ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
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5-7 books to something something about me? Good Lord. Um...
Okay, "A Wrinkle in Time", that's like a free space.
Thaddeus Golas, "A Lazy Man's Guide To Enlightenment".
Robinson, "A Short, Sharp Shock".
Me, "All Reality" (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KH-ZR3A8va_QVaVVP5EWb3SIUUJF2o0g65hOV3pVspA/)
Ram Dass, "Be Here Now"
I don't know! Maybe Morick (ed) "Challenges to Empiricism".
Ooh how about Abbott's "Flatland"?
"Principia Discordia" of course.
Darn, that's eight already, and I haven't listed "The Wind in the Willows" yet, which should probably have been first.
And lots more!!
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An #introduction:
Bachelor's degree in #Philosophy from Princeton, 1981, which makes me ?good at ?discussion?.
#Zen #Buddhist #Pantheist #atheist
#Radical (for the US) #politics, in that I think power should be more fairly distributed than it is now,.
Master's in #compsci from Pace, 1985ish; professional #coder for like 40 years, mostly for #IBM and now for #google (all opinions strictly my own, of course, not theirs!), mostly on the #systems side. #cpp and anything else really, they're just languages. :)
Greatly enjoy #writing, and I've done a number of #nanowrimo novels (working on the dozenth in 2022). Have also greatly enjoyed playing with #gpt3.
I have no visual skills, but lately I've been producing thousands of images using #midjourney and a few with other text-to-image tools. The future is wild!
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Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades. https://theintercept.com/2025/09/30/trump-hegseth-generals-admirals-military-meeting
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If whatever religion says being with the same sex is wrong I can only say that religion is wrong
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#Via Kyle Cheney / kyledcheney
Sep 30, 2025, 3:24 PM
"Just hours before the fiscal year ended, a federal judge in R.I. has ordered the Trump administration to preserve $233 million in FEMA funds it attempted to abruptly steer away from 8 blue states.
Without that order, the states would've lost the money at midnight."
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Ted Cruz blocks bill that would extend privacy protections to all Americans
The Texas senator blocked a bill that would have prevented data brokers from collecting and selling personal data on anyone in the United States, and not just federal lawmakers and government officials.
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Pop Goes the Cryptid! #popcryptid Cryptid Block Party Returns to Covington for Fourth Year of Offbeat Fun - Cincinnati Magazine https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/cryptid-block-party/
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ICYMI: I wrote about why it's impossible to compromise with conservatives on trans issues. They've already rejected the common sense compromise positions and lie about us anyway.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3gxyh4elwykcdnpci7gmqrvh/post/3lzyfeyavas2y
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I could not resist the cheap shot here:
Abundant (Snakes) https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/abundant-snakes/
This is what LLMs are for https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/this-is-what-llms-are-for/
(Random amusing snippets of text from alternate realities!)
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Before:
Can't trust Wikipedia, anyone can modify it.
Now:
Better check Wikipedia, they have actual humans verifying.
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BRIEFS stars explain why their dragged up burlesque variety show is for everyone - not just queer people
#BurlesqueVariety #QueerPerformanceArt #BRIEFSTHEATRE #LondonTheatreScene #DragShow
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/20/briefs-london-outernet-drag-burlesque-show-interview/
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'We're staying here': Comedian says 'life is better' after moving abroad to protest Trump
#HealthcareReform #TrumpProtest #LGBTQSupport #DeportationEfforts #EllenDegeneres
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Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs
#DisinformationResearchers #PoliticalTargeting #JeffreyEpsteinLetter #TrumpWSJ #MediaBias
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1973: US Govt helps install Chilean dictator Pinochet
1987: Luis Leon survives torture at hands of Pinochet, escapes to USA, receives asylum
2025: ICE disappears Leon (now 82), lies to family that he's dead, he's actually in a Guatemalan hospital
He did everything right and legal, and ICE disappears him anyway. This is fascism through and through and anyone who supports this is complicit.
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Cowards are the worst of them all.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/cbs-can-pretty-much-fuck-all-the
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽
Posted to the ol' weblog. Very random. :) https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/sunday-july-20th-2025/
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you're reading that right - dolphin levels are at 06%
(06%) ■□□□□□□□□□
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Watching the first of #PatrickMcGoohan ‘s guest appearances on #Columbo at @Illuminatus ‘s recommendation.
Of course being a guest star usually means murderer.
By Dawn’s Early Light, military academy commandant doesn’t want the academy to go co-ed. Conveniently, the founder dies in a cannon misfire during the Founder’s Day ceremony.
I’m still amazed Columbo had movie length episodes and was on for so long. They don’t make them like that anymore.
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I think the first two years of college should be free, student loans should be at 0% interest and available to anyone who needs one, we should take care of our veterans, we should have free public transportation, the post office is not a business and should not be run like one, healthcare is a right
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
