2026-04-02T14:36:50Z https://yabu.me Frank Skornia https://yabu.me/npub1hens43gmlkmtflg57cna5h3vknw4vtv8tcqhur0x8hl35tc6muashjve5u https://glammr.us/system/accounts/avatars/109/356/747/101/435/673/original/a4f9543f2e16314a.jpg https://glammr.us/system/accounts/avatars/109/356/747/101/435/673/original/a4f9543f2e16314a.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0432ffa32dcuxa6hm49l2afzccnq5982z2fja0hjn5ka39a3ts0czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkgr9nqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvugtkn3zfg3dhv59q9angcvtzn4evync40tt89qytv48gjkgemkct9y5ta'>nevent1q…y5ta</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hate this when I answer the phone at work.<br/>&#34;Hello, this is [Library] Reference, what can I help you with?&#34;<br/>&#34;How are you doing?&#34; [pauses until I answer that question]<br/><br/>Just tell me what you need so I can get off the phone! 2026-04-02T18:46:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2z8f30907lxe9lwl0lksr25y47x47265dueqhtafvulhuktqc89qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk82h0hv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dn2uykw6vfkn5uvz2f544pfgw56ljfmfxju2gyl6gjfn3qy2ggckyam4z'>nevent1q…am4z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wandavision<br/>Agatha All Along<br/>Daredevil: Born Again<br/>Hawkeye<br/><br/>I also have a soft spot for Werewolf By Night as a perfectly decent small bite of MCU TV. 2026-03-24T18:10:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9mxxyfzwvj03ljy0refh7td67l5gcc0fze8nhgsdg4nmnq6amstszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkaud2yc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwhw7y686dl9wtnj9e2ufuusrsfd5jxu6sn6u59kn6q6ea9ellpsn944rw'>nevent1q…44rw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember the first Board of Trustees meetings I sat in on. Our director made some remarks on the budget and mentioned how revenue from fines was lower because the library&#39;s new ILS sent automatic reminders and auto-renewed. A board member actually asked if that was something that could be turned off.<br/><br/>Not a great start to my time in public libraries. Fines, if they exist, should never be a line on a budget, but rather counted as a windfall or surplus. 2026-03-23T21:26:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdsq57tm35j5w6zcctks5qwufx3hj5446z82anmd5r4mk08rz5mhczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkv56srp Just finished &#39;We Have Always Lived in the Castle&#39; by Shirley Jackson and:<br/>A) I&#39;m annoyed that it&#39;s taken me this long to read it. <br/>B) OMG! I wish I could have read this in an English Lit class. There is so much in this book. And there seems to be so much in dialogue with this book. <br/><br/>Spectacular little read with a delightful rapscallion as a narrator who simultaneously sets everything on edge and makes you question the novel&#39;s reality. 2026-03-23T20:45:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspf20c6cnln5q2x5pc7qkrvx0c22ntds8jtf05pme5gfd653j5s9szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkf6tx20 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf008zudpnyuuzr072nxygvm435v6ddzx25lq9wdcq450jwpfqkjc4q4f5y'>nevent1q…4f5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love the sheer confidence of the second one from the left.<br/>Just launches itself and hasn&#39;t even unfolded its wings yet.<br/><br/>Sparrows are incredible. I&#39;ve watched them fly full speed at a chain link fence and perfectly timing their wing folding so they fly through the holes without slowing down. 2026-03-15T18:09:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqp0f07gqdskd0ymqgajk0x9z2hacvp6dkd0fjw9k8qha0a308zgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkhpud8n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgj3av8vqr0j2j6ruw60nf2huhcq3e3kx6eu7skylyg2x9uptu69c7hl0kp'>nevent1q…l0kp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Has there ever been a Star Trek episode framed as the captain writing letters to the families of dead redshirts? 2026-02-03T20:51:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7qk9dfzm5uap2nefvzvyax0gqa8ygk33rtlcez9rzts2k3eanfgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2dpn82 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcp8a6vt7us00praz7v6sac3gju06x8xfv0f2dkx3zulp3gy000g8dpd6r'>nevent1q…pd6r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Considering how close far rightwing parties got to elected majorities in Germany and France. The fascist government in Italy. Rightwing movement in the Netherlands. Not really... 2026-01-10T23:00:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwy8elkysuu57hxp7mg3wnlm967m5cw73nukqj5smy7z6h66uggqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkfgskv2 I continue to chomp through books, so today I have 2 new ones.<br/>I just started reading &#39;These Burning Stars&#39; by Bethany Jacobs.<br/>Intriguing space opera start, although I hope we&#39;re not going to really be following the space fascist zealots for the entirety of the book...<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q60zc05dx303nj349e2sdeys2yegx5cpv9ghn46vwg935z5wgwss93kp90" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bookstodon Group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q60…kp90</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-19T17:48:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wnej0y8jpatvqsh3q2xrv8efsmfpf24fwe6y5ncytnu0k22ut6szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkre8s5h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztun9k7ptz36hzcmhhw5whjyrh4w3dpme0gu8kgycdytghagpefq2w3cjy'>nevent1q…3cjy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seems like it is continue to encourage the disconnection from the idea of file systems.<br/>I&#39;m old school enough to think of it as sending a file up or down the internet pipe. But if people just see it as sharing content instead of it being a discrete file, then they would perceive the icon differently. 2025-12-16T16:08:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2p2xryv823na6nhtpgn9huttdg36pvkeu470paj73zqna3cn264qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nke9alta It bugs me that one of the services we use at the library has this as their &#34;Export to Excel, CSV, or PDF&#34; icon.<br/>I perceive export as a download function, and this icon clearly implies upload<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/glammrus/media_attachments/files/115/729/952/033/719/029/original/1933afbf4739d9a3.png"> <br/> 2025-12-16T15:29:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyj930jp9uwlp2k60glz46vxyqts4prsxj8u952pmfagkd3sj37fqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkv8cke3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrg0sql5a4ehhy5wp75c7zadkqmt7gz2u6tn922sahank26wgkd9skdgjuf'>nevent1q…gjuf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;ll have what&#39;s she&#39;s having.&#34; 2025-12-15T22:20:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspyl7lkr53d7mxz3s3nwv3x2y82hqn9ny0369ajcr3w9d2taau8mqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkpkrcpp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvs5wr3vw3dmd786hxmcxvc78z7p07qt7w3sc5glckfu7t5u8xeg5kz60v'>nevent1q…z60v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>C&#39;mon. Don&#39;t make me pick between Misery, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, and Stand by Me.<br/>They are all movies that I will watch on repeat and often quote from. 2025-12-15T22:15:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvzj9rjpt2325qje5p2ww5vrt889v2qypmzqjxk6alxuflcvr7tvqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nka6grxw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdu4y3fcu0sxm2jch943h3tmepww7z9n4rld4tzfwcpcjrgku04sskg2kt'>nevent1q…g2kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was always a key part to the Wordpress classes I used to teach - how to shift it from a blog platform to a website platform.