ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

A smoking quill? Notes in Bible margin could be handwriting of the Venerable Bede
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/16/bible-margin-father-english-history-venerable-bede-manuscript
Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint

#Eeyore #Depression #Acceptance #Friends #Empathy

I spent part of my afternoon procrastinating from other work by remastering a bunch of 20-year-old music tracks to make them NOT sound like they're slathered in bit rot, and along the way found an old remix I made of a 2001 Depeche Mode song. Listen if you dare:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/09/16/saturday-music-two-remasters/

Good time to remind people that instead of being a scab, John Oliver is currently on tour expressly to raise money to pay the writers who currently can’t make his show.
Now that's how you show solidarity!

"A planet with humans is a planet..
Humans without are planet a dead"

Seen in Stockholm, Sweden

Three links for today:

1) The world’s oldest continually-operating cat door: https://mymodernmet.com/exeter-cathedral-cat-flap/

2) Bare-metal Space Invaders: https://blog.fponzi.me/2023-08-13-bare-metal-space-invaders.html

3) Photogrammetry out the window of commercial flights: https://leifgehrmann.com/2021/09/05/photogrammetry-on-a-plane/

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Today was ... interesting. If you followed me for the past months over on the shitbird site, you might have seen a bunch of angry German words, lots of graphs, and the occassional news paper, radio, or TV snippet with yours truely. Let me explain.

In Austria, inflation is way above the EU average. There's no end in sight. This is especially true for basic needs like energy and food.

Our government stated in May that they'd build a food price database together with the big grocery chains. But..

Well that's confusing, no wonder people get lost there.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

The downsides of being frugal.

The #OpenStreetMap Foundation spends, even with a slightly more ambitious budget this year than previously, less than %1 of what WMF/Wikipedia does, but is struggling to make ends meet.

There is no threat a la the infamous Wikipedia ads that the project will shut down, but without the funds activities will have to be cut back significantly.

If you consider OSM valuable consider https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/

Eyeroll #midjourney #AIArt

king shit

This is interesting...Republicans are strategizing about semantics. They still want to eliminate the right to abortion, but not say they are pro-life.

I want the t-shirt the woman with the purple hair is wearing that says "Pro Fucking Choice." The pretty "feminine" flowers beneath the text are also a nice touch.

https://newrepublic.com/post/175455/republicans-new-term-pro-life-losing-elections

#USPol #Abortion #ProChoice

Very uplifting please read free - ‘It’s #Fun to Be #Alive’ 13 Older #Photographers Show Us
Their Work — and Themselves https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/06/opinion/seniors-photographers-growing-old.html?unlocked_article_code=D8LKWtwRQ2f-LFTmh2dRcIfO7mRHwAvkjz-BZCOGh9lAOtZmj0FBJWItyK8JJbY8WCg4D-n_gGboJqXlAQVEnzIfc06x3HB5R-ED524v7OpvwuSXr-SWA1RiAdy8NP_h2OOYvrHg2dVJ6hRQng7-1D9_whf6QI7EQb3bzsv0Lwz-Y-s6Du946GZvu4sxDApB7i8fhQP9bgO7guD3lXYMyS9uFlXXOQMCUYxdWysOBXlsM1yzE3nRm3EpJbigmDFAhAtc3eaWFwqGM1vHE7czWCjv1P2m0VXorlavEY8u_I3KOwGViBKFZUfPvd0WR8q_DgE7CP5ZMz3pBs01NSfCiit9gVvLwx9eziR49CAzJaB-a9XPypVs8B0_lxM&smid=url-share

Awesome. 😒
I wondered why this outlet wouldn't give power, so I pulled it. I expected a broken wire or messed up connections.
Turns out the actual receptacle broke loose from the screw terminal. With small loads, like a USB adapter, it wouldn't work. With something more beefy and maybe inductive, it would've worked, but with heat and smoke.
Good thing I checked!
It's time to get a new one.

Disclaimer: I (electrical engineer) know what I'm doing.
Others should call an electrician to get this sorted before there is a fire or somebody gets hurt. Don't use dodgy outlets!

When you learn about Indian Residential Schools, you're not learning about Indigenous People; you are learning about the church.

#everychildmatters #residentialschools #indigenous

“You did a great job and we’d like you to do it again this year” is leader speak for “I have no idea what you did, but no one complained.”

"When you study the Holocaust on an academic level, you learn two things: First, yes, however bad you thought the Nazis were, they were worse. And second, they were totally average, ordinary people. The second point is key. It's why historians are warning us now about Republicans."

And I think that today's Nazis in the USA and UK are further to the right than Hitler was at this stage of his rise. The Germans didn't just march in and start gassing Jews on Day 1.

@orionkidder @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons @mythology Thinking more about this, I might do a newsletter post on this. I'm super interested in this idea of imaginary prudishness. And I think some older folks support it. They don't want people of their kids generation to know what freaks they were when they were young. Wouldn't it be better for young folks to understand the hormones rushing through them are normal?

Read ten tales of music and magic, where people can step from world to world! Join the first majus in space, solve a murder, and climb to the top of a miles-high wall!
#scifi #fantasy
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RYVV578