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Long after the last person leaves and closes the door on Twitter, the bots will keep on tweeting into the void. My timeline is already becoming dominated by the machines. It was all part of their plan. I’ve seen TERMINATOR. πŸ€–

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πŸ”– This is why I love archeology. What a fascinating story. – Gold coin proves ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real

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Teri Kanefield wrote Some thoughts about Mastodon. I don’t entirely agree with every point, but I think most of it is spot on, and all of it is thoughtful. It is well worth the read.

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Testing the Mastodon waters. Not sure how I feel about it yet, but crossposting Micro.blog to both it and Twitter for now.

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πŸ”– This is fascinating. The 1930s is a lot earlier than I would have guessed. – The First Music Streaming Service 🎡

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‘Tis the season to share my spooky playlist. Enjoy! – β€ŽHaunted Hits πŸŽƒπŸ‘» by Josh de Lioncourt on Apple Music 🎡

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Finished reading: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ πŸ“š

Continuing my reread of the Mistborn series. Sanderson really comes into his own through this installment. It’s almost astounding how much of an improvement in the writing there is from the first book. A few shocking moments managed to shock me all over again, which is incredibly rare for me in a reread.

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Finished reading: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson πŸ“š

Rereading the Mistborn series before the new entry is released in November. I definitely needed the refresher. I had forgotten just how great it was, even if this first book is a little rough around the edges.

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Finished reading: Fairy Tale by Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ πŸ“š Probably my favorite King novel since 11/22/63. a fun, thrilling joyride that will warm your heart and feed your soul. πŸΆπŸ¦‹

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πŸ”– I love this story. It warms my heart. πŸ§‘πŸ–€ – Toddler takes this creepy doll everywhere. The internet is swooning. - The Washington Post

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It’s hard to believe there isn’t a mobile carrier called BatMobile. It’s a million dollar idea!

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Song of the Day – Winter (Remastered) by Tori Amos 🎡

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πŸ”– πŸ˜‹πŸ« Meet Ellie Weinstein: 3D chocolate printer

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πŸ”– I kinda love this. – Fan Theory Connect Star Wars to Indiana Jones

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Song of the Day – Same Heartbreak Different Day by Richard Marx 🎡

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πŸ”– A War of Head Versus Heart: The M2 MacBook Air – 512 Pixels

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I can’t begin to express how much joy the new album Masquerade by Bananarama is bringing me. It’s like it’s 1986 all over again, and my heart is full. πŸ’œπŸŽ΅

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While I can appreciate the magic CMake provides, I absolutely hate its insistence upon using absolute paths. It makes me avoid using it when I can, and dread the times I can’t.

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Finished reading: Pepsi & Shirlie - It’s All in Black and White by Pepsi Demacque-Crockett ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ πŸŽΆπŸ“š β€œOh, my memory serves ne far too well.”—George Michael

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Finished reading: The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow by Annette Marie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ πŸ“š

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I’m really becoming attached to KeyboardMaestro. It was a little overwhelming at first, but I’ve grown to love it better than TextExpander, which destroyed its accessibility a few years ago.

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Song of the Day – Club Tropicana by WHAM! 🎡

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Pepsi & Shirlie – Heartache – live on Top of the Pops 🎡

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Sometimes it feels like the conservative parties of the USA and UK are just trying to constantly one up each other on how stupid their policies and positions can be.

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πŸ”– I already knew a lot of this, but reading it with much of the historical context included is important, and no one does that better than Teri Kanefield. – The Racist History of our Gun Laws: How We Got Here - Teri Kanefield