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I've been planning & poking at a memoir of the early days of being online (I started in 1985, before the web was even invented, and blogged since '94). Don't know if I'll ever have the strength to finish it, but this is a great snapshot of what the gold rush days were like.
I wrote about what it was like to go online for the first time 30 years ago. How hard and complicated it seemed, and then how amazing this entirely new world was. Including some extracts from my 1995 diary.
www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
My first months in cyberspace
Recalling the difficulties and wonder of getting online for the first time in 1995, including diary extracts from the time.
www.gyford.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I've been planning & poking at a memoir of the early days of being online (I started in 1985, before the web was even invented, and blogged since '94). Don't know if I'll ever have the strength to finish it, but this is a great snapshot of what the gold rush days were like.
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Back when I first got here, I said something like the strength, longevity, and general experience of this place would be determined by how well and how quickly they implemented a strong culture of moderation and codes of values.
So. I was right about that.
So. I was right about that.
October 9, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Back when I first got here, I said something like the strength, longevity, and general experience of this place would be determined by how well and how quickly they implemented a strong culture of moderation and codes of values.
So. I was right about that.
So. I was right about that.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
$2.99 a month for some really amazing stories and poems, right in your inbox!
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this is great
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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September 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this is great
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CheatGPT
August 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
CheatGPT
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Finished reading The Worst of All Possible Worlds, last book of the Salvager’s trilogy by @alexwhite.bsky.social
To say these three books are my favorite I’ve ever read is to seriously undersell it. How lucky I am to have gotten to experience them. If you have the chance, absolutely read them.
To say these three books are my favorite I’ve ever read is to seriously undersell it. How lucky I am to have gotten to experience them. If you have the chance, absolutely read them.
August 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Finished reading The Worst of All Possible Worlds, last book of the Salvager’s trilogy by @alexwhite.bsky.social
To say these three books are my favorite I’ve ever read is to seriously undersell it. How lucky I am to have gotten to experience them. If you have the chance, absolutely read them.
To say these three books are my favorite I’ve ever read is to seriously undersell it. How lucky I am to have gotten to experience them. If you have the chance, absolutely read them.
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It’s more than a bit disturbing that if you get big enough online (by which I mean like over 1,000 followers), there’s almost certainly at least one person who hates your guts who’s never interacted with you at all.
August 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It’s more than a bit disturbing that if you get big enough online (by which I mean like over 1,000 followers), there’s almost certainly at least one person who hates your guts who’s never interacted with you at all.
@canspice.bsky.social hey I saw this photo on Mastodon and thought of you
August 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@canspice.bsky.social hey I saw this photo on Mastodon and thought of you
N: Copper Harbor, Michigan, USA
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Marsabit, Kenya
E: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Marsabit, Kenya
E: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
N: New Hazelton, BC, Canada
S: Sydney, NSW, Australia
W: Makua Beach, Hawaii, USA
E: Sydney, NSW, Australia
S: Sydney, NSW, Australia
W: Makua Beach, Hawaii, USA
E: Sydney, NSW, Australia
N:Tromso Norway, plus the Arctic Circle on the Dempster Highway, Yukon.
S: Atacama Desert, Peru
W: Na Pali Coast, Hawaii
E: Otranto, Italy
S: Atacama Desert, Peru
W: Na Pali Coast, Hawaii
E: Otranto, Italy
August 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
N: Copper Harbor, Michigan, USA
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Marsabit, Kenya
E: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
S: Johannesburg, South Africa
W: Marsabit, Kenya
E: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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This is your regular reminder that end-to-end encrypted communications will not protect you against members of your group chat sending screenshots to NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Columbia University students plan to build tent encampments this week, sources say
Plans were discussed in a meeting Tuesday night in Brooklyn, where participants wore masks and identified themselves only by their Signal handles.
www.nbcnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is your regular reminder that end-to-end encrypted communications will not protect you against members of your group chat sending screenshots to NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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There are a lot of books I've liked, but _A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe_ by @alexwhite.bsky.social was so exciting and fun that it made me want to actually sit down and write a book.
August 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are a lot of books I've liked, but _A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe_ by @alexwhite.bsky.social was so exciting and fun that it made me want to actually sit down and write a book.
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I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
August 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
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Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday! Read my super short story for some high-octane action in the Starfinder Universe.
Then check out my other titles! A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE is on super sale this month...
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Then check out my other titles! A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE is on super sale this month...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday! Read my super short story for some high-octane action in the Starfinder Universe.
