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• Post #4384203

  Okay, #bookstodon, I'm in the mood for a good space opera. Bonus points for authors who are not straight white cishet men like me. Relatively recent is good. It would be interesting to read about characters who don't fully agree on goals working together to solve a problem. I like a plot that moves along and proactive characters. Whatcha got? #scifi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera

• Post #4356211

  Urban sketchers: If you use watercolor in your sketches, do you use watercolor paper? Are your sketches pencil or ink (fineliner or ballpoint)? #MastoArt #sketching #UrbanSketching #watercolor

• Post #4204952

  RE: https://mstdn.social/@peterdrake/116765924129368419 Time and the applicant pool are running short for the cybersecurity-related courses. If you can teach IN PERSON (not negotiable) in Portland, OR, please apply ASAP! If not, please boost and let your contacts know. #ComputerScience #cybersecurity #jobs #academia #education #pdx #portland #FediHired #GetFediHired

• Post #4017890

  I received an email message that, due to heat, "the campus fruit loop event is being postponed".

• Post #3596339

  #FediArt52 27. Heavy #MastoArt #drawing #ColoredPencil #uspol #July4 #4thOfJuly #IndependenceDay #freedom #USA #politics #cartoon

• Post #3468835

  Don't call 911 to report illegal fireworks (all of them) in Portland, OR. Instead, use this form: https://www.portland.gov/311/report-fireworks #portland #pdx #fireworks #4thOfJuly

• Post #2110485

  "We must entrust the piloting of our [mecha] to 14-year-olds. We have no other choice." -Neon Genesis Evangelion E4 #SeemsLegit #conceit #evangelion #anime

• Post #1325320

  USAns: In addition to marching in the streets today, please write your representative and ask for impeachment. Yes, conviction would require several Republicans to grow spines, but at the very least it should be mentioned in every media interview to shift the Overton window. #uspol #NoKings #impeach

• Post #1270862

  News on transportation (including bikes) in Portland, OR. https://www.portlandmercury.com/transportation-issue-2026/street-view-lightning-round/ #pdx #portland #biking #transportation

• Post #1270860

  I just did a full Grandpa Travolta, turning 360 degrees in the kitchen trying to remember what I was doing.

• Post #1270859

  If I accidentally swallow a seed while eating an apple, is that a lethal dose of cyanide? ISN'T THAT HOW ALAN TURING DIED?!

• Post #1270857

  #FediArt52 prompt 16 is: SPELL #drawing #painting #sketching #ink #writing #poetry #GameDev #crafting #origami #prompts #WritingPrompt #DrawingPrompt #music #DigitalArt #art #illustration #FediArt #MastoArt #TraditionalArt

• Post #1270856

  The latest reply from my representative (Janelle Bynum) complains plenty about Trump, but she sure seems allergic to saying "impeach". #uspol #impeach

• Post #1270855

  #FediArt52 16. Spell #MastoArt #drawing

• Post #1136037

  UPDATE: This position has been filled. IMMEDIATE need for a Visiting Professor or Visiting Instructor in Data Science and Statistics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Faculty/job/Visiting-Professor-or-Visiting-Instructor-in-Data-Science-and-Statistics_R-004632 Please boost for reach! #GetFediHired #FediHired #FediJobs #academia #DataScience #statistics #pdx #portland

• Post #1012375

  Getting ready to run D&D for my 11-year-old nieces in a couple of weeks. I'm not overpreparing, am I? #ttrpg #dnd

• Post #1012374

  Councilor Steve Novick is spot on: the Portland Clean Energy Fund should be spent on transportation. Make buses frequent, reliable, and electric! Buy an e-bike for anyone brave enough to ride one! The US federal government is collapsing, but local governments are alive and well. Help steer yours. #pdx #portland #transit #climate #pdxpol Episode webpage: https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/opb/think-out-loud/how-should-portlands-cle-4513b9 Media file: https://pds.cdnstream1.com/p/opb/think-out-lou...

• Post #1004816

  Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon is looking for an Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science to teach Networks and Web Development for the spring 2026 semester. https://lewisandclark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/Undergraduate-Campus/Adjunct-Instructor-of-Computer-Science_R-004741 Please boost for reach. #jobs #FediHired #GetFediHired #academia #ComputerScience #pdx #portland

• Post #950833

  Got a spam/phishing email wanting to interview me about my supposed work, "ChatGPT Cash Machine". I have produced no such thing. I wonder how the scam works. Are they hoping to stumble across someone who happened to write something with that title? Someone who can't remember that they didn't? Someone who is willing to claim they did, for dueling grifts? #spam #phishing #ai

• Post #950832

  #bloomscrolling

• Post #950830

  I'm enjoying the Ologies podcast. I'd pay to subscribe to an ad-free tier, but it doesn't look like she has one. #podcast #ologies #advertisement

• Post #950827

  #FediArt52 14. Green #MastoArt #drawing #ColoredPencil #frog #frogstodon #portland #pdx #amphifa Reference images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pacific-tree-frog-on-green-leaf-portrait-gm1659697160-534866447 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/portland-oregon-skyline-at-night-royalty-free-image/108178934

• Post #950826

  #Violet uses her bed like a CSS developer. #DogsOfMastodon

• Post #950825

  #mosstodon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsjKEa3XSUY

• Post #846065

  Disabled (e.g., blind) users of BoardGameArena: Which games have you found MOST accessible? Are there any that work well with screen readers? #disability #accessibility #blind #a11y #BoardGames #BoardGameArena #bga

• Post #825495

  Finished listening to the audiobook of A City on Mars by Kelly and @ZachWeinersmith. It's entertaining and informative, even if it is a cold shower of space realism that makes The Expanse look like The Jetsons. Brittany Pressley does an excellent job reading it, bringing consistent energy, enunciating clearly, and conveying the authors' saucy sense of humor. #mars #space #bookstodon 1/2

• Post #808324

  Finished two excellent books lately: Make: Electronics by Charles Platt Life After Cars by the hosts of @TheWarOnCars #bookstodon

• Post #775282

  About once a decade I decide to try reading literary fiction. Invariably, it turns out to be a tale of unlikable, broken characters, tormented by fate and human decisions, fecklessly wallowing in their suffering for hundreds of pages. Give me genre fiction any day.

• Post #766529

  A #ttrpg should provide the GM with the things that are hard to make up on the spot (and tools to make improvisation easier). Interesting maps! Random tables! Trivial encounter generation!

• Post #660948

  Here are the new Portland City Council committees, along with contact information for the members for you to provide input. https://www.portland.gov/council/news/2025/1/16/portland-city-council-establishes-eight-policy-committees Local policy is a smaller needle and easier for you to move! #pdx #portland #pdxpol