S. L. Crane

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Translator by day, crime writer by night. Has a messy browser history but a squeaky-clean apartment. Needs more cookies.

Came for the #WritingCommunity but also happy to see so many science/activism people now.

#Writing #Screenwriting #CrimeFiction #Thriller #Suspense #Selfpublishing #Translation #xl8

(Profile pic shows a flying crane with blood-red wing tips. Header pic shows a row of trees on the edge of a field during a snowstorm with thick white flakes whirling around.)

Please Vote NO on California Prop 4

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Disguised as being used for “forest health” and “wildfire protection,” $1.5 billion is tucked into the $10 billion bond [...] in an attempt to bribe the public into supporting it. Another $1.2 billion is designated for “restoration” of natural areas, which in Cal Fire’s Orwellian view of Nature means even more habitat clearance, logging, and herbicide use.

https://chaparralwisdom.org/2024/10/07/please-vote-no-on-prop-4-protect-the-chaparral/

#Environment #Chaparral #Vote #Nature

Please Vote NO on Prop 4 - Protect the Chaparral - Chaparral Wisdom

Proposition 4 will fund Cal Fire’s master plan to clear hundreds of thousands of acres of chaparral across the State of California – $1.5 billion worth to grind up, burn, and spray herbicides on California’s most characteristic native ecosystem, or as the State now...

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If you need a quick and fun-to-read reminder that your first draft doesn't have to be perfect, check out Tiffany Yates Martin's latest blog post: "Embrace the Suck" – https://foxprinteditorial.com/2024/02/08/embrace-the-suck/

#AmWriting #Writing #WritingCommunity

Embrace the Suck

Sometimes we may start a project knowing exactly what we want to say and how to say it, and the words flow out of us like milk and honey in the land of plenty. But other times we have to find our way to what we're trying to convey, just keep pounding out the words and ideas so w

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Dachte eigentlich, wir hätten das Thema "Denglisch bis zum Kotzen" in den 90ern durchgehabt. Gibt es jetzt echt wieder Leute, die dermaßen schwulstiges Gelaber ohne Inhalt (siehe Screenshot) toll finden? Müssen wir denn jeeeden Fehler unbedingt wiederholen? 😫

(Text stammt von der deutschen #TikTok-Website. #Denglisch #Marketing #HotAir #BullshitBingo)

Admittedly, I only play #Tetris for fun and wouldn't want to lose too much time with it, but this video explaining how someone beat the game and why it was such a big deal is quite fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU 😲
After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris

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‼️ BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT STUFF!

Sorry for screaming in your feed, but I just saw a post by someone I follow who lost everything in a fire in her building (not caused by her). This is tragic and a reminder that terrible things can happen even if you are careful. Others may not be.

Make digital copies of your most important documents. Store valuable files (finances, emergency information, your art & writing...) in at least one offsite location (the cloud, a relative's house...).

DO IT, PLEASE!

The Upwork idiots are at it again. Today's gem of a job ad is for all you smart folks out there (see screenshot). An irresistible offer, eh?

Also, coming soon to Harvard, Yale and Co.: New Master's Program in "Copying & Pasting"!
Prerequisites:
- at least a Bachelor's degree in "Turning a Computer ON and OFF"
- a brain (must be your own)
Postgraduate options:
- PhD in "Finding the # key and other cryptic symbols on a keyboard" (keyboard not included in tuition)

#ChatGPT #JobAdsFromHell #Upwork

Für eine Sendung wie #WettenDass eignete sich Twitter gut als virtuelles landesweites Lagerfeuer, mit Memes und Lästereien und Pipapo. Auf Mastodon zeigt es mir derzeit für den Hashtag insgesamt nicht mal zwei Dutzend Beiträge an. Kann man also vergessen. Kein Wunder, dass es so schwer ist, Leute hierher zu locken... (selbst wenn sie auf die Vogelscheiße keinen Bock mehr haben). 😐

The AI copywriting saga continues: Instead of acknowledging that their plan didn't work and changing their strategy, the people involved in the project are now wasting time and money discussing how to improve the AI prompts etc.

Normally, I'd say let this company lose that money, but the same company fired hundreds of people earlier this year due to budget cuts. I bet at least some of those jobs could've been saved had this project been run more competently and without this AI shitshow. 😡

#AI

Why is there still no way to move the "Getting Started" column in the Advanced interface to the left of the screen? Or is there? The UX is ridiculous!

For example, when I search for something in the "Search or paste URL" field in the left-most column and then click on a result, it'll open in the right-most column (the "Getting Started" one). Same happens when I click on a post that's part of a thread to read the next posts – the screen jumps all the way to the right. WTH?!

#FediHelp #FediTips

I feel so validated (and slightly worried about my life expectancy):

"A novel study uncovers our physiological response to misused grammar. Researchers identified a direct link between grammatical errors and a change in Heart Rate Variability (HRV). When confronted with bad grammar, subjects’ HRVs indicated increased stress levels." 😱

Source: https://neurosciencenews.com/stress-hrv-grammar-errors-25128/
Study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2023.101177

#grammar #language #science #HRV

Grammar Goofs Make Your Heart Skip: The Stressful Beat of Misused Language - Neuroscience News

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