Debbie Cooban

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I love books, cats, chocolate, coffee. Writer, stationery addict, OU Undergraduate, gamer, member of the RNA NWS, #Historian #Ancient #Medieval #EarlyModern #Modern #Ravenclaw #WritingCommunity #OpenUniversity 🇪🇺 🌹
Y’all, a HEAP of great things happened for our KILLERS this week and I’ve rounded them up for you! https://www.deannaraybourn.com/blog/link-round-up/
Link round-up! | Deanna Raybourn

Y’all. This week has been BEYOND. Every day another piece of lovely news popped in my inbox. It’s the time the end-of-year lists are released, and the book love for KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE has been tremendous! Here’s a handy round-up of links: *South Florida Sun Sentinel Best Mystery Books of 2022 *CrimeReads Best... <a href="https://www.deannaraybourn.com/blog/link-round-up/">Read More</a>

Deanna Raybourn
Every #christmastree needs an angel. #aziraphale #goodomens
Day 16 of #Shedvent: Tired from your journey, you sleep in a bed of warmest, softest eiderdown, in a hall in which the ice-blue walls are carved with beautiful designs of dolphins, whales and sea horses, and where a chandelier of ice hangs from the lofty ceiling...

Happy birthday Jane Austen! Born #OTD in 1775 🎉

To celebrate, here she is with a hangover 🍷 🍾 🥂

#janeausten #austen #histodons #litodons #books #bookstodon #history

When even the *BBC* start putting up articles about Twitter blocking Mastodon - you know the birdman has screwed up big time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63999452

Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links

The social media giant has also suspended the Twitter account of its new rival.

BBC News
Hi guys!
Little paws in the snow

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news

Public Service Warning

Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when Musk pulled the employee purge.

It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.

We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.

#twittermigration

Archaeologists found a 1,300 year old gold necklace in an early medieval burial site near Northampton.
Created from at least 30 pendants, beads made of Roman coins, garnets, glass and semi-precious stones it is the richest of its type ever uncovered in Britain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-63860132

Liz Barham, senior conservator of the Museum of London Archaeology, displays the early medieval gold and gemstone necklace during a photo call, London,Dec. 6, 2022.

AP Photo/Kin Cheung https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dig-at-uk-housing-site-yields-major-7th-century-treasures/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1670363512

Medieval necklace found near Northampton 'internationally important'

Experts uncover a "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery near Northampton of international significance.

BBC News