Craig Lee@cell911@techhub.socialtechhub.social

15 years ago yesterday (2010/05/14), was a pretty cool photo adventure. #ThrowbackThursday #SpaceShuttle #RocketLaunch #Photography https://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/4608089262/in/album-72157623937966643

I feel another burst of blog evangelism coming on, but for the moment I'll just say that if you've been thinking of starting a blog, then take this message as a sign that, yes, you should start a blog. In short: help make the web more human.

The bear inside the box is Paddington, the bear outside the box is Marginton

Any of my friends here also on @neodb or @bookwyrm ?

Mastodon: Giving Journalists Options Away From Big Tech

At the International Journalism Festival, Mastodon joined forces with Save Social to make a case for journalists and publications to join the network.

https://wedistribute.org/2025/05/mastodon-journalism/

The Episcopalians say fuck no to resettling White South African exiles!

Episcopal Church ends decades-long agreement with US over 'illegal' Trump policy
https://www.alternet.org/church-trump-policy/

If US press wrote about the US the way they do the rest of the world

When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, President Eisenhower responded: “Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”

This meeting could have been a podcast .

"I am starting a petition to no longer refer to AI "art" as AI art but instead as Computer-Rendered Artificial Pictures (CRAP).

Pass it on."

The AI bubble is a stunningly designed grift. Here's a machine that promises to automate the alienation of labor for knowledge workers, built on their past work, marketed to a buying class who has none of the skills to evaluate the output of these tools or the talent they promise replace.

“Blatantly unlawful”: Trump slammed for trying to defund PBS, NPR
Defunding PBS and NPR risks devastating rural communities, networks say.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/blatantly-unlawful-trump-slammed-for-trying-to-defund-pbs-npr/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

LATEST: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting responds to Trump's executive order that aims to cut funding to NPR and PBS:

"CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the president's authority." https://t.co/vpX4r6gRNL

Feeling like a "Radical Left Monster" today.

Oh Canada!

My @smh cartoon.

In just 100 days, Trump is reshaping media coverage — and it’s looking a lot like Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

By sidelining critics and boosting loyal voices, the White House is reshaping how (and who) gets heard.

https://theconversation.com/trumps-first-100-days-show-him-dictating-the-terms-of-press-coverage-following-hungarian-strongman-viktor-orbans-playbook-for-media-control-254050