ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency

Automated background removal was also added recently.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/hell-freezes-over-ms-paint-adds-support-for-layers-and-png-transparency/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GREAT NEWS: Several counties in CA have reinstated their mask mandates for healthcare settings. They will be in effect from Nov 1 to Apr 30.

The counties include Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, and San Mateo. Several more Bay Area health depts are also expected to issue mandates.

#KeepMasksInHealthcare

fishboy romance levels are 52% and rising

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Do you like obscure space age model kits? Consider checking out my Etsy shop!

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ADMiniatures?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1101478898

Right now all sales help fund a renewable energy project I've been working on. You get a model, I get to make turbines. It's a win win!

#space #history #etsy #science #3dprinting

@dgar

The media love an intra-party civil war, and I get that. But you'd think some reporter might interrogate why McCarthy, who has close to 200 reps who are willing to govern, isn't cutting a deal with Jeffries

The answer is that he's terrified of Trump, the RW media and his base. That's interesting!

#media #gop #gopindisarray

Newspaper editor is furious and scared about how his journalists are being treated online, especially by the trolls and political brownshirts who increasingly rule at Musk's deadbird site.

But not once does he even consider ending his company's support of the deadbird site.

And looks what's next to his byline -- yes, a link to the rancid place that scares/worries him so much.

Big Journalism seems incapable of connecting the dots...

It's paperback day! And if Lady Justice tried to map the theory, women around the country have proven it: Midterms. Michigan abortion ballot initiative, Ohio abortion ballot initiative, Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. If I could add new chapters they'd include Fani Willis and Tish James and Ketanji Brown Jackson and you out there organizing and voting. My publishers would appreciate it if you'd buy the Barbie pink paperback for every college and law student you know. xoxo
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598207/lady-justice-by-dahlia-lithwick/

My current reading.

My wife did not have to ask how frequently I think about the Roman Empire. She knows.

#History #RomanEmpire #BlackSea #PonticEmpire #Mithridates #Pontus #AncientHistory #AsiaMinor #Anatolia

Made me smile
now it's your problem

Drone display in front of the United Nations in New York ahead of the March to #EndFossilFuels and #UNGA.

The term "enshittification" coined by Cory Doctorow earlier this year finally has an official German translation:
"Verschlimmscheißerung."
You can thank me later.

In the #CryptoCurrency world, it's hard to tell a scam from a non-scam.

The operational dynamics are identical.

The only difference is how quickly you realize your money is gone.

#bitcoin #metamask #eth #btc #blockchain #fintech #investing #ponzi #fraud #cryptoReality

If you’ve ever said,

“I’d like someone to explain quantum superposition to me, but in an airplane, between ATC calls and clearances,”

have I got a video for you!

⚛️ https://youtu.be/1uUUsJ59yLI?si=BLTpw2RGT3l4Renv 🛩️

#aviation #physics

@disappearinjon @pluralistic Companies that halfass/enshittify a solution have more money to spend on marketing to convince everyone it was a success.

I regret that Elonthradiel was the first to be consumed by The Torment Nexus, shattering his soul into a billion billion shards and providing the catalyst for the return of Tzaunh MAY HIS REIGN BE DARK AND ETERNAL. He would be proud of what we built.

My take on what’s happened since then is full of lived nuance.

Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about the launch of The Torment Nexus, the opening of the Xthonic Gateway, and release of the arch-demon Tzaunh MAY HIS REIGN BE DARK AND ETERNAL, who has begun his foretold 10,000 years of suffering and torment. I figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my experience at the company.