<br/><br/>OBS Studio now has a prompt during installation that asks if you&#39;re going to use it primarily to record or stream and then does an initial configuration on that. I could see WP having a step during install that asks this and then maybe adjusts the admin interface based on the response. 2025-12-03T20:07:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6cfg6vhp286erzjcdkxar97h5mahduc35v0ys2vsxhv3arusfaczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk0qf5fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vjyu7watg7jdcsc796pt5r4usnnqxqt7svz3v52f5xqhkstqkzg2lthhp'>nevent1q…thhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think I would still go down with either Massachusetts or New York. We really don&#39;t have a beef with Rhode Island that I know of. 2025-12-02T15:25:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxesun9ws5f27du2puf2yd602cu4y3hzgtxy8ewh2rr7as03mr90qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkx62hut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwmacuue440ghqmsrpfmg9uauasw2w6c0qcv8q43z0cut5shy76cqd7h4d'>nevent1q…7h4d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m trying to think what Connecticut would do. Upvote might be Rhode Island, but would that be too small to see (lol!)? Downvote would probably be Massachusetts or New York - maybe it can be based on geographic location 2025-12-02T13:42:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86t7u4f5dxwnshlqde9zxe0pgx47n9n70laqruagnr3826rcu5eczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk8j25vr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkatg37a8fwh8s7jukkyvpdyuk60l5ntllkh27yrmul46nvpwctgj43em5'>nevent1q…3em5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It probably throws off their AI training models. 2025-12-01T19:19:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmlgu9h4jq4glzaumfaayl767nqfa2nfygynhd4en88ypummcz9gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkvr8t3m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw4pzgxluzfrrk00sy87fmntzl078wxu2re929sjka0uvxahqtuswapc75'>nevent1q…pc75</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m guessing this is on a laptop? Is it possible she&#39;s brushing the touchpad with her wrists as she&#39;s typing?<br/>I remember I had this problem with my first laptop. At that time I had a setting that the touchpad was disabled when I had an external mouse connected. But I&#39;m certain they&#39;ve gotten better settings to avoid accidental brushes. 2025-11-21T02:34:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq4psrgwld3azsjwk3ct5y494lple8rh88uv8q3jg458nzr4e5sxgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nklph5uk Staying late at work for a book discussion.<br/>We&#39;re discussing &#39;Ender&#39;s Game&#39;, which wasn&#39;t my choice, but it should still be a decent discussion.<br/>For all the people heartbroken over JKR&#39;s awfulness, I went through all of that a long time ago with OSC. I loved his books and now I can&#39;t bear to even think of them fondly. 2025-11-12T22:44:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgt77hurk5dlcfyscngl8eraaun85ytu667jl9klejqvcq3xltktszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk6qcw29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrqt4ha8sz9lg9h62sg2t2f7p47a47yt476xvsu26f7s3d5ftwasr03nz3'>nevent1q…3nz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the advantages is that future fraying will now be on the binding, which is frankly really easy to replace.<br/>At some point I will have a Flannel of Theseus, and will hope that I can find a new replacement. But not yet! 2025-11-12T04:20:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvks4exkw79elajn2dgzqt88qgaqp6794mcwnys8ttspka3xnhtwqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkny4urm I have a flannel from LL Bean that is my favorite garment to wear around the house during the winter. Because I wear it a lot, it has gotten worn and ragged in places. I&#39;ve patched the elbows a couple of times now. <br/>At the end of last winter I noticed that the edges of the cuffs were getting frayed and I knew I needed to reinforce them. I realized that the technique to bind a quilt is perfect for this purpose. <br/>Sticking with the idea of visible mending as well. <br/>#Sewing #Mending<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/glammrus/media_attachments/files/115/534/757/089/830/112/original/627c1d1fa5851496.webp"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:10:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdj9g2rrtzungd09dwxltdm50m6l9n8mn37zqqzguv4v9jkumujfqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkp48xxx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9uscpyk52wrv08aavncuuqfsph7z84vzf8p033nkrvfdmytllp5q90647f'>nevent1q…647f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was just reading on a horror subreddit about the overall consensus that IMDB scores for horror films are notoriously low, and that if you&#39;re a horror fan you generally should add 1-2 points to the scores to get a more accurate sense 2025-10-20T17:26:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8snctmg8sce7ksxvfj3rmphanu77age80ajj5yv6gq77xsvsq5szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkv7d7uj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqk9yy5hf32ph7rpn7wynq09jvcspc6f5vzuu8kpudj6wfq0pnmglwktku'>nevent1q…ktku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The scans are one of the tasks the previous people did well, though sometimes it seems some edges are cropped. Also, everything was done as JPGs, so I&#39;ve been tempted to rescan as uncompressed TIFs.<br/><br/>I&#39;m having fun looking through the Randolph collection. I recently learned that the first decade of the 1900s was a boom period for postcards, but the industry got hit hard in the early 1910s by steep tariffs on European printed goods. 2025-09-26T19:12:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2js70yzf5sy7ctktn63zm6ajvwd2zp04t52m0uyfw3p7ce3lquqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkzg3smt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqk9yy5hf32ph7rpn7wynq09jvcspc6f5vzuu8kpudj6wfq0pnmglwktku'>nevent1q…ktku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The scanning is the one thing they did really well, although some edges seem cropped in places. But they saved everything as JPGs, so I&#39;ve considered redoing them as uncompressed TIFFs.<br/><br/>Postcards are a lot of fun to look at. I really love ephemera like them because I feel they unconsciously share more of history than other artifacts do 2025-09-26T18:53:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93y5k5k5fxzj82a3k63rc2rjefa45as9wenewvuzwg8yc43ezm9gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkjr9yzs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw86293cespwf5p2xf5c6ggmgtgxdvd5p06ypmemjdtf9f9wav0ks66uk80'>nevent1q…uk80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From what I&#39;ve been able to guess Edith Fillow and her sister Sadie regularly received postcards from a couple of folks every couple of months. Most of them don&#39;t have written messages, so it seems like they were collecting the postcards.<br/>The collections were likely donated to the various locations where the postcards originated, so we got the ones from Stamford, CT.<br/>It&#39;s cool that we can all still look at them 118 years later though. This is why I love this work. 2025-09-26T18:43:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw86293cespwf5p2xf5c6ggmgtgxdvd5p06ypmemjdtf9f9wav0kszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkzkxzen In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzya2hg3d8kfvzs4s289y90ltjf9gfnjdzeq8d7wpr4zr7jxxzwgccyspj'>nevent1q…yspj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And don&#39;t mind the severely minimal metadata. I&#39;m really annoyed at how poorly most of this collection was entered, so I&#39;m working on improving it before I share this collection with the CT Digital Archive 2025-09-26T18:39:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfzya2hg3d8kfvzs4s289y90ltjf9gfnjdzeq8d7wpr4zr7jxxzwgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nktzfxn7 I absolutely love this guy&#39;s handwriting on these postcards.