Craig in Cville @nangar@octodon.social

Un point ◉ = un mort.
Le cimetière marin.

https://www.letemps.ch/grand-format/cimetiere-marin-mediterranee

https://octodon.social/media/EnF5KX2FRirNWM-301Q

#Video #Cartoon
A Short History of America
by R. Crumb and Joni Mitchell
https://youtu.be/mRkq595NhD0

My fellow tooters might appreciate this. I really wanted to read a dissertation whose author had uploaded it to Academia.edu (a very seedy website), so I signed up with a fake name, "Seedy Academic".

Today I get an email: ‘Dear Seedy Academic, 565 papers recently uploaded to Academia.edu mention the name "Seedy Academic". View your mentions.’

(It was Jennifer Pournelle’s 2003 dissertation, “Marshland of Cities:
Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Early Mesopotamian Civilization”).

I made a flow chart of which Mastodon posts end up in which timelines!

So, you can see how each instance will have a different local timeline, and even a slightly different federated timeline - and you can see why the federated timeline moves so much faster than the local one, too.

#mastodon #meta #tootorial #howto #mastopedia

https://cybre.space/media/K8v28fVPxaOCwtm3g2M

Wandered into my boss' office for a meeting only to find her busily printing up these anti-sexism posters to hang around the office and campus. She is a delight. https://www.thewomanintheroomproject.com/

Australia votes for marriage equality! 👏 http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/gay-marriage/australia-decides-live-coverage-of-samesex-marriage-survey/news-story/f03c276c28cc9073fefd92bd9bed7f9d

nice perspective from Ezra Klein about "Trump country" journalism:

"we need to make sure we don’t lose sight of his weaker supporters — and his numerous opponents. They’re the ones who decided the 2016 election and will decide the 2018 and 2020 elections."

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/11/10/16625308/trump-supporters-2020-polls

#uspol

Did you know Mastodon supports alt text for images that are uploaded? It's for accessibility and those that use screen readers. You can see it when hovering over an image (give it a try on the image in this toot).

Don't forget to add alt text. A lot of users appreciate it.

https://photog.social/media/iMungl6JbH6xCmEGP3s

https://octodon.social/media/9yRA5WogSH4v0ewcKKk

https://octodon.social/media/e_kk_28d1-FvywEzKpw

Kathy Tran came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when she was an infant. Tonight, she became the first Asian American woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Congrats @kathykltran!
https://twitter.com/womensmarch/status/928117208596860928

One year after Trump's victory, Virginia elected: First transgender delegate in the country First out-lesbian delegate in the state First Asian American woman delegate in the state First two Latina delegates in the state First Democratic Socialist candidate in the state https://twitter.com/nedoliver/status/928091000781893633

1st black woman elected mayor of Charlotte 1st trans state legislator elected in VA 2nd black Lt Gov elected in VA since Reconstruction Lawyer for Black Lives Matter becomes Philly DA This is proof the vote has power https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/928096442882850816

cool: "The night of magic continues. Ravi Bhalla - a brilliant and progressive candidate - just became the first Sikh to be elected mayor of a major US city. Congratulations, @RaviBhalla!!! "https://twitter.com/SikhFeminist/status/928098716980039686

https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/928066321958490113

And I quote: "The man who wrote the anti-trans bathroom bill just lost the election to a trans woman. Let that sink in."

...Ya know? I'm starting to seriously have hope here.

@jond @natecull

acc to Wasserman at 538, Ds have 47 (out of 100?), and four races are trending D, but may be decided by provisional and absentee ballots, and maybe even a recount

"If I had to put a bet on it, I’d bet Democrats will ultimately win control of Virginia’s House of Delegates.. But the bottom line is, we probably won’t be able to call control tonight."

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2017-election-live-coverage-results/?lpup=13571394#livepress-update-13571394

Yes, I’m an anarchist who believes the state can only ever uphold violence and oppression against marginalized people...

BUT HOLY COW, THE 12 TERM BATHROOM BILL GUY GOT HIS ASS HANDED TO HIM BY A TRANS WOMAN AND THAT RULES