2026-06-05T05:46:00Z https://yabu.me Jerod Poore https://yabu.me/npub1nxm2q4m5s0auhlws2df6xnqw780yeafjl8y354488ndkvvaqjdzsefvta4 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/438/436/432/642/482/original/47c04bef75bbb3cb.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/438/436/432/642/482/original/47c04bef75bbb3cb.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8gdy7f2ldxm9kw0r7dzr4exm98k34pwdkkqq2vsfrn7ax3tqgkfgzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52hsakzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdaazduwy2zwqr2dvgyuzv847f7wfqt4hvz3fc4lteft5z6art4ksuceujy'>nevent1q…eujy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I have become even more introverted and asocial I have no skin in the game of people getting together. So I have no idea what the next step would be.<br/><br/>Unless someone came up with a distributed, peer-based networking and communication system that was completely independent of the Internet. A worldwide network of desktop PCs that talked to each other over landlines.<br/><br/>Know anyone crazy enough to put something like that together? 2025-08-08T13:53:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdaazduwy2zwqr2dvgyuzv847f7wfqt4hvz3fc4lteft5z6art4kszyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf5276nsk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84w7geut80eelgps4tmg8wpt0j2vhrgjl6k3fffxx66fnlfjfc6c82m6rq'>nevent1q…m6rq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The &#34;third space&#34; discourse. Combined with parents complaining about too much screen time when there is literally no place for kids to hang out outside.<br/><br/>The true fanzines were a big part of the infrastructure of conventions/concerts/festivals. Other zines were part of political organizing. And, you&#39;re right, why bother when it is easier, faster, and cheaper to do it all online. 2025-08-08T13:50:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2xvkt46qc7jcua6vnnq573qclzsw6zaeezs9gk24f2e3ark9ygczyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf520ju04w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7up5ln4z56p2a3jnagw0svrfpxca096nnmw6sz78wmahrsdqvuc2u6zr3'>nevent1q…6zr3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And going way, way back to the days before home computers and printers were ubiquitous and the overwhelming majority of non-comic-based zines were created on typewriters: you really didn&#39;t want to redo an entire page to edit a couple of words.<br/><br/>The first couple of issues of MRR were done on a typewriter. Then an electric typewriter with about a paragraph&#39;s worth of memory. The first Mac didn&#39;t arrive until the second year of publication. 2025-08-05T16:09:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsql62zzk80ffnpwgt59fh2q02jp6hkv32c2us3yj93mgdwxmsprdgzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52fwf0xf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs906l4wq970gsv8wxcg6yrgpmn3a56z7uuelqrph93k26ufgqljpsyz9rj0'>nevent1q…9rj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How many of your blog posts were about whether or not piss hardons were a real thing? That seems to be the secret. 2025-08-05T16:02:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m9sdl8zjn5xnc44gpwrhhjff950vhns2atht6w8kz5ppca93qnqzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52y3pu8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy078mjx6drfc0drgpgrgly6eepdk9e5zlhxk4w5qvy7fph8v53sxd5zft'>nevent1q…5zft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>However, I do get the point. The enshittification of the Internet in general and social media in particular has lead to a resurgence of zine publishing. <br/><br/>Mark Dery already wrote about how some of the Internet&#39;s Golden Age spaces mapped to zines in his 1996 book &#34;Escape Velocity&#34;. Although that was how things were when zine culture was on the verge of going into hibernation and the Internet on the verge of infiltrating everyone&#39;s lives. 2025-08-05T14:03:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyy078mjx6drfc0drgpgrgly6eepdk9e5zlhxk4w5qvy7fph8v53szyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52puwd2z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwa67fp9urrcvy49agsmuv7ljnd09ldmd0ynljhlqahvfnkf2njsfeqvfp'>nevent1q…qvfp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Beavis and Butthead already did a paper on the mystery of morning wood. 2025-08-05T13:58:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstum5e0lnp4en5prvc9hv9qmyphv9vgnh2432k6q7dfgkkdjmxqpqzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf528kuc0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cax030sxma23tfjp4usq086w3u8s0nj73tvzsen30w6n5599lgcmh44mm'>nevent1q…44mm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The best example I remember is the &#34;piss hardon&#34; discourse that lasted for about five years of consecutive issues in MaximumRockNRoll. N.b.: it was not a band, but the mystery of morning wood.<br/><br/>USENET and Listservs were much closer to the dynamic of articles &amp; LoCs of old-school fanzines than any sort of social media.<br/><br/>And the nearest thing to APA culture? Tumblr. 2025-08-05T13:41:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cax030sxma23tfjp4usq086w3u8s0nj73tvzsen30w6n5599lgczyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf523sscw5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nzj26xmzrxktcunaa85u6r73c9r5fjzkms9hvaf454d740hjxws6r6zs4'>nevent1q…6zs4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Way back in the day fanzines were very much iterative, many-to-many communications. It just took months for a reply to be published and distributed. Sending a letter of comment (LoC) used to be good for a copy of the issue in which the letter was printed. Threads of replies would go on for years in some zines. 2025-08-05T13:37:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrksjhnqrle5dsvz72pkhry2jzee84jt88s9utk0rgehe2sl5k6szyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52uyfuan In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyfg3yaseqvy4dkxf0hnnvf7g52vg65pc0qed0uvjqx7vt0qfreggzg847'>nevent1q…g847</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They were called Amateur Press Associations (APAs). APAs were extremely popular in SF fandom, gaming, and mail art. The individual contributions were called &#34;sub-zines&#34;.<br/><br/>Edited to add: and the final product was an APAzine. 2025-08-04T15:23:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfh66m8yztmla589hatdczsje050jyhlqn9ermus9df0z0a3r663qzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52tzw5vh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sx4s8k989y9ga3sz636qjvsr7mjspkd3wymdh9d2w63uwk7wducclmwk7'>nevent1q…mwk7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Stencils. No programming required and applies much faster than writing/printing. 2025-06-01T19:58:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3fgt5y66pntc35ed2emm77swm8mgze0eje4hw37n082rpe7n66czyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52crqn6d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdww9km4m5myvcyymtwewrd7rcq4uejng204sgvhvw04dfarxrxzgeg6dza'>nevent1q…6dza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I should have specified *generative* AI. Expert systems are fantastic. 2025-04-28T11:56:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspyd4umuarcxh405rvrerftp2sa766lmft3n53ukl2f80k7lz90mqzyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf526g5ta2 OK, I&#39;ve changed my mind about AI. I think some people absolutely should use it for important things. Like legal briefs...<br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/194427/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-ai-generated-legal-filing">https://newrepublic.com/post/194427/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-ai-generated-legal-filing</a> 2025-04-27T15:56:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfa4u9xvwjxevvjeaqww0xlkcwh9jqp09z7hy72tz9dl0zuxhsurszyzvmdgzhwjplhjla6pf48g6vpmcaun84xtuujxjk5u7dke3n5zf52ft3fjy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspc00p8ms8hxfyr7qu95lv3mpjxy8270rd82xdc2wgjgtprvtdngcmehrp7'>nevent1q…hrp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dave was a good friend of mine. He also made no-budget movies. I played a crack-addicted Sherlock Holmes in his &#34;Sherlock Holmes vs. Doctor M&#39;Abuse&#34;. Featuring Eve Libertine as the Welsh-speaking damsel in distress. 2024-12-07T17:43:39Z