Then check out my other titles! A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE is on super sale this month...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...
Then check out my other titles! A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE is on super sale this month...
bookshop.org/p/books/a-bi...
@canspice.bsky.social @alicecavanagh.bsky.social I just heard Jordan Peterson is moving from Canada to the United States
July 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
@canspice.bsky.social @alicecavanagh.bsky.social I just heard Jordan Peterson is moving from Canada to the United States
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The central experiences of childhood trauma are silence, isolation, and helplessness. Healing, then, must involve a restoration of voice, safe connection, and rightful power. Healing does not usually occur in isolation. It occurs in the context of a safe relationship.
July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The central experiences of childhood trauma are silence, isolation, and helplessness. Healing, then, must involve a restoration of voice, safe connection, and rightful power. Healing does not usually occur in isolation. It occurs in the context of a safe relationship.
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Being a marginalized person from the deep south has always felt like being abandoned twice: first by our own corrupt conservative politicians, then a second time by liberals who think we deserve to suffer and die for being born in the wrong place.
Every time you say “fuck the south and red states they deserve all the pain they’re getting” you’re literally abandoning all the marginalized voters you pretend to care about when you act all concerned about gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Marginalized people exist everywhere.
Marginalized people exist everywhere.
July 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Being a marginalized person from the deep south has always felt like being abandoned twice: first by our own corrupt conservative politicians, then a second time by liberals who think we deserve to suffer and die for being born in the wrong place.
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If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.
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Hey everyone, reminder to check your spam folder if you have any outstanding job applications! I just called a hiring manager to follow up about one and found out they had emailed me this morning to set up an interview but it was in my spam folder.
June 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey everyone, reminder to check your spam folder if you have any outstanding job applications! I just called a hiring manager to follow up about one and found out they had emailed me this morning to set up an interview but it was in my spam folder.
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We damage the dignity of others when we refuse to wait for them—whether they need to tie their own shoes or they are struggling to find words for the indescribable. We bestow honor on another when we consider him or her worth waiting for.
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We damage the dignity of others when we refuse to wait for them—whether they need to tie their own shoes or they are struggling to find words for the indescribable. We bestow honor on another when we consider him or her worth waiting for.
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Reminder that Goodreads is trash and The StoryGraph is heaps better. thestorygraph.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reminder that Goodreads is trash and The StoryGraph is heaps better. thestorygraph.com
I have not read these, because the IP just isn’t my thing, but my daughter read The Cold Forge and loved it
The Cold Forge and Into Charybdis by Alex White are the most refreshing and compelling stories in the Alien universe I’ve ever read. My only complaint is, they’re so good I stay up hours past my bedtime reading until my vision blurs.
June 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I have not read these, because the IP just isn’t my thing, but my daughter read The Cold Forge and loved it
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I recreated Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” in crochet to make a mug rug. And it’s both delightful AND full of existential dread! (Making the back and the frame today)
#CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear
Pattern on Ravelry: EnchantedThreads1
#CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear
Pattern on Ravelry: EnchantedThreads1
June 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I recreated Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” in crochet to make a mug rug. And it’s both delightful AND full of existential dread! (Making the back and the frame today)
#CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear
Pattern on Ravelry: EnchantedThreads1
#CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear
Pattern on Ravelry: EnchantedThreads1
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Someone in the replies called this doordash for bears and I can't stop laughing
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Someone in the replies called this doordash for bears and I can't stop laughing
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This is the real reason they're masked and don't provide ID. It's not to prevent blowback. They don't care about blowback. They went to proud boys rallies and "mass deportation now" rallies without masks.
It's that they're contracting out this work to people with no legal authority to make arrests.
It's that they're contracting out this work to people with no legal authority to make arrests.
It’s becoming increasingly unclear who exactly is grabbing people, including citizens:
ICE? Bounty hunters acting for ICE? Straight-up vigilante militias?
All of the above are illegal. Some violates California law.
There needs to be EXTREMELY harsh accountability for this Nazi-level thuggery.
ICE? Bounty hunters acting for ICE? Straight-up vigilante militias?
All of the above are illegal. Some violates California law.
There needs to be EXTREMELY harsh accountability for this Nazi-level thuggery.
June 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is the real reason they're masked and don't provide ID. It's not to prevent blowback. They don't care about blowback. They went to proud boys rallies and "mass deportation now" rallies without masks.
It's that they're contracting out this work to people with no legal authority to make arrests.
It's that they're contracting out this work to people with no legal authority to make arrests.