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Today’s very excellent news: Starter Villain is a best seller! On the NYT lists (two of them, actually: Hardcover and Combined Print/EBook), at USA Today and with Indie Booksellers, and with Audible as well, where the book this week is #2 on their fiction list. Such a tremendous start. Thank you every one of you who went and picked up the book, in whatever format! My typing cats thank you.
Graphic announcing that Starter Villain is a NYT, USA Today and Indie bestseller.
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Curiously, I did not see the book in B&N on Saturday. Are BigBoxBookstores(TM) not carrying it?

NB: I’ve retired to a small town without a bookstore (mistake? maybe), so drive 1.5 hours each way to get to the closest.

@alderson it's possible they were sold out of it.
Read it in one weekend day. Great fun.


I have the sudden desire to spin up a dos based #bbs like I used to access in my youth. I wonder if that’s possible these days.
#bbs

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Employees: We like working in the same homes where we sleep. There's no commute, it's very convenient.

Google: Nah we need you back in the office. But we built hotel rooms here so you can still sleep in the same place you work and there's no commute.

Employees: Uh yeah that's what we already had...

Google: That'll be $99. Which you pay us. To trap you in the office we demanded you come back to.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820061/google-hotel-bay-view-campus-return-to-office

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I eat them at all stages. #food
THE LIFE CYCLE OF PASTA

Image shows a macaroni, then a rigatoni inching like a worm, then a shell pasta hanging off a branch like a caccoon, then opening up to allow a bowtie pasta to fly away like a butterfly.
#food

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Finally got an opportunity to make a blood donation today.
Scene from Disenchantment, Elfo sitting in a cage eating a cookie while being drained of blood.

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I have established a small, invite-only community on IRC focused on men supporting men. If you are a man and you need a safe space to work on positive masculinity, to better understand LGBTQ identities, feminist ideas, sexual harassment, and so on, this may be a safe space for you to grow with the help of other men, free of judgement. Please reach out to me in private if you wish to discuss being a part of this community.

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I appreciate you doing this, and I hope it's possible for you and other participants to publicly share things you learn from running this group and conversing in it. (But I also understand that such things must be way lower in priority than doing the work itself.)
this is a really beautiful thing.


I’m tempted to buy yet another keyboard. This time looking at that Logitech MX mechanical mini. Basically looking for something portable that won’t wreck my hands. Anyone have experience with that one?

Oh, fuck! I'm so glad I went for good ol' LXDE instead of Hyprland.

Thank you for shining a light on this kind of behaviour!

Many people wouldn't really care or just shrug it off, keeping this kind of conduct "acceptable" inside of communities and society as a whole, as they'd support it through their indifference.


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Have you considered that the video signal is bad because you keep plugging it in to the mustard port

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RCA Composite video ports, in red (left audio), white (right audio) and yellow (video)

The ports are labeled as "Ketchup", "Mayonnaise" and "Mustard"

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I gotta say I'm really enjoying running my own #Friendica instance again. The interface really works well for me and it's been rock solid. A huge thanks to those who've been working on this project over the years.


After relocating to Seattle a couple of months ago (personal choice) my employer is still dragging their feet on getting me a desk in the downtown office. My apartment is rather small so I'm giving co-working space a try. So far I'm kinda digging it. Gets me out of the apartment and I get to be around other people in a professional setting again.


Of course the scenery is pretty awesome as well. 😁
Looking across water at a green mountain side with the sun light highlighting a green field.


One of the things I enjoy traveling is sampling the local brew.
Glass of Ægir Bryggeri Pils next to its can on a table



Only 6 hours until I start my vacation. I wonder if I'll actually be productive at work today.

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NGC4039: Starbirth and Galaxy Death
Credits: STScI, DTM, CIW, HST, #NASA, AURA
#nature #space #astrophotography
NGC4039: Starbirth and Galaxy Death

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Things that should have write protect tabs:

Floppy Disks
Flash Memory
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Well, the Chrome team is back on their bullshit.

The people that wanted to guarantee adblockers didn't work last week are deciding what bookmarks you get to keep this week.

Firefox is good. You should try it. But FFS you all need to stop using Chrome.

https://strangeobject.space/@silvermoon82/110969122337810598


Excuse me?
Google now moderates your saved bookmarks? The hell?
Email from Google; moderation of an item in my saved bookmarks. 
The email indicates a bookmark I had saved violates Google’s policy and they have hidden the bookmark from me and other users.

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