🔖 China’s protests: Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare demonstrations - BBC News
🔖💔 Confronting the grief of empty seats as 2022 mass shootings mount
🔖 I love this! 😍 – Charles V: French scientists decode 500-year-old letter - BBC News
Song of the Day – Last Christmas (Pudding Mix) by WHAM! 🎵
A Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich is the correct way to end Thanksgiving Day. It’s a scientific fact…or something. 😋
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. 🤖
🔖 This is why I love archeology. What a fascinating story. – Gold coin proves ‘fake’ Roman emperor was real
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.
Testing the Mastodon waters. Not sure how I feel about it yet, but crossposting Micro.blog to both it and Twitter for now.
🔖 This is fascinating. The 1930s is a lot earlier than I would have guessed. – The First Music Streaming Service 🎵
‘Tis the season to share my spooky playlist. Enjoy! – Haunted Hits 🎃👻 by Josh de Lioncourt on Apple Music 🎵
Finished reading: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚
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.
Finished reading: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 📚
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.
Finished reading: Fairy Tale by Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 Probably my favorite King novel since 11/22/63. a fun, thrilling joyride that will warm your heart and feed your soul. 🐶🦋
🔖 I love this story. It warms my heart. 🧡🖤 – Toddler takes this creepy doll everywhere. The internet is swooning. - The Washington Post
It’s hard to believe there isn’t a mobile carrier called BatMobile. It’s a million dollar idea!
Song of the Day – Winter (Remastered) by Tori Amos 🎵
🔖 I kinda love this. – Fan Theory Connect Star Wars to Indiana Jones
Song of the Day – Same Heartbreak Different Day by Richard Marx 🎵
🔖 A War of Head Versus Heart: The M2 MacBook Air – 512 Pixels
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. 💜🎵
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.
Finished reading: Pepsi & Shirlie - It’s All in Black and White by Pepsi Demacque-Crockett ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎶📚 “Oh, my memory serves ne far too well.”—George Michael