I have a big favour to ask of artists on the Fediverse... I've gone through the worst two months of depression and emotional turmoil in recent memory, and I need a major shot of positivity. I've barely wanted to do anything related to drawing or my OCs.

Would anyone be up for drawing my OC, Ceilidh ("KAY-lee")? Any style, any setting, alone or with others (and even lewd if you'd like)... it would just be so fulfilling to see how others envision and depict her, and I'd be immensely grateful.

ICYMI (I did) from the death-by-shite-security dept. For the next time you need a case study in how poor security can actually lead to human deaths, even executions:

"A recent audit from the U.S. Department of Justice has exposed severe vulnerabilities in the FBI's cybersecurity measures, highlighting how these weaknesses directly contributed to the deaths of key informants in the high-profile El Chapo investigation.

"According to the report, a hacker affiliated with the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was able to access sensitive communications between FBI officials and law enforcement, ultimately leading to the tragic loss of life."

https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/fbi-breach-deaths-el-chapo

Mondragon Corporation is the world's largest worker owned coop. Profits are primarily allocated to the worker-members' capital accounts and reinvested in the coops. The highest paid executives are typically paid, at most, around 3 to 9 times as much as their lowest paid workers, compared to the average of about 300 times in the US. They employee about 70,000 people, mostly in Basque Country and Spain. They own banks, factories (auto parts, construction, etc), retail stores, including a large grocery store chain and a chain of gas stations, a university, and R&D centers.

They are proof that you can find success by taking care of your employees. They are proof that federations and co-operatives work. They are a powerful example of democratic economic organization.

https://www.mondragon-corporation.com

#Socialism #coop #Mondragon

Texas food banks are rationing meals for flood survivors because of Trump’s cuts

The July 4th flooding has become the first major disaster to expose the grave effects of Trump’s new food and hunger policies.

"...“We’re doing what we can to make sure that people don’t go hungry, but it has been tough,” he said. The biggest problem they are running up against, he noted, is how federal funding cuts have obstructed their ability to fully respond. ..."

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/texas-food-banks-flood-survivors-trump-funding-cuts/

#txdisaster #food #texas #hunger #food #disasters

Fuck congress. This is the full, unredacted Epstein List.

Provenance:
The PDF is a photocopy of Jeffrey Epstein's "Little Black Book", obtained with the help of a journalist in connection with an FBI sting investigation. The handwritten notes and circled names are made by Juan Alessi, who was Epstein's house manager from 1991 to 2002. He circled the names to show the FBI which people were known insiders in Epstein's child sex trafficking ring. Juan testified to this under oath during the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of sex trafficking minors on Epstein's plane to his island.

Donald Trump's name appears on page 80 of the book (PDF page 85), and is circled.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pAmw8p8zddij3uKVTSL9NWYTkondQ_bO/view

I tried to put off doing the #FediHired / #GetFediHired thing as long as possible, but if anybody knows someone who can use (US, remote) sort of an all-purpose (development, support, design, education, management, etc.) software person, I could use the insight. Résumé at https://john.colagioia.net/resume.html and links at https://john.colagioia.net/

As you can guess from my posting history, I'd rather not make the world worse. And apologies if I boost this once or twice to catch different audiences...