<br/><a href="https://www.fergusonlibraryarchive.org/items/show/269">https://www.fergusonlibraryarchive.org/items/show/269</a><br/><br/>This is from 1907 and was scanned in 2011 (before me, so I didn&#39;t do it). I have to give a lot credit to the folks that kept it in this shape for almost 105 years. Look at how vibrant that blue ink still is. 2025-09-26T18:37:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg98fp4zq6c8ez398z45mjzh55a4z9kyzdm08hvlrcpksmnjpyzaszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkpfhswa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qnztun49ezrmra6em09dfk4s787adwkkgk9vje6e4e26yy6zl0c8wwsjq'>nevent1q…wsjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the few things I miss from the birdsite was the bot account I followed that shared images of &#34;faces in things&#34;. It was fun seeing them all. 2025-09-26T13:11:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwh2ze29ecxhg4pfclp07wdh9hggks0vfrng7585xz08vjxpdntgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk60tq7z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw429euh65rxku9lefeehntcw27k5zzg2dsd90d5vx7dwmm7dgntsglqj88'>nevent1q…qj88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow, at first look it really does look like a painting, maybe in watercolors. It&#39;s a really impressive beautiful photo and that crow was probably showing off for you. 2025-09-19T16:13:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkr4kvxpk9dc8jqhuhe4mf9pw7n3f4m9ua6d6vpxjh3656fzqehgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk6v34av Taking the step to reply to a vendor sale manager&#39;s solicitation email because we already subscribe to and offer the service.<br/>This is the second email I&#39;ve gotten from them. 2025-08-28T16:22:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftr4jms7w4df9tuy62tldp2ntu9qssa3yhkavak6ryjc5ssccjzszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkkzcc0x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ac40pvvs0qtyv5jk5dx2l24748fulh54fqqad8q7l2zu0wxe64qmzfq08'>nevent1q…fq08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And this problem has been exacerbated since we went fine-free.<br/>I&#39;m happy that we&#39;re fine-free and definitely don&#39;t want to go back to charging fines, but I also need to acknowledge that we have had a lot more loss in the library materials since the switch 2025-08-28T15:49:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ac40pvvs0qtyv5jk5dx2l24748fulh54fqqad8q7l2zu0wxe64qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkqkam56 Why does it seem to be the case that when a patron does not return the items they checked out, they usually have checked out a large number of items?<br/><br/>I remember when one person checked out 6 volumes in the Wheel of Time series at once and then never returned them.<br/>Between unreturned items and bindings falling apart, I sometimes feel like my library is propping up the Jordan estate with all the repurchasing I need to do of that series 2025-08-28T15:47:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0wrrcg5mrmc7qyupm6hd5a4z200lprnxvruxqmlhakgltlkrg6czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nklm38yp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkwz3xh4xx93yesplwf8e4ccua74ulrk30xh0vazdpjv4pwpp4eq4jnnd2'>nevent1q…nnd2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Clothing with infrared LEDs - hats, hoodies, etc - disrupt most digital cameras 2025-08-20T19:26:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc8fvlz5ja03p7xfckj0vhhmphpylpfnxymympu7su4qq7hxulnczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk3m85fv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq66zzmd7uwxg7acgrdgllqz7re50hls86np07uhm8pj3ntlwhl5s29sgth'>nevent1q…sgth</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I doubt I could easily find a similar fan today that will be as reliable for nearly 30 years and is as user serviceable as this one has turned it to be. 2025-08-20T01:29:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq66zzmd7uwxg7acgrdgllqz7re50hls86np07uhm8pj3ntlwhl5szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkxxuqwv Earned my sense of accomplishment for the evening: <br/>I have a medium size oscillating fan that I&#39;ve owned for about 27-28 years.<br/>This year it has had probs operating. I could sometimes get it running by starting at the highest speed and then stepping down the speed. So tonight I disassembled it down to its mechanism as much as I was comfortable. Put a few drops of machine oil on the front and back of the blade shaft. Manually turned the start until it spun easily. Reassembled it. Now it works! 2025-08-20T01:28:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsytt2vs782l0639aqm3vewrz6ed7s9tae5q80aqaujt2e9e9nvlfczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk7mhl42 I watched the first ep of the new season of Strange New Worlds and personally I&#39;m so happy that it seems like they put the Gorn storyline largely to bed (literally!) since it means they can move away from the overly-militaristic posturing that Star Trek really hasn&#39;t been that good at.<br/>Lets get back to exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and civilizations!<br/>#StarTrek #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds 2025-07-25T14:23:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzp7qcpa7zf4rhgusperl3qvlsutqwk56d0ur7ua3nmgmzu8vuggzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nksjdk33 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2kr0c89wtsnlff0amyj5pjg46agj0xj76hcn7ddys0xt5q6h7qwqtjszxu'>nevent1q…szxu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It took me about half the first book to get used to his accent. It always feels kind of &#34;mushy&#34; to me, but it fits the character really well and I enjoy it a lot now. 2025-07-17T19:55:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst88uqnzmz3a0q23chj4d5rsh42q92lesp0s8r4z9qj0h3y2h0nmqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk0mxy92 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxv6juzfwcjmd3vur3dex24nn57myw8wlnqdv6y2juvh69gtwjgkcrc77xy'>nevent1q…77xy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been spacing the audiobooks out, using them as palate cleansers between some of the heavier books I&#39;ve listened to. I&#39;ve listened up to Broken Homes so far. They&#39;re great and fun. 2025-07-17T19:30:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4rvnnn87ym8hlh69c2nwykakxgm0zhsflglsww3hclq4dpwuklqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkfhffm3 This week I&#39;m reading &#39;The Chosen Queen&#39; by Sam Davey.<br/><br/>It is a telling of Arthurian legend, starting with his mother Igraine. I&#39;m assuming there is going to be a sequel that will go into Arthur (maybe something from Guinevere&#39;s perspective? Or Morgan&#39;s?). It&#39;s not a bad read so far, a little slow, but enjoyable.<br/><br/>#FridayReads <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-11T21:24:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rev0w0utlsrhtp6luf0syc6m6lk3t0pnhce7s9pzalkem0mldagzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkh99xvv Since it was just a topic of conversation in our household: <br/>Did you first learn that Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel from a certain &#34;Got Milk?&#34; commercial?<br/><br/>Please boost. I&#39;m honestly curious about this silly question. 