ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

I can’t get over people saying “labor can’t do that, it’s illegal”

Please learn something about the history of organized labor. Steelworkers at the homestead strike had a fucking cannon, they literally shelled Pinkertons

It occurs to me that boosting is probably much more crucial in the Fediverse than on Twitter, because there's no algorithm to surface things you might like.

#fediverse #mastodon

Today we should also remember those who fought to get medicine for their love ones. At a time when nobody cared about the gays.

#hiv #aids #actup

In the process of migrating from @BarboftheBay to @barbara

Since transitioning to Mastodon from birdsite, I've had a positive experience connecting with Mastonauts.

I'm not clear how or if my 907 Follows and 630 Followers will merge over.

Currently under construction and very much looking forward to my new instance here @qoto.org

(Friends: My reach on Mastodon is very limited. Please boost this if you think one of your followers may be able to help me.)

C'mon, #quantumphysics #quantum #quantummechanics peeps. QUTO only works if you share what you know. please help me out here!

How can one efficiently normalize a multi-fermion wave function composed of a determinant of single particle orbitals which are not orthogonal to each other?

TW! I am an old pacifist and what follows is pacifist in content. You have been warned.

I'm reading "The Machiavellians" by James Burnham. It's dated, but still relevant. At the beginning he uses a historical example to make his point (which is what Machiavelli did in his work "The Prince.") Burnham's point is that politics is about the struggle for power and that a powerful tool for the rulers is the public lie that the slaves believe, that leads them to participate in their own exploitation. I am reminded of how strange it always seems to me that soldiers and their families parrot the idea that somehow being a soldier and fighting for your country is noble, selfless and right. When, clearly, if ordinary people, all of them, simply refused to participate in war, wars wouldn't happen. You know, the question asked in the 1960s and 1970s -- what if they gave a war and nobody came? Anyway, I'm enjoying the book. I found "The Prince" really interesting, too, when I read it. It isn't at all what I thought it was. It's a clear analysis, with the emotional content removed, of historical examples of how people obtained and kept power.

Anyone out there successfully used #LWC to override embedded chat pre chat form? SF has a nice code sample to do this, but it has an uncaufht js error when the user clicks to start the chat.

moving out ❄️
#mastoart #pixelart

I am migrating Mastodon servers today. Mastodon.social is the place where many folks arrived to test out the experience, but for a variety of reasons it's not ideal for me. I'm going to take up permanent residence at wandering.shop, which was established by folks from the sci-fi/fantasy con community, and I like their vibe. I *think* all my follows will stay with me when I do this; let's see...

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Mastodon will break 8 million users by tomorrow!

7,925,283 accounts are active.

>2,000 new accounts are being made every hour.

That's 1 million new accounts being made since a week and a half ago.

Updated the list of Labour Unions in Science Fiction.

We're always interested in more. If you see a reference to a strike or a labour union in a science fiction or fantasy work, please let us know so I can add it to this list.

#union #unionStrong #Labor #LaborUnions #Workers #Solidarity #Strike #WorkersUnited #WorkersRights #Labour #LabourUnions

List: https://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/organized-labour-in-science-fiction.html

A rare antiquity found in the pages of an old book.

#books #bookstodon #booknerd

Remember, start your passwords with a comma to fuck up the CSV of the inevitable breach dump.

Just absolute destruction of this man's brain. What he says in this video is terrifically fucked up. Kanye on Infowars praising.... Hitler.

Alex Jones: "You're not Hitler. You're not a Nazi."

West: "Well, I see good things about Hitler, also. Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler."

"With a combined $27 billion in net income, the railroads can afford to give their workers paid leave and hire more staff to ensure the stability of their operations. Tolerating such slack might well improve customer service by rendering the railroads more resilient against disruptions.

But that would require the railroads’ owners to accept a cut in their passive income."

Shame on leaders who sold them out in DC. #Fediverse

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why-the-railroads-wont-give-in-on-paid-leave-psr-precision-scheduled-railroading.html

#Mastoot 1.19.1 released:

• Supported follow/unfollow hashtags (Requires Mastodon 4.0 on your server)
• Supported post editing notifications
• Added back mention and hashtag completion helper

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastoot/id1501485410

For those interested, the link is to my annotated copy of today’s opinion from the 11th Circuit, dismissing the special master appointed by Aileen Cannon on ground that she wholly wrongly took jurisdiction over the case in the first place. I’ve annotated with the aim of making the opinion, which is clearly written anyway, even more accessible to non-lawyers. #lawFedi #ruleOfLaw #11thCircuit #appellateLaw https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B7kUUWiE2RdL2opmEl_qW9zy65-PHAN-/view?usp=drivesdk

It's entirely up to rail workers if they think a wildcat strike makes sense. But if they do, I think they will be surprised by the outpouring of support they will receive. Because it couldn't be clearer that we are all in this fight together.