@adders I think I completely missed something.
@adders I think I completely missed something.
@SimonWoods You're right! Is he on the lam?
No more giving money to Apple, Google, Microsoft etc.
It's hard because together they control everything. But it can be done, there are alternatives not under the corporate boot. Good luck.
@Miraz I'm sorry to hear that. There is no comfort in knowing that this isn't just a problem unique to the US.
@bradenslen Sad really, newspapers are dying right and left and yet on a local level there really isn't anything to replace them.
@adders I agree with you.
@manton Good. Past due IMHO. You are doing a good job on MB and thanks for that.
@billbennettnz Good. Good. The youngsters need to learn about the noir elements of journalism and writing.
@billbennettnz Great post. But you also have to have a bottle of whisky and two glasses in one of the lower drawers of your desk. :)
@joanwestenberg.com Remember: When someone tells you democracy needs to be replaced, they're not making a political argument.
They're pitching a regime.
@mitchw I miss those days. One stop shopping. You had like 10 percolators to chose from and you could flirt with a pretty woman at the same time.
@garciabuxton You know in your heart it's the right thing to do. The owls approve.
@chrisaldrich I'm happy everything is intact!
@cheribaker Thanks for the tip on the sale. I bought a bunch of Christie mysteries that feature her lesser known sleuths.
@adders It's a sad day. Also, well said.
@chrisaldrich Have a double. I hope you and yours are all safe and well.
@SimonWoods Oh, good one, I like that.
The thing about the Holy Roman Empire is: it was neither holy, Roman nor an empire. It was mainly marketing hype.
@tinyroofnail I really love that knotty pine paneling. Reminds me of when I was a kid.
Also like the dog.
@petebrown For indie web discovery we need all the things: blogrolls, directories, webrings and many web search engines with their own indexes that can filter out commercial pages and RSS feed search engines.
We have lost a lot of the underlying Web 1.0 infrastructure that supported many of the above things so, now, it's like reinventing the wheel each time we want to build a directory or start a webring. There is no money in this which may be both a blessing and a curse. But despite that, people are slowly building back personal websites and the stuff we need to run them. There is a huge difference in the indie web between 2018 and now. Hopefully we will keep it going.
@Miraz Happy Anniversary. Even though we don't interact much I value your posts.
@rnovotney.bsky.social It's hard to believe that this stuff is even being said outside of padded rooms by people in straight jackets.
@KimberlyHirsh Welcome @lgmhamm and @cedickie
@deadkatfs.bsky.social Good tip. Thanks.
@patrickrhone Thanks for sharing this. Economic factors play a huge part. Male enrollment in college in the 1950's was fed by the post WW II and Korean War G.I. Bill, wherein sleepy little colleges suddenly burst at the seams with new enrollment. Other factors also play into it but the G.I. Bill was huge.