“Being social in early 21st America: the definitive guide for the terminally distracted.”

Most aspects of successful social interactions are more logical and reasonable than you might expect given the general chaotic unpleasantness of most social situations. But, there are some expectations people will have, often unconsciously, that can lead them to dislike you for what seem like, on closer examination wholly arbitrary reasons.

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Remember: if you get Wikipedia "pls give us money" begging, give to the Internet Archive instead.

The internet archive is perpetually underfunded, whereas Wikipedia has enough cash on hand to continue operating at twice its capacity for about 3 decades.

Editors strongly opposed the wording of the recent beg banner:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1123763881#RfC_on_the_banners_for_the_December_2022_fundraising_campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fundraising_statistics

"you're just seeing racism everywhere"

in a society that has racism baked into its structure, racism IS everywhere and a lot of patterns and dynamics that wp don't notice or examine are racist. shouldn't be BIPOC to have to continuously point it out but wp won't do the work so

Looking for someone to help me create a logo (and possibly other marketing materials?) for my handcrafted beadwork brand. I'm just getting started and need help!

(boosts far and wide appreciated so I can connect with an artist in need of work!)

Sparks! drawn by me, written by Ian Boothby and coloured by David Dedrick is a whole trilogy now! Together they make a great gift for young readers who love comics and animals 🎁 Available at any bookstore, but we recommend going to a local independent business 😺

#comics #KidsComics #ChildrensBooks #GraphicNovel #ChristmasGift

I recently found this picture, taken in the 1930s at Le Monocle, one of the lesbian nightclubs in Paris at the time.

It's a great picture, with a lot of different people, absorbed in their own merriment, and at the center, my new reference for the concept of badass.

I don't know who she is, but she deserves a long, adventurous backstory -- maybe involving mutiny aboard an airship, spies, and broken hearts.

She's the only one looking at the camera, so the story is definitely about her.

Not gonna lie, this report is impressive, and every Mastodon instance should publish something like this every month. I have an account on mstdn.ca, and this is the kind of thing that would encourage me to move my main account from mastodon.social to mstdn.ca (although I would still support Eugen’s Patreon for his work on Mastodon, which benefits all instances). Staying put for now, though.

https://news.mstdn.ca/state-of-the-instance-nov-2022/

#WritingTip

Have an author client who's stuck on his novel, so I gave him a little #CharacterArc homework. (Based on #SaveTheCat by Blake Snyder.)

Might be fun to ask these questions about your characters.

#WritingCommunity
#NaNoWriMo
#WritingCoach