2025-07-05T03:38:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2y8z29puhc6ajl40c7gzvxlqpvuhtjwaeadaf2u4w72xef7v2kqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk72hg4y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3l5sgc0nvhcsv4law0r9rtyxfm6cg0dr7a5qjyef3hml0mr8tlcvrtffk'>nevent1q…tffk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On the train ride back from Philly I also started the ARC of &#39;The Maiden and Her Monster&#39; by Maddie Martinez.<br/>This is a version of the golem tale from Jewish folklore. A young woman ventures into a deadly forest seeking a monster so she can save her mother from an injustice. She finds something very different than she expected.<br/>Debut novel from the author and I&#39;m enjoying it very much.<br/>#FridayReads<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-04T13:41:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3l5sgc0nvhcsv4law0r9rtyxfm6cg0dr7a5qjyef3hml0mr8tlczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkxnyhek Because of some recent traveling, this Friday I&#39;m unusually in the midst of several different books.<br/>The first is &#39;Written on the Dark&#39; by one of my most favorite writers, Guy Gavriel Kay.<br/>Continuing to write in the low magic alternate fantasy history world he has created in Al-Rassan, Sarantine Mosaic, and several others, I just realized that this book is his version of Joan of Arc, Henry V, and the French Civil War in the 15th century.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-04T13:38:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8uarq7d7dtazjyqt536szx34865h8p0fyxh0mhdxf39ea532kj5szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk97x4eh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7gz6a7kwf6z2tpzxvaksw9tgvpzhmcgwh99et5m7ucmxth579ms2kwcyd'>nevent1q…wcyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love Becky Chambers and that one is really special in an already special series.<br/>I also love Harrow. The Once and Future Witches is an incredible piece of art. 2025-07-03T20:25:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqc496e0wxzeeumy028uc7gjgjzvprphlp8n82j49p50cvesngw5czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkj3mcnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswljgc8svzh26ynm3vm4an93sydadpw7rsnrgpccveh0h5hzv9jdqx35ml5'>nevent1q…5ml5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, I&#39;m looking forward to reading that. I finally went back and reread (listened) to City of Stairs and now I&#39;m about halfway into City of Blades and I&#39;m really loving it. Apparently he does really well with second books :-) 2025-07-03T20:23:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcem20gvyejkjjwnkrmkvckuy9v9c9sng90cn8pg6qqlmlmdn7lqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkm9uvyg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp43tu7szxexxcm4vxl6q65l5g7ud8vy9qc0tjwxtn2v9a4032wcgn2ftsq'>nevent1q…ftsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love this question... let me see...<br/><br/>Two Truths and a Lie - Cory O&#39;Brien<br/>Picks and Shovels - Corey Doctorow<br/>Orbital - Samantha Harvey<br/>The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett<br/>The Adventures of Mary Darling - Pat Murphy<br/><br/>I also know I have a new Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (witches!), a Claire North (space opera!), and Spooky Reads 2025 on the back half of the year. 2025-07-03T20:20:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzlx3th8fqay4mcle5xpcmsnz8qe8h68curysn8amkppptkzw4wqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkkcxaxu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwjnhljy5wyz7qgeh48jhfuq3vyypxgsv6x7u4n3v37k3qrdqppq4qetkw'>nevent1q…etkw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw a bunch of people wearing these at ALA Annual this past weekend. Nice to know where I can order one for myself. Thanks! 2025-07-02T16:44:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstd458xuy64zqudfd2ve4y9am7ulpndu547wvwy53nyqr4hjk270gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkhndlur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflehwz8au4w2lpg5zssqsfpvdwhh623qgawwaqzgycrzknyntlxc7sjhnr'>nevent1q…jhnr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re in the right place to disappear into the woods at least. 2025-06-23T18:59:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy7f9hcd469zvy7f6ysjl3yr4y8rsnmtm4mulm9nht2gz97w6l0uszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkjw9uqf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjf20w9d9ntdlkqk6k68zf3ftdd57h02qzssvat738mgty3g77wsrrrd6h'>nevent1q…rd6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shallow Grave!<br/>Features Obi-Wan, the Ninth Doctor, and Kerry Fox! 2025-06-19T18:56:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cj0dqe6q4pwy27gnkjj7kct2pgkzdaretw8386k9atgupfzpjmszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkw2sg00 The parent company of the Big 4 sewing pattern brands (Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue) has been sold to a liquidator<br/><a href="https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/">https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/</a><br/>#sewing 2025-06-06T19:09:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9dap5dy56njt83tfm4va76yuqt79xfadr2drdp0cphheymtx2gkczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2pv25p This week I&#39;m reading &#39;James&#39; by Percival Everett.<br/><br/>It&#39;s for our staff book discussion in a couple of weeks and I&#39;m very meh on the whole book. Honestly, one of the main reasons I supported it for this month was to stop it constantly being brought up as a suggestion.<br/><br/>I&#39;m gladly just about done with it, which means I can start Chelsea Abdullah&#39;s , &#39;The Ashfire King&#39; during the long weekend.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-23T17:41:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8gk0adm0mgv8upsazway75rmyzrekxgcyc8pnq49yk8x97jvv3szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkqgcdhw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjy8x7fawtmzf2j5wtu4rw8vsgrn78v3apq6kxv0xkualt33e5ygzt8g60'>nevent1q…8g60</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have to continually remind myself that most manuals are easily findable online, and often I can find more useful resources elsewhere online. But it&#39;s tough to overcome the inclination to keep them. 2025-05-17T21:56:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxk9m3dhljrvevvtdk29ka4954jysg2j2jxx85efv9xp6shamxy4czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk0c53d0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6f5s25wme8p7zphnm60s06fscnvn37q7rsahxn9k3x8cvknkwugzzx0df'>nevent1q…x0df</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Loved those books growing up, although I enjoyed their Elenium and Tamuli series better. (the books were co-written by David and his wife Leigh Eddings) 2025-05-09T21:07:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptrqg4jgdtzngq93fnfqhenh3r3xc5c2duhvht7lqh5hjxa4555szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkgktn8p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspu5qnh8hxclgdak5wwjdedmr7zndjxszwm3ep7f0w6qx20258hmcyk6mwr'>nevent1q…6mwr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I finished it last night, but still close enough for #fridayreads<br/><br/>Last night on my drive home, I finished &#39;The Player of Games&#39; by Iain M. Banks.<br/><br/>I really enjoyed the second entry in Banks&#39; Culture series. Much more so than &#39;Consider Phlebas&#39; Being an avid gamer, I really loved the game stuff and the space opera aspects of learning a new culture (with a small &#39;c&#39;). Based on these two books, I get the feeling that Banks really isn&#39;t the greatest at endings though...