ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

This is your irregular reminder #Adobe are fucking dicks:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

> Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

We need #FLOSS tools to get to the point where they can replace Adobe tools. The alternatives are great, but they are sadly not there yet to replace Adobe tools for professionals.

And won't be unless projects like @inkscape get enough funding to develop to a point of being viable alternatives.

Yes, it is in no small part about the money.

hello german people. where are chill queer nighttime/pub places in berlin?

please help wonderful @ZeroEcks have a nice gay time

My take on today's SCOTUS opinions: The Court made a serious error in releasing more than one decision that I want to read carefully on the same day.

If you missed it on Patreon last week, my #AudioPorn readings of @RomanticIsa 's super 🔥 🔥 2-part story are now live on @girlonthenet 's website for ANYONE 18+ to read and listen to!

Check them out! 🌶️ 🥵 #Erotica #Smut #Sexy #Lesbian

1. https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/lesbian-adventure-1-taste-you/

2. https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/lesbian-adventure-2-fucking-herself/

Boosts appreciated 🤗

Hi, new friends! ✋ This is Pilar Gógar, a full-time space artist. My mission in life is to spread the beauty of space throughout my paintings and share with the world the meaning of it. Would you help me sharing this to get to more people? ☺️

Today I am researching #SecondLife custom posing capabilities. Talk to me about your favorite tools!
I'd had AnyPose and Animare on my radar for a while, but today I learned about the poser feature in the free Black Dragon Viewer.
There's a learning curve, of course, and I'm not sure if my laptop can handle two instances, but I successfully fixed a pose that was giving me issues. I can even micro-adjust fingers. I will happily nudge for hours.

I don't know how Cory Doctorow's linkblog
@pluralistic keeps banging out these insightful, infuriating and entertaining posts every day, but I'm here for it as long as he can keep it up. BTW, a friend who's a bigshot at Intuit told me the company actually proposed to the IRS that they, Intuit, simply take over tax return processing from the IRS, so they could control both sides of the transaction. Whee!

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/17/free-as-in-freefile/

The #Fediverse turned 15 years old today!! Happy #Fedibirthday everyone!!

cc/ @evan @internetarchive

On one hand having to blast spammers is annoying.

On the other hand it does mean that a precious ad-free zone badly wants to be penetrated precisely because it is rare and valuable in this world and we own it. Let’s keep defending it. Thanks to members for issuing reports, thanks to admins for forwarding them to the attacked sources. Together we will defeat the pernicious pollution of #cryptospam

#bw #photography #light #shadow

Patterns of light created by early morning light filtering past blinds made of bamboo.

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY SUNSET:https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-ridge-overlook-at-sunset-norma-brandsberg.html

Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway Overlook at sunset with layered mountains framed by two bare silhouette trees on early spring.

#blueridgeparkway #blueridge #virginia #sunsetsilhouette #sunset #mountain #landscapephotography #landscapephotography #art4mom #travelphotography #nature #BuyIntoArt #springforart #AYearForArt #artforsale #Travel #photooftheday #normabrandsberg #elegantfinephotography

Oh, so business is all about the bottom line, you say? Well, Singapore Airlines begs to differ. They just paid their staff an 8-month salary bonus after record profits, recognizing their hard work and sacrifices during the pandemic. Senior management won't receive the bonus. #BusinessBeyondProfit #SomeGoodNews

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/05/18/singapore-air-hands-staff-eight-months-salary-bonus-after-record-results

Netflix, but the movie or show is imprinted on physical data storage disk that is mailed to you and that you mail back after watching.

PEN America v. Escambia County School District

"This lawsuit brings together authors whose books have been removed or restricted and parents and students in the district who cannot access the books, in a first of its kind challenge to unlawful censorship....

Per the lawsuit, the district also violated the Equal Protection Clause of the constitution “because the books being singled out for possible removal are disproportionately... related to race or LGBTQ identity.”"

https://pen.org/pen-america-v-escambia-county/

Even living in the area, I don’t often take the opportunity to walk by the brink, but it never disappoints.
#WaterfallWednesday
#niagarafalls

You tried to avoid the Giant Owl, but it detected your presence.
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🦁 Giant Owl
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 23/23
🛡️ 12 ☁️
❕1/4
✨ 50

Just loving this strong black and white work of NYC by actor Jessica Lange: Alone in the City via Blind Magazine https://www.blind-magazine.com/news/jessica-langes-intimate-chronicle-of-new-york-city-during-covid/ #photography