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SpeakerToManagers

@SpeakerToManagers@wandering.shop

Retired software engineer. Progressive lefty from trade-union socialist communist family. Neurodivergent (ADD, OCD) & physically disabled. Interested in a lot of things including photography, computing, art, SFF, experimental video, astrobiology, complex adaptive systems, poetry, visual mathematics …
#Fractals, #ReactionDiffusion, #GenerativeArt, #CellularAutomata.
Allergic to libertarianism, AI hype, trans-humanism, crypto currency & web3.

𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.

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lilithsaintcrow, to random
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I don’t know how that squirrel got on the neighbor’s roof but I hope it has some kind of escape plan.

SpeakerToManagers,
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@mcpinson @lilithsaintcrow
I’m ambivalent about squirrels. I like watching them climb in the trees in my yard, and walk around the deck, but …
Once I was outside of work eating lunch with colleagues. A crow landed nearby to scavenge a piece of a sandwich, and sounded off to declare ownership. Then 4 squirrels marched in line abreast towards the crow clearly intending to take the food. Crows are usually pretty aggressive, but this one crunched the numbers and retreated, leaving the food.

sbdivya, to random
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The release of LOKA is just 3 months away! If you’d like to get an early sneak peek, there’s a giveaway on Goodreads from today through May 31.

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/389579

“LOKA’s fascinating speculations about the future of technology, the evolution of consciousness, and the ethics of coexistence blend perfectly with its smart and empathetic coming of age “around-the-world-in-80-days” journey.”

  • Kate Elliott, author of UNCONQUERABLE SUN

Also, yes, I made an arc of ARCs for the image. :D

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@sbdivya
Also preordered.

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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Oh hey, CLOUD WATCHER (fourth book in THE WATCHERS series) is $.99USD in ebook from now until the end of May. https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Watcher-Watchers-Book-4-ebook/dp/B004P8JKHC

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@lilithsaintcrow
Good deal on the whole series too. Gonna start as soon as I’m done reading my current book.

annaleen, to random
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Hey Portland friends! I'll be Powells Books on 6/4 at 7pm, talking about my new book "Stories Are Weapons" with the one and only Dave Miller, host of OPR's "Think Out Loud." Hope to see you there!!

https://www.powells.com/book/stories-are-weapons-9780393881516/1-3

This is a flyer with red and cream lettering on a blue background. It says "Stories Are Weapons," and then has a quote from Astra Taylor, author of "The Age of Insecurity." The quote reads: "Illuminating and energizing ... shows how we can come together to tell different stories -- stories to shed light in the darkness, make sense amid chaos, and forge hope and community instead of fear and isolation."

SpeakerToManagers,
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@annaleen
Oh well, don’t think I’ll be mobile by then, so I’ll have to miss it. Have a nice time in Portland!

cstross, to random
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  • Looks out window at: three bus stops, 2-5 pubs, a row of restaurants, and a busy shopping street at ground level *

Reader, those things were all there before I moved here. They're a big chunk of the reason WHY I moved here. 17 years ago …

SpeakerToManagers,
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@cstross
We moved to our current house 20 years ago in part because we are across the street from a bus stop, a 5 minute walk from a neighborhood center with a public library, a market, a bakery/coffee shop, 5 restaurants, a brewpub, assorted other shops, and 3 more bus lines. On top of which we have lots of trees around us.

clacksee, to KindActions
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A different kind of request…

Are you in, the , , or the ? I need some assistance from one reader in each of those countries, please.

What do you get out of this? A free book! An actual physical book! You can take your pick between the Starship Teapot books or the Vigilauntie Justice books.

What do I get out of this? To test my new website and fulfilment system!

Comment below or DM me and I'll send you instructions and a link.

@bookstodon

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@clacksee @bookstodon
Sure, I’d like to read a starship teapot book. Sounds trippy, especially if there’s a dormouse inside.

cstross, to random
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Coming next year: Trump Supreme Court brings back Bills of Attainder (POTUS promptly levels charges of treason against every billionaire whose fortune he feels like pwning).
https://noc.social/@freezenet/112334038009854117

SpeakerToManagers,
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@cstross
And he won’t share that with other billionaires (he’s a greedy git) so there’s no point in kissing his ass, it won’t help you.

cstross, to random
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REMINDER FOR AMERICANS:

The US Constitution and common law are rooted in pre-18th century English legal jurisprudence and traditions.

And the "presidential immunity" bullshit is an attempt to rewind the clock to before 1649, when Parliament got fed up with the King's bullshit, put him on trial, and beheaded him.

Y'all: Trump wants to revive the divine right of kings.

You know who pulled the German equivalent of that stunt? Hitler.

(I will summarily block anyone who raises Godwin's law.)

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@cstross
As I’m sure you are aware, though others may not, Godwin has turned off the Law for the duration, though nobody knows how long that will be.

SFRuminations, to scifi
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Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?532

L, Hannes Bok, 1953; R, Richard Powers, 1953
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #history

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SpeakerToManagers,
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@SFRuminations
I love Hannes Bok’ illustrations. His colors, his textures, his compositions, I could go on all day.

cstross, to random
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Today's writing: what if Doctor Phibes murdered and impersonated Max, owner of the KitKatKlub, in order to run an elaborate sting against Doctor Mabuse—film recap, starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rampling, and Peter Cushing.

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@cstross
I like it! Definitely the Price/Rigg interactions should Have similar chemistry their work In Theatre of Blood, one of my favorite Vincent Price movies.

RL_Dane, to random
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(Zilog's parent company) needs to release all the specs, schematics, and documentation with an open license. (If they aren't already)

😢

SpeakerToManagers,
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@RL_Dane @Flux
Making the tapeout and the fab masks opensource would be nice. It would give designers a head start on replicating the chip, possibly as multiple cores on an SOC. That would be fun to play with.

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