ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Some hospitals refusing to mask anymore because they claim people are likely to get #COVID elsewhere anyway. That's a dereliction of duty. Regardless of what is happening elsewhere, no one should ever have to risk their health while seeking medical care. Do no harm.

Our latest investigation into the death of Colombian protester Lucas Villa, in partnership with CLIP & Cerosetenta, has been the subject of conversations in Colombian media. If you missed it you can read the article published on the second anniversary of Lucas’ death here:
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/04/lucas-villa-cell-phone-data-gives-new-insight-into-investigation-of-colombian-protestors-killing/

After a short hiatus, this week our twitch stream is back and better than ever with a new look and feel! Join us on Wednesday, 4:30pm CEST, to learn about the latest open source research and tools and to compete in our weekly Geoguessr games! https://www.twitch.tv/bellingcat_live

Aight, bedtime's a-coming. We shall have a nightcap and a ramble.

The other day I said this:

https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/110410264628807902

Of course, someone asked me immediately for recommendations. *What* narrative history should they read?

The answer in general: anything that looks interesting and isn't about our stupid geekery trade.

One answer in specific:

<hits his neat rye, puffs hard on the cigarette, looks off in the distance>

Here's ten titles, authors, and one-liners. No links, you're a grownup.

My fellow cis Americans, I want you to look at this map. Really look at it. And I want you to imagine what it would feel like if those red states were threatening you and your family. Because, ultimately, they are.

This is what creeping fascism looks like. It will harm ALL OF US. And it will take all of us, together, to fight it.

We don't sacrifice people. We stand with our trans siblings. When their rights are threatened, all our rights are threatened.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/may-anti-trans-legislative-risk-map

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Miranda's New Cardigan #midjourney #AIArt

I'm kind of at a loss for how to explain this in words, but I'm going to give it my best shot.

I'm starting to realize that I think my brain and emotions have a different gender identity than my body.

Or more accurately, my brain/heart/soul seem to be strongly agender, but my body is very insistently female.

This is not at all dysphoric, dissonant, or incongruent. In fact I'm so at peace with this situation - especially compared to the decades I spent having to pretend to be male - that I barely even noticed it.

Does any of this make sense to anyone? Anybody out there know what to call this?

When people say that all superheroes are inherently fascist, they're ignoring the very real reasons superheroes were invented (mostly by immigrant Jews before and after WWII as a warning against fascism), and extremely specific examples of superhero antifascism like this.
https://dmv.community/@akuchling/110407861811807513

When Dr. Tedros from WHO announced the end of the COVID emergency but said that someone was still dying every 3 minutes from the virus, people (around me at least) seemed to think that statistic must be because of non-industrialized countries with poor medical infrastructure, etc. and surely COVID isn’t still that deadly in the US.

Based on our death toll from December 29, 2002 to May 3, 2023, someone in the US dies of COVID every 4 minutes.

It’s still that bad and we have to act like it.

World City #midjourney #AIArt

Actually finished the Little Dungeon of Calm early, did it yesterday. I did it for #VaultsOfVaarn as the last resting place of an autarch kept alive at the very brink of death.

I picked up a short zine called the Elegant Fantasy Dungeon Generator, so I'm going to try that out for next week. I do have #TomeOfAdventureDesign but tbh the pdf version is pretty hard to use and I don't want to lug the book to the pub where I do my #dungeon23.