ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Trust
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/trust-2

This is the most wholesome comic I've ever drawn.

https://ez.substack.com/p/techs-elite-hates-labor

Given all the excitement of tech CEOs and investors about _artificial_ intelligence, it's gonna be wild when they find out you can fund _real_ intelligence by paying taxes that go towards schools and teacher salaries

Is the tectonic activity on Venus to harsh to preserve fossils? I mean supposing there were ever anything to fossilize?

What if it's just packed with fossils from a lost experiment of life? It would be fitting given the trouble it would take to study such things.

What if... some future mission looking for minerals finds a great mysterious stone shadow of the bones or integument of some lost race of creatures. #ideas

Leonardo da Vinci doesn't get enough credit for teaching us how to make snow angels.

This little bird is a white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). They're a commonplace bird in North America, and they mostly do very normal little bird things, hopping around eating bugs and seeds. Oh, and they also have four distinct sexes. Here's how.

If God is Love, then Lauren Boebert is the bride of Satan.
That's right there, in the Heretic prayer book. #Cult
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲

Lauren Boebert Tells Church To Pray For Biden’s Death

https://www.politicususa.com/2023/02/06/church-cheers-as-lauren-boebert-tells-them-to-pray-for-bidens-death.html #Republican #Heritic #GOP #Finest #LaurenBoebert
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧

The congregation laughed & cheered as Rep. Lauren Boebert told them to pray for Joe Biden’s death,& that his days be short.

THERE'S NO "CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES"; They're called #Cults

I don't know what it is about ripped posters and bills, but I've always loved the visual poetry of them
#patterns #flyposters #tornposters #poetry

How an African American woman helped invent GPS. Absolutely fascinating. “GPS Only Exists Because Of Two People: Albert Einstein And Gladys West.”

https://hiddenheroes.netguru.com/gladys-west

“Pretty impressive specs for a journalist’s word processor: operates in the glacial cold or torrid heat, on turbulent flights or during tumultuous sailings. Has a continuous power supply and needs no battery or electrical outlet….”
Marvelous little tribute to a very special Royal typewriter: Lester Bernstein’s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/insider/an-old-stalwart.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

AR-15 lapel pin is a perfect symbol for a GOP that’s become a death cult

A #GOP celebration of a mass-killing machine on the #House floor is on-brand for a nihilistic party that prides deadly individualism over problem-solving. #ProLifeMyAss

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it©️

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/republicans-ar-15-lapel-pin-clyde-santos-20230205.html

@aredridel yeah. So one could conclude that a painful and disruptive transition is the intent. They want to dump you without warning into financial precarity, and they want the remaining employees to see it so they'll fear it for themselves. They want your departure to create chaos and unnecessary work so that the remaining employees will be overburdened.

One of the world’s smallest raptors; the #collaredfalconet (Microhierax caerulescens). We spotted it by chance, and then it was a mad scramble to get our gear out of the car, set up, and to start shooting. The light was fading and this falconet was already appearing anxious; looking left to right, left to right. A few minutes later, it flew off. What a wonderful sighting and thankful to have been able to get a few shots. #falconet #BirdsSeenIn2023 #birding #birdphotography

We're watching a small group of billionaires decide that society itself is an expendable luxury in the pursuit of more wealth.

With so many places having done layoffs lately, I wanted to mention the US Digital Service is hiring. It's a wild place to work, but also you get to work on legitimately meaningful projects that affect a lot of people (in 2022, we made it easier for transgender ppl to get passports, helped low-income families buy food, and I got to help identify disadvantage communities for environmental funding). I'm happy to talk about USDS if you're on the fence. http://ow.ly/LpqJ50LVnPV #fedihire #fedijobs

I’m sad to announce that I am leaving @themarkup to pursue other projects, which I will announce soon.

It was an honor and a privilege to found @themarkup five years ago to create an investigative newsroom that integrated engineers and journalists. We showed the world what journalism could be: math literate, computationally superpowered, and human-centered.

On my departure, I thought I would reflect on the ten lessons I learned leading these investigations. https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/02/04/journalistic-lessons-for-the-algorithmic-age