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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hello! this is a reminder that i'm extra helpful for techie folk in particular who need reminding to step away from their screens and take in some fresh air, but anyone can follow me. be kind to yourself!
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Hello: has any scientist on here abandoned Twitter for Mastodon entirely? I’m looking to speak to you for a story I’m writing
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Marie Curie's notebooks, which are radioactive and must be stored in a lead-lined box in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Curie’s corpse is also radioactive. Her coffin is lined in an inch of lead. Both will remain radioactive for 1,500+ years.
#HistSci #ScienceMastodon #MedMastodon #science #scientist #HistoryOfScience #HistMed #WomenInStem #TIL #TheMoreYouKnow #WeirdHistory
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Gravity-Defying Stoat.
There aren't many of these mustelids on Mull, so I was surprised and amused to see one out in the open, bouncing down the road towards me one day.
It seemed pre-occupied with a piece of bark that had fallen from one of the forestry trucks, and was playing with it for a while, before leaping around manically, and then vanishing into the undergrowth.
#stoat #mustelid #Mull #WildlifePhotography #ScottishWildlife #fun
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In 1925, Dr. Cecilia Payne completed her PhD thesis, described as “the most brilliant ever written in astronomy.” At a time when few #women entered academia, Payne discovered what the universe is made of. Her work began a revolution in astrophysics.
Dr. Payne-Gaposchkin became the 1st female professor & 1st female department chair at Harvard. Given most of us remember names like Darwin & Newton, we should also celebrate Payne. #science #space
Read more at https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201501/physicshistory.cfm
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HOW WE WON: @Sam_Schmir@twitter.com and @yamshlaf@twitter.com explain how @genzforchange@twitter.com used social media to mobilize thousands of young voters to use their voices in the midterm elections and shape the future of our democracy. And Gen-Z is just getting started.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-social-media-mobilized-gen-z-to-the-polls-this-year/ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1599769420809007104
Prejudice toots that "fish" for replies so as to accuse people of prejudice.
On: 'The toot image your referring to is obviously racism. For instance, change the "color" from "white" to "black" and......what's the difference?'
I would urge you also to read and consider: https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/demographic-substitution-does-not-preserve-truth/
Reversing "black" and "white" (for instance) in a statement, doesn't necessarily preserve any particular property of that statement.
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I just learned of several more instances that have removed us from block lists.. Im glad to see so many instance admins are willing to listen to reason and have changed their decisions in light of the facts and evidence. From what I hear it wasnt just my emails but the efforts of so many in the community showing support for us. I really appreciate that from all of you.
@mrjoncryer Iconic!
I suspect that depends on the particular linguistic / technical community.
Certainly distributed system programmers will speak / think of a database and a database server as completely different things; each server may host multiple databases, and any given database may be served by multiple servers at different (or the same) time(s).
A database being down and a server being down (for instance) are completely different ideas. The people that are authorized to access a database are likely a different set of people than those authorized to access the server(s) as such, and so on.
Don't know if that helps, or just introduced whole new levels of uncertainty. :)
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To mark the 125th anniversary of the #Battle of #Austerlitz (Slavkov) (1805-1930) & the 110th anniversary of the death of #Napoleon (1821-1931), the town created a special exposition with catalogue (112 pp. 4o).
The cover design with Napoleonic eagle in French colors is by V. Pečinka. The text includes photos as well as 2 full-page color landscape woodcuts by artist & educator Jaroslav Dobrovolský, whom the #Nazis would murder in1942 in #KZ #Mauthausen for resistance activities during #WWII
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Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around
@dietrich I'm not sure, again, exactly what your point is. You seem angry at someone, but I don't know if I can offer any help, really.
The fact that you've had violence directed at you personally is regrettable, but it's not directly related to the fact that millions of Africans were enslaved and their forced labor used to (for instance) build the USA, and then treated unjustly for generations afterward.
No one is asking you personally for reparations, or blaming you personally for that, if that's any help.
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Mauna Loa erupting on Hawaiian Independence Day is pretty on the nose. Pele doesn't fuck around! https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/political-spiritual-symbolism-mauna-loas-historic-eruption-rcna59685
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Some recent snaps of Downtown #Detroit. 📸
Cadillac Square, Parker’s Alley and The Monroe Street Midway
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Highlights of the last week in space
Space Sunday: more Artemis, JWST, China and SpaceX - https://wp.me/pxezy-wNW
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
