Wishing all my disabled siblings a wonderful #DisabilityPrideMonth

Take care of yourselves. You're just as important as anyone else.

You're not a burden. You're doing enough, even if capitalism doesn't agree with this.

You're not asking too much when you need accessibility.

You are allowed to rest and have aids to help you.

You matter in this world and I love you all. 💙

It is absolutely wild to me that we, as a society, have somehow managed to destroy the telephone without really setting up anything in its place.

Specifically, I mean: for a good long while, there was an expectation that when your phone rang (or, somewhat longer ago, when you got an SMS) that it would be from someone or some business that had a reason to contact you that you found legitimate.

Now? Almost all calls I receive are scams. It is not worth picking up for an unknown caller.

And, despite how (relatively) easy it would be to fix this, no efforts at all are made in that direction?

MakerTube is now open for public registrations! It's a #peertube video instance for makers, musician, artists and DIY content creators. If you thought of trying out a video platform besides big corp now is the time!

Join in https://makertube.net or any other instance and let's make peertube a place as great as Mastodon.

Please boost this post! Share your creations! Let's build alternatives that stay!

#peertube #makertube #diy #maker #artists #musicians #contentcreator #synthdiy

I just found a WONDERFUL new use of AI!

I just contacted a vendor for support through their web chat interface, and the agent I got responded with one of those terrible canned responses that has nothing to do with my actual issue.

This has long infuriated me, but today, thanks to AI, I realized I had a new option for dealing with it!

Inspired, I replied, "Hey, you sound like an AI which hasn't understood my issue. Could you get a human to read my ticket?"

This is tremendous! Now that we have LLMs in the wild, when a human flunks the Turing Test, I can politely accuse them of being an AI and ask them to escalate my interaction to a human.

Everybody should do this. It will transform customer service.

Looking for other #trans and other #lgbtqia #lgbt people in #tech or otherwise to follow! Anyone have any recommendations?

[EDIT: CLOSED AT THE MOMENT!]

COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN ! PLEASE BOOST

If you'd like one, send me an e-mail over at florence.carlus@outlook.com, (preferably with "COMMISSION" as the subject of your mail)!

Boosts are very welcome

#MastoArt #CreativeToots #Commission #CommissionsOpen

How does 380 zettajoules of heat affect the climate system? Even if only 1 percent (yes you read that right) is going into the atmosphere and 89% into the ocean?

The hottest June on record, the worst wildfire season in Canada, unbearable heat from Asia to Texas, record ocean temps, and much more: and now an El Niño on top.

@hausfath, @MichaelEMann, @StottPeter and I discuss: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/03/a-perfect-storm-scientists-ponder-if-climate-has-entered-a-new-erratic-era

I just donated to my instance. I need to be better about it. I really appreciate all the hard work.

Oh, you're into black metal? Name three cast iron skillet brands then

As a climate scientist who has warned about the threat of climate change for decades, I think the fact that we just saw what was probably the hottest day in recorded history, and probably in thousands of years, is deserving of attention...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/world/hottest-day-world-climate-el-nino-intl/index.html

Morning #writingcommunity
I'm a newbie here, and would love to hear your pro tips on how to find middle grade writers, teachers, and librarians to connect with. Cheers!
#AmWriting #AuthorsOfMastodon #amwriting #kidlit #childrensbooks

Clematis

Available for purchase here:
https://jessicajenney.com/featured/clematis-jessica-jenney.html

#springforart #buyintoart #ayearforart #floralart #floralphotography #macro #purpleflower #closeup #summer #clematis

Attention! I recently learned that the behaviour of lying flat out on the belly with arms and legs spread out that some animals do, often to cool off, by radiating heat into the cooler ground, is called "splooting." I personally have been calling it "going full rug", but I guess splooting is also hilarious. So here's a red panda splooting, in case you need a demonstration. #RedPanda

TIME TO FLY BY PAMELA WILLIAMS

A beautiful afternoon walk along the shores of Clearwater Beach in Florida. Seagulls sweeping down amongst the crashing waves as the sun begins its amazing and glorious descent into the western horizon.

#Art is HERE: https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/10744-time-to-fly-pamela-williams.html

#beach #seagull #birds #wildlife #nature
#SharePamsArt #TheArtDistrict #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #BuyIntoArt #Art #Smile #POTD #Photography #photographyIsArt #PhotoOfTheDay #DigitalArt #creativetoots

Millbrook First Nation, welcomes back historic regalia that had been sitting in a museum in Australia for over a century.

The regalia, consisting of a ceremonial garb worn by Mi’kmaq men alongside a pipe and shoes, were made by a woman in Mi’kmak’i in 1842. The regalia was acquired by a man named Samuel Huyghue.
The regalia was donated to the Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia after Huyghue’s death in the mid-1800s. #mikmaki #museum #novascotia https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/communities/colchester-county/century-old-mikmaq-regalia-reclaimed-by-millbrook-cultural-and-heritage-centre-100867264/

By Lukas Dlutko

#flowers #photo #photography

Remember all those weird fungal diseases people were dying of last year (like Julie Powell, the wonderful author of Julie & Julia)? That COVID-aware people said were likely from #COVID-damaged immune systems?

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota shared this study last month showing that the rise in hospitalizations for fungal infections...was driven by COVID19-associated fungal infections.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/us-data-show-rise-hospitalizations-fungal-infections-during-covid-19

Heavenly View

The panoramic views from Hawksbill Mountain summit overlooking Linville Gorge are pretty special. Pisgah National Forest, NC

https://jordanhillphotography.com/featured/amazing-sunset-linville-gorge-hawksbill-mountain-north-carolina-jordan-hill.html

#mountains #blueridgemountains #nature #photooftheday #photography #outdoors #hiking #hikingadventures #explore #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #photographer #art #photograph #mountainview #linvillegorge #blueridgemoments #sunset #travel #pic #vacation #travelphotography #heavenly #mountainscape #mountainscape #northcarolina #wallart

Winter Landscape in Moonlight
By Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

#landscape #mountains #art #painting #mastoart