Thoreau

@Thoreau@mas.to

Writing my way out of an interplanetary space battle. Interested in books, science fiction, strategic planning and leadership. #scifi #books #Pekingese

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Thoreau, to bsg




Bill Adama and Chrisjen Avarasala.

There is so much shit that would never have gone down has Chrisjen been fleeing the Cylons with Adama.

Conversely, Adama would have gotten rid of ALL the protomolecule in the first episode before Chrisjen even heard a rumor about it.

Am I wrong?

billyjoebowers, to random
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My God people can so work themselves up about social media features and the exact implementation of them.

Thoreau,

@billyjoebowers They can do this about anything. I mean I haven't seen attack ships off the shoulder of Orion, but just this week someone tried to argue with me 1/7 is close enough to 50% to be the same, and someone was so annoyed I used Calibri font instead of Times New Roman in a document. It is a good thing I listen to the Tao Te Ching a lot on Audible.

Thoreau, to random

I am sad Jimmy Buffett died. There is nothing like sitting in an open air bar in Florida singing along to A Pirate Looks at Forty. We better take his music into space with us.

johnshirley2024, (edited ) to random

This is a thing?

"Did you breathe while reading this? Many of us forget to breathe when we’re in front of a screen, and there’s a name for that: screen apnea. It occurs when you have multiple screens open — texts are pinging, emails are multiplying — and you realize that you’re barely breathing." - New York Times

Thoreau,

@johnshirley2024 I don't think it about mutiple screen though. I used to find I was holding my breath reading a book in real life. It used to drive my mother crazy. I still catch myself doing this no matter the medium as an adult.

UnFitz2, to random

🎵Despite all my rage I’ve just reached retirement age🎵

Hi, Billy Corgan here to tell you about the many benefits of AARP.

Thoreau,

@UnFitz2 I saw an interview with Anthony Keidis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers about turning 60.

This is very disturbing to me.

He's supposed to be a shirtless dancing boy on a California beach, hanging out with skaters.

vicgrinberg, to random
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I think I need a way to manage everything I read online. Clearly remember an impressive essay I read a few months ago (the essay itself was longer) but no way to find it again. 😔

Thoreau,

@vicgrinberg Okay, I'm gonna sound super something but years ago I figured out I needed to manage research articles on my desktop, laptop and phone. If you use file folders to save your faves online in Edge it is still messy and so is One Note. Instead, I have a Find It File in good ole Excel in One Drive. If I read something I like, I pop the link in spreadsheet organized by genres, topics, authors. This process has saved me hours later, not having to look for stuff.

Private
Thoreau,

@bananasmug @bookstodon
Alliette De Bodard
The Tea Master and the Detective

Thoreau, to random

I think I had a bad day but I am trying to pretend I didn't. I may be failing at that but I am feeling kind of stubborn about it. I just need to get through Friday, right?

siblingpastry, (edited ) to random
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In 1996 I bought a box of 250 self-adhesive labels.

I used the last one today.

Thoreau,

@siblingpastry I raise my glass of wine to you, Sir.

mcc, to random
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Something I've been thinking about this week is the "pirate" / "archivist" distinction and the delightful thought of a "pirate" in the sense of the 1700s nautical pirate or possibly an analogous profession in space, but for some reason about 30% of these pirates self-describe as "archivists" rather than pirates and for some contextual reason nobody challenges them on this

Thoreau,

@mcc I absolutely love Librarianesque Sci Fi and Fantasy. This sounds like a book I need to add to my Librarianeque Collection!

superbetsy, to random
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Thoreau,

@superbetsy The mash-up of this would be so much fun.

georgetakei, to random

And I say to Justice Alito, no provision in the Constitution gives him the authority to regulate women's bodies.

Thoreau,

@georgetakei The stench is overwhelming. 🤮🤢🤮

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=HMrWn9gGDpI&feature=share
⛔️🇺🇦Rescued Ukrainian children settle back into life at home after abduction by Russian invading forces (PBS News Hour VIDEO)

Thoreau,

@SocraticEthics it says the video is private

chilliteracy, to coffee

Working on some pleasant @bookstodon vibes, with a lovely black in one of the coolest mugs I own, and a stack of books (, , , and a huge tome of ) in various states of being read. Not bad for a warm July afternoon.