<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-09T15:45:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspu5qnh8hxclgdak5wwjdedmr7zndjxszwm3ep7f0w6qx20258hmczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkgs0q52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0u9axgq8yjnm3mthwftevj6dx35rlx0t8w7qrypgm09ggtpls4g3sf4xm'>nevent1q…f4xm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also started &#39;The Tower Lord&#39; by Anthony Ryan on audio this morning.<br/><br/>This is another reread for me, and it&#39;s interesting in response to my comment about overpowered characters. The main character is an almost undefeatable swordsman, but I feel that Ryan does a great job putting him into situations where he can&#39;t just swing his sword. Anyway, I&#39;m happy to be rereading this series.<br/>#FridayReads<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-09T15:42:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszddz3jt23was0fjjfzv3thjzqu94e9ken267m8gfl4qclrp5qjqczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk52jnm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0u9axgq8yjnm3mthwftevj6dx35rlx0t8w7qrypgm09ggtpls4g3sf4xm'>nevent1q…f4xm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know we&#39;re all tired of the classic Hero&#39;s Journey structure of the farmboy becoming a great hero, but at least those stories had some character development hardwired in them. I feel like these books with overpowered characters are an overcorrection.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-09T15:39:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0u9axgq8yjnm3mthwftevj6dx35rlx0t8w7qrypgm09ggtpls4gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk5lfqjx This week I&#39;m nearing the end of &#39;The Radiant King&#39; by David Daglish.<br/><br/>Rather disappointed by this book. It&#39;s among the fantasy trend where the characters are incredibly powerful so there never seems to be any sort of danger or threat to them (See also Martha Wells&#39; &#39;Witch King&#39; or Anne Bishops&#39; &#39;Black Jewels&#39; series). The characters don&#39;t seem to have any urgency or curiosity. Unless something drastic happens in the end, I probably won&#39;t continue this series.<br/><br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-09T15:36:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu5029xn8zrtr2z9xa3n8gm6x60nqj4w5tfecdw2zxzwmqwy0jtqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk78ypjt Just finished South of Midnight.<br/>Had a really good time playing. The story was really great and the main character, Hazel, was fantastic to spend time with. The soundtrack is absolutely killer. <br/>Some of the game elements were repetitive, like the combat and platforming, but I felt the story made up for those. It ultimately reminded me A TON of American Magee&#39;s Alice Madness Returned<br/>I am really looking forward to the next project from this studio, whatever it is <br/>#Gaming #SouthOfMudnight 2025-05-04T22:04:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0y70d8v0vdzewz36m56sz8rnfzkkl6jpzkxcuj0eqyvvjdx2ndqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkfdtj7p This week I&#39;m just about at the end of &#39;Picks and Shovels&#39; by Cory Doctorow (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>)<br/>This has been an incredible delight to read with really engaging characters, a great setting of 80s San Francisco area with all its warts and shines, and a plot that on the surface seems a little preposterous (which means it&#39;s probably closer to truth than fiction) but it all works wonderfully.<br/><br/>It&#39;s my first Marty Hench book, but I am raring to go on the other ones now.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-02T14:38:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2q6s0xlf922fg9pce5y2t43axaj7ufs737gc53mgvsf3vu6ludlszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkcc9j4f Dude that just called the library seeking a way to possibly access a bunch of 100MB Zip disks has no idea how freakin&#39; lucky he is that I just happen to have a 25 year old external Iomega Zip disk drive in my desk drawer right now.<br/>And it works (mostly, connections and mechanics are being finicky, but I was able to get a read on the disk I just tried) 2025-04-30T19:42:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuktrpj0fwp8lqddq374lrpmar5ax939xtne6l8z6h8vhcwx2wcqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkcww5fy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh7yvjd3huhsxdvke7a8dwz69e6l6c5xayy3pu584uq4nwtnlyqq9l83kg'>nevent1q…83kg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s also a sneaky way to get people to feed more data into the systems. That article may have been somewhere where the AI crawler could consume, but now someone has willingly fed it into the system and probably without the consent of the original author. 2025-04-30T14:54:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxx0d7pwz96gurv8aa67ndpmqzs6n0tyqpyczl7337sqkdq96er5qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkvfu36v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2f6wxc77jjctu9au5wmczqe3l7n8au9k7gzvaktqsnsm6jej87g4z4h8z'>nevent1q…4h8z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m also listening to &#39;Player of Games&#39; by Iain M. Banks.<br/><br/>This is okay so far, somewhat better than &#39;Consider Phlebas&#39; but Banks sure takes a while to get the momentum of the story moving. I think the weakest part is Gurgeh, who really isn&#39;t that interesting of a character - but maybe that&#39;s typical of the hoi polloi in the Culture.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> #FridayReads 2025-04-25T18:36:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2f6wxc77jjctu9au5wmczqe3l7n8au9k7gzvaktqsnsm6jej87gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk04ugqr This week I&#39;m reading &#39;Lessons in Chemistry&#39; by Bonnie Garmus.<br/><br/>This is for our staff book discussion last week and I&#39;m enjoying it sort of okay. It is largely falling into the same meh territory that most popular fiction falls for me.<br/><br/>As I mentioned earlier this week, I&#39;ve seen the TV show and really liked it. I think it is a rare occasion of it being better than the book.<br/><br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-25T18:33:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5m4pgv8luczx5me59zqkdc4fhxlpyklmeuwgpj0swku8qma6kdczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk7p3t50 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsacmw6akcdlnytfpxjayuuzheavtu7232kdp6ay3u9njczep3tsyts7as'>nevent1q…s7as</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Since I finished one audiobook this morning, that means I get to start my next tonight.<br/><br/>The plan is to head back to The Culture with &#39;The Player of Games&#39; by Iain M. Banks. Hopefully it is better than &#39;Consider Phlebas&#39; which just sort of meandered to nowhere.<br/><br/>#FridayReads<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-18T14:21:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsacmw6akcdlnytfpxjayuuzheavtu7232kdp6ay3u9njczep3tszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkyywxua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf49qmv5asm7h0qq7tahs8lrjwvha74aun5wcewdheyuta3230hes6ay57y'>nevent1q…y57y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also finished &#39;City of Stairs&#39; by Robert Jackson Bennett on audio during my drive into work this morning.<br/><br/>Great epic urban fantasy book with a lot more change to the status quo than I remember when I read it years ago. I recently read &#39;The Tainted Cup&#39; and it&#39;s interesting to see how he&#39;s developed as a writer.<br/><br/>#FridayReads<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-18T14:19:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf49qmv5asm7h0qq7tahs8lrjwvha74aun5wcewdheyuta3230heszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkvqffuy This week I&#39;m reading &#39;The Tower of the Swallow&#39; by Adrzej Sapkowski.