My New Year’s resolution is an almost complete shift to Masto, and ideally also getting my videos up on Peertube, though I will need to figure out how to better tie it in with my Patreon
@pivic@bookstodon I hate Goodreads, I had an account in its early days and loved how I could add all the books I own to an online library, but a lot of the reviews are just mean. I deleted my account a long time ago. I've read about the recent review bomb campaigns against new authors and it's awful but not surprising. It's such a toxic culture there.
In one year, New York City's messaging went from "you do you" to "mask up with an N95."
This didn't happen by chance. Advocates and groups like Covid Advocacy NY organized to take down the MTA signs and attended every NYC council hearing on COVID to push for better messaging. Advocacy works!
From the outside, it's easy to say "oh of course NYC has N95 signs, they are so progressive." But the truth is that we are not. New York's COVID response has been & continues to be problematic. But thanks to the tireless work of advocates, we are getting some wins. Don't give up!
Twitter quietly dropped the government identity check requirement for verification, as well as the requirements that the account be 30 days old, have an avatar, and are not impersonating anyone.
I was able to get verification on a 2 day old account named Barack Obama with no avatar or posts.
Listening back to this in bits to get a full review in my sound system at home. Just increable. Proper slam on the drums on this pressing.
Great pressing. Dynamic rich sound on a flat white vinyl. I met Jez and Andy recently and got it signed so dead happy either way but the vinyl being a good one just adds to the awesomeness of this release . Surface noise is there but quiet.
@luis_in_brief@b0rk I was once on the GCC steering committee. I saw our main role at the time as managing RMS and keeping him from driving the developers away. Burned out eventually, have been out of GCC development for a long time.
@not2b Yeah, virtually everyone who was involved in or near GNU for any length of time bears those scars. Thank you for your important service in building our modern world!
@stina_marie@bookstodon@horrorbooks@horror Aaahhh, what a brilliant list! Hailey Piper, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones and so many more! Can't wait! :ablobcatbongo:
@NicoleCRust@academicchatter Now that would be a writing exercise:
"Transition to sustainable livestock systems is super important but people are stupidheads so we can't figure out how to do it. Money PLZ."
President Zelensky suggests Trump's election can strongly affect war.
The result of the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election can "very strongly" influence the course of Russia's war against Ukraine, President Zelensky said during a press conference on Dec. 19.