David Harper

@spacecoastweb
53 Followers
87 Following
499 Posts
Flawed follower of Christ. UCF alum. 3rd gen Floridian. (he/him)

A roseate spoonbill wading through the shallow, mucky waters of a small lake in Central Florida.

📅 May 2025
📍 Central Florida
📸 Fujifilm X-E3
Lens: Fujifilm XF 70-300mm ƒ4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Telephoto zoom
🎛️ ISO 2000, ƒ/8.0, 1/1000 s
Filter: UV

#SilentSunday
#Birds
#BirdPhotography

Its been assumed that only men were scribes before the advent of the printing press in the 15th century. New research (N=24K; 800-1626C.E.) finds 1.1% were written by female scribes, inferring that 110,000 manuscripts were made by women in medieval times.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/women-played-a-pivotal-role-as-scribes-of-medieval-manuscripts-research-reveals-2621274
Women Played a Pivotal Role as Scribes of Medieval Manuscripts, Research Reveals | Artnet News

A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

Artnet News

I've finally gone dark on Twitter. I've been infrequently posting there, but now I have made my posts private and will likely be near silent on the platform.

I cannot contribute further to a social media site owned by a proud Nazi.

Artifice will always exceed art, because that which is created by practiced deception will forever be preferred over that which is honest and humble.
Damn near every time you talk about diesel aftertreatments, there's that one guy who's going to admit to pissing in a DEF tank.
“An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.” - Epictetus

Minutes before midnight.

Goodbye and good riddance 2024. You stole from me and I hate you for that.

Every time I upgrade a new phone, I'm reminded of how many apps I use that are no longer developed, some not even in the Play Store anymore, so I have to get the APKs from the old phone and transfer them. This time, I'm just leaving those in a folder in Dropbox.
I'm not much on New Year's resolutions. The closest I come is resolving to be more aware as I indulge in my vices, so that I can enjoy them better.

@OrionKidder @pluralistic

It's so true, RSS and Atom are still here and we should use them more.

They are an important part of the #indieweb movement:
- https://indieweb.org/RSS
- https://indieweb.org/Atom

RSS

RSS as an acronym has been used to mean: RDF or Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication.

IndieWeb