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...

Chaparral Wisdom

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

FoxPrint Editorial

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)

@creative_xl8 Ha, nice!
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

@ilovecomputers "Eve of the Daleks", but I may be biased b/c I'm a fan of Groundhog Day storylines, which are hard to pull off, especially with a contained setting.
@Arne_Brand Vermutlich weil du auf mastodon.social bist.
@seli Das kann gut sein. Offenbar ist es instanzabhängig. Aber solange man auf manchen Instanzen nur Leere sieht (ist mir auch schon bei anderen "Großereignissen" passiert), ist das doch kein vernünftiges soziales Netzwerk. (Für meine speziellen Interessen ist es ausreichend, aber mehr auch nicht. Und das ist schade.)