Thoreau,

@chilliteracy @bookstodon I haven't read Three Men in a Boat in years! That is a fun one!

Thoreau, to random

One last random thought before I retire for the evening:

I suspect, if there were aliens hanging around in ships watching the earth right now, they would determine we are a bellicose unruly untrustworthy lot and decide to back away slowly the same way you back away from a grumpy bear.

I mean, I wouldn't talk to us right now. Nope.

snazzyq, to random
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America is cool but tacos. On the plate today is perfectly tender pork chop tacos with chamoy salsa, elotes (Mexican corn), and cilantro lime rice. 👨‍🍳💋🤌

This beats out burgers any day (still love burgers tho).

Thoreau,

@snazzyq I am being an absolute heretic on July 4 and not grilling hamburgers or hot dogs. You know why? Because Tacos are the Best!

slow_rocket, to random

round the corner

Thoreau,

@slow_rocket "Doors and corners, doors and corners, kid, that's where they get you." -The Expanse

Thoreau, to random

The massive cognitive dissonance that comes from imagining a writer's real voice next to when you hear them for the first time is so disconcerting! Take David Sedaris for example. His actual human voice was not remotely like my imagination assumed it would be!

I just had the same mind trip in a different way when I actually saw video of the lead singer of The Glass Animals, Dave Bayley. He did not look at all like I had envisioned!

Thoreau,

It is just so weird how you can think you are witnessing someone's entire gestalt, but really you are just peeking through a tiny keyhole, a kind of classic slit experiment, where only certain electrons get through. And you, in all your arrogance, irrationality, gut feelings, life experience, biases, etc., think you know, that you casually know it all, that you have that man figured out, that you have the big picture, and you know nothing Jon Snow! Not a darn thing! Fool!

Thoreau, to random

I am supposed to be getting my truck back after a WEEK at the mechanics. Please send all protective vibrations, spells and positive quantum spookiness towards my wallet today. $$$$$😕

Thoreau,

@kazarnowicz I am going to have to take up pole-dancing at night to make up that financial loss, and that, my friend, will be a pretty niche market indeed. 😅🤣😂

When I was a kid my Grandpa had an old blue 57 Chevy truck that he drove and drove so long that there was a hole in the floorboard under your feet on the passenger side. You could watch the road go buy.

With as much as I just put in the truck, that is gonna be me, driving the world's most ancient truck with holes in the floorboard. 🙃😉

Thoreau, to random

There is enough thunder here to crack the planet in half. My goodness. It has my whole house creaking and rumbling.... i can see how ancient peoples could view all that noise as something divine and god-like happening.

Like, Thor needs a chill pill right now.

Thoreau,

@kazarnowicz

We these "Thor Guards" which detect lightening up to ten miles away. The sirens will go off and you will know seek shelter because it is about to get a little wild outside. I am convinced my house is near some kinda energy nexus!

Thoreau, to random

What language has a word for that special exhaustion you feel when you worked an intense ten hour day, just drove home, walked in the house, barely got your sweater off, and your mother randomly shows up at your front door before you can kick your shoes off and sit down on the couch?

I am pretty sure the word has to have some kind of groaning noise in it.

Thoreau,

Is there a phrase in someone's language for that special exhaustion from working hard all day, going to lunch and having your truck break down in absolutely boiling heat, so that you have to shell out a million bucks for a tow truck to take it to the mechanics while you finish working a ten hour day and then you have to call your 73 year old mommy to come pick you up?

Thoreau, to random

I made the colossal mistake of cleaning out the garage while it is 92 degrees and about 257% Florida humidity outside.

Boy, I tell you what: if my space ship crash landed on a jungle planet, I would last about a nanosecond.

I need an AC and a millions pounds of American ice just to be a happy person. 😝🤪

Thoreau,

@kazarnowicz Ya know, my dad used to make the whole family go camping in the winter snow up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts when I was a kid because he was an outdoors-y maniac. I am good with the cold, so if we ever crash land on another planet, please make sure it is Alpine in nature, Hoth-like is fine, or Winter, Endymion, or Rura Penth. I will say no to Mann's Planet in Interstellar. If the clouds start freezing, I am clocking out!

PS No Ice Planet Barbarians, either. 😳

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