ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
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.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
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Favourite thing I've learned in 2023: Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station in Berlin is entirely decorated with radioactive uranium glazed tiles.
@gigabecquerel visited with a geiger counter to check.
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I wrote an article about the history of Apple Daily, its rise as a media powerhouse in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and its downfall.
During nearly 26 years, Apple Daily and its founder Jimmy Lai were at the forefront of Hong Kong's struggle for democracy. Lai was a very controversial figure, and his career reflects many of the contradictions of our era.
I thought it was worth looking back and telling the story of this very unusual media outlet.
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Hey folks
Due to uncertainty over the mstdn.party server, I’ve moved here. But as I am incredibly technically incompetent (and my old password no longer works) I can’t migrate anything at all
If you could put the word out, I’d appreciate it
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People don't fake depression, they fake being okay. Remember that and be kind.
I didn't mean that that's what you said, but I think people were reading you that way. Just trying to spread some mutual understanding! :)
@maggiejk@mstdn.social @Atexjam@mastodon.world
I didn't claim that it was what you said, but I'm pretty sure that people were reading it that way. Just trying to spread mutual understanding. :)
@maggiejk@mstdn.social @Atexjam@mastodon.world
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Trust
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/trust-2
This is the most wholesome comic I've ever drawn.
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capitalists will charge you for the platonic form in your own mind!!!!
@erisbot
Really!
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Given all the excitement of tech CEOs and investors about _artificial_ intelligence, it's gonna be wild when they find out you can fund _real_ intelligence by paying taxes that go towards schools and teacher salaries
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Is the tectonic activity on Venus to harsh to preserve fossils? I mean supposing there were ever anything to fossilize?
What if it's just packed with fossils from a lost experiment of life? It would be fitting given the trouble it would take to study such things.
What if... some future mission looking for minerals finds a great mysterious stone shadow of the bones or integument of some lost race of creatures. #ideas
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Leonardo da Vinci doesn't get enough credit for teaching us how to make snow angels.
#AIArt #midjourney Prompt Crafting
I think people were reading you as basically defending slavery as having been a good thing for the world, and you rather brusquely and condescendingly blowing off anyone taking issue with that.
Perhaps that wasn't what you intended to convey?
@maggiejk@mstdn.social @Atexjam@mastodon.world
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This little bird is a white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). They're a commonplace bird in North America, and they mostly do very normal little bird things, hopping around eating bugs and seeds. Oh, and they also have four distinct sexes. Here's how.
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If God is Love, then Lauren Boebert is the bride of Satan.
That's right there, in the Heretic prayer book. #Cult
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲
Lauren Boebert Tells Church To Pray For Biden’s Death
https://www.politicususa.com/2023/02/06/church-cheers-as-lauren-boebert-tells-them-to-pray-for-bidens-death.html #Republican #Heritic #GOP #Finest #LaurenBoebert
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧
The congregation laughed & cheered as Rep. Lauren Boebert told them to pray for Joe Biden’s death,& that his days be short.
THERE'S NO "CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES"; They're called #Cults
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After the collapse of the online ad market but before the rise of Google AdWords, there was a brief trend that was delightful in retrospect: self-serve, site-specific, home-brewed text ads. I made one for my site at the time. The ads were always relevant, the price was right (~$1–2 CPM), the income covered costs. These were the communities that survived, even thrived, after the .com crash. It was a time of proud self-sufficiency for online communities.
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I don't know what it is about ripped posters and bills, but I've always loved the visual poetry of them
#patterns #flyposters #tornposters #poetry
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.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
