Son of a Sailor

@Sonofasailor
70 Followers
51 Following
2.9K Posts

Hi! I'm Craig, a sometime cartoonist, former graphic designer, and retired software developer. I love art, reading, photography, science, cats, music, movies, and gaming. I like playing bass and ukulele, and making music with my brothers. Recently I've been learning about SwiftUI and how to write software for Apple platforms...but then Baldur's Gate 3 came along...

Still trying to figure everything out. As one does. He/him.

#nobridge (looking at you, snarfed.org)

Currently reading:Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Currently playing:Diablo IV and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Son of a Sailor2d ago

What do you mean it’s not a word? It was in My Cousin Vinny!

#NYTSpellingBee #SpellingBee

Son of a Sailor5d ago

@BasicAppleGuy You need one of these. 🙂

https://youtu.be/tR9WQOJLNIY

I Made Apple’s Widget Clock (with 3D Printing)

YouTube
Son of a Sailor5d ago
Don't let the liquid glass door hit you on the way out, Alan.
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/115657428338966917
Son of a SailorNov 29
i’m not saying he’s petty, but…
https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/115629516072410646
Flipboard News Desk (@NewsDesk@flipboard.social)

President Trump says he’s canceling executive orders Biden signed with autopen device. @CBSNews@flipboard.com reports: https://flip.it/k0P3NY #News #Politics #USA #Trump #Biden #ExecutiveOrders

Flipboard
Son of a SailorNov 25
I'm impressed with the crew at Shirt Pocket for addressing these issues so quickly, providing a public post mortem, and making sure their customers are informed. I'm still proud to use their software.
https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/115607316894755333
Son of a SailorNov 24
Freedom of the PressNov 24

No president should have the power to silence journalists or control who gets to question them.

Good for the AP for refusing to back down. Others should follow their example.

https://apnews.com/article/associated-press-free-speech-white-house-a1d29b0efc3dc2c0176c7be2471f2a3b

Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely

The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government. AP is back in court Monday in its case against the White House. The case challenges the government's decision to block AP from covering presidential events because of the news organization's style on what to call the Gulf of Mexico, which the administration calls the Gulf of America. Julie Pace says in an opinion published by AP that the case could have wider implications for freedom of speech. She points to recent government decisions taking action against other journalists because it doesn't like their reporting. She says it is AP’s duty to stand up when fundamental freedoms are at stake.

AP News
Son of a SailorNov 23

Anytime I get annoyed by a sycophantic chatbot (which is often), I think of how James T. Kirk was annoyed by the overly flirty computer in the Star Trek episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday".

#AIChatBot #AIChatBotHumor #StarTrek #StarTrekHumor #AI #AIHumor

Son of a SailorNov 20
Whoops...
https://mastodon.social/@rands/115577562153654788
Son of a SailorNov 12
Sad but regrettably true.
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/115538114801174158
Son of a SailorNov 6

Speaking of cool arcade-related things...

https://cottonbureau.com/p/RCBXDV/shirt/flynns-arcade
https://mastodon.social/@Sonofasailor/115500157422126532

Flynn's Arcade by Redwane

tron vintage classic movie arcade logo

Cotton Bureau
×
Murray LivingstonNov 1

Samhain [sow-wen]: the ancient Celtic festival that marks the end of summer and the beginning of winter — the moment when Beira the Cailleach, Queen of Winter, regains control over the landscape from the Queen of Summer, Brigid. It also marks the moment when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest and the origins of Halloween. Mountain spirits come to the fore at this time of year.

#nature #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #uk #bnw #scotland #folklore #mountains

Show threadMadameAureliaNov 1
@murraylivingston 😍👍
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Nov 1

@murraylivingston

love how the B&W capture focuses on the lighting

Show threadMurray LivingstonNov 1
@the5thColumnist thanks again richard! glad you like my images :)
Show threadRay McCarthyNov 1

@murraylivingston
"It also marks the moment when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest "
Not Samhain. That's the access to Otherworlds, which for Celts are not do do with the dead or spirits.

The idea of ghosts and veil to the dead isn't Celtic.

Show threadMurray LivingstonNov 1

@raymaccarthy hiya ray, have you got a source for me to read more on this? would love to learn. seems like there's a lot of variations.

This says it is also to do with spirits:

"the opening of the barrier between the realm of the spirits and the realm of the living. Some writings suggest a belief that those who had died in the past year passed to the next realm, but spirits in that realm could also return to the world of the living."

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samhain

Samhain | Celtic Festival, Paganism, Wicca, Halloween, & Bonfires | Britannica

Samhain is a festival on November 1, and the prior evening, in ancient Celtic religion that marked the end of summer and beginning of winter. It was believed to be a time when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead thinned and possibly dangerous spirits emerged, in response to which protective measures were taken. Samhain partially influenced modern Halloween and has been incorporated into modern Paganism.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Show threadRay McCarthyNov 1

@murraylivingston
It's 18th and most 19th Irish folklore. Not pre 12C. Celtic traditions.
There are ghost stories in Irish folklore, but not in Celtic tradition.

There simply an absence of such writings and beliefs in actual Celtic material.
By 16th C. Celtic Ireland was completely defeated by Elizabeth I.

Show threadepgNov 1
@murraylivingston lol no
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/is-halloween-a-pagan-festival
The (Fake) Pagan History of Halloween

Neo-pagans claim that Halloween was an attempt by early Christians to ‘baptize’ the Gaelic harvest festival of Samhain. But where's the evidence?

Catholic Answers
Show threadJon GerdesNov 3
@murraylivingston Cracking photo but what exactly is a Celt?
Show threadMurray LivingstonNov 3

@gerdesj thanks Jon. "The Celts were a number of tribes that could be found in Western and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland.

They lived in Britain from roughly 750BC to AD43. This is during the end of the Bronze Age and through the Iron age until the Roman invasion of Britain."

Show threadJon GerdesNov 4

@murraylivingston

That sounds like a pre-medieval "European"!

43AD is when Hadrian pulled his finger out, grabbed a Legion or two and started the full on conquest of the major islands west of the European land mass. JC did some prep work!

I believe (I'm not a historian, but quite well read) that no "civilized" person (Civis Romanus and apparently the Greeks were quite civilized int al), ever used the term Celt or Keltoi (Greek) at the time.

I'm pretty certain that Boudicca would not have referred to herself as a Celt but a quick search of her Wikipedia page turns up multiple uses of Celt in context.

I gather that modern historians are now loath to refer to "Anglo Saxon" Britain and other weird modern constructs imposed on the past. One day, I suspect the notion of "Celt" will also go that way but not in the popular consciousness. We all need our tribes to belong to.

Show threadMurray LivingstonNov 4
@gerdesj seems like a minefield of semantics! there is certainly celtic tradition and culture and so that's what I'm referring to here