ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

The #MilkyWay over an #abandoned #TrainStation just outside the #GhostTown of #Kolmanskop in #Namibia #Africa was #amazing. The town used to be a #diamond mining town. Once the #diamonds ran dry the town was left to the #desert . 

#LandscapePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #travel #Wanderlust #PhotoOfTheDay #TravelPhotography #NightPhotography #NamibDesert #MilkyWay #LongExposure #foto #stars #night #spooky

#Garfield #bot

A song from 1967 that David Crosby wrote when he was with The Byrds. I’m thinkin’ he was goin’ through some personal stuff at the time.
#MusicOfMastodon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Uh8933Jvs

#3dPrinting some elegantly simple phone stands tonight at public hours. #btv

Wow! This is BIG - the Apple Lisa source code has finally been released!

This was something that was asked during the VCF Midwest panel for the Lisa Documentary.

It's so very cool that the Computer History Museum was able to get permission from Apple to release the source code... and on the Lisa's 40th birthday 🎉

🔗 https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/

#AppleLisa #HappyBirthdayLisa #VintageApple

Initial impressions of the new Ice Cubes iOS Mastodon app are really good for me: it's the first native app I've tried that hasn't seemed to have performance issues scrolling through my main timeline due to the number of people I follow https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ice-cubes-for-mastodon/id6444915884 @icecubesapp

Please don’t confuse what is legal with what is right. There is some overlap, of course, but not as much as one might think. Laws are generally written by the rich and powerful to protect their interests, often at the expense of the poor and weak. Many atrocities are lawful, and many acts of mercy are unlawful. I say this as an attorney.

Tonight’s dinner! Spinach mushroom ricotta sauce with spaghetti 😍 #cooking #pasta #dinner #Food #recipe #recipes #vegetarian

I'm obsessed with brown snakes. They are the only snake that is normally found in NYC, though they have become very rare in recent decades. They are small and cute, and just part of a full natural scene. I love the smaller snakes, and blind snakes the strange ones.

Journalists seem prepared to let Ron DeSantis use his forthcoming book to define himself for a national audience, rather than giving that audience the background needed to assess what DeSantis will say. I think this is a dereliction of journalistic duty.

Instead of a thread, here’s a link to a short blog post with a few further thoughts. https://www.notesfromcalicomanor.com/2023/01/19/press-lets-desantis-define-himself/ #USpolitics #RonDesantis #journalism

What a time to love indie apps. Third-party Mastodon clients are bringing back a sense of curiosity and excitement I hadn't felt since the heyday of Twitter clients in 2009-2011.

What am I missing? Are you working on one not on shown here? I'd love to know.

Time to work on a story 💪

The story of how close Germany – and much of Europe – came to liberating its LGBTQ people before violently reversing that trend under new authoritarian regimes is an object lesson showing that the history of LGBTQ rights is not a record of constant progress. #LGBTQ #Equality #Bigotry #Fascism #History

https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354

All I'm looking for is someone to follow me around and play appropriate music at the right times. Is that too much to ask??

#Squirrels #Sabotage

We've had weird electric power issues for the past couple of weeks, but on the first visit the power company said nothing was wrong...
Had big power sags today, so filed another report.
Turns out that squirrels chew on the aluminum cladding where our supply line goes through our guava tree.

The repair guys said they see it all the time.

TIL this is a very common source of outages
https://greenbuildingelements.com/squirrels-driving-utilities-nuts/

#Electricity #PowerGrid

One day after quoting MLK on MLK Day, Florida MAGA Gov Ron DeSantis cancels AP African American Studies Program, saying it ‘Lacks Educational Value’

This is literally white supremacist talking points & a reminder how much these people still hate MLK today.

Indeed, DeSantis banning AP African American Studies is a reminder of that old quote -- White privilege is when your history is the curriculum and every other history is an elective.
#BlackMastodon

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View has worked with Apple to secure the release of the source code for the Apple Lisa computer. You can download it here:

https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/

Meanwhile, on LisaList2, folks are starting to dig in:

https://lisalist2.com/index.php/topic,351.0.html

1923 cartoon predicts AI art generators in 2023: "Cartoon Dynamo (Pat. 2023)" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/a-cartoonist-predicted-2023s-ai-drawing-machines-in-1923/