Birdsite / Antivax
Checking in on #Twitter, seems the boss man is all about boosting lazy antivax content.
counter-protested the fascist anti-abortion "Walk for Life" today. was interesting seeing who showed up. some SF religious groups, more Christian groups from out in the Central Valley, and some explicit fash
cops were also there in force, always turned towards us with their Proud Boy buddies safe behind. cops love protecting white supremacists, it's their favorite part of their job
In White and Black. Portrait of a Lady in Central Park. Handmade collage made from paper, magazines and old books.
Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/in-white-and-black-ernesto-beckford.html
#NowPlaying Laurie Anderson - Big Science.
Had heard this was an #ElectronicMusic classic, and enjoyed Laurie's presence in Jean-Michel Jarre's music (if with a twinge of irony) so naturally when I found the CD for $5 I took it. I'm enjoying it so far, the retro synths work pretty well with her spoken word and light singing.
Random ranting
One of the annoyingest of the annoying notifications I get on my phone is #Pinterest saying "Time for something new!".
I mean, that's not for you to decide, moronic little app.
I should just turn off its ability to send notifications, clearly. I'll be that!
Ha, good rant.
Language is mysterious. The language instinct is universal to humankind. Yet no specific language is universal. Not even close. There are estimates that 30,000 languages have arisen and disappeared. We currently have 7,151. All naming systems for the human experience
This addresses inter alia the claim that every (finite?) string of numbers appears somewhere in Pi. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number
This sounds like the claim that Pi is "normal" in a particular base. It's not actually known whether Pi is normal in any particular base, I don't think, but in some sense most real numbers are. It doesn't say that every other number is contained somewhere in pi, just that any finite string of digits is. So no irrational or repeating numbers required, if I have it right.
3, 2, 1…
My one and only trip to the Isle Of Skye and I never actually hiked up The Storr..
A decision that still plagues me to this day.
A good excuse to go back though I suppose!
#isleofskye
#theoldmanofstorr
#scotland
#photography
#reflections
#boats
#martindolanphotography
You can learn AP US History, AP European History, AP World History but AP African American History is banned. Forbidden knowledge.
I vividly remember NOT signing up to take African American history when I was in high school some 20 years ago. I needed to score a scholarship to go to the schools I wanted-- and AP courses are just expected to get in. So I too AP Euro. Nearly everyone did. It was an OK course.
But that forbidden knowledge...
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.
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pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.