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I hit another jackpot playing the #Midjourney slot machine! 😍

Prompt: 'a colossus holding a dove by joey moya, in the style of minimalistic drawings, white background, ultrafine detail, creative commons attribution, mori kei, painted illustrations, serene faces --ar 2:3 --stylize 250'

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Spain set to slash work week to 37.5 hours

Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz has said her ministry will soon reduce the working week by two and a half hours, a decision which will improve the work-life balance of 12 million employees across the country.

https://www.thelocal.com/20240123/spain-set-to-slash-work-week-to-37-5-hours

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Spain

@dangillmor shouldn’t the “Privelages and Immunities Clause” of the Constitution allowing freedom of travel? Supported by Saenz v Roe with the first of three protected aspects being the right to enter one state and leave another (as an inherent right supported from Articles of the Constitution).

I am not an attorney, but the desperation of these states to turn women into chattel is repulsive and I’m hopeful that we can get rid of the limitations once and for all.

Congressional Republicans have now repeatedly admitted that they have accomplished nothing of consequence since taking control of the House in 2023.

This won't matter unless Democrats make it matter though.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/s-embarrassing-republicans-worry-no-achievements-run-2024-rcna131902

“It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it.”

Anaïs Nin on how reading awakens us from the slumber of almost-living https://t.co/nGgfYejNlX

The American oligarchs, whose fortunes are not remotely clean, are making the Russian crime bosses look like paupers. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/american-oligarchy-introduction-essay-russia-ukraine-capitalism/

What is it like for people who are migrating to the fedi *today* ?

Are there still tools that help link old accounts and find followers?

I'm helping a friend move over, and it occurs to me that if the "find followers" tools are mostly hard to use or broken it might be very hard to get ensconced.

If you have a decent sized account here I think it helps to introduce new people, if you know them and have some overlap with their social circle.

Random #GoldenAge scan tonight. Cover artist #EdWheelan

First appearance "Comics" McComick, the world's number 1 comic book fan.

#comics
#comicbooks

"Microsoft has hired a director of nuclear technologies to oversee a program to develop small-scale atomic reactors to power datacenters as an alternative to fossil fuels"

What could possibly go wrong when ClippyAI manages your uranium cores?

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/23/microsoft_nuclear_hires/

Fluid becoming solid becoming wonder – stunning cyanotype prints of ice formation by artist Meghann Riepenhoff, with some stunning words by @RebeccaSolnit https://t.co/owphaR0nfl

2/ And while I’m at it, my dear friend Wiley Miller’s strip, Non Sequitur, killed it today too:

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2024/01/21/

Bang on:

"our government is more interested in removing homeless people from view than removing homelessness itself."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/21/hostile-architecture-is-making-our-cities-even-less-welcoming?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

In modern times, when rich people levy taxes against poor people to support their lavish lifestyles, they don't use government to do it. They use corporations. We call these private sector taxes "profits", and we have been effectively sold the lie that they are not only just, but beneficial to us, and necessary for our economic survival.

#NewAristocracy

Remember that tech people like DHH paved the way that made it fine in media to speak badly of DEI--something only happening because racism and white superiority are now cosplaying as "valid criticism".

Yo, Rails Core team, how's it going over there in racism HQ?

https://www.wsmv.com/2024/01/18/person-chicken-suit-spotted-roaming-nashville-after-snowfall/

I multiply vectors all the time of course. Well, instruct my machines to do it and that works if I try enough combinations.

That's mostly a dot product I think but I mostly don't have to think about why it works, I just try the combinations all day until it does.

This talk explaining why multiplying vectors is so confusing was good though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htYh-Tq7ZBI

Post Canada's #OnlineNewsAct and Meta's ban on Canadian news content, sharing journalism on social media has been tough to say the least.

And yet The Tyee has seen much growth here on #Mastodon.

We want to see how far we can go. If you enjoy coming across Tyee stories on your Mastodon feeds, share our profile with your friends, or repost this toot, to help us get to 6,000 followers. 🐘🌟🗞

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