Developer Diary, International Day of Happiness: Progress on assorted projects
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This week's updates include new project Socialite and the blog's code.
#devdiary #programming
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This week's updates include new project Socialite and the blog's code.
#devdiary #programming
06:38 AM - Mar 20, 2023
Fiction — Bank on It: A short story that may sound familiar
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Introducing a new superhero, in an entirely fictional story about bank runs caused by terrible (and - I emphasize - entirely fictional) individuals.
#FreeCulture #weirdfiction
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Introducing a new superhero, in an entirely fictional story about bank runs caused by terrible (and - I emphasize - entirely fictional) individuals.
#FreeCulture #weirdfiction
09:58 AM - Mar 19, 2023
Free Culture Book Club — Delilah H. Smith: Discussing two short stories
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This week, we read two short stories (maybe) about "open source" character Jenny Everywhere.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
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This week, we read two short stories (maybe) about "open source" character Jenny Everywhere.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
07:14 AM - Mar 18, 2023
Toots 🐘 from 03/13 to 03/17
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ChatGPT journalism parody, algorithmic "justice," Judith Heumann tribute, medical racism, gender equality, Social Security, women in Civil Rights, transgender rights, Musk-town, and Women's History. #links #quotes
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ChatGPT journalism parody, algorithmic "justice," Judith Heumann tribute, medical racism, gender equality, Social Security, women in Civil Rights, transgender rights, Musk-town, and Women's History. #links #quotes
03:26 PM - Mar 17, 2023
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Real Life in Star Trek, Samaritan Snare: The outside world in Star Trek
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Someone finally calls out Picard's toxic masculinity, in an episode filled with status obsession and ableism.
#StarTrek
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Someone finally calls out Picard's toxic masculinity, in an episode filled with status obsession and ableism.
#StarTrek
05:31 PM - Mar 16, 2023
Hint: when sharing an article found on Twitter, copy and paste the underlying URL, not the Twitter link to the article. Publications need to see that Spoutible is driving its own traffic. :-)
07:18 AM - Mar 10, 2023
"Why don't you just leave that red state/town/job? I'd leave if I were there!"
Because it would certainly be more comfortable we have to stay & fight.
For the same reason the country did not just sit back & accept cessation of the South. It is OUR country. Fight fascism LOCALLY.
That's why.
Because it would certainly be more comfortable we have to stay & fight.
For the same reason the country did not just sit back & accept cessation of the South. It is OUR country. Fight fascism LOCALLY.
That's why.
02:19 PM - Mar 14, 2023
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Developer Diary, Aztec New Year (Belated): Progress on assorted projects
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This week's updates include my blog's code and getting the Mastodon scheduler to (almost) work.
#programming #projects #devdiary
https://john.colagioia.net...
This week's updates include my blog's code and getting the Mastodon scheduler to (almost) work.
#programming #projects #devdiary
06:54 AM - Mar 13, 2023
Free Culture Book Club — Golem, part 2
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This week brings us a procedurally generated long-form poem (part 2/2) that sometimes goes in interesting directions, but also shows the limits of making language through templates.
#FreeCulture #BookCl
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This week brings us a procedurally generated long-form poem (part 2/2) that sometimes goes in interesting directions, but also shows the limits of making language through templates.
#FreeCulture #BookCl
07:13 AM - Mar 11, 2023
Toots 🐘 from 03/06 to 03/10
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Star Trek: Picard, Secularism, the Iran Lobby, bicycle sustainability, International Women's Day, Europa's water, 4-day workweeks, racism and COVID-19, women in the economy, and Women's History Month #LinkDump #quotes
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Star Trek: Picard, Secularism, the Iran Lobby, bicycle sustainability, International Women's Day, Europa's water, 4-day workweeks, racism and COVID-19, women in the economy, and Women's History Month #LinkDump #quotes
04:58 PM - Mar 10, 2023
(Edited)
Real Life in Star Trek, Q Who?
