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Similar to what I boosted, I’d also like to ask you all to consider supporting #Bookwyrm, for social reading and book reviews on the fediverse.
https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm

And if anyone has experience doing “Django at scale” work, I’ve got experience in the “Ruby at scale” stuff and would love to collaborate on measuring and improving Bookwyrm for everyone. (And hopefully, lowering server costs for Bookwyrm admins too.) Reach out and maybe we can schedule a monthly call to start.
https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm

#fediverse #bookstadon

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

"Caltrain announced that regenerative braking on the new trains is generating and sending back to the electric grid approximately 23% of the energy consumed by the system"

https://www.caltrain.com/news/caltrains-electric-fleet-more-efficient-expected

Caltrain’s Electric Fleet More Efficient than Expected | Caltrain

Elon Musk just gave a Nazi salute to president Trump. Repeatedly.

This was reported by:

* The Guardian
* The Independent
* Jerusalem Post
* Times of India
* Rolling Stone
* France 24
* Irish Star (said it was "accidental")
* Haaretz
* ABC (Australia)

It has NOT been reported by:
* CBS
* NBC
* ABC
* CBC
* CNN
* Global News Canada
* CBC
* Globe and Mail
* BBC
* PostMedia

#trump #fascism #nazis

With Pinterest being a cesspool, TikTok was rlly the main place I got art inspo from... I guess the fact RedNote is less addictive is probably overall a good thing...

Folks Pixelfed is getting slammed.

Since Meta started blocking links to #Pixelfed it seems the world has discovered this wonderful public Instagram alternative picture sharing social media application (see Striesand effect).

But things that are public, rely on us to fund them. @dansup does not have a bunch of VC billionaires writing big checks for more server capacity.

If you can spare a few dollars to support public social media, right now is the time to do so!

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project

Support Pixelfed

We're an open source project that is funded by people like you!

Pixelfed
As a non vegan I’m horrified by the content out there that’s about ‘make tofu taste like chicken!!’ No, I want tofu to taste like tofu

My friends are probably already sick of the story, but it's the first time I'm buying a used book online. Went for Thriftbooks because a few folks seemed to have positive experiences on TikTok. And they sold me an ARC. What?? I even had ordered a hardcover... got a refund, didn't need to return the book, but wow.

Otherwise, the condition is actually quite good. Some scuffs on the cover, but the spine is undamaged and no writing on the inside.

Might stick to buying used books from library sales tbh.

#WritersCoffeeClub Are you having a writing-free day or sneaking in a few paragraphs?

I don’t write every day.

I’ve published five novels, two collections, eight novellas, and dozens of short stories.

You don’t have to write every day to be a writer, nor should you feel bad for taking a day to not write (and, frankly, there’s a lot of mental work that goes into writing, too, and those thinking/pondering/wandering days are super-important.) Write the way that works best for you.

I covered some ways to say sorry that all get translated poorly to "sorry". Since I did the same for "thank you", seems only fair to cover "you're welcome".

The standard base "you're welcome" that most people are familiar with is 不謝。 The first character is 'no', and the second is "thank you". It's like saying 'no need to thank". The Cantonese version of this is "mmm sai" (I'm not giving the written words b/c we generally don't write out colloquial spoken terms and truthfully I don't know what written words to use - this is very common in Cantonese, even native speakers can't tell you what written words to use for some colloquial words).

Hilariously, when one of my uncles first immigrated to Canada, someone said thank you to him and his response was "no thank you". If you ever get that as a response, now you know why.

不會 - is like saying "not at all". I first heard this one in Taiwan and it threw me for a loop. The implication of saying thanks is that you've troubled a person and this response is like saying "nah, not trouble at all".

小事 - "it's a small matter", "it's nothing!" , "de nada!"

謝什麽 - "Thanks, What?", "what are you thanking me for?"

These are mostly standard issue. Now for the more interesting forms that really don't translate well.

客氣 - this means to have a air of a guest. It's like saying "you are being too polite, like a guest". Don't be like a guest!

見外 is somewhat similar to the above and even more forceful. It's like saying "what??? you are thanking me like I'm an outsider???" The characters mean "see outside". It really does push back on the person saying thanks and says "please don't treat me like I'm not one of you" (but not in a rude way).

If you're a C drama watcher, you know that back in the day, a thanks came with a bow. These days it comes with a hand gesture as a replacement.

#UntranslateableChinese