Weather makes it feel like fall today. Starting off spooky season by watching Nightmare Before Christmas tonight. An all time favorite of mine.
Brandon Pink
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lolonurseG20 to become G21 as world leaders agree to grant African Union permanent membership - The Independent https://apple.news/AN_6g1nZKQD-PAj-6MS6ECg
Kevin Rothrockman, crossposting the same joke to four platforms is rough. by the fourth repost, you really feel like you're desperately repeating the punchline for one last round of half-laughs.
Sean KleefeldGaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/
“I will always be on the side of the libraries”: A Conversation with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a fierce supporter of libraries. The author of American Gods, Neverwhere, Good Omens, The Sandman, Coraline, and so many more has had a lifelong love affair with reading. And he credits librarians for fostering his curiosity about books and learning at a young age. Gaiman spoke with I Love Libraries recently about libraries, comic books, book banning in the U.S., movies, and more.
Dan GillmorThe BBC's experiment with Mastodon is pathbreaking in English-language news -- a major organization setting up its own instance. They've really thought this through. Key language:
"We're using social.bbc as the domain, so you can be sure these accounts are genuinely from the BBC. And by linking to and from the BBC’s website, we have verified our identity on Mastodon."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
Welcome to:
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Barbara Monaco@GottaLaff McConnell has had vascular issues for 20+ years. Triple bypass in 2003. To my knowledge he has not admitted to any medical problems since then, despite his often unhealthy appearance.
He's 81 now. One may succeed in hiding serious health conditions for just so long. He needs to bow out and spend more time with the family. Maybe take up knitting.
He's 81 now. One may succeed in hiding serious health conditions for just so long. He needs to bow out and spend more time with the family. Maybe take up knitting.
Tim MakWeiss makes the case that pessimism about the #Ukrainian counteroffensive is premature and misguided, citing agonized and defeatist reports from the #Russian side.
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/russians-see-ukrainian-progress-where-others-dont/
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/russians-see-ukrainian-progress-where-others-dont/
Ooh, nice updates to the PWA, #Firefish! New themes and much more comfortable text sizes make for a better reading experience for these poor eyes.
Yes. And the stakes can’t be communicated using kid-glove language in the guise of “not being biased”. The public deserves accuracy and they deserve the truth. There’s some scary shit going down right now with the GOP
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/jayrosen_nyu/statuses/110731363167140823
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/jayrosen_nyu/statuses/110731363167140823
I am way too white to be telling Black users how to best find community, but I, too, think that the federated nature of Mastodon is the best solution for the current issues going on at BlueSky. The brigade of users that weaponizes CW and other "norms" against Black folks, though....
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/NoelFrench/statuses/110714936799456628
RE: https://mastodon.social/users/NoelFrench/statuses/110714936799456628