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Ivory Flame, in Hollywood lighting.
Done remotely - It was great working with Holly getting lights set up to give the mood for the session!
(slight re-crop from prior post)
#Photography #ModelPhotography #Hollywood #Noir #BlackAndWhite #IvoryFlame #LawrencesView
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Ivory Flame, in Hollywood lighting.
Done remotely - It was great working with Holly getting lights set up to give the mood for the session!
#Photography #ModelPhotography #Hollywood #Noir #BlackAndWhite #IvoryFlame #LawrencesView
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Ivory Flame
Photographed remotely during her Peaches and Curls event
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Maybe the #ivory folk should do a #microsub / #micropub app.
That was the reason for the awkward protocol (where everything's a query string, and "form-urlencoded" **or** JSON, and everything's also an array, except when it isn't), that talented designers would develop great apps (except nobody **really** cared, unfortunately).
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Ivor Cutler on the difference between #microblogging and #macroblogging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnx8qcbRIL8
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@giltvedt Hvilken klient har du brukt hittil?
Jeg antar at du trenger en iOS klient? Da burde Du sjekke #IvoryApp
Med Android skal jeg anbefale #TuskyDet finnes også forskjellige PWA som den lovende #ElkApp (https://elk.zone) men den er fortsatt alpha og mangler få funksjoner som å svare følgeforespørsel.
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For my own sanity I might need to start cutting down on my options 🤪
#IvoryApp #MonaApp #IceCubesApp #WoollyApp #MammothApp #TrunksApp #ElkApp #MastodonApp #ToootApp
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My favorite Mastodon client (#Ivory) got custom emoji support today! I’m partial but it pairs very well with the Custom Emoji report in #Mastowatch. Use Mastowatch to check out what emoji a server has before you register or move your account and rest assured you’ll be about to use them in @ivory.
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Ivory Tower Profiles - Community Engagement and Conversations:
I just happened across an interesting post. It seems to be from one of those type of accounts that many complain about. I’m just the messenger delivering the opinions that I have gathered in countless conversations on the subject but, I’m guessing I still may get flack. This is not a complaint about this person, follow backs, or follower count, only what I have heard others talking about.
This person, a journalist, is asking for help getting twitter followers to follow here. The profile already has 106k followers but, only follows 246. I did the math. That's just under .25 %, less than 1 (one) % of their following. One of the bio tags on this persons profile is writing about “internet culture”. I can’t help but wonder how this person can accurately report on a culture they do not seem to engage with 99.75% of it’s members.
As one said, in one of many discussions, it seems arrogant to not hear the voice and opinion of those that follow you. Many I’ve heard tend to agree and again, I’m just the messenger.
The most recent posts from this profile seem to be only about this person and twitter. I can't find an introduction or a “Hello Fediverse, just concern for follower acquisition and self.
Even an article on why their Twitter account was suspended. No engagement or conversation with the nearly 19,746 followers this user is reqesting assistance from, to collect more followers here.
When I want the news, I turn it on and can’t recall Lloyd Robertson or Katie Couric seeking out my attention or assistance. Today, they would probably be focused on gun violence or the plight of Ukraine, rather than the potential of lost adoration.
Two days ago was another such thread refering to another such “user". The subject account had 20k followers and only one toot was ever posted. This “user" follows zero of their 20k followers (That’s 0%). Many conversations, and several opinions cite how some big accounts arrogantly expect people to flock but, never engage or acknowledge with those that follow.
Another post several weeks ago was actually directed at another journalist, scathing them for the same lack of engagement. I understand the busyness of facing a deadline but, engaging a few is not that hard. Take a scroll down your follwers list on a Sunday morning and favor, boost or DM "hello" to a few. Its really not that time consuming and the people you get to know, are often amazing.
Me? I follow and reach out. If they follow great, if not, I don't really care. I'm about quality, not quantification. If I find those I follow seem self absorbed or clog up my feed with irrelevance, I mute or unfollow the source.
The common theme echoing is this: Mastodon is not a corporation but, is our community. To be part of any community one generally first must engage. Those who do not, are often viewed as outsiders with no regard for it’s members. Think of it like this: You patronize a shop regularly and the merchant gladly accepts your money. When you see this person on the street, they do not even nod politely, seeming only to avoid you; would you still shop at that persons business?
What’s your opinion on this? I’d like to know, as long as you remember, don’t shoot the messenger. The concern of many is that ivory tower users like this, will turn our community into Twitter 2.hole. A people driven algorithm of elitist exclusion. Again, we are not a target market, we are community of persons.
[After finishing this, I looked at the profile of the individual with the 20k to zero following. I noticed 3k more followers but, now the person follows two. One of the followed is the other profile with 106k noted above.]
"Engaging handshake" Artwork below by John Hain:
Buy him a cup?
https://pixabay.com/images/id-1000062/Don't forget the ALT text.
