Cool opportunity to cover Mastodon and the Fediverse: Inspired by @davew, we are offering a scholarship to our Newmark J-School creators entrepreneurial program to someone who has a great proposal for covering and serving Mastodon and the federated social universe. The best proposal from anywhere will win a full scholarship to our 100-day, online certificate program that helps creators establish their own enterprises to serve specific communities/markets. Apply by 2/3:
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We're seeing a lot of posts about #ThisIsFine and that IS fine, but we're long time friends of the meme's creator KC Green. Don't forget you can get official merch from his store and support the #art and #artist so check it out!
https://topatoco.com/collections/this-is-fine
Re-tooting, many have joined & added alt txt
2 iconic images of Margaret Hamilton, Lead Software Engineer on Apollo, software putting astronauts on moon in '69. 1st paper/binders she hand-coded on Apollo (Jan. '69) 2nd in Command Module
"Software was not only informing everyone that there was a hardware-related problem, but... software was compensating for it.” Margaret Hamilton, #Smithsonian Mar. '19
#Histodons #womenintech #software #nasa #hci #ai #space #compsci #science #tech #gender
A very tiny me, riding some else's ass during a local fair in Sydney, Australia, early 1970s.
If one person punches another person in the face and says it's OK because punching is their shared culture, ask the person who's been punched if they agree.
The Taliban thugocracy has responded to the Afghanistan chapter of our new World Report by saying universal human rights are not wanted in Afghanistan.
I’d be willing to bet at least half the population thinks otherwise – the half called women and girls, whom the Taliban treat as sub-human animals.
https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/01/13?story=paragraph-4886
I had no idea this book, The Cabin At The End Of The World by Paul Tremblay is what Knock at the Cabin is based on. Thanks for the heads up #JasonPargin
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I’m definitely finishing this before I see the movie. #horror #thriller #film #bookstodon #cinemastodon #mnightshyamalan
Sunrise from Olympic National Park, today. ✨🌲
#Forest #Lake #OlympicPeninsula #Mountains #Sunrise #Today #Coffee #AltText #Nemophilist #PNW #LandscapePhotography #Landscape #OffTheGrid
'A Portal to Another Dimension 10'
#midjourney #digitalart #text2image #ai #phantasy #universe #portal #space #sky #dimension
Just finished #TheBansheesOfInisherin; what an interesting mix of (very) dark comedy and drama.
Honestly laughed at a few points, and was incredibly sad at others. Can totally see why it won many awards.
Difficult one to recommend, as it's not for everyone. But if you like films, 100% worth a watch.
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.