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daviddlevine, 23 hours ago to random

La Pedrera and Sagrada Familia (3)

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daviddlevine, 6 days ago to random

I'll be teaching "Enhancing Your Writing By Engaging All the Senses" online TOMORROW at 1pm Central! Sign up here: https://www.scribophile.com/writing-classes/enhancing-your-writing-by-engaging-all-the-senses/may-2024

daviddlevine, 28 days ago to random

This dynamite article about Daniel Radcliffe includes, among many other details, the fact that his partner's name is Erin Darke, which really sounds like a Harry Potter character name to me. (Gift link.) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/daniel-radcliffe-merrily-we-roll-along-jk-rowling/678219/?gift=JfoaSAb7j4uUxgtlvuc2w3a6L0dtrvesl8xDTkxll9M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

daviddlevine, 28 days ago to random

Heat Death of the Internet. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this only-slightly-exaggerated description of what life on the internet is like in early-mid-2024. https://www.takahe.org.nz/heat-death-of-the-internet/

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

TODAY ONLY you can get the complete ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy ebook for just $3.99! https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Arabella-Ashby-Battle-Traitor-ebook/dp/B0CPWDV735/

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

Fascinating article about exactly what "Created By" means in TV show credits. https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/04/16/claws-for-debate-part-3/

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to Mary Robinette Kowal and others there's a new fundraiser in support of Lynne and Michael Thomas as they care for their daughter Caitlin who is in a bad way.

https://gofund.me/eee6983e

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

"Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets" 😍

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

This is an actual photo of yesterday's eclipse taken from the International Space Station. http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-040924a-2024-eclipse-astronauts-view-space-station.html

daviddlevine, 1 month ago to random

This is probably my single best eclipse photo, but I saw the Diamond Ring with my actual eyes and that was even better. The red dot in the lower right is probably a solar prominence. Taken with the Solar Snap app.

daviddlevine, 2 months ago to random

"The FTC alleges that Amazon’s low-price image is a mirage: According to the FTC, the company actually keeps prices higher than they would be in a competitive market—not just on Amazon but across the internet—squeezing consumers and small businesses in the process." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/amazon-profits-antitrust-ftc/677580/?gift=JfoaSAb7j4uUxgtlvuc2w1_QHqBUHc9sKIC32bMGnUI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

daviddlevine, 3 months ago to random

"Messages without meaning waste our time. We instinctively turn away from them." https://ia.net/topics/creepy-boring-remixed-on-ai-videos

cstross, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

LOLWUT—

Police called to Willy Wonka event after refunds demanded

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrlr3dw2x3o

phildini, 3 months ago to random

The depiction of Mr. Hyde in 1994’s “The Pagemaster” is straight-up a Jägermonster from Girl Genius.

If this post makes sense to you, we should be friends.

daviddlevine, 3 months ago to random

Looney Tunes Movie Coyote vs Acme Expected to Be Destroyed Forever https://comicbook.com/movies/news/looney-tunes-coyote-vs-acme-to-be-destroyed-forever/

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox https://tonsky.me/blog/checkbox

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

Abaigail Nussbaum offers some wise and thoughtful insights and suggestions on the latest Hugo Awards imbroglio. http://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-2023-hugo-awards-now-with-asterisk.html

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

"The majority of censorship is self-censorship or middleman-censorship, but the majority of that is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. For this reason, we cannot consider state and non-state censorship separate things." https://www.exurbe.com/tools-for-thinking-about-censorship/

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

@bitterkarella

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

Life reconstruction of pterodactyls as flying marsupials by English naturalist Edward Newman in 1843.

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

Fraudsters are stealing $billions from small artists by streaming copies under bogus artist names and titles. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/business/music-streaming-fraud-spotify.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk0.qalW.jORz-iUdrsVy&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

"They're Made out of Meat" is probably the most famous piece by the fabulous author Terry Bisson, who just passed away yesterday. https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

Most of you are happy buying most or all of your books on Amazon and won't listen to my arguments about how harmful it is to the book industry. But Amazon is killing authors and publishers by degrees. https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/throwing-the-book-at-amazons-monopoly-hold-on-publishing/

daviddlevine, 4 months ago to random

At this point I'm forced to assume that any impressive artwork I see online is AI unless proven otherwise. And I hate that.