Flaviu Vescan @flaviuvescan@social.cleverlibre.org

Today as I was hiking I spotted a coyote about a half-mile away. The snow made it easy to track, and after twenty minutes of following paw prints, here was my reward.

#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #UrbanWildlife #Photography

Thinking of doing a TV piece about Mastodon in the New Year. Who should I talk to?

I really like seeing people promote their own work. Whether that's painting or research or baked goods or essays or software or gardening. You worked hard on that. Be proud.

Not sure what the problem is, look how this thing is going through the roof.

Tesla stock fell 8.1% today, closing at $137.80, hitting another 2-year low.

pal({137,140,136},1)
::🧩::
cls()
a=-t()/6
srand(0)
for c=0,22 do
for r=0,22 do
b=rnd()+a*2
d=max(0,2*sqrt((11+sin(a)*8-c)^2+(11+cos(a/2)*6-r)^2)-8)
x=c*6+sin(b)*d
y=r*6+cos(b)*d
s=6-d/8
rectfill(x,y,x+s,y+s,1+c%2+r*3%2)
end
end
flip()goto 🧩
--#tweetcart #pico8 #pixelart

check out what I found on google earth

#MathGIF

sorting the pixels within a photograph results in some cool effects. Here each vertical column of pixels is sorted by hue

#MathGIF #DataViz

inspired by @Danpiker and @matthen2

I was surprised at the effect of repeatedly applying 'de-noise' and 'add noise' filters

#Mozilla to Explore Healthy #SocialMedia Alternative ~ "In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the #Fediverse at Mozilla.Social. We’re eager to join the #community in growing, experimenting, and learning how we can together solve the technical, experience, and trustworthiness challenges inherent in hyper-scale social systems." ~ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ ~ #news #tech #software #browser #firefox

Finally! I get to go to sleep.
Brain: you want your anxieties in alphabetical or chronological order?

Drunk Prediction: Twitter will be behind a paywall by 2024.

@hankgreen "did you read what Hank tooted on titty tooth today?"

Can I commission an artist to make a hand lettered sign that says “Sorry About Your Website, Elon.”
I’m hungover and feeling petty.

I am 100% not shitting you when I say scientists named mastodons after their teeth which they thought looked like nipples. “Mastos” as in breast. “odont” as in tooth.
We’re on a website that, in Greek, literally means “Booby Tooth.”

Christianity is a hustle by big wine and big crackers.

It’s so, so nice to be kept awake because the social media was too interesting and funny, and not because it sent your blood pressure soaring

Carl Sagan passed away #OTD in 1996. In his final interviews he left us with two messages that are even more relevant today: one emphasizing the importance of a science literate public, the other a warning about how hard it is to extract ourselves when we’ve been conned.

72 pencils arranged into four intersecting hexagonal prisms. Took me a bit to figure out how to assemble it after seeing a picture. Original design by mathematician/sculptor George Hart. #Geometry #Pencil