ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

What would you say if a state in Germany today were to outlaw the teaching of any critical reading of history, suppress inquiry into structural/systemic antisemitism, and ban books by the most prominent Jewish intellectuals?

The equivalent is happening in Florida.

A thread:

https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/109802494389110893

Today's second review! Alternative Holidays:

"An anthology that will by turns amuse, delight, horrify, and compel you... a fun, quirky read with a nice variety of merriment and mayhem."

https://www.limfic.com/2023/02/04/review-alternative-holidays-anthology/

#Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Mystery #Holiday #Crime #Romance #Queer #LGBTQ #Bisexual #Gay #Lesbian #NonBinary #Poly #BookReview #review #LGBT #LGBTQ #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @MMbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #book #books

In the Star Trek episode "Peak Performance", Captain Picard tells a shaken Commander Data something that is very hard for many of us to internalize:

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."

Thinking about past revolutionary projects, insurgencies, challenges to power, and protests, sure, we do need to keep in mind that tactics and strategies of the past should be studied and improved upon.

But we should also have the humility to recognize that there is no perfect way to do anything, and successful acts aren't always successful because they were superior to failed ones but because their circumstances were more favorable.

We don't really get to choose the circumstances of the fights we're in, or at least that can't be the only thing that we consider. Sometimes, we just have to keep fighting to help make circumstances more favorable for others later or others elsewhere.

We do what we can while we can as long as we can, and it may not be our mistakes or good decisions that are decisive but something else entirely.

Which is hard. It's very hard. But the work is the work, and it continues.

with keanu

The post I've had to write out of sheer necessity: How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace https://anotherangrywoman.com/2023/01/18/how-to-give-advice-on-the-internet-without-being-an-utter-menace/

This one goes out to you, reply guys.

daily reminder that "biological sex" is a social construct

I know there are people around here who would enjoy a hopeful, queer, Jewish, solarpunk, first-contact book and if you are such a person, you should check out A Half-Built Garden by @r_emrys
It’s delightful!

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News is moving quickly tonight: Movetodon has gotten shut down by Twitter due to unspecified 'rule violations'. This makes it matter of utmost urgency to preserve as much of the Twitter bot developer community as possible, as the deadline of February 9th shutdown cannot be presumed to be safe.

If you have worked with the #twitter API in any capacity, please check out this work by @tchambers:

https://twitter.com/tchambers/status/1621553445273767936

An unusual highly off-nadir Dove's-eye view from space looking along the spine of the #Himalayas. Nine of the fourteen 8000 meter peaks on Earth are visible in this one image!

#RemoteSensing #mountains

Via https://twitter.com/planet/status/1621654361444352000

Weekend window shopping!

What if Microsoft (primary investor in OpenAI) uses ChatGPT panic to get schools to mandate use of Word Online? I foresee a worse future where students are required to type every word in Word so their revision history can be scrutinized by surveillance AI. Use of accessibility tools would be flagged.

Always remember:

"Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration." - @hypervisible

Newbie here! A friend told me that she couldn't see my bunny artwork (I forgot to post it at first!) so I'm reposting this...

As the owner of two bunnies as pets in the distant past, I was stoked when I heard that 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. So of course I've set out to create some rabbit artwork.

To see it larger and to buy prints, home decor, and more click on https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/year-of-the-rabbit-orange-and-blue-peggy-collins.html

#YearOfTheRabbit #rabbits #bunny #bunnies #rabbitart #animalart #peggycollins #peggycollinsgallery

IMPORTANT: Bot/App Developer #MastodonMigration

📢 For #TwitterAPI devs ➡️ See this list of Apps/Bots heading to #Mastodon—add your service if you're leaving before the free API shutdown in days:

https://forms.gle/WLBK1jaE2vaxW1U2A

And see the good 🤖 bots moving over here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SOmgXL3fRHAsxiVufw73VmzYmyLGat5koC7sf045Cic/edit?usp=sharing

Please share to all bot Developers who have already made the jump, and on Twitter, please amplify this tweet:

https://twitter.com/tchambers/status/1621553445273767936

Over 1 million photos have been shared on Pixelfed 🥳

We've more than doubled active users in the past year 🚀

We couldn't reach these milestones without people like you, thank you ❤️

https://pixelfed.org

Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.

Not the case.

It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.

Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.

By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.

So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.

Seems like more folks joining #mastodon so time for another round of #introductions.

Hi, I’m Kevin, a professional #puppet builder and #maker of fun media. A small sample of my work, feel free to follow and check the Linktree in my bio, and check out the new #podcast! #MastoArt #muppets