OK this is actually pretty incredible.
The Smithsonian making 4 million images public domain. CC0 means you don't need to give attribution, there's no copyright to worry about, no restrictions on using them in photoshops etc.
It's a huge move for open media for such a big name to be making such a large collection open like this. It's the kind of thing I never really thought we would see start to happen.
#cat succeeding in making my wife quite angry. She told me "come make your cat behave!". Had to take a pic before inviting him down. Useless, because of course he climbed back up 10 minutes later anyway. #catpics #blackcats
I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.
When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.
I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps. I have no idea what they're saying but the music is fantastic.
Tom Lehrer has relinquished all rights to his music, and it's all available to download for free. I was lucky enough to take a class with Lehrer at UCSC many years ago. What a brilliant man. https://tomlehrersongs.com/
Welcome to all joining Mastodon!
Helpful Links
From @jeffjarvis
“On Joining Mastodon…a guide to diving in”
https://medium.com/whither-news/on-joining-mastodon-d539eed5e41a
From @jeffjarvis
“master class in Mastodon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnbct41Sxnk
Fedi.Tips “An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon & the Fediverse”
https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109362974704059719
From @djnavarro
Everything I know about Mastodon
https://qoto.org/@jljcolorado/109299930715189729
(the importance of) Hashtags
https://masto.ai/@DavidElfstrom/109367983726048594
“How to write an image description”
https://toot.community/@ianburnette/109392499868597377
Using #vim is easy once you learn a few basic keybindings.
h and l - move left and right
j and k - move down and up
η and λ - move backwards and forwards through time
ξ and κ - translation through additional temporal dimension (if applicable)
ᚻ, ᛄ, ᚳ and ᛚ - moving left, down, up, and right through celestial spheres
𐤄 and 𐤋 - switch deity to pantheon member to left or right
ᛄ - supplicate to chosen deity
ᚳ - challenge chosen deity (dangerous)
:q - exit
Mastodon Day
Friday November 18, 2022 - An Incredible Day In Internet History
You were here.
It started with the Twitter lockout. 10,000 new users an hour. Almost a quarter million migrated to Mastodon in one day. The servers struggled. Remarkably, admins all over the world built up capacity in real time. New users were patient. The system held.
It's running better now. There will be more hard days ahead, but people powered social media has arrived.
I live in Toronto. I run and collect old newspaper articles. The oxygen goes in, the carbon dioxide goes out. He/him.