Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

1959 Sealtest Ice Cream in Gay new packaging.
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#icecream #Gay #Advertisement #Food #Ephemera #Retro #Vintage #Dessert @GayOldTime

My paternal grandmother was born in Berlin, Germany in 1900. She was, as was her whole family, Jewish. She was smart and driven. Had her own dressmaking shop by the time she was 25. But, the handwriting was on the wall, and she left home for New York in 1925. She learned English and worked as a dressmaker until she got married to an Italian immigrant she met in English language class. Some of her siblings stayed in Germany. Perished in the camps. Her youngest sister survived and came to America. But she was mentally damaged from that horror, attempted suicide at least once (had a scar around her neck) until she succeeded in drowning herself.

People talk about the horrors of fascism in the abstract. But for my family, it is very real. I think that we all need to speak about it.My generation, the grandchildren of the victims of the Nazis, is old now. I try to tell this story as often as I can.

I did something fun this week: I made a typewriter simulator!

It ended up being more complex than it seemed. You can overtype, rotate paper, set margins, use Wite-Out, change ribbons… Let me know what you make!

(Desktop only so far.) https://shifthappens.site/typewriter/

If you're a small Bandcamp artist looking for some new listeners, leave a note with a link to your favorite song you've released and I'll listen to it, give you a thought or two about it and boost it.

(Boosts to this to get it in front of more eyes are appreciated.)

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, I feel exceptionally proud to be working under the leadership of so many incredible women.

DYK that the
@CMSexperiment Spokesperson,
@Fermilab Director,
@CERN Director,
@ENERGY Office of Science Director, and
@ENERGY Secretary are all women!

My latest, on substack: “how long does Twitter have left?” (I give it six months)

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/how-long-does-twitter-have-left

❤️ I undersrand. I'm glad if I could bring you peace and sooth your heart, @mikako6. You deserve many smiles, my friend. 🙇‍♂️

Hello world! Elon Musk picking a twitter fight with Icelandic philanthropist and man of the year 2022 Haraldur Thorleifsson ended up being the final push that we needed, so now we are here on Mastodon. We don't know how any of this works, but follow us for posts on vision science, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and stupid memes.

#InternationalWomensDay

Words, unusually, fail me in describing this moment (photographers unknown).
Something in my eye, every time I look at it.

#GretaThunberg #JaneGoodall

Per advice of others, here’s an #introduction post: I like to build things. Co-founder of…
+ #Foursquare & Dodgeball (OG #mobile #social #location #socialmaps apps)
+ Stockade FC (4th Division semipro #soccer team in #Kingston NY in #HudsonValley #Catskills)
+ Street FC (think: Soul Cycle for pickup soccer, with #gamemechanics & #community)
+ LivingCities.ai — Mashup of #AR games + #realworld spaces (#DefendIRL)
+ Actively trying to work #climate #sustainability & #solarpunk themes into my work

one final computer history question: why are Intel processors little endian? Why were some other processors big endian?

I'd love citations / links if possible -- I got a lot of guesses and speculation in replies to the last computer history question.

The state of molecular phylogenetics, as of the publication date (2018). Focusing especially on "three surprises": the discovery of the archaea; endosymbiosis; and horizontal gene transfer (HGT).

Featuring the lives and work of Charles Darwin, Carl Woese (especially), Lynn Margulis, Ernst Haeckel, George Fox, Fred Griffith, Oswald Avery, Joshua Lederberg, Ford Doolittle, and many others.

I like that the author describes the personalities and academic circumstances of the scientists involved. An easy and enjoyable read.

#BookWyrm #DavidQuammen #CarlWoese #Evolution #MolecularBiology #MolecularPhylogenetics #Archaea #Endosymbiosis #HorizonalGeneTransfer #HGT

(comment on "The Tangled Tree")

Celebrating the amazing Scottish Lumberjills on #InternationalWomensDay

See more photos and a brief history in my poster at http://dendrochronicle.co.uk/the-scottish-lumberjills/

There were over 2500 Scottish Lumberjills in 1943, yet their service was not formally recognised until 2007. Scotland trained Lumberjills from many other parts of these isles too.

With thanks to Joanna Foat, author of the 'Lumberjills' book for use of images.

sero: I plant
Minimus dug a little fovea (hole) with his pala (spade) and planted this glans quernus (acorn) back in auctumnus (autumn). The young quercus (oak) germinat (is sprouting)!
#LatinVerbs

My dad and I are both trying to learn Morse code so we can connect with our ham radio, and he’s kicking my butt at this (which is awesome). We’re both using MorseMania but he’s learning the rhythms while I keep staying stuck in mentally translating the dots and dashes. I remember in second-year high school French class when I suddenly had a thought IN FRENCH and it was INCROYABLE - Dad is doing that with Morse, it’s so cool. #morsecode #hamradio

Hey people of Mastodon! For the past months I've been making progress in my career in #music, poetry and film and my new Etsy shop. On a daily basis I wear the hats of: Composer-Arranger, Singer-Songwriter, Producer-Director, Jewellery Maker-Seller and much PR work of reaching awesome humans such as yourself!

I love what I do. But, I could use the support by a music manager / #business partner to move faster and better.

Know anyone? Could you reblog so maybe it reaches someone?

Thank you ❤️

The tick, one of the wonders of nature. Why not make a delicious cake in the shape of one?

Think of chocolate, jam, all beautifully glazed to show this animal in all its glory. Think of the satisfaction when you cut it into pieces!

Happy baking and bon appetit!

#Ticks #Food #Cake #Dogs #Dogsofmastodon

I got laid off yesterday. We'll be ok, but it still sucks. Tough time to be on the market.

I'm giving myself space this week, but applied to a role yesterday 🤞🏻

Looking for roles in open source as a senior IC, management in a larger org, or nonprofit leadership. I'm most known for partnerships, community building, nonprofit operations, and program management, and I hold my own in compliance and media relations.

Resume etc: https://joshsimmons.com

#OpenSource #GetFediHired

Hi everyone, I'm a totally blind electronic musician. Looking for a audio, developer fluent in C++ d to help me with a very special open source project to assist blind people with electronic music production. If you can help me, or know anyone in your network who can please reach out and get at me. Thanks very much everyone :-) #electronic music :-)