ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Using a drone camera in New Brunswick #Canada, Derek Burgoyne captured this incredible and rare footage of a moose shedding both its antlers.
#MeanwhileinCanada

Just uploaded a copy of a 101-level presentation I gave earlier this month.

I give a broad introduction to crypto terminology, then tackle some of the claims that are frequently made about blockchains' supposedly inherent characteristics: decentralization, immutability, anonymity, transparency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycz_Pz5k6Dk

Mastodon has such a wide and diverse culture.

I'm routinely in political discussions, humanities topics and various computery things. I am sometimes in photography topics, or maybe philosophy and arts. On occasion I'll see an amazing think piece or a new piece of learning that I can explore and dive into. The ocean of Mastodon is filled with every changing and swirling currents of every topic imaginable.

With a click of a userid you can explore the insights of Data Science, see an article on Global Warming, enjoy a reference to Cocaine Bear, and then find yourself suddenly weighing in on an opinion on a subject, with the literal PhD who wrote the book you're referencing.

Gargron, you founded something truly amazing.

Every day some Never Trump Republican writes an opinion piece arguing that DeSantis is not worse than Trump and every day DeSantis proves them wrong.

If the corporate publishers win the lawsuit, authors lose ✍️ Here's @neilhimself, Naomi Klein and 1000+ other authors explaining why they "fear a future where libraries are reduced to a sort of Netflix... for books" https://www.fightforthefuture.org/Authors-For-Libraries #supportauthors #EmpoweringLibraries

Seen at a local library. Can't believe it's come to this

#StarTrek

It's #WorldBookDay in the UK! Obviously focused more on reading books, but here's a graphic on what you're picking up if you sniff them 📚https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/

"Do unto others 20% better tha you would expect them to do unto you, to corre for subjective error.”
Linus Pauling

To see how much cooking liquid different types of potatoes absorb, we cooked cubes of russet, Yukon Gold, and red potatoes in water dyed blue. Learn more about cooking potatoes depending on their starch level: https://cooks.io/3EvIJJ3

"A translator's best hope, I think, and still the hardest to achieve, is Dryden's hope that his author will speak the living language of the day. And not in a way that caters to its limits, one might add, but that gives its life and fibre something of a stretching in the process."

- Robert Fagles' Preface to his version of The Oresteia (1976).

#RobertFagles #Oresteia #Agamemnon #TheLibationBearers #TheEumenides #AncientGreek #bookstodon @bookstodon

Doomed Star Eta Carinae
Credits: J. Morse, U. Colorado, U. Minnesota, WFPC2, HST, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Note to self: invent hexagonal bananas, so when you cut a slice it doesn't go rolling off the counter onto the floor 🔪⬡🍌

Was super lucky with the American kestrel. And lucky to have a camera in the car.

EFF is pleased to announce a collaboration with illustrator Chelsea Saunders and
The Nib on a comic about Black communities’ resistance to technological militarization of policing and to surveillance. Check the full comic out here: https://eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/coded-resistance-comic

On Dr. Seuss's birthday, his little-known, body-positive "adult" book of nudes https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/03/02/dr-seuss-seven-lady-godivas/

It's not about whether you personally want to or need to drive. It’s about understanding the simple truth that in cities, if everyone tries to move by car, no one moves much at all. So the more of us that are enticed to walk, bike & take transit, the better it is for EVERYONE.

#cities #NewYork #cars #driving #walking #bikes #PublicTransit #traffic #congestion

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷

Looking down into the MARTA Peachtree Center Station, Atlanta, GA.

#Atlanta #Georgia #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Symmetry #Diagonal #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

https://www.foraphotography.com

What do #Github and #Twitter have in common? They recently laid off #engineers and now are struggling with significant downtime.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/github-to-lay-off-10-of-staff-cut-down-office-space/