ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

The #USPTO is looking for comments on, among other issues, "whether the creation of a separate design patent practitioner bar would be beneficial to the public and the Office."

Right now, you have to have a science/tech degree to prosecute design patents for others (but examiners have art/design degrees): https://www.thefacultylounge.org/2013/10/design-patent-examiners.html

If you're interested in submitting comments, they're due 1/17/23. More info here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/18/2022-22569/expanding-admission-criteria-for-registration-to-practice-in-patent-cases-before-the-united-states

#DesignPatents #PatentBar

I am historian of Black Europe. I focus on the African diaspora in Germany as well as Black internationalism, gender and women's studies, queer studies. I am working on an intellectual biography of a Black German activist. I also share about mental health!

A feeder full of Long-Tailed Tits #birding #ukBirds

An #introduction: I'm a SFF writer primarily known for working in #solarpunk--though I'll be messing this up with a vampire urban fantasy novel out in 2023. I'm a college prof, researcher, and writer. Looking forward to building online community here!

Anyway can anyone recommend the best and most idiot-proof guide to moving Mastodon servers?

So I’ve let this account languish. I’m on Post (@popehat) and I’ve been avoiding Mastodon only because I need to figure out how to switch servers (this one is blocked all over). I’m logged in on my iPad but, hilariously, I can’t find where I wrote my password and the “recover password” function isn’t working or is super-slow to send an email. Anyway. I intend to build up and use a Mastodon account now that I’m leaving Twitter but it might take a bit.

#IKEA Hadron Collider

#mastodon #introduction

My name is Vincent and I have been a ham since 2003. I started with satellite ops in QRP, but then moved to HF. I spend most of my ham-time on 20m and 40m #FT8 and doing some POTA satellite work with my arrow 2.

Ex twitter handle: ve1xe

#hamr #hamradio

When two galaxies encounter each other, it takes 1-2 billion years for them to merge and settle down. While the stars already in the galaxies don’t change much, the collision can spark lots of new stars to form! ✨ #MondayMotivation
#NASAUniverse

Meet Diego and Sasha. My 6 month old Maine Coon kittens. #mainecoon #cats

I am typically not a #romance reader. I like romance in my books, but not not necessarily a dedicated romantic plot.
Until this book.
I was easily won over by the found family and enemies to lovers tropes I’m TRASH for!
This cozy fantastical romance is a combo of a cheesy Hallmark movie with a bit of Bewitched spiced up a bit with #diverse and #queer characters.
#SanguMandanna’s writing has my laughing and crying. The audiobook is BEAUTIFUL! Grab this with a hot cuppa!
#bookstodon #amreading

FOR THE LAST FERSTINKIN' TIME! SAYING THAT YOU HAVE PRIVILEGE DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD FEEL GUILTY, IT MEANS YOU SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOCIETY IS UNJUST IN WAYS THAT FAVOR YOU AND THAT YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FIGHT FOR IT TO BE JUST FOR EVERYBODY

GROW UP AND GET TO WORK

From when I visited the Victoria Butterfly Gardens in British Columbia Canada. My iNaturalist app has identified it as a Diadem, and gave the following information: “Hypolimnas is a genus of tropical brush-footed butterflies commonly known as eggflies or diadems. The genus contains approximately 23 species, most of which are found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania.” #AltText #Butterflies #Insects #Nature #Photography

The amazing @equalityAlec exposes "how journalists use seemingly innocuous but subjective descriptions to smuggle political, ideological, and moral judgments into supposedly objective news reporting." This guy is on fire. https://open.substack.com/pub/equalityalec/p/how-to-smuggle-ideology-into-the

Been seeing a lot about #ChatGPT, an #AI capable of some decent writing. How will this and technologies like it change the #teaching of #writing and #communication? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/openai-chatgpt-writing-high-school-english-essay/672412/ #education @edutooters