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The podcast: Tales From the Bridge: All Things Sci-fi is worth checking out. I listen to a lot of podcasts. They're handy for keeping the mind occupied on daily walks. Most of these are science and philosophy shows. But as an aspiring writer, I also listen to writing podcasts. Among them are Writing Excuses, a group of … Continue reading Tales From the Bridge
This week, WordPress.com announced that all of their blogs would now have the option to join the Fediverse. The announcement included instructions on how to enable it. As Twitter, now X, has become increasingly less usable, a number of other platforms have been vying to be its replacement: Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, and several others. Unfortunately, … Continue reading Hello Fediverse!
If you've been following the news, you know that Elon Musk bought Twitter, taking over control a couple of weeks ago and immediately making changes. Initially most of the discussion was about making people pay for verification checkmarks, which I couldn't care less about. But in recent days the discussion has reportedly widened to include … Continue reading The Mastodon experience at one week
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