Mastodawn

I'm taking a break from using Mastodon. The experience here has been less-than-great the past few weeks, and I am tired of this cycle repeating.

In an effort to stay in touch, I've launched a newsletter at veronicaexplains.net. Future blog posts will go there as well.

I explain more in the inaugural post: https://veronicaexplains.net/launching-ghost-on-new-domain/

I have also turned on ActivityPub for this blog, you can follow it at @veronica.

Veronica Explains launches new website/newsletter!

My website is now using Ghost instead of WordPress, and that means you can get me in your inbox. Everyone loves emails, right?

Veronica Explains

SpaceBass Feb 10, 2025

Brian Enigma Feb 10, 2025

BLOG: Reviving the Unfiction Forums
https://netninja.com/2025/02/09/reviving-the-unfiction-forums/

Reviving the Unfiction Forums

I set out to take a static snapshot of the Unfiction forums. Its now-15-year-old server software crashed and fell offline 8 years ago. This is how I did it.

Netninja.com

SpaceBass Feb 3, 2025

Laura E. Hall Feb 3, 2025

For a decade, the Unforum was the backbone of the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) community. In 2017, a server crash took the site offline...until today Now, the Unforum has been brought back as a static archive: forums.unfiction.com Read about the restoration effort: cfia.org/preserving-t...

Preserving the Unforum – Cente...

SpaceBass Feb 3, 2025

Thanks to the herculean efforts of @BrianEnigma and @lauraehall ( https://cfia.org ), a static archive of the Unfiction forums is now available at https://forums.unfiction.com/

More information at the Center for Immersive Arts: https://cfia.org/preserving-the-unforum/

Center for Immersive Arts

SpaceBass Oct 30, 2024

Molly White Oct 30, 2024

A commenter at Citation Needed suggested I have not adequately explained why I support Kamala Harris, and why I believe it is absolutely critical that everyone who can vote comes out to vote for her. In case I have indeed not been clear, here is my response.

PLEASE vote.

#USpolitics #USpol

SpaceBass Oct 21, 2024

Andrea Phillips Oct 20, 2024

SO MAD, I am not going to get over this, like, ever. YOU GUYS, I wrote a book called America Inc. in which the bad guy is pretty much reskinned Elon Musk and he names his IRL Super PAC "United States of America Inc." https://www.amazon.com/America-Inc-novel-democracy-tricks-ebook/dp/B084H41XK7/

Amazon.com

SpaceBass Nov 7, 2023

Zach Weinersmith Nov 7, 2023

OK guys, A City on Mars is out.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639449/a-city-on-mars-by-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith/

Heretofore I've had to hold back a bit on discussing it, but now the book is going out into the world, so Ask Me Anything about space settlement: science, politics, law, historiography, etc. I'll do my best to answer.

A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith: 9781984881748 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American’s #1 Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize *...

PenguinRandomhouse.com

SpaceBass Aug 26, 2023

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Godfrey642 Aug 25, 2023

@Tibor
In that moment of that kiss, #rubiales , all of #hermoso 's career, skill, professionalism, expertise was reduced down to her being a female for the taking.
If he can do that publicly on a world stage, what type of behaviour is he capable of behind the scenes?

For all men & boys who saw that, THAT attitude/behaviour is what women need to see ground into the dirt under foot.

It is not men we hate, its THAT behaviour, THAT contempt for women, THAT disdain. WE decide what is acceptable for our bodies, not men like #rubiales.
And we need the good men of the world standing as allies beside us.

#wwc23 #socceroos #matildas #football #fifa #fifaworldcup #fifawomensworldcup #sexism