ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

my girlfriend and I are moving in together, and we're doin alright, but we could use like, $100 max to help us get some household stuff we need

we have enough on our own to squeak by but it would be so much more comfortable if we could get a bit extra

thank you so much in advance to anyone who can help!
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/electricprunejuice

Comment I just left on a PR: "YES!! I love this, always love to see more smaller functions, and this is a really nice self-contained chunk of logic to break out. Excellent call."

This is your semi-regular reminder to call out the good things in code reviews along with the changes you're suggesting! Coding is an inherently human endeavor, humans have feelings, and that is an attribute, not an inconvenience to be optimized away.

Also, this applies to many other feedback-oriented scenarios too, I imagine. When interfacing over digital mediums, I can always use more reminders that there's a person on the other end.

A beautiful recent paper from Deisseroth’s lab uncovering how heart rhythm affects the brain. Very inspiring on studying brain-body system.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05748-8
The commentary is here https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00502-6

Sad news - Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower of the Pentagon Papers, has incurable cancer. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and Ellsberg brought much needed light on the Vietnam War. The publication of the docs he leaked in the NYT and WaPo led to a critical Supreme Court decision on freedom of the pres. Justice Hugo Black (concurring in the judgment) frames the reasons why we need a strong press, which necessarily relies on whistleblowers, shedding light on the government.

Time for the #VisualWritingPrompt for 03/02/23!

Write a 480-ish character #SciFi story about this AI generated image.

#WritingCommunity #Midjourney #WritingPrompt #SecretSciFiNetwork

In a recent #rpg con one-shot, I reframed "halflings" to be half animal. And you know why I did that? Because I had this great portrait of a racoon character for a charsheet. I wonder how many things in games happened because of pre-existing art.

#bangerz

The bassist of #Pulp, Steve Mackey, died today. This…hits.

Here's 'This is Hardcore' – my favourite Pulp song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbLyi5wgeg

Steve's comment: "I think it's got a place. To me 'This Is Hardcore' is like a challenge in song, it's a gauntlet for the rest of the year. It's like when Radiohead put out 'Paranoid Android' in 1997: here you are, deal with this."

Introduction to Student-Led Community Science Projects (#38731) https://ift.tt/Awipuey

A new paper out from the lab in PLOS Computational Biology! Kinome inhibition states and multiomics data enable prediction of cell viability in diverse cancer types - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010888 Congrats to the whole team!

CMSWire is spreading a lie that Mastodon "acquired" and "absorbed" Gab, allowing Gab's users to spread racism on the Fediverse.

This is demonstrably false.

What actually happened is that Gab tried to federate, primarily so its users could use Gab through a mobile client.

But then they were Fediblocked en masse, and mobile clients specifically locked Gab users out.

Gab then de-federated, leaving the Fediverse.

This whole article is bonkers.

https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/facebook-is-better-for-business-than-mastodon-heres-why/

@fediversenews

@LeftistLawyer Meme quoting Noam Chomsky: A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that cost and risk are socialized, while profit is privatized. [and subsidized, I might add.]

"Dawn of the Fediverse" is an exhaustive article by Michael Kwet that outlines the case for decentralized social media.

The problems with Big Social is that it:

1. Bans and de-amplies content with no accountability
2. Is amenable to government and corporate censorship
3. Is a vector for digital colonialism
4. Prevents interoperability in pursuit of Internet monopolization

The Fediverse offers an alternative.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/dawn-of-the-fediverse/

@fediversenews

‼️‼️ this new primal scream of an essay from @catvalente tumbles out faster than the words can come and is increasingly inspiring the entire way through. it’s about ai art vs the human imperative to know and to be known, and it’s an absolute must-read. thank you cat for catching this as it tumbled out of your brilliant brain, and for sharing it with us 🖤🖤

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/the-great-replacement-not-that-one

Total student loan debt erased by Biden plan: $400 billion

Total cost of the 2017 GOP tax cuts: $1.9 trillion

Funny how Republicans have no problem giving corporations and billionaires big tax cuts, but erasing some student loan debt for millions of people is just too much.

Felt cute, might delete later idk

@ceoln i'd give music a the strongest possible 8.5/10. i love it

MY BRAIN: We have an appointment later

ME: Okay, I'd like to be productive this morning

MY BRAIN: We'd prefer to wait for the appointment

ME: But I wanted to be productive-

MY BRAIN: Too bad, we are busy waiting for the appointment

The National Cybersecurity Strategy includes the concept of:

"Shifting liability for software products and services to promote secure development practices"

This is a big deal.