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Historian and geek. Activist and crazy person. The past is a canvas; I help visitors paint on their own meanings. Imagining ways to play with the past and make experiences more user-focused.
Website:https://www.practicalnecromancy.com
FTAA Archive (YouTube):https://www.youtube.com/@ftaaarchive
FTAA Archive (website):http://ftaaarchive.com

Yaw’s Top Notch was an old Portland, OR chain that served the city from the 1920s into the 1980s. The City of Eminence has opened a (fictional) location and revamped the branding, paying tribute to a long-lost community hub.

A full menu of Yaw’s unique Eminence offerings is available on my Patreon or Discord!

#TransCreator #transmedia #PNW #PDX #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #Vintage

So I might have gone on a panic backup spree today after Ash Black announced that #CafeAndDiner is going offline next week because of server costs. And by “might” I mean “definitely did.”

My apologies to @internetarchive if it looked like I was performing a frantic DDOS on your servers as I was trying to save an historical archive of this amazing #Unfiction #ErgodicFiction work! This story is so amazing - you’ve got to go see it!

Read Ash’s stories at: https://www.cafeanddiner.com/cadah

And if you’re too late to catch them live, see the archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230327111537/https://www.cafeanddiner.com/cadah

Archive Hub — The Cafe and Diner

The Cafe and Diner

It's amusing to me that star trek imagined a world where an AI faces social rejection because he's rational, fact based, literal, fiercely/dogmatically moral, and struggles with social nuance. But here in reality we invented AIs that have no concept of truth, give zero fucks about accuracy, have no rationality, and can't do math, but match vibes and tone nearly perfectly.

The first artificial person will not be an autistic science officer. It'll be an extremely allistic salesbro or politician.

Every day is like "starting tomorrow only people who post ‘Elon is cool' will be eligible to have their tweets appear in English" and the entire press corps and all of my friends continue to post there like nothing has changed

It's impossible to put a lava lamp in a basement.

As soon as it's underground, it's a magma lamp.

'You belong here': Minnesota House passes trans health refuge bill

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/24/you-belong-here-minnesota-house-passes-trans-health-refuge-bill

"The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill early Friday by a vote of 68-62 that would prevent state courts or officials from complying with child removal requests, extraditions, arrests or subpoenas related to gender-affirming health care that a person receives in Minnesota."

'You belong here': Minnesota House passes trans health refuge bill

The proposal would grant legal protections for transgender youth and family members who come to Minnesota seeking gender-affirming health care.

MPR News
Shetland webcam looking pretty amazing right now
#aurora
https://www.shetlandwebcams.com/cliff-cam-3/
Cliff Cam 3 | Shetland Webcams

Wide skies all year round looking north from Sumburgh Head

I'm worried about crime, so I asked a friend from Texas what I needed to defend my home. He said a 9mm, a couple of clips, and a box of shells. I put it together pretty quickly. Still not sure how it's supposed to work, though...

Today, March 18, in 2263, taxicab driver Korben Dallas picks up an unusual passenger (The Fifth Element, 1997)

#Film #Movies #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #TheFifthElement

“…the ICC’s indictment permanently de-normalizes Russia’s relationship with all 123 state parties of the Rome Statute. Legally, each of these states… are required to arrest Putin if he ever steps foot on their territory.”

But one place #Putin wouldn’t be arrested? The United States.

We failed to - then actively rejected the opportunity to - sign the Rome Statute. Because: something something freedom something something Iraq invasion something something drone strikes something something military-industrial complex.

https://cepa.org/article/putin-becomes-a-global-outlaw/

Putin Becomes a Global Outlaw

The ICC’s decision means the status quo is dead. Russia’s leader now faces an uncertain future.

CEPA