ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

“A better world is one in which we have a dynamic system that can seek equilibrium against a variety of activities and circumstances.

Where rather than having to hope that every time the world changes Mark Zuckerberg guesses right…

And if he says that our future is being legless, sexless, low-polygon cartoon characters in a heavily surveilled Metaverse named after an idea from a dystopian science fiction novel…”

(@pluralistic with the mic drop)

https://youtube.com/shorts/v_gUDx0nlPI

PPPoE stands for PowerPoint Protocol over Ethernet and thus belongs in the Presentation Layer (layer 6).

Prowides.

#comics #comicstrips
#GeorgeHerriman #KrazyKat

#RandomComicBook today. Cover artist #RCrumb

#comics #Comicbooks

“Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”

- Wanda Sykes

Russ Heath 1954

#Comics #comicbook #ECComics

The name of Sonic's sidekick, 'MIles "Tails" Prower', IS A PUN ON MILES-PER-HOUR HOW AM I JUST FINDING THIS OUT TODAY?

babe are you ok, you've barely touched your lorem ipsum dolor & cheddar wrap

Still looking for a good website/blog which covers recent scientific info about reptiles, amphibians, and other #herpetology stuff. I've got a lot of science blogs I follow, but I only get a trickle of my favorite subject there :(. #science

And yet another entry in The Histories has arrived!

Say hello to Tammy Orville Coxen, Empress of the Campari Express (1893-2005)

You can read this entry (and 38 others) right here: https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:tammyorvillecoxen

Thanks to Tammy for the support. This one took a lot of research to write, but the final product came out well, I think!

If anyone else wants an entry (or get something added), deets are here: https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:buyhistory

Thanks for reading! #writing #sciencefiction #althist

The question that many gay and trans people are wondering is not, “Can Ron DeSantis get elected?”but instead, “How many of us will end up dead if he does?”
#USpol #politics #LGBTQ #fascism

Saw a Bunny!
#bunny #rabbit

i think it's weird that HBO changed their name to be the same as Netflix's failed PS3 app

I have been refusing to upgrade Windows 10->11 without having any specific one thing to point to to justify this decision and I feel, at this moment, that I have been totally vindicated https://mastodon.social/@mpesce@arvr.social/110420390278715544

Time for the #VisualWritingPrompt for 05/23/23!

Write a 480-ish character #SciFi story about this AI generated image.

#WritingCommunity #Midjourney #WritingPrompt #SecretSciFiNetwork

@ewdocparris
Greetings, I am Dr. Tao’pan, I’ll be facilitating your session. Before we start, I know you can’t talk; it must be frustrating. The Areux jelly injection anesthetized your vocal cords; you see, I’m a V'engian and our species has very sensitive hearing. I find human screaming intolerable. Oh yes, I neglected to tell you, this is a torture session. Be assured, all my instruments are sterilized. One procedural point, there won’t be any questions; this is a purely esthetic exercise.

The least plausible thing to me in any fantasy media is when some quest-dispensy type tells a hero, "You must take the McGuffin to the land called Bro-whatte, to the ruin of Th'hell beyond the Lake of Incomprens, & place it on the altar of Anot'rethgn before the Feast of Whassit," and the hero nods and sets off.

Never even a pause for, "Uh, hold up, I gotta write that down. Can you -- sorry, is that one L or two in Th'hell? Remind me when Whassit is? Should I pack a coat?"

THEY ALWAYS JUST GO.

Self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk will have a formal role in the presidential announcement of Ron DeSantis, who has launched an aggressive crackdown on free speech in Florida K-12 schools, universities, and private businesses