Joe McLaughlin

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That was fun getting out in photograph Cork City, particularly Grand Parade tonight. It was quieter than I expected, but then again, there's an awful wind and it's cold.
Didn't stop a bunch of drunks going up on the Big wheel!

#Cork #photo

Still one of the best Solstice songs, also good for Christmas, thanks Dar Williams!
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=U1yMS9NOus4&si=2MNKs0vBp-LG8QrN
The Christians and the Pagans - YouTube Music

Provided to YouTube by TuneCore The Christians and the Pagans · Dar Williams Mortal City ℗ 1996 Dar Williams Records Released on: 1996-01-23 Auto-genera...

YouTube Music

@mwfc @Ruth_Mottram

I wouldn't use living persons. We use planets and moons to name our servers, and I am sure that flower and bird names would be nice, too.

I have a list of adventurers https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzerin:WiseWoman/Entdeckerinnen , scientists https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzerin:WiseWoman/Wissenschaftlerinnen and artists https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzerin:WiseWoman/K%C3%BCnstlerinnen that were "women in red" in the Wikipedia, that is, without an article. Slowly articles are growing, thanks to initiatives such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Red

Benutzerin:WiseWoman/Entdeckerinnen – Wikipedia

From @pluralistic AKA the inimitable Cory Doctorow, a year's worth of illustrations from an accomplished artist

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/21/collages-r-us/#ki-bosch

Pluralistic: A year in illustration, 2023 edition (21 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

For many years now - decades - I've been illustrating my blog posts by mixing public domain and Creative Commons art with work that I can make a good fair use case for. As bad as art as I may be, all this practice has paid off. Call it unseemly, but I think I'm turning out some terrific illustrations - not all the time, but often enough.

Last year, I rounded up my best art of the year:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/25/a-year-in-illustration/

3/

A Year in Illustration – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Listening to Ethiopian Jazz. You could be listening to Ethiopian Jazz, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c_jytxxPoo
Ethio Jazz Mix Vol.2 (Ethiopian Jazz, Tizita, Afrobeat, Modal Jazz...)

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Bring it, anonymous cowards!

The Mastodon project operates on a truly shoestring budget. Will you pitch in today?

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Evening thought: the amount of funding Mastodon got this year is probably less than the salary for one of the top engineers working on Threads.
Not sure what to make of it, but maybe it helps understand why things take time to be implemented.

Also a reason why we want to focus on getting more money in 2024 so we can hire more people and iterate more quickly on Mastodon ✊

The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko

https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/60495342-c321-4949-9cc9-0fa1a1f2d788

The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko

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