ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

atlas says good morning

TIL in the #internetofshit, this school hasn't been able to turn off their smart lights since 2021.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/us-school-runs-lights-24-7-365-the-smart-lights-have-been-broken-since-2021/#p3

We'll do literally anything to avoid using the metric system

How the heck do I know the size of a penguin?
https://m.jpost.com/science/article-729035

Do more with less.

#WebComics #Comics

The abandoned Chemung Mine in California

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/chemung-mine

#progress

Ms: Morgan, MS M.81, f. 46v. #medieval #medievalcat @histodons

Latest abstract #art #abstract

#caturday

Men, if you are to delete one thing for the rest of your life, what will you delete?

1. Football
2. Music
3. Women
4. Food

I'm older so I remember things. Everything you see happening today should be understood this way:

The top tax rate used to be 90% in order to prevent the really rich from destroying democracy.

The corporate tax rate was 50% because corporations exist to serve society.

AND the inheritance tax was really high to keep family dynasties from gaining power over us.

#taxes #democracy

"With AI, now any idiot can write malware!"

As a security researcher, I can assure you that idiots have been writing malware for quite some time.

The ghost town of Bodie, CA by starlight

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bodie

Our latest: Employees at TikTok and ByteDance have access to a secret back-end button that can make any video go viral, immediately pushing it to more viewers. The practice, which TikTok has never disclosed, is known internally as “heating.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/01/20/tiktoks-secret-heating-button-can-make-anyone-go-viral/

i was laid-off twice early in my career in very large reorgs / cost-cutting.

the thing that wld have been helpful for me to hear then was 'this is not abt you. you were a number on someone's spreadsheet. they wanted that number to go down by 1000 or 2000 or 10,000'.

so, to anyone who needs to hear that today:

it's not abt you. you did nothing wrong.

A bit of a departure this week, here's a few of my favourite African proverbs.

* Strategy is better than strength.
#Hausa

*  When the door is closed, you must learn to slide across the crack of the sill.
#Yoruba

*  If you are on a road to nowhere, find another road.
#Ashanti

*  Those who get to the river early drink the cleanest water.
#Kenyan

*  Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.
#Ashanti

#BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #BlackJoy #AfricanProverbs #Wisdom #Wordstoliveby

So, we just got a new dining room bench/booth situation, which the doodles immediately claimed as their own. The big one, Stella, seems convinced that we bought a new giant dog bed just for her.
Because of course we did.

#dogsofmastodon #doodlesofmastodon #diningroom #booth #interiordesign #thedogsletuslivehere

Doodle pics galore on my IG:
🔗 https://instagram.com/jeffreyaward