Here's a periodic reminder that I'm selling a huge chunk of my book collection cause I'm moving and have a growing family and OMG help.
Lots of SF/F, a little H, some quirky bits and bobbles and literary stuffs, unique non-fiction (academic and beyond), and even some DVDs, comics, and graphic novels.
Please share with anyone you know who loves them some books. I've got...less than a month to find homes for as much as possible!!! #books
Huh. #NetGalley just gave me the top reviewer badge; someone at the publisher thought my review of Moved to Murder was good enough (despite being brief and critical) to be featured on the book's page.
A plurality of contentiously incompatible but independent moderation "spaces" ... is the only way in which the internet is good at digesting substantial and contentious topics.
conversations on the internet generally suck.
On any contentious front, strong moderation can run the risk of "echo chambers".
For those willing to survey multiple "bubbles", an interconnected plurality provides a de facto dialectics.
@fediverse
Probably not original at all. But I suspect there's something to framing it around "improving the quality of internet discourse" through the emergent dynamics of a federation ... especially in comparison to monolithic big-social.
It also repositions the internet as a broader resource to be used effectively.
And instills independent and contentiously incompatible instances along with widely connected federation as desirable positives for social media and the internet in general.
2/2
@CoinOfNote@histodons@numismatics I’m going to guess Ukraine or the Soviet Union. Seems like a communist idea to put factories and plows on your coins.
@curmudgeonaf@histodons@numismatics
Definitely the right thinking there! You'd find factories, and plows, all over the world of course, but there are some places much more likely to feature that imagery on their coins.
Science publishing is central to the whole scientific endeavour, and should be governed in ways that avoid the pathologies described above. The current system poses risks to the credibility and integrity of the scientific endeavour, a crucially important issue when the proper functioning of science is so central to the whole range of human concerns. It is for these reasons that it is imperative to set acceptable standards for publishing, to identify and highlight anti-competitive activities by publishers, and to facilitate coordinated responses by institutions globally when they negotiate contracts with publishers
What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I'm having a stroke?
Maybe they're used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn't explain the emails I've had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics' messages?
RuneScape was just a series of typing exercises for me. Eventually I got an auto typer but I’d still throw in my own messages to try to throw off the bot detection
Question for the #ActuallyAutistic crowd, especially those who also have #ADHD (boosts welcome):
I've seen people with autism share their experiences here and found much of it oddly familiar. Much is explainable by my existing ADHD diagnosis, but some less so (e.g.: some sensory stuff). My doctor doesn't think so because I "can make eye contact". Is it worth seeking a second (professional) opinion? 1/2
Most of the things that can't be explained by ADHD don't impact my life too severely, but I wonder if there are options that help with autism that might be more beneficial than just treating the ADHD alone. 2/2
Even if Trump loses in November, even if he dies in prison, today's #SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity is a set-piece for absolute tyranny.
As soon as the GOP returns to power, America will devolve into a pure fascist state. They've laid that out, and now their court has granted them that power.
Far-right extremists broke the highest court in the land -- a fascist's hand-picked judges keep ruling in his favor. They don't care about #trump