ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Attention Citizens:

To maximize efficiency and keep up with modern culture, you are now encouraged to communicate exclusively in emojis.
Express the intricacies of your utopian life through smiley faces, thumbs up, and the occasional XD.
Words are sooooo last century.

Remember: Happiness is mandatory. Sad and/or angry emojis are treasonous.

Thank you for your pictorial eloquence.

#Paranoia #rpg #ttrpg #games #emoji #communication #PSA #happiness

Women of fedi! Drowning in waves of condescending reply guys!

I see you and hope to be able to swap blocklists at some point. I'm glad you're here.

I feel so festive

Greedflation: what a lovely term. An accelerating flow of cash into the pockets of the billionaires. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/greedflation-corporate-profiteering-boosted-global-prices-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If you think it's a new thing to substitute for the phrase ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to tell you that in the Prologue for Henry V, Shakespeare foregoes gender by simply referring to the audience as "gentles all."

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/henryv/henryv.1.0.html

How to Treat a Cut Finger

Another rare photo of me as a kitten.
#ThrowbackThursday #CatsOfMastodon #Kitten #Cat

W3C, the Internet planning body, cuts off X (formerly Twitter) and moves to Mastodon. They are encouraging their followers to come to Mastodon. It's hard to say what this means in a few words, but it will be one of the changes in the fediverse .

@aaronjschaffer

Please support the workers request that

On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Washington Post content. That includes our print and online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes. Instead, share information about our strike and send a letter to Post leaders in support of the people who make this institution run.

#WaPoStrike
"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LY2jViybLQPsgsm7hVo75V8aHNu5DUEZXB8vwc60YZo/mobilebasic

Hacking fears are raised at Western Europe’s most hazardous building, why porn sites might soon be scanning your face, and our guest narrowly avoids a Facebook Marketplace scammer.

Find "Smashing Security" in all good podcast apps.

https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-351/

East Adams Street • Downtown




#Jacksonville #Florida #Photography #AmateurPhotography #Pixelfed #StreetPhotography #GalaxyS23+ #NightPhotography #Nature

One of my favorite things to see come across my screens each year: the US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that Wisdom has returned to her mating grounds on Midway Atoll.

Wisdom is at least 71 years old, the oldest verified wild bird of any species. She has raised more than 30 chicks. She has flown the circumference of the Earth over 120 times. She is the closest the seabird world gets to a celebrity, and the only royalty I recognize. Long live the Queen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_(albatross)

Cowardly For-Profit #Journalism Is Bringing #Trump’s #Fascism Back to Our Door

For voters to make intelligent decisions about candidates, they must be well-informed. Sadly, that is very much not what is happening today in America. If we don't confront this crisis, democracy itself will pay the price.

Robert Reich asks the question that’s probably on the minds of many: “Why are so many people prepared to vote for Trump?”

"Caught in their echo chambers of conspiracies"

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cowardly-for-profit-journalism-is-bringing-trumps-fascism-back-to-our-door/

V T Hamlin and Dave Graue 1949

"I almost hate to look, but.."

#comics
#comicstrip
#AlleyOop #VTHamlin

@noondlyt He’s still holding up four star general nominations, so there are still ~17 unfilled.
A bit of these are nominations that go with a particular high-level post. It jams the military for years, it hurts the officers pending nomination and people waiting for their jobs and the families of everyone affected. Tuberville, Mike Lee & almost every R senator are to blame, as 9 R senators are needed to override Tuberville & change the rules. (Ernst, Graham & Sullivan spoke out publicly)

The sun sets around 4pm now on the Kenai Peninsula and today, it was just glorious. I went for a walk in Centennial Park along the Kenai River. I'm never disappointed with the views. #Alaska #AlaskaInWinter #KenaiRiverAlaska