#Sunday inspiration:
"During my lifetime, I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against Black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and to see realised. But, my Lord, if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” #Mandela 1962
If you think I'm not gonna vote for Biden because of his Israel/Palestinian stance, you're nuts. I don't agree with him all of the time, but the alternative is a fucking nazi/kkk grand dragon dictator wannabe. So, no. I'm voting for sanity.
So I am slowly going through and switching most of my #socialmedia to the #fediverse. I am on here and soon will be on @pixelfed once they approve me. Next is @tilvids
Made some massive changes to The Book Ring since the last time I've shared it here! Here's what's new.
• New responsive layout
• Member Directory page
• Post submission form for members to upload posts on what they're currently reading. Form includes their name/website to encourage web visitors to their sites.
• Members "Currently Reading" section with RSS feed!
Hahah Kim Kardashian is joining the #SuperBowl party??.. hanging out with Odell Beckham Jr?! Better Kimmy than that old expired orange fruit the #trump. 🦧 #sunday#nfl@nfl
In this year’s #SuperBowl#Sunday … there is one team I was to see totally win. The Security Team!
Gawd forbid a crazy #maga zombie decides to hurt people with their guns because they hate Swifty. It won’t shock me if a plan like this is stopped, before it happens. Expect anything evil with those deranged minds.
Everyone in Las Vegas, please stay safe, enjoy the game and go home safely.
According to reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi: if you are on Threads and want to be seen in the Fediverse you'll have to go to your settings and opt in
I suspect most people will not know what it is or won't care so most Threads accounts won't be visible from Mastodon & Co, only those who really want to be seen
On one hand it means the Fediverse won't be flooded with Threads accounts but on the other hand it's wise to give people a choice
"You'll find sheep and cattle grazing there; they belong to a god, all-seeing, all-hearing Helios. If you leave these unharmed--if you set your mind only to return--all of you may still reach Ithaka, though with much misery. But if you harm them, then I foretell destruction alike for your ship and for your crew."
Homer, #Odyssey
Helios, the Sun, rises another day, illuminating a #NewYear. #Helios was associated with the turn of the year as he passes through the constellations of the zodiac:
"The golden #Sun [Sol-Helios] rules his circuit, portioned out in fixed divisions, through the world's twelve constellations."
Virgil, Georgics 1.231
"But having gone down into Hades because of his wife & seeing what sort of things were there, he did not continue to worship #Dionysos, because of whom he was famous, but he thought #Helios to be the greatest of the gods, Helios whom he also addressed as Apollon."
Eratosthenes, Placings Among the Stars 24
🏛 Detail of a #fresco from #Pompeii, today in the Napoli MAN