choutos @choutos@qoto.org

Commit to posting mostly or only positive things on your favored social media site for a while.

Was playing with my son on Saturday when he said the words every weird hacker dad wants to hear: “Papa, let’s make robots out of garbage!”

In my 2017 novel WALKAWAY, there's a scene where the protagonists get into a self-driving car owned by a ruthless plutocrat, only to discover that it moves faster than any other vehicle they've ever ridden.

https://craphound.com/category/walkaway/

The plute explains that he's done an illegal mod that lets him override the lane-change safety margins and pay fines for it - an illustration of the principle that "a fine is a price."

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If you’re looking for your next domain, maybe consider not using .io as the TLD. The colonial history and status of the British Indian Ocean Territories is… quite terrible.

The UK colonisers forcibly removed the Chagossians from their homeland to create an empty island for a U.S. military base. They still aren’t allowed to return.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians

#introductions

I'm an incoming research professor at Pennsylvania State University. Interested in using population genetics methods to understand evolution in marine species, particularly those in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Also interested in promoting open, equitable science, especially capacity-building for marine biodiversity assessment in developing countries. Co-founder of the Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network.

My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poesy-the-monster-slayer/#poesy

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The Ogoni 9

In 1995, 9 activists were murdered in Nigeria by the military, for protesting against the impacts of Shell’s oil production.

There were arrests, followed by torture. For example, Baribor Bera, was forced to swallow his teeth after being beaten. This is not a movie. This really happened.

Shell knew and enabled the executions.

No one was ever held responsible.

~Full report by Amnesty International~

#Ogoni9 #Shell #Nigeria #climatechange

Compound Chemistry RNA Vaccines

http://www.compoundchem.com/
#chemistry, #vaccines, #RNA, #science

RT @EpochTimes: “All charges against Edward Snowden should be dropped. We need to protect whistleblowers, not the powerful elite.”

President Trump should pardon former @NSAgov contractor #EdwardSnowden & @WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange, says Rep. @TulsiGabbard. https://t.co/v4jalr4nS2

RT @MrsC_Assange: These photos of my son Julian broke my heart...

What 1O years of brutal & unlawful political persecution has done to a truthful & courageous multi-award journalist!

Is this what freedom & democracy in the West looks like now?

Who is next?

#WeAreAllAssange
#FreeAssangeNOW https://t.co/lJjbzmcsXq

#BuyNothingDay

"This year's #BuyNothingDay stands to be the most critical yet in the activist tradition's nearly 30-year history.

Why? It hardly bears repeating: the coronavirus has decimated the economy and (re-)exposed nauseatingly profound inequalities. In its wake, barely any but the biggest and most ruthless of businesses can hope to survive while the rest drop like flies."

https://www.adbusters.org/

#consumerism #oligarchy #inequality #capitalism #jeffbezos #adbusters

RT @IndexCensorship: Index is alarmed by reports of an escalation in Covid infections at Belmarsh prison, where Julian Assange has been confined to a cell for 10 days now. These conditions are clearly a threat to his own health and safety. His release is not only necessary, it is urgent #FreeAssange https://t.co/7pUdl7msfU

Limited Time Dump-Spam by me

Xfce 4.16pre2 released!
https://andreldm.com/2020/11/19/xfce4.16pre2.html

@General

I get that many people in prison did bad things. But we need to get past our petty feelings of revenge and hurting back people as "justice". We can do better.

Time for morning espresso

Putting in hours over the weekend so I don't have to work next week which isn't holiday.

To anyone who plans on going out on Black Friday:: if you need that materialistic item so badly that you might be insistent on waiting in a crowded line during COVID, why didn't you buy it before? If the cost is so important to you- either buy a knock-off or wait until the price naturally drops during a time to won't have to wait in line with other mouth-breathers(if you don't understand what that last part means, ping me).

I plan on staying in indoors next week, doing what I always do- buy what I need replaced online. Any free time I get next week will likely be spent catching up on books/games/projects. Maybe start learning a new skill before New Years?

@General

So apparently the Japanese produced this sewing machine that had a slot for a Gameboy color and connected to it withrough the game slow. This would bring up an interface on the gameboy so that you can control the sewing machine with it.

This has got to be the most Japanese thing on the face of the planet.

#Nintendo #Gameboy #gaming #games #Japenese #Asian