Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org

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.. boosting for a friend : they're a good-hearted weirdo, a talented Glasgow based artist, illustrator & musician .. have a look ! their portfolio's brilliant !

https://www.iknowjojocreates.com

* ps. loads of Doctor Who themed items in their shop, as well as greeting cards & prints featuring their daft & uplifting doodles *

#DoctorWho
#queer
#lgbtq

#MastodonNews Mar 4, 2023

So, this is fun. We are their worst nightmare. Turn's out Mastodon "falls short for businesses" because it lacks "advertising support," says an ad industry publication.

CMSWire: Facebook Is Better for Business Than Mastodon. Here's Why >>> https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/facebook-is-better-for-business-than-mastodon-heres-why/

"Social media has become one of the most powerful tools businesses can leverage for advertising... Mastodon, on the other hand, does not offer an advertising platform to businesses."

😂

#twittermigration

@mastodonmigration This amuses me, and so telling on the mentality of those marketing teams.

They’re so used to being able to dictate and force their message in front of people, and see the resulting metrics, that the whole idea of having to interact with (potential) customers as equals just doesn’t seem to compute for them.

If they adapt, I think a lot of businesses could do well here. People discuss and boost stuff that they like and find interesting. Word of mouth at scale.

After the Patriot Act was passed, it was #librarians who stood up to government intrusion.

They are at it again - this time protecting the right to read. I have made this article available for all to read.

#books #librarians #democracy #politics #lawfedi

https://wapo.st/3JemKcr

‘The most common response I get when I talk about dark matter is: “isn’t this just something physicists made up to make the math work out?”
The answer to that might surprise you: yes! In fact, everything in physics is made up to make the math work out.’

My latest for BBC Science Focus:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/everything-physics-made-up/

Norwegian story of the day: The Sámi activists in Oslo, protesting windmills on their traditional grazing land, needed chains and locks to lock themselves in place. So the BDSM guys in Scandinavian Leather Men donated what they needed.

#3Dprinting for frogs.
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RT @Brieyonce
Allow me to introduce you to the most ridiculous yet amazing thing you will see this week.
https://twitter.com/Brieyonce/status/1630051041524760576

hay, blind Twitter hive mind. Do we know anyone doing accessibility at Tompson Reuters, specifically working with Westlaw? There's a very, very frustrating bug in Westlaw search which is impeding legal research by blind lawyers and accademics, and TR support doesn't care.

I'll just leave this here...

https://youtu.be/unUzoVjA7Ig

#music #RockMusic #blues #ClassicRock #RoryGallagher #legend #irish #GuitarLegend #GuitarHero

Dutch people are so cool. The National Anthem of Ukraine is playing in front of the Russian Embassy in The Hague from a traditional barrel organ.

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“AAaargwannawannaaaagongongonaargggaaaaBLOON!” which is the traditional sound of a very small child learning that with balloons, as with life itself, it is important to know when not to let go of the string. The whole point of balloons is to teach small children this.”

― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

[Edward St. John Gorey, born Feb. 22, 1925, in Chicago, London of the West, favors marriage equality. One of his "Happy Endings" in National Lampoon, March 1973.[

Chainsaw artist Simon O’Rourke had a better idea for the tallest #tree in #Wales damaged by a storm. Slated to be cut down, Simon created this striking work of art to memorialize the struggle for life. #ThinkTrunkTuesday

Appalling outbreak in the USA: contaminated bone grafts made by #Aziyo Biologics using cells from an 80-year-old man with apparent undiagnosed tuberculosis infected at least 87 patients, at least three of whom later died of TB.

Regenerative medicine has vast promise, but also potential dangers.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605268/#bib10

I've been struggling with this myself, so I thought I'd repeat it for other people that might be dealing with the same thing:

Not every hobby needs to be a project. Not everything needs to be a whole *thing* with a goal and an endpoint. It's okay to not finish something. It's okay to pick up something for a bit, explore it, start making something, and then drop it without making any "progress".

Productivity is capitalist bullshit that doesn't need to infect your free time too. Have some fun

Seattle waterfront as seen from a Washington State ferry in Puget Sound:

#Photography #Seattle #WashingtonState