not much to report, however i i have completed my reading goal for the year (35 books) with several months to spare thanks to The Red Corner: The Rise and Fall of Communism in Northeastern Montana
Spent the last two weeks taking care of my dying grandfather. Now after he’s gone we were hoping to get back home but we’re flying frontier and they canceled our flight. Now what would be a four hour flight one way has turned into a layover that’s 13 hours on top of that. And no one can help us out so we’re hoping we won’t get stuck in vegas. It’s been a rough time.
It’s my wife’s 30th birthday. We had dinner at our favorite German bar last night then we came home and buzzed all my hair off. Today we’re going to the coast for a day out then tomorrows the big day. Still waiting on some gifts to get here but I figure they’ll be held up in the mail.
I love this time of year because we get pumpkin beers and other amber types. They always take me back to good times with my friends during Oktoberfest.
Like most other people here, I originally came here from reddit. Ive been having a blast so far, and I much prefer the forum-style of this. After about a week of using Lemmy I realized there was something intrinsic to reddit that Lemmy doesnt have. And I wont miss it. Too many people on reddit were way too horny. I was really...
100% this. My mood levels have been way more stable since I deleted Reddit. I think the forum based media here also only attracts people willing to contribute more than just a sensational picture or video.
With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?...
I've never been sentimental about a social media site but it's sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It's just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
I miss the community and the excitement it brought me to discover something new. That faded a long time ago. I think it’s a good thing to just let it die.
Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp) is joining the fediverse very soon and we have to seriously prepare. This isn't a theoretical scenario anymore.
I worked my ass off to write an album and I don’t know where to share it. (open.spotify.com)
how's your week going, Beehaw
not much to report, however i i have completed my reading goal for the year (35 books) with several months to spare thanks to The Red Corner: The Rise and Fall of Communism in Northeastern Montana
Sufjan Stevens Undergoing Treatment for Guillain-Barré Syndrome (pitchfork.com)
THE BOY AND THE HERON | Official Teaser Trailer (youtu.be)
THE BOY AND THE HERON...
F's in the chat (lemmy.zip)
The Arnolfini Portrait - Jan van Eyck (1434) oil on oak (upload.wikimedia.org)
(See enlarged mirror detail in comments)
Any Le Creuset fans? (lemmy.one)
I inherited my grandmothers dutch oven (center), it’s probably 70 years old now. Still cooks up a storm!...
Powell’s Books to close all locations as union strikes for ‘No’-Labor Day on Monday (www.koin.com)
Musk’s new Twitter policies helped spread Russian propaganda, E.U. says (www.washingtonpost.com)
X’s failure to slow the spread of disinformation on the Internet would have violated E.U. social media law, had it been in effect...
what are you guys up to this weekend?
I have literally nothing planned. Let me live vicariously through you
I'd saw off my leg for my grocery store to start carrying something besides shitty IPA's and Budweiser (lemmy.ml)
Can you drive a manual transmission?
And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how....
Student Loan Forgiveness: Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Debt Forgiveness Plan (www.nytimes.com)
Of course they did. If you're rich, you get a bailout. If you're not, then fuck you.
Dang it, Boohauer! (beehaw.org)
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
hey folks, we'll be quick and to the point with this one:...
Youth Lagoon is a back with a new album (youthlagoon.bandcamp.com)
And his soundscape is completely different -- yet his approach is lovingly similar. More solemn, yet more calming....
Something I WONT miss from Reddit/other social medias
Like most other people here, I originally came here from reddit. Ive been having a blast so far, and I much prefer the forum-style of this. After about a week of using Lemmy I realized there was something intrinsic to reddit that Lemmy doesnt have. And I wont miss it. Too many people on reddit were way too horny. I was really...
Could we block federation with that Mastodon instance? (posting.lolicon.rocks)
Comfort games?
With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?...
Is anyone else beginning to mourn reddit?
I've never been sentimental about a social media site but it's sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It's just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
Apollo for Reddit is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
whelp, there it is
What are you reading? (June 2023)
Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?