Good Morning Mastodon and Fantasycon! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading the engrossing SF tale on Hamlet that is The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu. What are you reading at the moment?
@RunalongWomble Hello, Womble. Just finished 'The Dentist' by Tim Sullivan, a UK crime procedural set in Bristol. Main detective character is on the autistic spectrum, which makes him very good at details and patterns but not so good at interacting with colleagues and the public. Compelling mystery, well-paced but not sure how I felt about the writing style. There was a lot of jarring head-hopping (jumping between POV and POV), often within the same paragraph. @bookstodon
@RunalongWomble
Hello Womble, just started 'The blighted stars' by Megan O'Keefe. Fun space opera so far. Sabotaged ship leads a group of survivors to crash land on an Earth-like planet which is not as hospitable as they were led to expect... @bookstodon
The main theme from @neilhimself's #GoodOmens, composed by David Arnold, was one of the delights performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society at the #BBCProms this year. The concert was conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing.
🔭🧬🔬 Arranca la segunda jornada del #CGutenberg23 con la mesa "Ponga usted a un comunicador o una comunicadora en su organización" con🗣️Angela Monasor, Rubén Permuy, Núria Saladié y moderada por Concepción Sanz.😉
En mi mini charla sobre ‼️Mastodon y ciencia‼️ en #CGutenberg23 fue “curioso” comprobar (en vivo y en directo) como prácticamente nadie conocía esta plataforma…
🤔¿Pasará lo mismo con #Bluesky o las otras alternativas para la red del pajarito?
Espero haber despertado un pelín la curiosidad en alguna de las personas que estaban por ahí… 🤪
I'm thinking about Mastodon in a wide view, in the world of social media, this feels a little outsider, while at the same time it also feels like it might be the future. So, let's talk about it!
What do you get out of Mastodon?
Why are you here?
How has it compared with your other social media experiences?
What do you see for the future of Mastodon?
What do you want to see?
And basically anything else about it you want to say about Mastodon.
LET'S TALK!
@mambearpnw Maybe? With the new search feature you might be able to just search for Holly or Stephen King, but the #Holly or #StephenKing hashtags will work if someone used them. I don't get many hits on the first, but I get plenty for the second.
If you're a reader you can follow #Bookstodon or the auto-boosting group @bookstodon (this makes it easier to find people who use the hashtag), people love to talk books with those.
Having been there, it’s so strange to see her in that space and to recognize it even though it has changed so much. When she says “this must be an early version of the Smithsonian” I almost felt like I was time traveling back there with her.
Threads isn’t even federated with the greater Fedi so IDK why it’s even being contented here. In the scope of people who actually use the fediverse Mastodon is king.
Join us on Thursday for Locus in Conversation: The Creative Reality of AR/VR and the Metaverse with authors Daniel Abraham (The Expanse) & Aliette de Bodard (The Tea Master and the Detective). This is a FREE, virtual event on Sep 21 at 1pm PDT. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/710542831737/