For my part, when I reread the story, Iโ€™m delighted with it. Iโ€™d happily have published it on my website, or distributed it as a zine, with no mention of AI tools at all.

    Robin Sloan on writing his latest short story in collaboration with an AI.

    I’m in luck! Apparently, Ulf’s dog Winston celebrated his 4th birthday yesterday, and I get to check off today’s Microblogvember early. (Ulf is the prime minister of Sweden). ๐Ÿถ

    Per’s recommendations for online resilience are great. ๐Ÿ‘Œ You can have a place to call home on the internet โ€“ domain, and website โ€“ for around $18 a year. How cool is that? Share with friends and family!

    Now I know for certain that my next read will be Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. ๐Ÿ“š

    You’ve started a trend, @jean. There’s a microblogvember challenge going on over at cohost as well. ๐Ÿฅฐ Different wordlist, though.

    Struggling with today’s Microblogvember, I thought to myself, “hey, maybe I could find a cool anagram for the word consensus at least”. Sun scones sucked the least. Is that even a thing? ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿฅฏ ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

    Hi Greta! Welcome to Mastodon & Mastodon.nu. Thanks for helping us stress-test the servers (which blew up) [my translation]

    A Mastodon server admin gets a surprise when @gretathunberg joins their instance. ๐Ÿ˜…

    Got some insight today as to what is going on with the lights in our kitchen. Long story short: the transformer is probably kaput. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

    Exposed electrical cables and dimmer behind an unscrewed wall switch. Plastic parts, screwdrivers, and a multimeter lay on the kitchen counter below.

    It’s Micro Monday! Thanks for reminding me, @jean. ๐Ÿ˜Š Anyone who wants to fill their timeline with cute drawings and thoughtful posts should follow @veronique.

    Also, make sure to visit her blog! I like the links and etc. pages. ๐Ÿ‘Œ

    We just released the latest episode of our podcast, where Sanna and I talk about why you should own your content and publish it on your domain. In Swedish โ€“ sorry, folks.

    We record in a proper studio, so the audio should be free from any echo.

    A computer monitor in a retrofuturistic style. Inside the monitor is a lush garden.

    Afternoon coffee and bookkeeping. Turns out I’m not exempt from paying corporate taxes and VAT. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

    I admire my bed, welcoming me every night, tirelessly, without complaint, year after yearโ€ฆ okay, yes, it’s bedtime for me! ๐Ÿฅฑ

    Back in 2001, there was this software I installed (and re-installed) so often that I learned the license key by heart. It started with FCKGWโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜Š

    What a feast! I challenge you to watch Food in Studio Ghibli’s Films without getting hungry. ๐Ÿ˜‹

    Single frame from the anime Howl’s Moving Castle. The table is set with food: soup, bread, cheese, egg, and meat. A boy gobbles the eggs with enthusiasm.

    Let’s figure out how to join Microblogvember 2022โ€ฆ Did it work?

    • Private likes.
    • Private responses.
    • Private subscriber counts.

    No status games. No trolls. No pressure.

    Nicheless is a microblogging platform similar to Micro.blog. No RSS or custom domains, though. Via Dense Discovery.

    Any app with access to Bluetooth could record your conversations with Siri and audio from the iOS keyboard dictation feature โ€ฆ without the app requesting microphone access permission and without the app leaving any trace that it was listening โ€ฆ

    โ€“ Guilherme Rambo via lobste.rs

    Wow, how cute is this computer from Clockwork?! ๐Ÿ˜

    Cute, flat, gray, portable computer. It looks a lot like an old calculator: retro-futuristic. The screen is relatively small and ultra-wide, featuring a cute illustration.

    I’m reading Snow Crash for the first time, and now I look forward to the upcoming extra material. ๐Ÿ“š

    This is part of the new bonus material in [Snow Crash]: fragments of an unfinished screenplay that I wrote to amuse myself

    Excerpt from a screenplay. LAGOS IN ERIDU, PART ONE. JANUARY 26, 2004. EXT. ERIDU DIG, DAY. Aerial shot out the side window of a helicopter that is making a slow orbit of a desert archeological dig as it sheds altitude and comes in for a landing. ROTOR BLADE SOUND makes it impossible to hear anything else for the time being. Surrounding landscape is a flat and barren khaki-colored plain crusted with salt in some places and scarred by vehicle tracks. Disabled military vehicles, including a burned-out TANK with its turret impacted several meters away, suggest that there’s been combat–but not recently.

    โ€“ Neal Stephenson

    We’re having friends over tomorrow and baked two apple pies for the occasion. “Someone” might have cut out a tiny slice for a taste, but I think we’re cool. It’s not showing. Almost invisible. Right? ๐Ÿคญ

    Two freshly baked apple pies. One has a pretty obvious slice missing.

    Everything I have ever learned about Web3 has been against my will.

    โ€“ Morgan Sung

    Have fond memories of the time when games came with a manual? Grow up playing games you didn’t quite grasp, relying on exploring, and just trying stuff to make progress? Oldskool Zelda fan?

    Then, you will probably enjoy Tunic as much as I have. Lovely adventure! ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ

    Nintendo Switch in handheld mode, showing a video game in progress. Isometric view with a pastel color palette. A floating castle in the sky. The camera is far from the player, who is barely seen. The graphical user interface show items typical of an action-adventure game, meters for stamina, magic power, etc.

    We’re going all-in autumn. Lit candles for the atmosphere, mini pumpkins for decoration, and dal as comfort food for our stomachs. ๐Ÿ˜‹ A day in the life in Jรถnkรถping, Sweden, at 6:07 pm.

    A table with two plates of dal, mini pumpkins, and a lit candle.

    but when I looked in the opposite direction, into space, there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold . . . all I saw was death. โ€ฆ My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.

    William Shatner felt the overview effect. Via waxy.org.

    Had a great day in the forest with friends. Grilling sausages, roasting marshmallows, and taking a short hike. Hair smells like a campfire now. ๐Ÿฅฐ Photo by Sanna.

    Man up on a hunting tower looking out over the forest. Pine trees grow tall around him.

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