone who hangs out with them.

“"The law is clear,” the appeals court wrote in an unanimous 23-page opinion. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so."

the 11th circuit ruled that Cannon should never have appointed a special master, writing that she did not have the power..."

https://mastodon.world/@decodingtrolls/109439689450672308

I Was Wrong About Mastodon.

https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html

Home Screen Quick Actions, Siri Shortcuts, gesture settings, drafts, and so much more is now available in the latest Mammoth beta update!

@barrygoldman1 - physicists created a crude simulation, mostly on an ordinary computer, of a physical system that in turn is isomorphic to a wormhole in a toy theory of gravity in 2d spacetime. Then they started hyping it. I urge you to read this:

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=13181

The best dating advice I ever got was to remember that if someone ghosts me, they were probably a hired assassin who fell in love and couldn't finish the job.

Day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar. I love this time of year. This one was a commission and was an interesting one to do. Oils.

Really cool interactive global map of online radio stations.

You can zoom all around the world and drop in on any of the stations in real-time and give a listen.

I spend hours doing this some nights. It's a great way to find new music, here local news, and expand your perspective.

https://radio.garden/

UC Provost Michael T. Brown just sent a letter of intimidation to all UC faculty that seemed intended to undermine our support for the strike. 🧨 Backfire! I feel newly enraged and all-the-more supportive of our academic student employees, who are so much more vulnerable than we faculty are. UC TAs, postdocs, and others deserve #livingwages, #affordablehousing, and #workplaceequity.

#FairUCNow #laborrights #labormovement #UniversityofCalifornia