ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

This weekend we will be tabling at and participating in the Bash Back convergence in Chicago.

As bigots renew their assault on queer and trans people and anarchists fight back, there is an urgent need for renewed coordination and innovation.

In this interview, the organizers speak about the convergence, the legacy of Bash Back, and how the battlefield has changed:

https://crimethinc.com/bashback2023

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I saw somebody here the other day write that if you see somebody shooting themselves in the foot, look at whose neck is under their foot. This is a fine illustration of that concept. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/us/florida-immigration-hurricane-cleanup.html?unlocked_article_code=UkAGXknGtRS-2Dvu-UmMjtUCKmsGr3uWQoBLQveH9zjYmM6Q2XQIMHDikGjne1PPTdaqfKL8_we8RF7EjvBcQNzw3KMcimBd2iso8vHPq0NREZTBSuFnzLBQ93ELAY2vuKBc5nv5f8hmoEcYu1qne4klQLjmOnUIn6yQ9HdKMcPeanuRKpuTSCYfBkabdqoStuF53YXg4iNOQiwaKnX7T35L2jC62Fs24738U853wkZod-hCWnebTmAXJ2F04hr5uQYskExWd2SQxrDzLpkF_iYEBUA_5xkDsjIbWsfUs-umlti4EOb04K0Ewl8ppoppxbVA1a0f63CZpbPEAUkaPbLytJU034yS7g&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Has ChatGPT changed how I’m teaching this fall? Nah, not really. https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/how-chatgpt-has-not-changed-my-plans

#InspirationalQuotes #Inspiration #Positivity #Wisdom

What should I train Stable Diffusion how to generate?

'It is not well understood, which molecular and biochemical pathways are utilized by such cryptobiotic organisms, and how long they might suspend life. Here, we show that a soil nematode Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, suspended life for 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost.'

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010798

'On Tuesday, a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will begin considering their arguments at a trial that cuts to the heart of a long-simmering question: Did today’s tech giants become dominant by breaking the law?'

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/modern-internet-first-monopoly-trial-us-google-dominance.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Technology

'A longstanding debate persists regarding whether language and action share the same neural basis, with 2 opposing views. One view proposes that language emerged from action expressed in communicative gestures, and thus they share a common basis [5–7]. The other view sees language as a cognitive ability independent of action'

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002266

This is why #nostr is so good. It's devs understand the user base, concerns and how things escalate.
Well written, well handled and made me even use primal to see...👊

'Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota dysbiosis is associated with increased blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability and contributes to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. In contrast, the influence of gut microbiota on the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier has not yet been studied.'

Xie et al @embojournal

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2022111515

Huge shoutout to Gambia!

@CheRosach

They have known for fifty years what they have been doing, and they are still using their wealth to purchase climate inaction

tech be like:

hiring a staff engineer: one req, six hours of interviews

promoting to staff: a ten page promo doc requiring months of effort, feedback from dozens of colleagues, and approval by six layers of management

… and then we wonder why the average tenure is so short.

@n3tet
Welcome onboard! Keep in mind this is federated and hams are not all on one server use hashtags for ham radio related posts. e.g. I'm on mastodon.radio and only saw your post due to the #Introduction tag

#Hamradio #Hamr #AmateurRadio

#ScathingAtheist 551: “Jammie Jams” Edition

🔊: https://audioboom.com/posts/8363499-jammie-jams-edition

K fresh instance fresh #introduction

Sue in Glesga here, I'm a lefty smartarse who mostly helps folk learn how to make things with code 👍🏻

🎏 Working on DX (Developer Experience) at Glitch, now part of Fastly
🥴 Been in developer education / devrel for >15 years now welp
🎭 Did a variety of dead end jobs before that including arts venue management
🏊🏻‍♀️ Swimmer, aside from holidays in hot places I prefer pools to open water, sue me
🤡 Lover of shitstrirring comedy takes

Thinking about judges wigs and other trappings of power.

Apparently in Poland when they have legal court everyone wears robes: different colors for attorneys and the judge etc.

Of course in the UK judges still wear wigs which US judges are free to wear too, but simply don't.

On the US Supreme court it's just black robes-- Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and Stephen Breyer have all tried to make skull caps happen but no one else cared.

"Okay, I've been watching the guards' routine and they're out of sight for two minutes 30 seconds at exactly 11:15 every day. My girlfriend is going to smuggle me in a file concealed in an apple. We're as good as out here already."
"Dude, you've got to stop watching prison movies..."
#RedPanda

Chinese-style watercolor painting of a space ship, steampunk, god rays, bloom, trending on artstation

#StableDiffusion #AIArt #AIGenerated #AI #GenerativeAI #GenerativeArt