For my money, the most impactful scene in The Great Gatsby is in the denouement where she says “truly, he was a great gatsby” & what’s-his-name retorts: no, Daisy, he was THE great gatsby.”
@juliancday I haven't deleted mine but it's only because I've just forgotten about it completely. I don't go there ever
I really want to take a close look at personal, local search engines. see what's been up in that space. my feeling is that regardless of what the big corps do, there's still room for community, forums, social whatever and expertise and curation on this great big internet, but it has to be accessible
Yeah, don't think I can speedrun 10 units by EOM, but once I'm done the course, I'm done with #Duo and cancelling my subscription. Zero reason why this answer shouldn't be accepted. #Gaeilge
@juliancday man there were so many issues with Korean in Duolingo and I'd just report and report and report, and nothing ever got better. it's just turned to garbage and that's all there is to it
#FountainPen friends: I've heard that the Pilot MR/Metropolitian in Europe uses the international standard converter. is there a good way for me to get that in the US? Bonus points if the plain silver one is available this way.
@timelordiroh you can get them online most places, like goulet pens or jet pens or goldspot. always good to have a few handy as that's a very common size
I've had a few Mastodon accounts. One of them seemed to run its course, so it's done. Keeping up with this one. May create another later, and this is what makes the Fediverse so good: identities are weaker, shorter-lived; you can be yourself or just pick a name and go. It feels the old net again.