Platypuss Divva

Descent into Hell, by Duccio, 1308-11, 📸 by Noe Llamas

I may be a bit biased but I love this! <3

a lotus demon, holding a lily pad umbrella

lotus
#art

it's amazing what you can get when a culture is created by primarily black and trans posters

Monktoberfest 2025 - Diversity & Inclusion Application The Monktoberfest (https://monktoberfest.com/) is a one-of-a-kind conference focused on the intersection of social and technology. We'd love to have you join us in Portland, Maine on October 1-3, 2025...

one of the best tech conferences in the US opens applications for its 2025 DEI program. we'll cover your ticket and provide a travel and accommodation stipend if necessary. @monktoberfest.com is a lovely intimate event in Portland, Maine, October 1/2.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I told you we’d be back

YouTube video by Samsung Recipe ideas | Galaxy S25 Ultra | Samsung

You know that pasta sauce Galaxy + Gemini ad? It demonstrates something interesting about AI: it is an excellent illustration of the risk of "problem orphaning" with AI. A short thread 1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8W-...

I told you that the foreshadowing this season was lazy and forced.

Celebrity deathmatch feom MTV screenshot of the announcers

Hey MTV I think it’s time for a reboot!

This is as if someone saw David Cronenberg's take on J.G. Ballard's "Crash", but decided that all the flesh and blood and human contact was icky, and they'd rather see it play out on social media.

🥃

Anjunadeep Open Air - Los Angeles. Photo of the stage at sunset, lights on the stage beginning to be visible

Anjunadeep Open Air - Los Angeles

Pecan Pie, Whole Grain Toast, Grapefruit Peel
Finish
Nutmeg, Birch Beer, Dry Oak Tannin

Aged for a minimum of thirteen years, non-chill filtered & proofed with our own limestone mineral water from the Legendary Rosendale Mines of NY, Lucky Thirteen is always a way to share good fortune.

TASTING Notes
Aroma
Vanilla Bean, Earl Grey Tea, Caramel & Sweet Tobacco
Taste

The different rick house positions combined with climate variations have led to subtle deviations in flavor, all coming together in a hyper small batches, little more than a handful of barrels at a time.

The whiskey aging process is influenced by time & place. Aren’t we lucky. These barrels have all been influenced by the greatly varying temperatures & humidity levels of their original source and their time in our rick house in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

The ongoing misunderstanding about Bluesky's architecture allowing for decentralization meaning it is unstoppable has me thinking a lot about mutualism.

numergent.com/2025-04/Unst...

230. MCP - It's Hot, But Will It Win? There's a long history of "middleware" in our industry. Everyone wants it. There's always a hot one, but it rarely makes to the finish line and often disappoints.

AI middleware. And some Microsoft history. hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/230-mcp-it...

For those looking for my slides from MonkiGras 2025 last week you can find them here in a google drive. They will stay there, viewable until approx September 2025 or around the end of the year.

bit.ly/erioldoesdes...

It was an amazing talk 🤘

Really appreciate this history of open source. We can’t ignore the consequences of licensing models and their incentives @chrisjrn.fyi #monkigras

Here’s the full SMBC comic about finding something you can get real weird about I referenced on my #MonkiGras talk, in case anyone missed the URL on the slide.

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/weird-4

@jedi.be @ #MonkiGras 2025 talking about what makes you tick, learning from family. Equal != same. Learning paths differ. Sometimes you just have do things.

“If you want to build a sustainable project you need to build a team around it” @iamstan.elmo.sh @ #MonkiGras 2025

Amazing talk on passion plays, craft wine and parallels on software craftsmanship by @ricardo.bsky.social @ #MonkiGras

Labels matter.

As @ricardo.bsky.social shares on wine bottle branding, a label can carry meaning and help folks to select a bottle, or avoid it. #monkigras

@cote.io giving his D&D with GenAI talk and the crowd is already full in! And maybe a bit inspired by the cider. #MonkiGras

Slide cover for a presentation called "What the goblins can teach us about AI - Lessons learned from two years of playing D&D with GenAI - Or, rediscovering two forgotten crafts

Here's the talk I'm about to give to a potentially craft cider-sotten crowd at #MonkiGras: cote.io/chatdm/

mundus sine caesaribus shirts on Redbubble

american flag on top of phrase

So many flavors. Should I get the flag one?

A RedMonk Conversation: Making Container Isolation a Reality with Alex Zenla In this RedMonk conversation, Alex Zenla, founder & CTO at Edera, chats container security and virtualization with Rachel Stephens, research director at RedMonk. Alex shares her unique journey from Mi...

For #MonkiGras folks interested in hearing @alex.zenla.io’s @redmonk.com conversation w @rstephens.me you can catch it here: redmonk.com/blog/2025/02...