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taonf.bsky.social
@taonf.bsky.social
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😷 in Pittsburgh 🎤Songs and stories of computer science💾 We are none of us alone🎵 People of all colors and genders keep making tech history🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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Every time this guy comes up playing absolutely anything, I feel obligated to share it. If I had any musical talent, this would be me.
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
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I’ve mentioned it before, but I absolutely love Jim Henson’s corporate films from the 60s. Much like Stan Freberg’s innovative pieces of the same period, Henson’s team had no qualms about going with weird, wonderful concepts that would have stuck out amongst its competition...
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This promotional film for ESSO's Flying A stations even manages to work in a little bit of animation via a trademark Muppet ending...
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Feed the people.
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Say hello to EFF's new site, Take Back CTRL! We're giving you insight into the way that technology has become the veins and arteries of rising global authoritarianism. Check it out to learn more about our fight against authoritarian abuse: takebackctrl.org
Take Back CTRL
Dont let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back
www.eff.org
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It's published!

The first part of "What Republicans Know" is out now, including full discussion of these infographics.

Thread coming soon.

www.patreon.com/posts/what-r...
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Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous. She also discovered that methotrexate was an effective treatment for some skin and lung cancers and childhood leukaemia. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Jewel Plummer Cobb, Cell biologist and cancer researcher
Jewel Plummer Cobb discovered how skin cells produce melanin and how they become cancerous.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
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can't stop looking at this photo of Jacob Elordi in full Frankenstein's Creature makeup hugging his exasperated-looking dog
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A shape’s shadow holds information about its other properties. www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
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October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day.
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this. if i heard nearly as much advocacy for clean air as i do complaints about mitigatory behaviors like masking maybe we’d be having different conversations.
And if you hate masking, push for clean indoor air rules in workplaces, schools, and medical settings. Support businesses that have HEPA filters going.

Normal has changed.
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Wishing a happy 90th birthday to Gloria Conyers Hewitt, the group theorist who in 1962 became the fourth Black woman to earn a PhD in mathematics, and went on to become, in 1995, the 1st Black woman to chair a US mathematical department.

#WomenInSTEM #MathSky #BlackWomenInSTEM 🧮
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Finally got around to doing a tour of the Allegheny Observatory.
OMIGOD! Should have gone sooner! Will go again!

The history of Pittsburgh astronomy is SO AMAZING!

There wasn't enough light to take pictures of the SUPER COOL TELESCOPES. I got to pull the rope to close the dome! I saw Saturn!
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"All the secrets! All the spells and limit breaks!" - The ULTIMATE guide to Final Fantasy VII in 1997.

Illustrated throughout by Lena Yoshikawa.
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happy Intersex Awareness Day, everyone, from VGAPride!
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Also drawing fat people is fun. Fat people are so beautiful. The curves and arcs and folds are so elegant and delightful to draw. The form is full and almost musical. Every time I get to draw a fat person its such a pleasure!

If you learn to do it you will see what I mean!
Our feature artist/tutorial for today is this WONDERFUL & ESSENTIAL page on the placement of BODY FAT on figures by the talented @marinscos! REAL BODY SHAPE VARIETY is a part of what makes us all beautiful, and that should be reflected in our art. I LOVE this. #ART #anime #ARTIST
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"Standard orbit, aye, sir!"

I think this makes a fine submission for this week's #ScanlineSunday, too.

Snapped with our 2002 Sony Mavica CD-400.

📺: Star Trek: The Rebel Universe, Mike Singleton, 1987 (C64 version)
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One of the reasons I love retro-SF futures is because they speak to this increasing trend of turning shit off and disconnecting devices. When AWS goes down and bricks your bed, fridge, and thermostat, the appeal of analog is keenly felt.

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/th...
The return of dumb things: Why young people are ditching their smartphones for MP3 players and digital cameras
Young people are using dumb phones, MP3 players and digital cameras in lieu of iPhones. Experts explain why.
www.yahoo.com