<br/><br/>It is the 4th book (or 6th if you count the anthologies) in the Witcher Saga that I&#39;ve been slowly working my way through.<br/><br/>This one is a bit of a tough read, because it has been absolutely brutal for Ciri and no one in the book seems to like each other. It&#39;s also doing some weird timey wimey stuff. At least I&#39;ll be ready for the next Netflix season whenever it comes.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-18T14:14:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3z9x7m3ah4qxtfsw00fvatts624esndueedcrq4tstln5sp8rjczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk0hr6yg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsq77nk9xhy6e79063xn7kjc3z28tm7a35k7rjehmml7t5vlcy5cn5uzfy'>nevent1q…uzfy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One thing I&#39;m worrying a bit about in my state is whether the IMLS cuts will lead to other cuts.<br/>When I served on a state library board, we had several years in a row where our State Librarian talked about how the state budget cuts to the State Library would drop below a threshold and threaten our federal funding. That was sometimes enough to reverse some cuts.<br/>Now that federal funding may be off the table, it removes that lever against state cuts. 2025-03-21T19:49:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdefmj53d9eh5cdm58fks8xqxpvmv5dkma8ggdcyst5j0p5ze4uwgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkm0rkdm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqjge52tpkylm72hkgcffwd84u7ej8g0995mmj05qw9g7eg3wes7qwzfhmf'>nevent1q…fhmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve also moved on to &#39;City of Stairs&#39; by Robert Jackson Bennett on audio.<br/><br/>This is another reread that I remember really enjoying when it came out, and then never followed up on the rest of the trilogy.<br/>I just read his recent novel &#39;The Tainted Cup&#39; and it&#39;s striking how similar certain aspects are between these two.<br/><br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-21T18:09:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjge52tpkylm72hkgcffwd84u7ej8g0995mmj05qw9g7eg3wes7qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk3n7snz This week I&#39;m reading &#39;The Happy Couple&#39; by Naoise Dolan.<br/><br/>This is for our monthly staff book discussion and we decided to read something by a contemporary Irish author and that was somewhat lighter than our recent books.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a fun read. Wow, the lives of the characters in this book are messed up. No one seems to really care about anything or appears not to care and I think everything is just going to explode before the end.<br/><br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-21T18:08:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2xhh4d86e9vwnv2g9rc223mx7hwxvl2z2wc9tqyex8pyz9wqfr9czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkjmyz8r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg4cy9tyazwquph2f69etrhjh2f4d9aj8l8d2a55rvllqz9qgle2gfr6myh'>nevent1q…6myh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, someone mentioned their issues with it to me before. Maybe you? I can&#39;t remember. Which is why I added the note about it. <br/>I think the transness in the other two is subtle, but it&#39;s there, at least in my reading of them. 2025-03-18T00:08:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28p5a2ttylq5nephcc3g4c2vens2ul0k3kaamlrhpspuf8xvhjdgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk60kdqx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqgndkqlfftfjsjgy4ud5va8cdzumke40zs8uj4ptpnnl8clwtg6g4zfyz3'>nevent1q…fyz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm, let me see what I&#39;ve read recently:<br/>&#39;The West Passage&#39; by Jared Pechaček is a wonderfully weird little book that reads like a medieval saga.<br/>Maybe &#39;The Witch&#39;s Heart&#39; by Genevieve Gornichec? It deals with Norse mythology focusing on Angrboda and Loki and all the stuff he gets into.<br/>&#39;Light from Uncommon Stars&#39; by Ryka Aoki. CW There are some tough transphobic scenes near the beginning, but the book is ultimately hopeful and rather lovely. 2025-03-17T23:22:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxs6a6rqnpc2dvvn05hf4crpugm5nueexhs5wr8zmwu32f74t52szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkunzeru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhty2r30u0p5trxc8x67gr6nsydnszzj93dlr8vmvpzfnpcywnlgha45up'>nevent1q…45up</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And I&#39;m also still listening to &#39;Consider Phlebas&#39; by Iain M. Banks.<br/><br/>It&#39;s alright. It sort of feels like Banks didn&#39;t have enough story for the actual plot, so he contrived a bunch of difficulties for the main character to be dealing with endlessly.<br/><br/>#FridayReads<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-07T21:15:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdhty2r30u0p5trxc8x67gr6nsydnszzj93dlr8vmvpzfnpcywnlgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkwrfns6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspc2mn4lwfwrwatczsd653kyqjlcsg7ftmrpd45cr2y8u5kegwg5sp2s2qf'>nevent1q…s2qf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then I started &#39;Water Moon&#39; by Samantha Sotto Yambao.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve heard good things about this book about a magical pawn shop hidden through the doorway of a popular ramen shop. The pawn shop deals in choices. It&#39;s too early to really know what that means yet. Looking forward to reading further.<br/><br/>#FridayReads<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-07T21:12:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspc2mn4lwfwrwatczsd653kyqjlcsg7ftmrpd45cr2y8u5kegwg5szyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2cvev7 This week I finished &#39;Mickey 7&#39; by Edward Ashton (it was after midnight last night, so it still counts for #FridayReads)<br/><br/>This was a really entertaining book with some real solid space opera vibes. No FTL travel means that it really examines the difficulties of interstellar colonization.<br/>I&#39;m really happy there is a sequel because the story just sort of suddenly splats to an end, solving immediate problems but not much else resolved.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-07T21:11:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl5xts8q2wfaxqjz578vr5d8f5rexvfrru04nh7xtratv0rv0gwczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkp4qgwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2adaxrlkqz9vvuzfs9k72ft4djv7sa2a89rv9q5v59677esmek7cjl6zmj'>nevent1q…6zmj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read &#39;Memory of Water&#39; almost 10 years ago and remember really liking it. Thanks for sharing, this sounds good.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-07T14:29:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhvqj8xte2vgzmtrutqmgtgqrn77r50hkr3wzmt0e337s6e20n2czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkkc0efk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgmfkr0wdh6z09d6wwknfs809eaf9pc84fzu6qx0smw7zhytcy9qgfyj5n'>nevent1q…yj5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also think that the Dems should be holding at least weekly press conferences in DC in response to the White House briefings. Invite all the media that is being pushed out of the WH Press Corps so that the info they get and are reporting is what the Dems are reporting. <br/><br/>These are the things they should be doing as an opposition party right now. Make noise. Make themselves seen as a viable alternative to the chaos going on. Quit the bipartisanship. 