ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Hey there fellow #authors - the #Microsoft Word garbage pile has finally grown too high. After 2 weeks of editing, it decided that I was not me, and somehow displayed all my changes NEXT TO the original, so for instance I had changed "heart" to "chest," and it was displayed as "heartchest." This was done hundreds of times across like 40 pages. I'm about done.

What apps do you all love to use to write, and why? Please halp!

#QuestionOfTheDay: What's a thing from your childhood that you legitimately miss and wish still existed/is as common/etc now and you're sure isn't just nostalgia goggles or being a child at the time?

Please try to keep this to specific things/conventions and not broader concepts or feelings like "hope" or things related to being earlier in linear progression like "a less screwed up climate". (This is just to try to make the responses more interesting and not be all the exact same for everybody)

It's important to note that GA doesn't have one of those fascistic 'Don't Say Gay' laws, and this is an example of how their existence can have a ripple effect on schools in other states.

"A Batman researcher said ‘gay’ in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit"

https://apnews.com/article/dont-say-gay-georgia-batman-187446af4b03ac9a4b8fc4757852b446

#fascism #gop #lgbtq

The special election in NH proved once again that Democrats have the momentum. This was a district that Trump won in 2020. It just went to the Democrat by 12 points, and with one more special election to go in a blue-leaning district, Democrats there could soon bring the state house to parity, putting the long GOP NH house majority to an end!

@ewdocparris
Some years ago, a kid became the king of the pirates. He found a legendary treasure, but, not being he brightest person in the world, he had no idea of what to do with the monetary part of said treasure. But his crew did have good ideas. His navigator took the money, founded a technology company and developed better SnailPhones. Her ideas changed the world, and everything began with this blutut Smart SnailPhone. The money they made with this was beyond their dreams…
#WritingPrompt

Rep. Swalwell *schooled* Jim Jordan

The GOP was threatening to hold Garland in contempt when Swalwell chimed in:

“My colleague just said you should be held in contempt of Congress. And that is quite rich because the guy who is leading the hearing room right now, Mr Jordan, is about 500 days into evading his subpoena—are you serious?”

🔥

This makes me happy: Charges against Winona LaDuke dropped, and not only that, the judge cited the treaties the Indian Tribes signed as a reason! https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/20/winona_laduke_line_3_charges

#landback is indeed happening! 😃

It's a national embarrassment that a delegation from Australia needs to come to the U.S. to explain to our government that prosecuting publishers threatens press freedom. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/14/julian-assange-more-than-60-australian-mps-urge-us-to-let-wikileaks-founder-walk-free

There was a nip in the air on the pup walk this evening! Amazing how fast the weather has changed! Beautiful sky tho!
#SeenOnMyWalk #DogWalk #GetOutside #Sunset #Dandelion #BloomScrolling #FallWalks #AutumnIsHere

I hope the empty F-35 just keeps going. Flying from town to town, solving murders and helping the downtrodden. Always one step ahead of the government goons hunting it.

My lovely wife @artistic_norma left me snoring in our bed while she went out to catch some awesome shots of the northern lights last night.

I've lived in northern Wisconsin for 12 years now and I've never managed to see them for myself.

One of these days…

Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

Automated background removal was also added recently.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/hell-freezes-over-ms-paint-adds-support-for-layers-and-png-transparency/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GREAT NEWS: Several counties in CA have reinstated their mask mandates for healthcare settings. They will be in effect from Nov 1 to Apr 30.

The counties include Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, and San Mateo. Several more Bay Area health depts are also expected to issue mandates.

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

fishboy romance levels are 52% and rising

(52%) ■■■■■□□□□□

Do you like obscure space age model kits? Consider checking out my Etsy shop!

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ADMiniatures?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1101478898

Right now all sales help fund a renewable energy project I've been working on. You get a model, I get to make turbines. It's a win win!

#space #history #etsy #science #3dprinting

@dgar

The media love an intra-party civil war, and I get that. But you'd think some reporter might interrogate why McCarthy, who has close to 200 reps who are willing to govern, isn't cutting a deal with Jeffries

The answer is that he's terrified of Trump, the RW media and his base. That's interesting!

#media #gop #gopindisarray

Newspaper editor is furious and scared about how his journalists are being treated online, especially by the trolls and political brownshirts who increasingly rule at Musk's deadbird site.

But not once does he even consider ending his company's support of the deadbird site.

And looks what's next to his byline -- yes, a link to the rancid place that scares/worries him so much.

Big Journalism seems incapable of connecting the dots...