Happiest of birthdays to Flickr.com which launched 20 years ago today. We are so happy to be along with you on this journey.
https://blog.flickr.net/en/2024/02/02/20-years-of-significant-moments-in-flickrs-development/
Here's the first photo that was posted to Flickr Commons--less than four years after Flickr.com opened its doors--from our longtime partner, the Library of Congress.
what did I miss?
@michaelabon
going to in belgium and the Netherlands this spring and very much looking forward to experiencing the cultures in these countries.
@jeremyadamsmith. saying hello and welcome!!
Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.
Not the case.
It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.
Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.
By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.
So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.
1. Across the country, school districts are removing books with LGBTQ characters and themes from school libraries.
Now, a high-ranking legislator from North Dakota, Mike Lefor, is proposing the inevitable next step: banning these books from public libraries.
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A tribute to celebrities who died in 2022, arranged in the style of album cover for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. These just keep getting larger and larger each year... https://kottke.org/23/01/sgt-peppers-tribute-to-celebs-who-died-in-2022
Reinhart Redwood Regional Park has some of the best between-the-rains hiking right now. There are swollen seasonal creeks thrumming everywhere in the valley.
@bedwardstiek do you switch up your boots in extreme mud/rain, or stick with your regular hiking boots?
@fuzyjoe you're seeing it all, huh? #weather #bayarea #newsphotog
Do what I did. Go to the @Oracle account on Twitter and post criticisms & links of Larry Ellison's campaign donations to the GOP sedition caucus in the midterms.
Permanently suspended within a day. No warning. No timeout.
Musk is doing all he can to provide cover for the Republican billionaires funding fascism.
Okay, now terrified (and fascinated) #climatechange #california #thenewyorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/californias-devastating-storms-are-a-glimpse-of-the-future
One of my favourite wee pieces of rock - adorable crinoidal limestone đź–¤ #Carboniferous #ScottishGeology
Dr. Eric Topol reviews the evidence and finds that the bivalent BA.5 vaccine has exceeded expectations in "broadening our immune response", even against XBB. https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-bivalent-vaccine-booster-outperforms
Two more rounds of Pacific storms are rolling into Northern California this weekend and into early next week. We explain why these systems are slated to track farther north than the recent parade of storms in the Bay Area.⤵️ #cawx
I'm finding my attention to #sfba.social and #mastodon is shrinking...not because I don't value it, but because I got off #twitter 5 years ago and am trying to shrink my #digitalfootprint in general. Great platform, diminished attention and habit.
I wonder if anybody at CNET remembers Demand Media and the peak splog/content farm era. https://gizmodo.com/cnet-chatgpt-ai-articles-publish-for-months-1849976921
RT @NonaMamulashvi
Ukrainian girl dances in front of a Banksy original in Bucha.
Photo: Stephan Goss
Get ready. Republicans will be barking about how President Biden had classified documents in his private office at the Penn Biden Center, left after he was VP
Here’s what they’ll conveniently leave out
The day of discovery was 11/2/2022. The White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the documents the next day.
The. End.
