ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

#bookishadvent , #smallpress edition, day 15 is "Roving Pack," by Sassafras Lowry, a queer, #selfpublished #epistolary novel about a working-class trans teen navigating the demands of a hostile cisheterosexual world as well as the paternalistic "care" of the trans/troubled youth industry.

#bookstodon @bookstodon #bookrec #bookrecommendation #LiteraryCommunity #literarymastodon #literarytwitter #queerlit #translit

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15831052-roving-pack

Some things should not be asked!

I was listening to The Rolling Stones, and I decided to ask my AI Bot to show me what was under my thumb -- and, well, as you can see, the results are not for the faint-hearted!

I also forgot AI Bots are still pretty terrible at rendering fingers, hands and thumbs so, In a way, I asked for it -- and it was delivered!

#AI #Thumb #RollingStones

Teaching a #Python workshop?

When quizzing the room, avoid:
> What will this code do?

Instead try:
> What are the POSSIBLE things this code MIGHT do?

Followed by "which do you think Python picked?"

Starting with the space of possibilities is often less intimidating.

Dimensional incursion, Dublin.

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Welcome! We love friends

A mob of red deer stags in Richmond Park, they were on the edge of the woods and unless you stopped to look from most angles they were perfectly hidden, I crouched down to take the shot, that's when I could see how many there were (shot with a long lens it looks like I was a lot closer than I actually was). #RichmondPark #RedDeer #Stags #RedStags #WildLifePhotography #Nature #Photography #AltText

Serena does not exist #TerranTradeAuthority #AIArt #midjourney

Corporate profits only accounted for roughly 11% of price growth from 1979 to 2019.

Today, record corporate profits account for 53.9% of price increases.

Folks, corporate greed is driving inflation, not workers asking for better wages.

This is the start of a series of threads about cofibrations.

Cofibrations are one of the 3 classes of maps appearing in Quillen's definition of model structure and one of the key links between homotopy theory and type theory.

#GetFediHired #InfosecJobs #HelpWanted

Hey #AppSec folks, I'm looking to fill a position. I have a director role for someone whose good at working with the business and development folks to understand their needs and bring that back to our security strategy while also helping empower those teams to drive security in their products. Sound like like something that might be a cool new challenge? Then I wanna hear from you!!

https://epiqsystems.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Epiq_Careers/job/Director--Business-Information-Security_R0023746

Microsoft approved and digitally-signed malicious drivers used in ransomware attacks.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/microsoft-approved-and-digitally-signed-malicious-drivers-used-in-ransomware-attacks/

#cybersecurity #ransomware #microsoft #driver

Freedom from Want. McGarvey blew me away. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001g2zf?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Crib Goch from Llyn Cwmffynnon on Sunday morning

Took my kids sledging this past weekend on the mountain behind our village and whilst i gave them some warm rooibos - i noticed this seemingly fractal shape on a tree wrap. I suspect its from frozen water when it was stored, but could be wrong. I am fascinated about fractals though;
My daughter reminded of the “Let it go” song from @Disney@mastodon.social :)
“Frozen fractals all around…” Elsa, Frozen
Which is quite true.

In my college dorm room I used to have a "quote board" on my wall—a white posterboard with some markers nearby—where my friends and I would write down funny or pithy quotes whenever they occurred. I continued that practice for a few different housing situations after that because it was always nice, when one of us was feeling down, to go read the board and get inspired or just have a laugh. These two quotes that came up today won't mean anything to anyone else or sound particularly profound, I suspect, but if I had a quote board handy today, I would add them to it.

"objectively beautiful"

"he is the personification of goodwill"

Perhaps I will hang a board in my office space. 🤔

Researchers looking at anti-harassment, whiteness in tech, community-led design, queer software, social networks, etc ...

Here's a draft partial history of Mastodon, with links to a lot of primary sources, framed by perspectives from @schock and @shengokai

Feedback welcome -- and feel free to use however!

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/

FYI @ubiquity75 @safiyanoble @gleemie @cfiesler @natematias @owasow @andresmh @wbm312 @sjjphd @timnitGebru @emilymbender @olivia @cyberlyra @markcmarino @asb

#Garfield

Our #JunoMission is turning its gaze to Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io.

Juno is expected to complete nine flybys of the Jovian moon, observing how volcanoes interact with Jupiter's aurorae and magnetosphere. http://go.nasa.gov/3FVXRR0
#NASA

A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the "modern" book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://buff.ly/36aQW24

#books #bookcover #bookcovers #bookart #coverart #art #illustration #bookillustration #booklovers #bibliophile #bookshelves #art #bookshelf #bookporn #bookaddict #histodon

Shooting stars across Yr Wyddfa and a frozen Llyn Y Dywarchen last night. So many shooting stars, I almost ran out of wishes for every one!

Bitterly cold, but crystal clear and bright. I'm sure I might, maybe, just about, have heard sleigh bells in the distance...🎅

#eryri #cymru #wales #nature #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains #yrwyddfa #night #nightphotography #stars #winter #snow