ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

shout outs to everyone refactoring their blog engines in advance of the increased blogging throughput anticipated in 2025

This remains one of my favorite holiday cards. It's from Wondermark ( https://wondermark.com/ ). I don't know if it is still available.

apparently preventing fraud is “anti-crypto”.

according to this Fortune headline, the SEC going after fraud and deceptive business practices after a company publicly announced they were going to breach a previous agreement with the agency is an “anti-crypto campaign”

#crypto #cryptocurrency

backsliding into fascism just 80 years after WWII is like failing an open-book test in a room where the answers are written on the board and also being constantly read out loud over a loudspeaker

"…point of the 'gig economy' is to use the 'did it with an app' trick to avoid labor laws, so that bosses can shift risks onto workers, because capitalists hate capitalism. These apps were first used to immiserate taxi-drivers, & this was so successful that it spawned a whole universe of 'Uber for __________' apps that took away labor rights from other kinds of workers…"

https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-12-17-loose-flapping-ends-luigi-has-a-point-db7e46c1c9c9

#apps #work #labor #labour #WorkersRights #unions #UnionStrong #unionize #GigEconomy #capitalism

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Treating the murder of the United Healthcare CEO the same way society treats violence against trans people:

- He was shot just walking into work? I mean what did he expect with his risky lifestyle choices.

- You know CEOs have a really high rate of suicide. If he just had a normal job he would probably still be alive today.

- Extra security? I just don't think we should pander to the whims of a group that's less than 1% of the population.

- I don't hate CEOs I just hate how the right keeps pushing their agenda down my throat.

- OMG stop talking about CEOs, what am I going to tell my children?

- The shooter probably just panicked when he found out he was really a CEO in disguise. It's his fault he was murdered really.

Developers if you know, you know

You embarked on an unexpected journey.
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You encounter a 🦁 Giant Poisonous Snake
❤️ 4-18 ❕1/4 ✨ 50

#c72

#Garfield #music #Kryptonite
#bot #lyrics

Putin has been weakened on multiple fronts. Will Trump & his cabal continue to enable him?

#Russia #Putin #Syria https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/22/with-assads-fall-putins-dream-of-world-domination-is-turning-into-a-nightmare

#silentsunday

@kaia

The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, And We May Finally Know Why https://www.sciencealert.com/the-risk-of-cancer-fades-as-we-get-older-and-we-may-finally-know-why #science

As CEO of the entire universe, this is My official endorsement of universal healthcare.

“Trump’s tragic transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’: Swift exit would remove global health body’s main source of funds & damage its ability to tackle emergencies.”
- L Abravanel

Not only will Americans suffer under Trump’s barbarism, he’ll imperil people around the world.

He’ll likely defund other NGOs that help feed & care for millions of people. It’ll be catastrophic. Americans must resist, & demand that the Trump admin fund critical orgs.
#USPol https://www.ft.com/content/e6061ed5-2703-4b8a-9948-a557aaaf52c2