#introduction post?
I'm Dan.
I don't generally do social media.
And yet here I am.
Trying out this Fedi thing,
excited to have a space where I can just be myself.
Hey, I'm so honored to be here with the cool crew on the Beige Party Boat!
I'm not allowed to follow any more people until after 8PM, says whomever's dad is in charge of that kind of thing.
As a little intro, for those who don't know me: I am an avid reader and reviewer of mostly fiction. I really do love to learn about anything, so hit me with your area of interest/expertise. I love all the arts. I am a champion of democracy, rights and equity for all. I will post about politics, but also about my dog Baxter, my wife J, and odd happenings in my neighborhood, etc.
Every Tuesday, I post a curated list of new book releases which I believe bear consideration.
@kimlockhartga
Is there a hashtag you use for your Tuesday lists? I'm curious but having trouble finding it. (Sorry...my available minutes to scroll waaaay back are ridiculously limited lately.)
I have two children diagnosed years ago as being on the Spectrum. My partner has suggested I am probably undiagnosed. I feel like it may explain some things.
So some questions:
Does anyone know that there is a hereditary link?
For those who've been tested later in life, I am late 50s, how has it affected you to know? Interested in both confirmed and negative test experiences.
Let's show ZUN our support for releasing his games on Steam and Comiket at the same time.
For years it really did seem impossible to get the series released in the west. We had to wait for a guy to go to the con and upload it, which would then get shared on DoujinStyle and the like. Nowadays Steam releases of Touhou games are more common and it's great to see.
I’m mostly an outsider to the whole Touhou phenomenon apart from enjoying the music but it’s always nice to see games that would otherwise be doujin only available through official channels. And on release, no less! Cool stuff for sure.
The lukewarm reviews don’t make it seem like a great entry on its own so perhaps not the best starting point for someone who’s casually interested but still, I’ll definitely take a better look later.
An Indiana public library is moving 1300 young adult titles to the adult section--making them unavailable to the readers the books were written for, many of whom need those books to survive their lives.
The library is spending over $300,000 just to deny teens the right to read books written for and about them.
Precious few #screenshotsaturday left before release on #steam! This whole #indiegame dev journey has been tough. Would we do it again? Yes! But we'd consider more carefully the next project for sure. We probably went to #narrativegame heavy this time for a first #game. And even #pixelart is hard to keep up with when you need alot of it!
Prof Michael Collyer
and I have an article in Social Sciences
'Offshoring Refugees: Colonial Echoes of the #UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership' https://mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/8/451
part of the special issue The #Colonial Legacies in #Asylum and Welfare in Europe.
The UK-Rwanda proposals differ from official practices of #deportation as they have developed in liberal democracies since the 1970s.
There are certainly some international parallels, such as Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ of ‘offshoring’ asylum, which is often cited as an inspiration. Yet a much clearer precedent involving the forcible movement of people to countries where they have no personal or legal connection existed for many years in the British Empire.
@catfitz
let me second this. I feel so much gratitude towards the autistic community. Colors and forms do a similar thing to me as community does. They form a space of resonance I can put my deepest feelings into and allow them to open and unfold. It's like an embrace. Here are some colors and shapes of my own. This one is abstract and it feels similar to me as a cat, laying on my chest, purring on my heart. @actuallyautistic
Doing research and realizing that unfortunately #SiYuan messes one thing up - backlinks and mentions render the inline content that contains the link.
The way SiYuan models pages, lists of any kind are structural objects that attach inline content.
That means while you can write outliner-style lists in SiYuan, the context of that list, especially child bullets, doesn‘t automatically come along like it happens in #logseq - or #capacities.
Tomorrow Friday the whole Uplift Storm Trilogy - BRIGHTNESS REEF, INFINITY'S SHORE & HEAVEN'S REACH - is on sale as an e-bundle for $3.99. That's a whole lot of fine, action and thought-packed SF for the price! On Kobo, B&B, Amazon... Try this link Friday! https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-uplift-storm-trilogy
see "Tomorrow Friday the whole Uplift Storm Trilogy - BRIGHTNESS REEF, INFINITY'S SHORE & HEAVEN'S REACH - is on sale as an e-bundle for $3.99. That's a whole lot of fine, action and thought-packed SF for the price! On Kobo, B&B, Amazon... Try this link" above
@PFCOGAN There are plenty, but it doesn't matter where you start. New writers to medium should check out @bookstodon for general interest. There are others for varied interests, including @smutstodon for erotica
Welcome!
#GameInfekt - Das Spiel ist soooo hübsch! Erinnert total an ältere JRPGs und der Charme kommt echt gut rüber. Der Soundtrack ist auch super. Freue mich schon sehr auf den Release Ende August. 💗