Clement Tahershamsi @Clementulus@qoto.org

Good night all. Sweet dreams.

#Aurora, #photography

The three chinese curses, for those who are curious, are usually some variation of:

1. May you live in interesting times

2. May you be recognized by powerful people

3. May you get what you wish for

In this case its a more stylized version of #3
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/109375493021681348

Understanding #Mastodon gets easier once you get the basic idea that federation between servers can be understood as homeomorphisms across hyperplanes between the Riemannian manifolds of toots, whereas the servers represent countable finite sets of discrete entities.

#Peace in not the refusal to defend oneself and one's community.
Peace is the commitment never to attack anyone.
and mostly, Peace is an internal sense of #tranquility, regardless of external #circumstances.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
http://www.jlhuie.com/2022/11/todays-affirmation-i-am-at-peace-with.html

Perspectives.

Just posted a new workingpaper:

The political economy of AI regulation: Towards democratic control of the means of prediction

https://maxkasy.github.io/home/files/papers/handbook_politicalecon_ai.pdf

This is a first draft of a handbook chapter.
It covers a lot of topics that I have been thinking about; feedback and comments are very much appreciated!

#machinelearning #inequality #AI #ethics

Did #austerity cause #Brexit? In the past weeks there was much talk in the UK on a return of #austerity. I am a Prof of Economics at Warwick University and I wrote a paper in 2018 that shows how #austerity was instrumental to bringing about #Brexit. This is a means of #introduction on here.

Open Access ➡️ https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181164

The paper shows that #austerity was a pivotal driver of #Brexit result. But that is only half the story: most likely there wouldnt have been an #EUReferendum ...

picking a mastodon server to join is easy -- just think of it like you're allying with one of many families in a war-torn medieval land, each with their own histories, feuds, laws, blood rituals

The value of one single tree...

Just another foggy day in Epping Forest.

#photo #photography #forest #mist #fog #autumn

"My eyes are up here," she says with an elegant gesture to the top shelf of curious jars and grotesqueries.

This @APoD #picture is really nice. It shows the Wolf's Cave #Nebula, a region where an obscur, dusty nebula (in brown) meets a #supernova remnant (in red). The blue light at the top of the dark nebula is from a massive #star.

Wolf's Cave Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Lacroce

Read more on https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221115.html

#astronomy #photography #apod

One of my crow friends decided to give me a gorgeous autumn backdrop for picture-taking today! 🍁

They follow me on dog walks to get the occasional treats I toss to their way. Love these amazing birds.

#Crows #Corvids #Autumn #AutumnLeaves #Photography

As we don’t need timeline cleansers here who wants to see a baby sloth? Me!!!!

{( Frankenstein Day 10: Letter 1, Line 8 )}
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There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.
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I fudging love the tree at the entrance of the house. #nature. Just back from an evening walk, now on to writing.

Seems I always cook with music on. Seems to me food n music go together.

So much more love and sense of community on this platform than I’ve experienced elsewhere. Thank you to everyone who has followed, favourite and retooted!

Towards the north end of Loch Maree lies the Slattadale parking area. A narrow single track lane takes you down to the loch side where the view south opens up. The islands of Loch Maree are important for wildlife and also have a long history of local folklore.

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #LochMaree #Torridon