ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Cat Harpists!

A cat playing a harp may not be the first image that comes to mind in cat employment, but "string plucking" is awfully close to "scratching the sofa" and the soft, mindful melodies of cats accompanying their pleas for treats can only please the ethereal animal spirit.

One job danger for the Cat Harpist is the tickling of the whiskers in the vibrating strings; alas, but that is a small price to pay for bringing joy to their lower tier human caretakers.

Riiiiiiiiight.

#AI #Cats

Heading home from Old Faithful this afternoon we encountered a group of bison braving the 150F water while crossing the runoff of Excelsior Geyser. The cold air causes heavy steam to rise and surround the bison.

'murcans! Get your free COVID tests: https://www.covid.gov/tests

Cases are very high right now, and Holiday gatherings won't help; so be prepared.

Also, get your bivalent booster and wear a N95 mask when indoors in public.

Sci-Am on the fusion result with a bit more in-depth information than we got from the mainstream media.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04440-7

#science

I'm pleased to share that there is a new TV show based on the National Treasure movies and it has everything you could possibly want from a TV show that is based on those movies

If you friend prefers Jeff to Jeffrey or Kate to Katharine or CJ to any single name at all, you easily remember and adapt.

Pronouns are literally that easy.

The only reason to dismiss or denigrate someone’s chosen identity is *your* bigotry. Not linguistic complexity.

When people ask for good books to help #decolonize their histories, I typically like to suggest Young Readers editions.
These take tough topics and make them a lot more accessible especially for non-readers.
This is also a great way to introduce these topics to the entire family.
https://paperbacksandfrybread.com/products/an-indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-for-young-people-revisioning-history-for-young-people-2-by-dunbar-ortiz-roxanne
#bookstodon #books #indigenous #amreading

The Gray Jay is a very friendly bird.
I used to see them more a few years ago.
Now i only see them once in a while.

You can get it here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/gray-jay-jan-luit.html

#ArtMatters #AYearForArt #birds #Animals #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Animals #Birdwatching #NatureBeauty #Naturelovers #Photography #Wildlife #PhotographyIsArt #fotografie #Natuur #vogels

Two people sit in the middle of a landfill. One of them says:

"We should leave."

The other responds:

"Think of what will happen to this place if we do."

Hello! Today’s #ArtAdventCalendar is a big 4ft high #acrylic on canvas depiction of the New Horizons spacecraft on the first ever flyby of Pluto and its moon, Charon. I painted this piece before there were any clear photos, so with the help of an astronomer pal, I guessed using what info I had. It was pretty close to accurate! This #painting hangs in my #art studio. #sciart #astronomy #science

Over 50 sigils so far in #ProjektLunarsigil and I can feel it, oh lawds, can I feel it!

But we can do more!

Don't know how to make a sigil? No problem. The handy-dandy https://sigilengine.com can get you into the party PDQ.

We invite all! Thelemites, Wiccans, Witches, and all who participate in the occult! And we invite you, curious one, who may wonder if this magick works. As they say, fuck around and find out. 😉

So, join us, one and all, for #ProjektLunarsigil and let's make some magick.

Here's the #inflation story you're expected to believe (advance warning: this story is entirely false): America gave the poors too much money during the lockdown and now the #economy is awash in #FreeMoney, which made those poors so rich that now they're refusing to work, which means the economy isn't making anything anymore. With all that extra money and all those missing workers, prices are skyrocketing.

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I could not be more excited that this is now out! If you want 82 pgs on content moderation system design, here ya go.

Massive thanks to the editors of the HLR and to the many peers and friends who made this piece better.

https://harvardlawreview.org/

@khthoniaa

I'm a hardcore, decades-long meditator, with three grad degrees related to its study ... but I like what I call the Beavis and Butthead approach to working with difficulties in meditation:

Butthead says: "This sucks."
And Beavis says: "Yeah, cool."

A rather less flip version is of that is Thich Nhat Hanh's, "Put your arm around your difficulty" and "Take good care of it."

And example might be the arising of anger: put your arm around it ... look into it ... take good care of it.

Awesome Collection of #computerscience references, mainly related to #programming #languages. Some of the texts can be found inside the #digital #library of the #acm and, as one might imagine, there are gems that are worth reading. I specially recommend the Axiomatic Basis for #computer #programming by #Hoare and The next 700 programming languages by Landin.

[202212142246 Great Works in Programming Languages](https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/courses/670Fall04/GreatWorksInPL.shtml)

On the same note, the Classic books series, again from the #acm are absolutely worth your time, and many of the authors will be in both lists. [202212142258 ACM Classic Books](https://dl.acm.org/collections/classics)

Finally, another good read is the #stanford #encyclopedia of #philosophy where they approach the subject in a very objective way, which I like. [202212142301 The Philosophy of Computer Science](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computer-science/)

#cs #computerscience #programming #languages #philosophy

Letterman interviews Zelenskyy on Netflix. Inspiring, heart breaking, and a reminder that #Ukraine is not only fighting for itself, but for democracy. Very much worth watching.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81644272

#GloryToUkraine, #СлаваУкраїні, #RussiaIsATerroristState

summoning my twitter friends like

@pluralistic "All of this is right out of what I imagine would be a Fisher-Price “My First Fraud” manual."
I LOLed