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Chigaze

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Degree in Political Science, career in tech.
Inhabitant of YEG for most of 54 years and the neighbourhood of Westmount for over 20. Had a new house built during the pandemic on the site of our old one. Partner to the amazing https://mstdn.ca/@daintychainsaw.
30+ years in virtual communities from late 80’s BBS’s to current social media with stops in Usenet, MMO groups, Discord…

Gamer of all types from boardgames to computer games to console games. See ‪https://mstdn.games/@Igaze‬ for gaming posts.

Edmonton, Alberta

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davew, to random
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Thinking through the idea of Facebook in the fediverse, this is a company that strives to deliver Disneyland on the internet.

Who cares if a node blocks them, what's really going to bake your noodle is when they run access to the fediverse like Apple manages their App Store.

And that is how it's going to work.

They're also going to implement Facebook-only APIs, and you're going to want to support them, because they give you access to many millions of people.

Chigaze,
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@davew I don’t want access to millions of people. I want to be part of interesting communities and not have to deal with the mass of random responses you get posting to millions of random people. I like that the structure of the Fediverse slows interactions down and limits visibility.

So no, I wouldn’t support FB only APIs that give me “access” to millions of people.

RickiTarr, to random
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What songs do you think are too good for their subject matter, like a song for an ad that's actually good, or a children's show theme song that slaps, ect?

Chigaze,
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@Twoclownseating @RickiTarr I don't know why that would get you into trouble, particularly with Doctor Who fans who are likely to agree with you than anything else. I know I agree with you completely. What she created was something amazing.

zkrisher, to bookstodon
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Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett, is on sale for 5$ aton LibroFM.

This is Terry at his best and at his most feminist and anti war.

It is the new version of the Aduiobook. Narrated by:

Katherine Parkinson, Bill Nighy & Peter Serafinowicz

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780063372146-monstrous-regiment

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Chigaze,
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@geomannie @zkrisher @bookstodon It’s been a huge influence on my daughter, who has an extremely battered copy and has lost track of how many times she’s read it. I think she could quote most of it from memory.

Chigaze, to bookstodon
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Woohoo! Got a free book from membership points at a local independent bookstore I frequent!

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surya, to bookstodon
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I am Lawful neutral and chaotic good. 🤓

But lol at chaotic evil. :P

Feel free to tag yourself fellow bookworms. ❤️

cc: @goodreads

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Chigaze,
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@surya @goodreads @bookstodon I’m lawful good until my two fancy bookmarks are already in books and then either true neutral or lawful evil.

kimlockhartga, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Tomorrow (today in Australia and New Zealand) is Awareness Day. What really good novels have you read that feature older protagonists?

These come to my mind:

Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

Deacon King Kong, James McBride

We Spread, Iain Reid

Old God's Time, Sebastian Barry

Chigaze,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon All four of the Thursday Murder Club novels by Richard Osman.

The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice
The Bullet That Missed
The Last Devil to Die

Chigaze, to bookstodon
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Apparently I'm the level of Tolkien nerd who can read an entire book of his rough notes obsessing over minutia. Currently reading "The Nature of Middle-Earth" which includes details like what type of pen the notes were written in.

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Chigaze, to bookstodon
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Time for a book and a pint.

@bookstodon @marthawells

Chigaze, to bookstodon
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The problem with good, fun, easy to read books is they're done too fast. Now I have to wait years for another Thursday Murder Club book as I finished “The Last Devil to Die” in a couple days.

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Chigaze,
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@lastrobot @bookstodon There's a new Murderbot coming soon though!

duanetoops, to bookstodon
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The first book was beyond enjoyable! Excited to start the second!

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Chigaze,
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@duanetoops @bookstodon Murderbot is one of the single best series I've read in the last few years. I’m really looking forward to the next one coming out soon.

Chigaze, to bookstodon
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Finished listening to Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” and it was as brilliant, terrifying, and prophetic as I had heard. I think I’ll need a happier walking book next although I also will be reading “Parable of Talents” soon too.

@bookstodon #OctaviaButler #Books

Chigaze, to bookstodon
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Walked into a bookstore to kill some time and, of course, walked out with book.

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