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While the Borg appear with unfortunate stereotypes, we also deal with heavy gender bias, dealing with intelligent computers, day-drinking, a horrific approach to grief, and salivating over potential war.
#StarTre
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While the Borg appear with unfortunate stereotypes, we also deal with heavy gender bias, dealing with intelligent computers, day-drinking, a horrific approach to grief, and salivating over potential war.
#StarTre
06:01 PM - Mar 09, 2023
Developer Diary, European Day of the Righteous
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This week's updates include sentiment analysis for my Morning Dashboard, getting my Mastodon scheduler script working, and adding these teasers to all blog announcements.
#devdiary #programmin
https://john.colagioia.net...
This week's updates include sentiment analysis for my Morning Dashboard, getting my Mastodon scheduler script working, and adding these teasers to all blog announcements.
#devdiary #programmin
06:40 AM - Mar 06, 2023
Commenting Code: Can we stop arguing about this?
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I try to dig into the strange culture claiming that nobody should comment code, and come out with some suggestions for better comments.
#rant #programming
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I try to dig into the strange culture claiming that nobody should comment code, and come out with some suggestions for better comments.
#rant #programming
06:58 AM - Mar 05, 2023
Free Culture Book Club — Golem, part 1
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This week brings us a procedurally generated long-form poem (part 1/2) that sometimes goes in interesting directions, but also shows the limits of making language through templates.
#FreeCulture #BookCl
https://john.colagioia.net...
This week brings us a procedurally generated long-form poem (part 1/2) that sometimes goes in interesting directions, but also shows the limits of making language through templates.
#FreeCulture #BookCl
07:07 AM - Mar 04, 2023
Toots for the Week of February 27th, 2023
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This week? Archiving Twitter, institutional racism, East Palestine, expanding Congress, tax policy, right to repair, heat pumps, child soldiers, Black History and Women's History Month.
#links #quot
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This week? Archiving Twitter, institutional racism, East Palestine, expanding Congress, tax policy, right to repair, heat pumps, child soldiers, Black History and Women's History Month.
#links #quot
03:05 PM - Mar 03, 2023
Real Life in Star Trek, Pen Pals: The outside world in Star Trek
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We see Earth-centered bigotry and plain old racism/sexism, the least-coherent discussion of the Prime Directive yet, and a pervasive sense that nobody does their jobs. #StarTrek
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We see Earth-centered bigotry and plain old racism/sexism, the least-coherent discussion of the Prime Directive yet, and a pervasive sense that nobody does their jobs. #StarTrek
05:57 PM - Mar 02, 2023
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On Feb 27, 1869, US Congress refused to seat John Willis Menard, the first Black man elected to the House. Despite winning 64% of the vote, Congress refused to seat Rep Menard by a vote of 130 to 57, because he was Black.
Don't RT this in Florida as it's likely illegal to teach.
Don't RT this in Florida as it's likely illegal to teach.
02:41 PM - Feb 27, 2023
Developer Diary, Marathi Language Day: Progress on assorted projects https://john.colagioia.net...
This week's updates include my Twitter Archive, the Mastodon Tool Trunk, Ham Newsletter, Quotation Extractor, the blog itself, and an updated library. #devdiary #programmi
This week's updates include my Twitter Archive, the Mastodon Tool Trunk, Ham Newsletter, Quotation Extractor, the blog itself, and an updated library. #devdiary #programmi
06:37 AM - Feb 27, 2023
On my blog: Five Phases of AI Grief, the Weird Hype Cycle
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I scratch my head at how we got from "cute academic toy" to "companies use a bad tool to make products worse."
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I scratch my head at how we got from "cute academic toy" to "companies use a bad tool to make products worse."
