ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

"Woke" is now every third word out of Republican faces. But when pressed on what "woke" means, they stammer and dodge.

This isn't by accident. "Woke" is an empty word that means whatever a Republican needs it to mean. In this article, I dig into why. https://www.salon.com/2023/03/16/why-the-is-obsessed-with-woke--but-cant-define-it/

I can't even "indoctrinate" students to number the pages on their papers.

This #cat loves a sock on her head

Today is Setting Orange, the 2nd day of Discord in the YOLD 3189.

#twentythree

New from us at @ProPublica:

We combed through millions of records in a never-before-seen trove of personal stock trading data within our "Secret IRS Files." What did we find? Wealthy CEOs and other executives are trading the stock of competitors and partners – sometimes with remarkable timing.

https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-irs-files-trading-competitors-stock

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy
Credits: #NASA, ESA, Hubble, Leo Shatz
#nature #space #astrophotography

I'm doing some writing on Plato. And for the line...

"the philosopher, by associating with what is orderly and divine, becomes as divine and orderly as a human being can" (𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐, 500d)

.... I looked up the word "orderly" and saw that the Greek is 𝑘𝑜𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑜𝑠, with which are related both "cosmos" and "cosmetics" ... connoting an order and a goodness and a beauty.

🙂 🙏

This is the EXACT kind of shit we have been warning you about. "A.I." tools trained on data filled with asaumptions and prejudices about marginalized people and then being deployed in situations with literal life-&-death implications for the people involved. In this case, diaabled parents being more likely to be flagged as "unfit."

This is utter nightmare shit.

https://apnews.com/article/child-protective-services-algorithms-artificial-intelligence-disability-f5af28001b20a15c4213e36144742f11

I've set up a new Mastodon profile here after masthead.social went down (without warning or explanation). I found myself missing the #fediverse.
So here I am rebuilding.

Posting about #journalism, #podcasts, and #business. Also #DC #SF and sometimes #Boston. Get at me.

#introduction #introductions

Midjourney V5 test:

Buffalo Up Close!

#AI #Midjourney #Buffalo

If our Justice Department is going to lolligag and flifferfluff from making high level arrests, then it’s up to us to go straight Monkey Wrench Gang on these fascists, and throw sand in their metaphorical tanks.

We expose their techniques, punching up at all times, deflating the cult, and watching them fall.

https://heidicuda.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-lies-deflating-the-cult

Part of the Fanz Joseph Glacier in New Zealand

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN FULL:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/icy-fanz-joseph-glacier-in-new-zealand-full-frame-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://pixels.com/profiles/patricia-hofmeester/shop #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt ##LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography #SpringIntoArt @PatriciaPhotos #NewZealand #glacier #fromabove #FranzJoseph #ice

City Rain #midjourney #AIArt (the test version of Midjourney V5!)

Dear friends: i left the bird place for REASONS and do not require you to send me the stupid things angry people are saying about my writing there.

The carving was ancient, hidden high up on a sheer rock face. Translated, it said:
"You climb as well as Anghim."
More were found, on other mountains Anghim had climbed, thousands of years ago.
The last we found simply said "Anghim is satisfied".
On Olympus Mons, on Mars.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Now, I'll never find my car!

the good ending. #Linux 😂