ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

What if Christmas attacks from the sea and we finally realize we have no Salvation Navy?!?!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but:

Even if scraping people's copyright-protected work from the internet and feeding it to your AI as a training model is fair use (something that is far from certain), posting a copy of your training set very likely is not.

Shoutout to all the #activityPub developers that are dealing with this huge influx of people!

I have the unique privilege of running the only non-mastodon instance (https://pixelfed.social) among the top 20 most popular #fediverse instances.

Doing my best to keep it running smoothly, and also ship bug fixes, new features and the mobile apps 😅

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"Let's get something straight. Growing old doesn't make people conservative. In fact the more marginalized identity statuses a person has, the LESS conservative they grow over time.
The reason we equate "old" with "conservative" is that marginalization kills people off younger.

Some of the most radical people you know are old.

It's just a lot of others died before they could get there, so there's a diminishing proportion. (2/_)

'Guinea Pig with Wild Hair' is a pet portrait artwork that I did in soft pastels earlier in 2022. This is the first and only guinea pig I've done so far, although I have drawn hamsters before. I was intrigued by the interesting curves in this critter's long, luxuiant fur.

See this artwork in my online gallery at https://mm-anderson.pixels.com/featured/guinea-pig-with-wild-hair-mm-anderson.html or one of the other sites in my profile.
#PastelArtwork #GuineaPigs #PetPortrait #FediGiftShop #ArtistsOnMastodon

I know The Archives discourse is more interested in talking about things like literary manuscripts and the press release du jour of elite institutions, but it seems bad and like something we should talk about more that 40% of State Historical Records Advisory Boards (the main conduit for NHPRC funding to the states) are currently inactive https://www.statearchivists.org/viewdocument/2022-calls-to-the-states-infographi

In Alaska, wood frogs freeze for seven months, thaw and hop away.

https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-alaskan-frozen-frogs-20140723-story.html

#naturephotography #nature #frogs #alaska

It's a snowy day in Seattle, so I chose this shot for Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar! ❄️

I actually took this a few years ago from a park near my home, but I'm sure if I walked up there today it would be a very similar scene! The snow is really piling up out there right now.☃️

Hope everyone has a lovely day! 😊

#Seattle #Snow #Photography #SpaceNeedle #City #LandscapePhotography #Landscape #Winter #Nature #NaturePhotography #SeattleSnow #LetItSnow

Would you like to interview me for your blog or website? I'm open to written interviews right now. I'm happy to answer questions about my upcoming novel THE MERRY DREDGERS, writing, capybaras, mannequins, etc.

#catsofmastodon

For thousands of years, fermenting beer was considered a household task for #women.

By the Middle Ages, some sold beer at English markets. Female brewers wore tall, pointy hats to be easily spotted. They stood by cauldrons & often had cats to keep mice away.

Sound familiar? It should.

You see, when male brewers felt threatened by their success, they accused the women of witchcraft. These rumors may have led to some witch iconography we still recognize today.

https://theconversation.com/women-used-to-dominate-the-beer-industry-until-the-witch-accusations-started-pouring-in-155940 #history

I got my mastodon guide done this weekend! :)

I have been on here a month now and I didn't want to see people walking away without giving it a chance. It's made a world of difference in my own social networking engagement. So much happier! Also included some tips I've learned from everyone over the last month!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI4Dg1OnNnw

#mastodon #mastodontips #mastodonguide

1/ A few thoughts on the 'artists promoting their work' discussion: most creators you follow are not wealthy people. Writing a book does not make you rich. Being a talented painter does not make you rich. A lot of us are scrambling to pay our bills and we HATE it. We hate the hustle & posting links to storefronts. But we are also busy AF trying to survive doing 12 different jobs. If you don't like "ads" know that we hate them too - but otherwise the work doesn't get made. It's that simple.

A Black Hole Destroys a Star (Illustration)

A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas is what remains of a star that was pulled apart by the black hole. A cloud of hot plasma above the black hole is known as a corona.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Instrument:
Mission: NuSTAR
Tags: Universe
More: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25440
#space #NASA #JPL #photography #astronomy #astrodon

@doot Marigold #Petmas

https://catandgirl.com/take-a-photo/

Hey, new friends and acquaintances and strangers: If you’re in an uncanny mood this evening and you’d like to hear a story, here is a recording of me reading “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” by #JorgeLuisBorges, unlocked for all to enjoy #AudioFiction #MagicalRealism https://www.patreon.com/posts/62654737

10-copy giveaway of Sarah Pinsker's March 2023 collection, Lost Places:
https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/46266/Lost-Places-and-Other-Stories