ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

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#Introduction I'm a former public defender and data scientist who runs a #LegalTech #innovation lab focused on #A2J @ Suffolk University Law School in Boston, USA. See https://suffolklitlab.org/

Much of my work focuses on data standards, NLP/AI, document automation, and increasing access to justice. I also write speculative legal fiction.

Before the #law I taught high school physics & astronomy. I like playing with LEGO and Rubik's Cubes, and on weekends my 9yo & I go on adventures in Minecraft.

Ok, this explanation is great as to what "DMs" are on Mastodon. OK.

So, the fatal flaw is to call them DMs. Because they are not. They are "mention-only visibility" posts. Only people mentioned in the post can see it. That is not a DM, and it is not a Group Chat either.

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109717735994297894

From Autostraddle, "Navigating Play Parties as an #Immunocompromised #Disabled #Kinkster ": "I knew they taught about safety and risk awareness in #BDSM culture. And I made an assumption. I assumed that this wellness ethic would carry through in their #COVID safety. I wanted to believe that, even though I knew it wasn’t likely. I was wrong."

Even vanilla #CovidCautious folks may relate to this piece in some ways.

#Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #kink

Pure, shameless trash. This guy was going after everyone like he was a saint, while he was ripping off his own union. Doesn’t get much lower than that. All these “Back the Blue” guys are most likely to “Backstab the Blue” in the end. What a fake.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/ex-nypd-union-head-to-plead-guilty-in-embezzlement-case/?utm_campaign=applenews&utm_medium=inline&utm_source=applenews

As dogs get older, sometimes they can develop odd growths on their skin. These are quite often harmless, but it’s always a good idea to get them checked out by your vet.

Fine I'll do an #intro since it'll have shit worth posting beyond my profile.

Dark greetings everyone ;( I've had several fedi iterations but kvlt.zone is home. Here for music/media talk (https://kvlt.zone/about/more), chill shitposting, chill people. Block-happy but accepting follow requests from people who don't seem creepy/fashy/tankie/too online (not that those are equally bad, I just don't want any). May follow you if something hooks me!

No pronouns.

#introduction

I'm a half-man, half-goat-demon creature skulking around the woods of Massachusetts. Sometimes I make things like digital art, leathercrafts, graphite sketches, little sculptures, and sometimes I paint minis. I love earthy nature stuff, dead stuff, and being a chill Satanist/pagan. I watch movies and TV and have opinions on them. I repair computers to survive under capitalism. I'm queer and married to @wicche, we have three cats that I post about a lot. My beard is a foot long.

Stop worrying about what other people think.

I mean, have you seen other people?🤷🏻‍♂️

Happy #BlackFriday y'all.

In the spirit of this Friday's theme of #CivilRights, #Revolution, #Equality & #BlackPower, let's talk about a powerful and criminally unknown warrior for racial & gender equality, Pauli Murray.

Pauli Murray was queer, non-binary, and a brilliant trailblazer in so many areas. Pauli was a legal scholar whose writings influenced Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pauli was the first African American to graduate with a doctorate from Yale Law, a cofounder of the National Organization for Women, the first African American woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest and was later elevated to Sainthood.

There's a documentary on Pauli's life on Amazon Prime. Here's an interview aboutit from its creators on Democracy Now!

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #BlackLawyers #BIPOC #Queer #LGBTQ #Trans #Transgender #HiddenFigures #Saint #Sainthood

https://youtu.be/L3u98p8PDlc

This is genius Albert Einstein who refused to speak at white colleges and at the end of his life spoke exclusively at black universities
"The separation of races is not a disease of colored people but a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.

#Einstein #Racism #Integrity #Equality

Wrote anout Thiel, SBF, crypto, AI, communism and libertarianism and pretty sure I got to the bottom of things. In 350 words, that's the good bit https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/17/whats-the-true-value-of-crypto-it-lays-bare-the-lies-of-libertarians-ftx

I think it's time for an #introduction! 👋 👍

I'm Lizzie, a clay and mixed media #artist and illustrator based in the UK with my partner and silly dog.

I make #art like these examples here and although I only take on commercial commissions (as everything takes so long to make!) there are various pieces available for sale over at my store.

I also make tutorials and process vids on YouTube if that's your kind of thing. 🎥

I'm looking forward to spending more time on here 😀

An astounding image of our moment at the precipice:

Climate activists standing against the inhuman-scale machinery of the open-pit Lützerath brown coal mine, with a wind farm visible in the distance.
#climate #LützerathLebt #coal #renewable

I think taoism is actually super duper helpful for doing anarchy. Inherently most people want to control the world arround them. But learning to adapt to chaos quickly puts the radical at a massive advantage in many conflicts.

Cops cannot handle situations where they haven't planned and have to adapt quickly in situations with little info. Going with the flow and going along will allow you to strike faster and evade better.

Authority will allways get trapped cuz they need to understand and trap the madness of the world. The ones who maniacally laugh and jump into situations which are unpredictable, make no sense and with maddening sadness will fare so much better in situations of chaos.

This year, scientists at RBG Kew described a new species of flower, Victoria boliviana, or the giant Bolivian water lily. Its leaves can grow to a staggering length of 3.3 meters across (over 10 feet). Kew researchers observed it in the wild & confirmed its status with DNA. But a dried specimen turned up in Kew's collection, where it had been sitting over 170 years. More here: https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/top-10-species-2022

Photo: RBG KEW

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