Chebucto Regional Softball Club

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mathling/115300088947837576

Did I buy this because of the ants on the cover... maybe.

But, I've read the first few chapters and like it. It begins with Art Crime.

So, I say check it out.

@jgordon

uuuuuuhhhhhhg I don't like democracy anymore.

@alex

He'd say he liked it if he thought people would like him.

@foone @gewt

I love the colors of those keycaps...

Got the screen replaced on my phone: now it doesn’t recognize me anymore.

This is a true sentence about my life. It also sounds like something from a cyberpunk horror story. In addition? My phone is *haunted*— phantom typing … (Like a damn Ouija board. ) spontaneous sentences, I keep telling myself it is just autocorrect.

I’m still mostly delighted that it could be fixed at all— but, I thought this was the digital age? Why do my problems have an analog texture?

@babelcarp

Have you noticed how he just copies what the other billionaire tech guys are doing like a very insecure middle schooler?

Is there anything he cares about that isn’t about trying (and failing) to fit in?

In fiction are there any huge stereotypes, tropes about divorced characters that are overdone, annoying?

Writing this as someone who “simply can’t imagine getting divorced*” I decided to just make my character as astonished & confused as I would be. (write what you know?)

I do feel like I’m bumbling around a bit here. This guy is a math professor, gets divorced after his daughter goes to college— didn’t expect it, even if he understands it.

*I also get this is naive

#divorce #writing

@johnefrancis

This may play a big role in why people *feel* like this is happening.

Imagine being a millionaire and just... using X, threads, tiktok or facebook and still having to struggle to click the little box to make the ads close.

Wouldn't a luxury lifestyle be free of advertisements?

@rgo

They swear up and down they didn't type anything into search, or view any webpages that would drop the hint.

To me spying on search and other sources is almost as bad, but the "my phone is listening to my conversation and showing me ads" thing keeps coming up.

If it's not happening it seems like it is.

The US is such a deeply multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-religious nation that even our nazis are diverse.

It is so touching that the most conspicuous online nazi is a Hispanic man and that's probably why some of his followers feel comfortable being Black, Catholic, Mexican, and even Mormon.

Only in America.

(this is dripping with cynicism, if it's not clear)

Sometimes my friends notice when, after they have been talking about something they will see an ad for it.

"my phone is spying on me!"

I used to think this was unlikely. I'd go into "while that is possible it's not reasonable..." mode.

Not so much anymore. It does seem feasible now. And I think it might be a fruitful area for privacy advocates to focus on since this *really* creeps people out.

@todayilearned

I am learning too but this graphic is WILD

@Tarnport

I could see this being useful as a podcasting, media set. You have your background and a way to put it all away.

@InternetEh

I don't get this look. It looks like some kind of art exhibit.

@mikemccaffrey

Monarchs have very complex taxes since so many of them live for part of the year in Mexico ... and of course the whole caterpillar vs. butterfly transition complicates their taxes even more since they obviously change profession after metamorphosis.

Really the whole thing ought to be simplified for this common situation.

If there is any more complaining just say "trickle up" or "economics 101" and nothing more. That's how this works I think.

@chris

I sometimes wonder if she's real. She's so goofy.

@nberlat.bsky.social

oh.

yeah that's OK I don't want to know about that

@nberlat.bsky.social

The what?