ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Here's a picture of the #tasmanrivervalley #newzealand with a Taramea on the left so it cannot be confused. Bummer to learn that #jacindaardern is stepping down, she's been great.

Reverse-engineering Wireless Light Switches (433MHz ASK)

https://secfault-security.com/blog/kineticswitches.html

What are some alternatives to using Amazon?

@arktronic I'm far less likely to use Amazon now. My orders delivered almost $100 to Doctors Without Borders, and credit goes to the program.

Why not just use Target or Best Buy or Walmart now? Go with AliExpress or eBay if you want the very cheapest of generic manufacturer flotsam.

I don't know what they're turning into, but it's unrecognizable and undesirable. I remember buying books from a company that wasn't trying to be the American Alibaba.

@ancient_catbus Thanks! Right now I'm looking for bands that are actually calling themselves "dreampunk." This is what I did a few years back with indie authors using the term, and the results were pretty awesome. The second #dreampunk anthology #Somniscope will be coming out later this year.

https://whatisdreampunk.com/profiles

Today's #TinyJoyYYC: No idea what this is, but seeing new life makes me happy! #JanuaryJoy #Flowers #Nature #Photography

A sunset on a cloudy evening over the Sandia mountains- a streak of red light shooting up across the clouds

When the party does the opposite of fiscal conservatism for 50 years, at some point you have to realize: it's not a fiscally conservative party having trouble sticking to its principles. It's not a fiscally conservative party at all. It's a party designed to serve rich people.

Project idea: a browser extension which conveniently informs you, say for example when you’re reading the New York Times, about the extent to which the success of each person you read about was subsidized by their parents.

Activists from the Subvertisers’ International, #Brandalism and Extinction Rebellion install over 400 parody advertising billboards across Europe.

Activists are calling on
governments to introduce ‘tobacco-style’ advertising bans on environmentally harmful products, such as large SUVs, amid growing international momentum.

If you are in the Creative Industry you might want to check out
#CleanCreatives
https://cleancreatives.org/
#CommsDeclare
https://commsdeclare.org/
#CreativesforClimate
https://www.creativesforclimate.co/

Read full story here
http://brandalism.ch/projects/toyota-bmw-greenwash/
#ClimateAction #Advertising

A couple of beautiful bears in the snow at the #AlaskaWildlifeConservationCenter #SnowBears
📸 by Doug Lindstrand

Elites at the World Economic Forum are doing everything they can to protect themselves from #COVID, because the ruling class know the pandemic is not over.

Meanwhile, they are pushing the rest of us back into unsafe workplaces to protect their profits. This is class warfare.

There grows the neighborhood 🙄

#PrairieUp #NativePlants #WildFlowers #Gardening #GardenDesign

Amazon plans to close AmazonSmile, its program launched in 2013 that let customers donate 0.5% of eligible items' purchase prices to a charity, on February 20 (Addy Bink/The Hill)

https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3818818-amazon-to-close-charitable-program-amazonsmile/
http://www.techmeme.com/230118/p36#a230118p36

Feelings and opinions require emotional energy to share, but cat pictures do not. #catsofmastodon 🥰. Conserving energy on hard #caregiving days means choosing peaceful thoughts with the effort of a jackhammer. 😬

Missed Connection - Corner Cafe, yesterday at about noon

I first noticed you when I sat at a table on the patio and began to drink my latte. The coffee was hotter than I anticipated and I accidentally spit some out on myself.

I looked up to see if anybody noticed, and that’s when I saw you. We locked eyes and I could tell you had seen my clumsiness and I was initially embarrassed, but as I stared longer, I knew that there wasn’t any judgment in your eyes, only love.

You were with a group of friends who were all drinking their coffees while you casually drank your water. Over the next half hour or so, I caught you looking at me several times with your gorgeous blue eyes, but I was too afraid to approach and I could tell that other people were also vying for your attention.

I got up to use the restroom with hope that I could muster some courage, but when I returned, your friends were already leaving with you in tow and I knew I’d missed my shot, so I’m hoping you’ll see this post instead.

Me: brown hair, sunglasses, t-shirt, and jeans

You: piercing blue eyes, salt and pepper hair, red collar, perhaps a Siberian Husky mix?