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Sorry to hear that Michael Keating, who played the cowardly but capable Vila in the BBC science-fiction series “Blake’s 7”, has died.
ME: It's nice sometimes to wear something that isn't completely covered in cat fur.
ORANGE CAT (leaping into my lap): Not on MY watch!
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/116584545893648082
I’m always stunned by how undervalued the openness of the Fediverse is. Something that isn’t hostage to the whims of billionaires or advertisers, that is as nearly #enshittification-proof as anything can be, is amazing. It bugs me more people don’t appreciate or value that.
Protocols liberate, platforms control: protocols like ActivityPub or the HTTP/HTML combo that built the Web put tools in the hands of whoever wants to use them. Platforms like Facebook or Twitter are purpose-built traps.
As the robot vacuum rolls into the room, the cat in my lap looks at me anxiously as if to say “It's got us trapped. What are we going to do?”
(Plot twist: the robot has sucked up so much orange fur that it probably counts as some kind of cyborg-cat chimera. If they form an alliance against me, I'm done for).
The paperback of Winston Malone's "Take a Breath”, an anthology of claustrophobic horror, is now available for pre-order. It includes my creepy little story “Tourist Trap”, as well as other good stuff.
Amazon, Bookshop.org & B&N are taking paperback pre-orders, or you can buy the ebook from Bookshop.org & Kobo today.
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