2025-02-26T19:59:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgmfkr0wdh6z09d6wwknfs809eaf9pc84fzu6qx0smw7zhytcy9qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkd8q093 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9w76rd6kery4ct6fzc4tymgtq7g5red6ccznjfzsuahfn4v5v9hs8n0nuz'>nevent1q…0nuz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the sort of opportunity the Dems should be throwing themselves at. Start putting together slates of candidates for these districts and start holding town halls. Blanket the districts with meet and greet and appearances where the candidates say a few words and then sit and allow people to talk to them. <br/>Then if the 2026 elections happen, the people that the districts have been seeing and talking to are the Dems. 2025-02-26T19:56:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6f0cgewu29az3f4g793y5gjht69mu4ysnydd6dr3e7ljche3s8czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkvhgzh6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspu94dqu45mqjr7eh2awr7lmhky4ryetsyng7sf55z39kmvna0zmcuka4p7'>nevent1q…a4p7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am also still listening to &#39;Consider Phebas&#39; by Iain M. Banks.<br/><br/>Horza is just careening from one disaster to the next. Nothing seems to be going right for the poor fellow. He just wants to get to a Dead World and reconnect with his old flame (and find a marooned AI...). Instead he is on a multi-kilometer long cruise ship (that sails on a sea in orbit!) that just smashed into a wall of ice. Yay space opera!<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-21T16:29:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspu94dqu45mqjr7eh2awr7lmhky4ryetsyng7sf55z39kmvna0zmczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nknrjvln This week I&#39;m reading &#39;If Beale Street Could Talk&#39; by James Baldwin.<br/><br/>I&#39;m ashamed that I&#39;ve never read it before, so I&#39;m glad we selected it for our staff book discussion this month at the library. It&#39;s a great read so far with a ton of character and style.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-21T16:26:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdcz86mg4dlzqwda39fg88v82gtckyf95epk5ns8eppscmlqp7zgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkfpje2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8weyynnkvn3q0qwr0zmyq2shnpcu7xrwh630ge7hqwkn7tjy2wrqr6dtra'>nevent1q…dtra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also started listening to &#39;Consider Phlebas&#39; by Iain M. Banks on audio.<br/><br/>I read this one years ago, but am coming back to it now on audio, since I&#39;m planning to work my way through the Culture books in between a couple of other fantasy series. Just at the start now, but it is nice and tasty space opera fare so far.<br/>#FridayReads<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-14T18:23:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8weyynnkvn3q0qwr0zmyq2shnpcu7xrwh630ge7hqwkn7tjy2wrqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkmrskyr This week I&#39;m finishing up &#39;Starborn: How the Stars Made us&#39; by Roberto Trotta<br/><br/>I started it sometime last year, but it was shortly after I had read a very similar book focused on the Moon.<br/>This is an excellent jaunt though the history of astronomy and navigation. It&#39;s both relieving and saddening to read while the culture of science in the US is being destroyed in short order.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-14T18:21:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9yywwcyl9lxzwp4y4cazhlequhthqderjjzkt9az4gpjzlf2pfczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkmwf7tt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5le204smrksarx9h4ntvthg2uct75ny4u5yqu4k53qcx087yacc33dzag'>nevent1q…dzag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From my experience, if you turn on the setting where it &#34;Limits to 1 response&#34; then it requires sign-in.<br/>Unfortunately, there is no other way to limit responses. 2025-02-05T16:42:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvzghyrfg4zt5funs2czmp5de2nwefe9x0lff4h28kywumzy5gh4qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkfhhxkf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8w6s2clr659spp4pwfdjsvtlcdqjt334xu749zkztc3zldve0wmqvvd4wk'>nevent1q…d4wk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m also still listening to &#39;Blood Song&#39; by Anthony Ryan.<br/><br/>More grim fantasy from the early 10s. This is a reread and I&#39;m happy that it is has held up well to my memory of reading it 10 years ago.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-24T16:27:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8w6s2clr659spp4pwfdjsvtlcdqjt334xu749zkztc3zldve0wmqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2exgyy This week I&#39;m reading &#39;The Dinosaur Lords&#39; by Victor Milan.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been intrigued by this book for a while, and it came up on my weeding list, so I /saved/ it and checked it out. It&#39;s been fun so far. Basically alternate Renaissance era Europe grim fantasy (on a different planet maybe?) featuring dinosaurs as mounts, livestock, pets, etc.<br/>There is more to be revealed - people are long lived and not sure if there is magic yet.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-24T16:25:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrw2jh0z0lhs75y6dqtcmt9jjmudjxpx2v468gkgz2rhsuc7exdkgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkl7nf0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs944k9vxcu6zqps6vpq4gc5kctyuyhvnmpapklq6he374ceyragxswxae39'>nevent1q…ae39</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hiya! You can also follow the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> group which will share posts from people who tagging the group.<br/>I also recommend searching and following hashtags - yes, you can follow a hashtag and any posts with that hashtag show up in your home feed. It&#39;s a great way to find other people to follow that share interests. 2025-01-18T21:20:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0v4tuk42jcthk8sevmhhedtndwe6l064et29z86vvm3jylkkrgqszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkwalm25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst343nns3gw2t4varm3x4jkvfzgdzwjzv8za8x98p8ehx28shtlfsvnt37t'>nevent1q…t37t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This sort of sounds like what Google Reader could have become with tender loving care and the full weight of Google behind it (combining the concurrent ideas of things like Circles and Wave that lived in their own siloes).<br/>I&#39;ve signed up for the waitlist and looking forward to seeing what comes of this. 2025-01-15T00:00:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr23ry432tjgqyphn0q5t9aeaq6u52ggxdgnnan5ksgdjkpcw4zcszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkgxy3sk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p3y7vxrj4wukez6t32v3ujpxy9x28e64s9utqsx309jqu9fe26g3a2jr0'>nevent1q…2jr0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve recently been thinking about why it seems like I&#39;m so much more progressive than I was 15-20 years ago and I think it might be mainly a couple of factors - working in a public library has made me more progressive, but also I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve shifted that much politically, it&#39;s just that the parties and the Overton Window have shifted so much to the right that I&#39;m left with views that may have been solidly centrist 20 years ago, but now seem radical 2025-01-13T20:39:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7san7zujfzwdhadpr8e0f746l5rpm895kkrad848atxfh2rwnzqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkwwkwm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03xavm5zum3kc2a0umumq9zrpe5zzzf7htpn88mdf7usy3vlfpeskenfz9'>nevent1q…nfz9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m really enjoying it so far and I think it will make it on my short list of regular rereads. As you say, it&#39;s a very calming book 2025-01-11T01:59:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0yjf4q2jz0enmak3a68wmypgf3ytah4uszxeqqwsgxh73ar8ctgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkdual55 This week I&#39;m reading &#39;Orbital&#39; by Samantha Harvey<br/><br/>Who knew that to get me interested in a Booker Prize winner it needed to be SF (-adjacent)? This book is a lovely meditation of the 6 inhabitants of the ISS as they loop around and around the Earth.