ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

If you love music, and if you live with a constant quiet undertone of existential homesickness, this is for you: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/01/15/alfred-kazin-music/

Today is a good day to read Black anarchist Lorenzo Komboa Ervin's reflections on how those who maintain and benefit from white supremacy have done their best to co-opt the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

https://libcom.org/article/reflection-doctor-king

Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1910185

#machinelearning #StableDiffusion #EmadMostaque #JosephSaveri #StabilityAI #deviantART #MidJourney #lawsuit #Biz&IT #Policy #AI

Hi tweeps, I'm prepping for my intro class. Can anyone recommend (deep breath) a good, critical, introductory reading on Art + AI ?

You know what I'd love to get more of in fiction #Submissions for the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast? Stories set outside the white/European/USA default, written by authors with personal connections to their topic.

For instance, there's a fascinating history of female same-sex love in the medieval Islamicate world. I'd love to see those stories.

$0.08/word for up to 5000 words is $400 -- think about it.

https://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2023-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series

Musk ox at the #AlaskaWildlifeConservationCenter
#MuskoxenMonday
📸 by Austin Blackwell

Saw the #BlueBugs hashtag floating around and this ink-blue _Chalybion_ mud dauber immediately came to mind!

https://inaturalist.ca/observations/123658567

#BlueMonday #wasps #MudDaubers #ArthroBeauty

It's 2023 and Black people in the USA still don't have equal voting access. Like I said, the civil rights era didn't end. You are still in it.

People just pretended that the civil rights era ended once they had assassinated enough of the major civil rights leaders. But the objectives of the civil rights era have not yet been achieved.

Now we have to listen to racists that misquote MLK, and then disrespect modern day civil rights leaders like Kaepernick and Stacey Abrams the very next breathe.

Beauty in blues..
…saliva, delphinium, iris and sweet pea…

#BlueMonday #JanuaryJoy #GardensHour #flowers

This is Ace! He is a buff orange tabby shorthair, and his portrait was painted with acrylics on canvas. Just finished this afternoon! This is the natural color scheme with solid color background. I think the blue complements the tan and beige of his fur.

#Art #MastoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #TraditionalArt #AnimalArt #AcrylicPainting #PetPortrait #Cat #CatsOfMastodon #Tabby

Ooh! THIS is one of the biggest things I've been wishing the standard Mastodon interface has: hovering over someone's name brings up a card with their info and whether you follow them or not, or if they follow you. As simple as it may seem, this is a killer feature!

Now I'm even MORE glad I sponsored them on GitHub!
@elk

When my Mastodon post gets favorited 11 times

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Here's how newspapers portrayed him at the time. If you see a fellow white person sneering at #BLM, know that they'd have said the same about MLK.

#monochromeMonday #photography

The #wildlife area we made last year is coming into its own now. Can’t wait for spring! Massive thread over here on how we did it… It was very easy low cost. Go on cover some of that grass, even a tiny bit, make a change for #biodiversity.
https://twitter.com/gardeningwell/status/1481749032095653889?s=46&t=Nuw32vMYCuPZRLdm7YDCDg

The upside about learning to bake bread is even the early experiments are good. badly made fresh-from-the-oven bread and butter is still better than no fresh from the oven bread and butter.