ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
Silly action movie
"My plan depends on no one noticing the several rather large and obvious bombs that I've left sitting around in various places on the ship! Nothing can go wrong!"
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A sample-return mission that led to big discoveries! ☄️
#OTD in 2006, the Stardust spacecraft returned samples of Comet Wild 2 to the Earth for study. Stardust, launched in 1999, was the first NASA mission dedicated to studying comets.
#NASAhistory
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From the person who does the Wandering Warring blog: frosty mountain views in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, 14 January, 2023.
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Remembered a weird dream from last night, about how the largest scales of reality are controlled by five god-like beings rolling dice. Each has their own realm, larger than the last, which looks different to the others. Dark and filled with black, starry velvet. Green with chaotic crystalline clouds. Purple and formless, with swirling lights. And I’m falling through them all, watching the tumbling dice that control how the world works.
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Into the Croatan Forest - A Road Seldom Traveled fine art print.
With a simple surface of dirt and grass, this rustic road provides access into the Croatan for National Forest Service personnel.
#ArtMatters #AYearForArt #blackandwhite #woodland #forest #blackandwhitephotography #art #photography #fediart #mastoart #fineart #fineartphotography #monochrome #buyintoart #nature #photoart
Silly action movie
So I'm watching this League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, from a long time ago? Some of it's kind of fun, but...
The bad guy planted a bomb, not in the place he wanted to destroy, but in a place that would cause much of Venice to fall down like dominos, leading to the place that he wanted to destroy, eventually?
And so he could be stopped by someone rushing up ahead of the falling dominos and setting off a flare and then firing a missile at where the flare was, thereby destroying one of the dominos and halting the chain?
I mean... that's just silly.
Makes it harder to really get into the movie, y'know?
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You want to know how I really feel?
https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/
P.S. That's the tame version.
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In conversation today a friend threw out the phrase “So since the pandemic and the cyberattack…” as background to get to the real event and I had to pause and marvel how used we’ve gotten to living in dystopian speculative sci-fi.
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Travel, playtesting, meet up, trains
On the train home after a long but enjoyable day.
In the Before Times, I'd make this trip most months, and it was a huge help in keeping me motivated and feeling like part of a community of game designers. It's great to do this again.
Played today a game about making connections (both literally and metaphorically), my co-design Grab Bag Zoo, a deduction and betting game, and a viking battle game. So much fun and inspiration.
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Reminder that anyone badging you online w/the phrase "virtue signalling" is full-on, full-stop acting in bad faith, and that nothing of value will be lost if you ignore/mute/block them to preserve your time and energy.
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Struggling with self-forgiveness/mental health? Check out my article about it here.
https://post.news/article/2KNMrZJNT466HGQ7NB0ZAUeqvQW
#MentalHealth #tips #Forgiveness #writers #Writer #femalewriter #Blog
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Hi everybody, I’m ready to unveil my year-end-holiday-hack project:
Meet Searchtodon: ***Private*** Timeline Search for Mastodon
It fills a gap that I have been missing over on Twitter as well: “I remember seeing this THING, where was that again?”
It is built with privacy and consent in mind (pls see the FAQ), but is also *an experiment* to see if something like this is accepted by the larger Mastodon community.
Here goes: https://searchtodon.social
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Hoffman’s Crossing, a half mile narrow boardwalk across Rice Creek Conservation Area, Palatka FL #SilentSunday #Mosstodon #WetHiking
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I have a project on the go that will eventually need a custom enclosure made for it. I have absolutely zero experience of 3D printing software. If I'm going to need to create files that I can send off to a 3D-printing company, what's the best software for a complete novice to use?
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Just received my new eReader tablet (got it for a great price used on eBay, I love buying used stuff, really :3). And wow, someone that actually takes GPL compliance seriously and doesn't just try to evade it as much as they can get away with :D
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“A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty for alleged crimes including having a Twitter account and using WhatsApp to share news” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/saudi-arabian-academic-on-death-row-for-using-twitter-and-whatsapp
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Right, so this started with a letter published by the Guardian a couple of days ago. I will not link to it, but I will link to a rebuttal letter, also published by the Guardian, which deals with it pretty well I think:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/were-here-were-queer-get-used-to-it
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A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
