ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Because I just had reason to share this on my main account, I'll post it here too. My favorite #RayBradbury short story read by #LeonardNimoy #ThereWillComeSoftRains

https://archive.org/details/bradbury-nimoy/1-There+Will+Come+Soft+Rains.mp3

@DaywalkingRedhead

For all its flaws, social media is one of the only forums in America where a rich white billionaire can tell an obvious lie, and get dragged by a poor Black woman for it.

There are practically no other forums in US society where this happens. It's the closest thing to "checks and balances" that exist.

Which is probably why some billionaires hate it so much, and want to either control it or destroy it. 🤷🏿‍♂️

H/t to @CubeApril

Bad: Asking small content creators why they deserve a dollar a month.

Good: Supporting small content creators with a dollar a month.

Great: Perfecting the ancient art of origami, and presenting your favorite small content creators with dollar bills folded into beautiful cranes and whimsical frogs.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

we've never seen emptiness levels like this

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Tip of the Day!

Here is a reminder to everyone [rightly] pissed at the incredibly high cost of peer-reviewed journal articles behind paywalls:

If you send an email to the lead/corresponding author (whose contact is almost always provided in the article, or easily found with google) and ask for a copy of the article, the author will almost universally be delighted to send a copy [legally] to you, free.

We authors LOVE it when someone asks for a copy of our articles!!!

Don't believe the doomers claiming RSS is dead.

RSS lives.

#introduction

Hi, I'm Karen (she/her)! I'm a Gen X eldergeek, currently working in the IT field and going for my BS in cybersecurity. Married to a wonderful network admin and mom to two doggos.

Passionate about photography, vintage inspired fashion, K-Pop, gaming, sci-fi cons, and many other things!

Proud bi liberal feminist. I support LGBTQIA+ rights, believe that Black Lives Matter, and am a firm believer in mental health support. BE NICE OR LEAVE.

#barbie #Oscars2024 #oscars #netanyahu #israel #palestine #genocide #ethnicCleansing

This Fleur-de-lis-shaped Book of Hours was made in Paris in 1553 AD. It is an illuminated manuscript on paper, written in Latin. The book was originally made for King Henri II and Diane de Poitiers, and sold for 28,000 at Christie's in 2006.

Only one more book of this format is recorded and this is kept in the Bibliotheque Municipale of Amiens, France.

#archaeohistories

Confusion over the design patent infringement test is so widespread that I included a WHOLE SECTION on it in my new draft:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4549909

#DesignPatents #ConfusionOverGorham

Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use - Association of Research Libraries https://www.arl.org/blog/training-generative-ai-models-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use/

VICE covers one of Smiley's many, many exploitive Schedule A lawsuits filed against individual Etsy sellers who dared to use the word "smiley" to describe their smiling products. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9a3n/the-people-getting-sued-by-big-smiley

I guess I need an #introduction!

hi, I own a small law firm (it's me) that focuses on defending people accused of intellectual property infringement related to the sale of products (primarily online).

I track and post about new design law cases (design patents, copyright, trademarks) usually related to consumer products. I am particularly interested in the right to resell and repair products.

In another life I was a Wall Street defense lawyer but I like posting from the woods of NH better.

When it comes to hacking everyone has ideas about how AI might enable or prevent attacks in the coming years but the details as to *how* are a lot vaguer than the numerous predictions themselves.

It is OK for kids to feel bored. In fact, boredom can help children to develop a number of important skills.
https://theconversation.com/mum-dad-im-bored-how-to-teach-children-to-manage-their-own-boredom-these-holidays-217680?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1706170588

This is peak Times (Baker) symmetrical bothsidesism, as if one is not trying to tear down democracy, the other save it; nothing of the stakes. This is not journalism....
The Looming Contest Between Two Presidents and Two Americas https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/us/politics/two-presidents-two-americas.html?smid=tw-share