I agree with the others, it’s very easy.

Totally agree with you! I looooove @thestorygraph.com

And I’ve forgotten my numbering. Go me. 🩸
3. “He had been accustomed, however, to quiet the creature, even in its fiercest moods, by the use of the whip…” Oh my gods. Also it’s not until typing a quote word for word that I notice the large quantity of subjunctive clauses in older fiction.

The orangutan was hanging out shaving, because ofc that’s more likely than getting food or I dunno, escaping. Also, putting an orangutan in a locked closet can be neither a quiet effort nor a hygienic one.

Agh, I forgot the 🩸#spoilers
2. So real casual-like Dupin locks the sailor in and puts a revolver on the table. This has GOT to be illegal, or if not it’s highly unethical. Do they do this in many Victorian mysteries? Yes. Do I hate it? Also yes. Just coz everyone is doing it doesn’t make it right.

I had to skip the first section. I read the first page or two, skipped ahead and tried again and had to just keep skipping to the story. It was just too dry for me.

SH feels like he was always part of my awareness even though I didn’t read the stories until adulthood. In the past 10 years or so I can’t stand how awful SH is, so I generally can’t read too much of him.

IOW, not much of a fan but I’m playing catch up and will at least try to read Bohemia.

Yeah, I feel you. Please take care of yourself, the world is a lot right now.

Yes! Alt text can be helpful for non-visually impaired people to understand the point you are trying to make—sometimes I’m not sure but the alt-text clarifies. Like lowered curbs and subtitles, the more pervasive these assistive devices are, the more people will use them and appreciate them.

Please add me, thank you!

Thank you everyone for the recommendations!

Same, neighbor. Same.

Ooh jealous! That’s such a cool sticker! That’s ok, I voted already (for Kamala, because I’m not a fascist) and that’s a joy!

Right after trump was elected in 2016 U-Line sent us a catalog. On paper. With a letter inside the front cover praising Trump. As purchaser for my company we haven’t bought so much as a paperclip from them again. No regrets.

Absolutely, and you made a good point—I apologize if I didn’t say so originally. Like you said, these are some very vulnerable groups.

Have you followed some of the really smart people in the IT security/privacy arena? Bruce Schneir and Brian Krebs talk about these sorts of issues and more in a non-sensational way. Because they are real and valid concerns.

This gloom is brought to you by too much work and too little sleep. Be safe out there, people, and know you are loved.

And my god I want to be wrong. I hope so badly that I’m over reacting.

And even if it ends up ok it’s going to be ugly getting there, and if it doesn’t end up okay I’m worried for so many people I know and love, and for so many people I don’t know who are loved by someone else. Worried not just that they will thrive but worried they will live.