ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

So I've been muttering a lot about some stuff Patreon is doing, recently, here's the whole thing, with copious link citation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88720290

This is a uniquely helpful website:

#TRUMP TRIAL SCHEDULE

Keep track of all of the dates associated with all lawsuits, civil, and criminal cases against him.

TRUMP TRIAL DOCUMENTS

Read all of the documents with your own eyes to either follow along with the attorneys reviewing them, or to see and understand what is happening for yourself.

DOCUMENTS, LINKS, ARTICLES #legal

https://www.wheretruthmatters.com

I feel so soap-boxy lately, maybe because I’m teaching a class, but here’s another kernel of truth I’ll throw at y’all about communities:

If you are trying to get new people, expect diverse people and young people into your hobby, and your first reaction is to show off your really expensive kit and say how much it cost, you are gatekeeping mega mode, even if you’re just trying to share your interest. Nobody wants to hear there is a $1500 (or $5000) barrier to entry to their new hobby. It’s demoralizing, not educational, and they’re just gonna leave.

Happens in bicycles, drones, photography, astronomy, gaming, marksmanship… you name it, there’s a rich older white dude ready to show off his six grand investment in a hobby to a college student with a three digit bank account.

Inaccessibility Cycle

Great news: According to @renchap full-text search is coming to #Mastodon, beginning with mastodon.social and mastodon.online. Users will be prompted to consent to the indexing of their timelines.

Leonard Cohen on creativity, work ethic, and how to know whether to walk away from something https://t.co/wFX6wVOhjH

#Comics

I need this. #photography

Elon let thousands of actual Nazis back onto Xitter under his selective, BS "free speech" rationale. And now, he is taking a poll to see if the Anti-freakin'-Defamation League should be kicked off of Twitter?!?! Worse still, those thousands of Nazis will determine if the ADL stays or goes b/c they were the constituency most willing to pay for blue-check marks?!?

So if you're in San Marcos, TX and you want some fabulous brisket or sausage and need some quality herd-of-cats time, I highly recommend Black's BBQ.

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Last call for the Encyclopaedia Cosmologica Kickstarter!

Come see what I've been working on co-creating since late 2021!

The history of our Universe:
1 page spread,
1 new piece of art,
1 story by me,
1 table of stats,
and 100 Million years at a time!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosmologica/encyclopaedia-cosmologica-relaunched

DeSantis says Florida will apply for federal disaster relief money. He opposed it as a congressman.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/desantis-florida-disaster-relief-opposition-b2403558.html

#DeSantis #Florida #DisasterRelief #Federal #Money #Opposition #Politics #News

#Mastodon hat mich radikalisiert

(Quelle: https://social.tchncs.de/@DamienMarieAtHope@kolektiva.social/110905849339960984)

While I'm thinking about manels, a question for my #LawFedi friends:

When you attend a moderated panel (e.g., at a CLE program), the panelists are presented as experts. But what is your perception of the moderator? Do you assume they were picked because they are also an expert?

I believe i sound like a broken record. But please listen to those of us who have it, you do not want to risk to get #LongCOVID. It's a horrendous disease and the way we get treated by large parts of the medical establishment makes it much worse.

ICYMI, my latest video is about Balance of Nature, a company that was started by a chiropractor, sells pills full of ground up vegetables that they call "whole foods", and appears to be run by Mormon Scientologists. I present to you the Voltron of Bullshit https://skepchick.org/2023/08/the-completely-bonkers-story-behind-this-scammy-supplement/

#PrinceValiant by #HalFoster #comicstrips #HistoricalFiction #comics 011

the pattern of ever escalating claims against trans women until they find one that sticks is alarming. if you see it, you'd better also see extra-ordinary evidence or i'm going to think you're a danger to others for buying into it.

‘In one email, someone referenced a race war and said: "We're going to put you back in chains or in the jungle where you belong."’

Unsurprisingly, these people would never dare say that to anyone’s face. They know and fear the immediate consequences. They’re always braver behind an anonymous account.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/30/california-elementary-school-bomb-threat-libs-tiktok-extremist