<br/><br/>It feels very much like reading a Virginia Woolf novel with a sort of layered nebulous floating between characters&#39; thoughts and perceptions. The sort of book you just sort of let wash over your thoughts as you read.<br/>#FridayReads <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-10T18:18:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva75hlg09j0scqesrn9qh00v9f3e9srmzcpycxf66vllljmuc52czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nke625hx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyam0m4u80ytpvp8jnety3dswzw8wuemdavqp73yg6m0279ac34tg3ddjpc'>nevent1q…djpc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good luck! It is great to hear how you&#39;re helping people. 2025-01-10T04:15:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdv64wk99dm7rzs5pw0naf4jp3cjvmru9a7cxd3pgh0f3fphx5c2gzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nklt5lz6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5pyuxz703t02jkscct8ztngxgpw2cljurylqj2gzlh9j8n8l84c95strz'>nevent1q…strz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In my past tech support experience, the ancient laptop sounds like a candidate for an OS reinstall/restore. Especially if there aren&#39;t any important files on it. Depending on how ancient it is, it could have a recovery partition that could be accessed by a key press during boot. You can look up the brand and model to see the steps. If it is more ancient, it may have come with recovery disks, which she may no longer have and you&#39;re back to square one. 2025-01-10T02:33:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nct7x4cfmxru3dqhtxmcdv9v5vwpg09l6nq7sx6wm828qsx3vhqzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2xlq08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsguaj570sflqytgudsshnhjfc0sttzvn5n9mkuwean3dl8vt8dd7cqa2a7e'>nevent1q…2a7e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did some basic mending stuff, but sock darning is another step. Though for simple tears you can probably just do a simple seam repair. 2025-01-06T22:54:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8hgt8600ksw98vvedlzwn8j6dx8kp35xpygmcgt2p0xdhrrlvlgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nknjutgl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvn678qmate9curzkfvnsfdsythmsn6cl3geu6ttufd0yywa4n9c73uaar'>nevent1q…uaar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know how to darn socks, there are people on here that certainly do and would probably love to give you advice on it.<br/>I should probably learn to do it, just as a neat skill to have. 2025-01-06T22:52:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghms3z8qcp3j02uy828rv33y2m3k83ysugyc6srzn9wwgy4v0u2czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk2p7tl7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxwpffyaxzdtwkflxm39csy2lcnay58f6h4u9t8tfmugqwj926qgl6fe79'>nevent1q…fe79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For All Mankind!<br/><br/>The best thing to come from Ronald Moore and it feels as close to a prequel to The Expanse that you can get from a completely different creator. 2025-01-02T21:53:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu2gnth24t4sz9auvwxehfukwamzpakg04hjnfp8nxer0h6avqhgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk4j9ulr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2ux6zx7y0q0eauqkrr60kde096r0h3kyex964x3sh9rjvvyyczsu8xdcr'>nevent1q…xdcr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eggnog is also pretty much a premade ice cream base.<br/>Just sayin&#39; 😉 2024-12-25T17:39:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgcmn65tuy8j6melvtlhdhgswndz2y8hmxgw6ydz3rlsq9p4dz6pszyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkky4jxt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrgqds4sw6h6mad475yzp8dxjr65tpmyzpzfk6w28k2t5f5gk42qp8s4dc'>nevent1q…s4dc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, anyone can use the content, it&#39;s why it&#39;s there in the collections. I just happen to be more connected and knowledgeable about what is there to use it. 2024-12-14T20:56:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrgqds4sw6h6mad475yzp8dxjr65tpmyzpzfk6w28k2t5f5gk42qzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk0pgp7f One of the things about being the guy in charge of the digitized collections - I have a great selection of content to use to design custom notebook covers as gifts for my coworkers. 2024-12-14T20:55:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswya8fwa7x6lu4klm3rr6g8dj2dp8w50kwcpqf2az9egl9d0xpdwgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkzmycyh You know what #UI trend I have gotten very tired of? Hiding UI elements unless you&#39;re hovering over them or have selected them.<br/>Things like checkboxes for selecting items or even freakin&#39; scrollbars! I don&#39;t care if it looks &#34;cleaner&#34; with them hidden. Show them to me! 2024-12-13T20:12:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd3aufn8mqzlq8zp6zxpq6lj392zjrms4g4yuxgqdc9q4lt7lpkhgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nky6ersc Happy Friday the 13th!<br/>Jason is feeling a little festive, how about you?<br/>Ki ki ki. Ma ma ma.<br/><br/>#Horror #FridayThe13th<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/glammrus/media_attachments/files/113/646/001/309/223/062/original/ea6710200795f182.webp"> <br/> 2024-12-13T14:34:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxg4xq8lcus23wv6776d2hvmmelywgaqxaayfvjwe765q4qkhz2fczyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkm8sjg7 My sewing workshop tomorrow is going to be plush snowmen.<br/>On the left was my first test with stash fabric and the right is the one I made with the fabric we&#39;ll be using tomorrow. <br/><br/>I&#39;m going to have a bunch of extra fabric pieces and glue guns for people that may not want to hand sew on decorations. <br/><br/>The balls are made using a dome method because I think the pattern is easier to cut and sew for novices than something like the beach ball method.<br/>#Sewing<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/glammrus/media_attachments/files/113/636/389/457/083/876/original/a54b135d7fc02aa8.webp"> <br/> 2024-12-11T21:50:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrdpvw69p5qk4hnwsdrz0srtqyv06072y44evvf2fmangv6pu0fgzyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nkqzzz8f My interest streams have crossed today. I&#39;m currently in the same room as Roger Clark, voice of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, who was in a horror short I just watched. <br/>#Gaming #Horror 2024-12-07T21:26:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwgsqnuplcp0wfqcm8peyw5nac3pararwew6scy6f7g80w0yva5czyzlxwzk9r07mdd8aznmz0kj79j6d643dsa0qzlsduc7l7x30rt0nk262k9d I am looking to buy my mother a new sewing machine for the holidays/birthday.<br/>Her ~45 year old electric Singer is no longer working after years of being moved around and in storage. I think it&#39;s the foot pedal, and a replacement is ~$80 when I looked, and at that cost I figured, why not spending a bit more for an updated newer machine.<br/>Any recommendations? Doesn&#39;t need to be fancy, but should be flexible in purpose. She isn&#39;t a quilter (yet). Budget is probably up to $600.<br/>#Sewing 2024-12-03T00:12:56Z