If independent creators aren't supposed to promote their work, how am I supposed to know what to buy or recommend to my friends? More importantly, how are they supposed to eat?
C'mon, this is the #Fediverse. If promotion bugs you that much, put your big person pants on and curate your feeds instead of bellyaching. Yes, I know people can abuse self-promotion (like porn, you know it when you see it), but most creators are just trying to find an audience and survive. Give them a break.
There’s a wind storm around, so today I’m thankful for reclosers, one of my favorite parts of electrical infrastructure.
Reclosers are part of the electrical distribution system, the “medium size” electrical network that bridges between the big steel tower 400,000 volt world of electrical transmission and the happy little 110v power in your home. They’re like the circuit breakers that turn your power off if something bad happens to your home wires, but have a special trick up their sleeves.
Messier 88
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona
The gnomish sorcerer Coriolis Rillevay combined her penchant for wild magic with her skill as a clockwork artisan to help protect Waterdeep alongside such luminaries as the elven cleric Halbenet and the fisherman Joppa
#dnd #WaterdeepWednesday #Realmslore
Coriolis Rillevay was a rock gnome sorcerer, clockwork sculptor, and adventurer who was active around Waterdeep in the late 15th century DR. She drew her power from wild magic, and was versed in a wide range of spells. Coriolis had fair skin, red hair, and green eyes. She stood about 3 feet and 10 inches (120 centimeters) and weighed about 36 pounds (16 kilograms). As a driven craftswoman specializing in clockwork and sculpture, Coriolus took great pride in her work and was not shy about demolis
Barry Croft, Jr. plotted to kidnap Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer. Barry Croft , Jr. is a domestic terrorist and was just sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail.
This is how you help preserve our democracy: ACCOUNTABILITY.
Surely a step in the right direction?
Ban on single-use restaurant tableware hailed as fast-food ‘revolution’ in France | France | The Guardian
As Miss Universe approaches, Ukraine–which has had more important concerns this year–sent 2021's runner-up to represent Ukraine in the pageant.
And her fierce outfit is the perfect representation of the nation's strength and resilience in the face of Russia's invasion.
Brava! 👏
one thing i find really cool about these reports is the scale:
"this method allowed for the scalable preparation of licochalcone C on up to 30 g scale in a single run from 120 g of starting resorcinol"
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RT @EurJOC
Regioselective and Scalable Total Synthesis of Licochalcone C and Related Licoagrochalcones by @DrGregor2 and co-workers (@BVashchenko @EnamineLtd @KyivUniversity) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.202201226
https://twitter.com/EurJOC/status/1607698668638855169
Who Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno reportedly play in ‘Ahsoka’
https://bespinbulletin.com/2022/12/who-ray-stevenson-and-ivanna-sakhno-play-in-star-wars-ahsoka-reportedly-revealed/ #starwars #ahsoka
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Joshua Topolsky
Marc Brooker
(moving) APOD
Forgotten Realms Wiki 
George Takei 
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Stephen Fry
Goh Zhang-He (he/him)
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