#community #engagement #interaction #involvement #gratitude #GivingBack #followers #following #mastodon #birdsite #exclusion #aloof #elite #IvoryTower #outsider #opinions #twitter
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@ivory zählt zu einem der beliebtesten #Mastodon-Clients für #iPhone, #iPad und #Mac. Nun hat das Entwicklerteam von @tapbots ein weiteres #Update veröffentlicht, das #Ivory auf Version 1.9.1 anhebt. Mit der #Aktualisierung gibt es erstmals die Möglichkeit, auch #Toots bzw. #Tröts bei Mastodon zitieren zu können – eine Funktion, die man schon von #Twitter/X kennen dürfte.
Mehr zu Thema: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=354067
#appgefahren #Apple #AppleBlog #Fediverse #Tapbots #SocialMedia #SozialesNetzwerk
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Reposting my original ModelF keyboard pic since the first was lost in server setup/move, anyway tweaked the keys again. 😆
Also some bloggery on the topic: https://blog.ivor.org/2022/08/buckling-springs.html
#mechanicalkeyboard #ModelF -
@The_KamikaZEN @ivory How does it compare to the other Mastodon apps that are already available? Also, compared to the browser version (what I primarily use)
#IAmMastodon
#JohnMastodon #Mastodon #JohnOfMastodon #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #TwitterRefugee #Fediverse #Newhere #IAmMastodon #Ivory -
@The_KamikaZEN @ivory How does it compare to the other Mastodon apps that are already available? Also, compared to the browser version (what I primarily use)
#IAmMastodon
#JohnMastodon #Mastodon #JohnOfMastodon #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #TwitterRefugee #Fediverse #Newhere #IAmMastodon #Ivory -
@The_KamikaZEN @ivory How does it compare to the other Mastodon apps that are already available? Also, compared to the browser version (what I primarily use)
#IAmMastodon
#JohnMastodon #Mastodon #JohnOfMastodon #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #TwitterRefugee #Fediverse #Newhere #IAmMastodon #Ivory -
Trying out ProWritingAid Everywhere for Mac and ProWritingAid for Safari. Works great in Apple Notes and Scrivener (yay!) but I can't get it to work in Mastodon on Safari or in the Ivory app on Mac. Works on other websites and apps. Anyone know why this might be? Is there a setting to enable plugins on the server? https://prowritingaid.com
#ProWritingAid #Scrivener #Safari #SafariExtensions #Mastodon #Ivory
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Ivor van Dartel: "Ik kwam tot de conclusie dat dit potentieel tot uiting komt als het toestel binnen specifieke grenzen blijft qua grootte en prestaties en als er bovengemiddelde optimalisatie plaatsvindt voor aerodynamica en gewichtsvermindering. Dit inzicht heeft me sindsdien niet meer losgelaten."
Natuurkunde houdt niet van (te) grote toestellen.
Onder Nederlandse leiding: het optimale elektrische vliegtuig | Interview - #UpInTheSky
https://www.upinthesky.nl/2023/07/22/onder-nederlandse-leiding-het-optimale-elektrische-vliegtuig-interview/
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And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...
The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."
[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]
"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.
"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).
"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.
"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.
“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.
"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.
"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."
Read more:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain -
And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...
The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."
[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]
"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.
"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).
"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.
"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.
“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.
"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.
"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."
Read more:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain -
And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...
The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.
"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.
"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."
[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]
"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.
"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).
"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.
"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.
“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.
"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.
"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."
Read more:
https://bigthink.com/the-present/plastics-costs-benefits-paradox/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain -
Who is this #IvoryHecker anyway?🤨
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#Ivory updated to add support for #ReadwiseReader for read-it-later services. 😄
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Ok I'm at the point where I'm testing too many Mastodon clients at once, my desktop notifications sound like Pachinko 🤖
#Ivory #Mona #Mastonaut #Mastodon #Elk
I love you all but I need some type of elimination tournament in the near future
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Ivor Novello in “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog”
#TCMParty #TheLodger1927 #IvorNovello #SilentFilm #AlfredHitchcock #horror -
Toll fände ich ja, wenn man die Sroll-Richtung im #Ivory auf Wunsch umstellen könnte, also Neues erscheint unten. Ich bin mehr so ein nach-unten-scroll-Typ.
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A lovely cover of an Ivor Cutler song: John E. Flamingeaux — https://flamingeaux.bandcamp.com/track/im-going-in-a-field
(free download). The original was meant to be in The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, but was cut before broadcast.This cover is by a bunch of Hamburg bluegrass musicians, and is clearly influenced by Nic Jones' wonderful live cover.
Ivor would have been 101 today ...
#IvorCutler #bluegrass #hamburg #beatles #MagicalMysteryTour #NicJones