11:15 AM - Feb 26, 2023
Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 26 – 29
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We tease a far better book with a protagonist who doesn't pine for her worthless boyfriend, while boyfriend bumbles, and the bad guy becomes the author's hand.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
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We tease a far better book with a protagonist who doesn't pine for her worthless boyfriend, while boyfriend bumbles, and the bad guy becomes the author's hand.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
06:46 AM - Feb 25, 2023
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Toots 🐘 from 02/20 to 02/24
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Toots for the Week of February 20th, 2023
#links #Week #socialmedia
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Toots for the Week of February 20th, 2023
#links #Week #socialmedia
03:50 PM - Feb 24, 2023
Real Life in #StarTrek , The Icarus Factor: The outside world in Star Trek
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In this episode, we see far too much Starfleet-themed slang, a culture of denying vulnerability, a new level of racism, plenty of toxic masculinity, and more...
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In this episode, we see far too much Starfleet-themed slang, a culture of denying vulnerability, a new level of racism, plenty of toxic masculinity, and more...
05:45 PM - Feb 23, 2023
(Edited)
By echoing this, you might just save a life.
LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention resources:
LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention resources:
12:43 PM - Feb 22, 2023
Developer Diary, World Day of Social Justice: Progress on assorted projects
Updates on my archive of old tweets (https://jcolag.github.io/t... and an overhaul of parts of the blog.
Updates on my archive of old tweets (https://jcolag.github.io/t... and an overhaul of parts of the blog.
06:45 AM - Feb 20, 2023
Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 23 – 25
Some light at the end of the tunnel, we get some nice action and the book finally embraces its "secret" plot, but does its best to make our protagonist look useless, and still thinks that it really has a mystery, somehow...
Some light at the end of the tunnel, we get some nice action and the book finally embraces its "secret" plot, but does its best to make our protagonist look useless, and still thinks that it really has a mystery, somehow...
06:32 AM - Feb 18, 2023
Real Life in Star Trek, Time Squared: The outside world in Star Trek
Day drinking, romanticizing the past, toxic masculinity - including substituting action hero nonsense for introspection - terrible psychology, a lack of awareness of why fancy meals exist, and more...
#StarTrek
Day drinking, romanticizing the past, toxic masculinity - including substituting action hero nonsense for introspection - terrible psychology, a lack of awareness of why fancy meals exist, and more...
#StarTrek
05:05 PM - Feb 17, 2023
Real Life in Star Trek, Time Squared: The outside world in Star Trek
While this episode introduces the "crew as a family" concept, we see more romanticization of the past, feeling a need to justify art, toxic masculinity, classism, and an odd idea of what logs are for...
#StarTrek
While this episode introduces the "crew as a family" concept, we see more romanticization of the past, feeling a need to justify art, toxic masculinity, classism, and an odd idea of what logs are for...
#StarTrek
05:36 PM - Feb 16, 2023
Developer Diary, World Radio Day https://john.colagioia.net... (Progress on assorted projects)
Updates on my social media process (Spoutible), the Mastodon Tool Trunk, blog changes, and building an archive of my tweets with tweetback.
#devdiary #project #programming
Updates on my social media process (Spoutible), the Mastodon Tool Trunk, blog changes, and building an archive of my tweets with tweetback.
#devdiary #project #programming
07:25 AM - Feb 13, 2023
On my blog, my Saturdays go to highlighting "Free Culture" works.
Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 20 – 22
The book finally hits its stride as a thriller, with some weird stumbling.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 20 – 22
The book finally hits its stride as a thriller, with some weird stumbling.
#FreeCulture #BookClub
06:59 AM - Feb 11, 2023
For those who don't know me from elsewhere, I write a blog. My Friday posts collect my social media, for readers not interested in following me on so many accounts.
New Blog Post: Toots 🐘 from 02/06 to 02/10: https://john.colagioia.net...
#links #quotes
New Blog Post: Toots 🐘 from 02/06 to 02/10: https://john.colagioia.net...
#links #quotes
05:09 PM - Feb 10, 2023
