Just finished a reread last night of NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy and now nothing sounds appealing because nothing can stand up next to that.

Reading hangover I guess, I'll hopefully get over it soon.

#Bookstodon

RE: https://techhub.social/@rayckeith/116445996491349836

"When an app combines these four features — solitude, bottomlessness, speed and teasing — it creates a kind of recipe for overuse for nearly everyone, Schüll says."

I hate infinite scroll...

I don’t talk about my projects enough, even though I think they might be really useful for some of you! So please excuse this bit of #selfPromo. 😅

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I won an astronomy communication and public education award from the Canadian Astronomical Society, for yelling about satellite pollution! I'm quite honoured, and now obligated to continue yelling.

Which I was going to do anyway, but it's extremely nice to know that my university (who gave me a public education award last year) and my professional society both think I am good at yelling about this and should keep doing it.

If I look at another networking diagram this week I am not criminally responsible for my actions or words that come out of my mouth, seriously

Where is a cat belly when I need it

Some devices aren’t hard to repair by accident—they’re built that way. These design choices block access, add risk, and push you toward replacement instead of repair. That’s not innovation. That's planned obsolescence.

Which one annoys you the most?
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#iFixit #RightoRepair #FixTheWorld