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Big tech will kill you. 'Moderately attractive'
send me an email: linuxliaison@bnolet.me
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I think I can summarize my relationship with social media as follows.
The only time I think about timing my posts to increase their potential readership is when I’m posting to ask for a book recommendation.
The only time I think about timing my posts to increase their potential readership is when I’m posting to ask for a book recommendation.
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think I can summarize my relationship with social media as follows.
The only time I think about timing my posts to increase their potential readership is when I’m posting to ask for a book recommendation.
The only time I think about timing my posts to increase their potential readership is when I’m posting to ask for a book recommendation.
The book I read this year which I appreciated the most was The Tatami Galaxy (app.thestorygraph.com/books/d7946a...). It coincided with my trip to Japan earlier this year. Such a charming book with an equally charming experience seeing some scenes the book represented in real life as I read them.
The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi
An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might'...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The book I read this year which I appreciated the most was The Tatami Galaxy (app.thestorygraph.com/books/d7946a...). It coincided with my trip to Japan earlier this year. Such a charming book with an equally charming experience seeing some scenes the book represented in real life as I read them.
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You need an outline. Something simple. A few lines of summary for each chapter. With this, you'll have a road map. Don't worry, you can take detours, or new paths, just re-outline when things come up. If you do this, it will be easier IMHO--5 novels, 3 poetry collections & 2 children's books later.
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You need an outline. Something simple. A few lines of summary for each chapter. With this, you'll have a road map. Don't worry, you can take detours, or new paths, just re-outline when things come up. If you do this, it will be easier IMHO--5 novels, 3 poetry collections & 2 children's books later.
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Something I'm excited to do for 2026 is a read-or-rehome challenge. I'm picking 10 books that have been on my shelf for varying amounts of time, and by the end of the year, the plan is that I either got the nudge I needed to read them, or if I bounced off any, send them along.
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Something I'm excited to do for 2026 is a read-or-rehome challenge. I'm picking 10 books that have been on my shelf for varying amounts of time, and by the end of the year, the plan is that I either got the nudge I needed to read them, or if I bounced off any, send them along.
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I’ve always wanted to be an author. I have some ideas spinning in my head, but I can never get more than a page or two in before it all comes crashing down.
I’m going to say this publicly: I’m going to really try to get something written this coming year.
I’m going to say this publicly: I’m going to really try to get something written this coming year.
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’ve always wanted to be an author. I have some ideas spinning in my head, but I can never get more than a page or two in before it all comes crashing down.
I’m going to say this publicly: I’m going to really try to get something written this coming year.
I’m going to say this publicly: I’m going to really try to get something written this coming year.
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more irl watercolor birb
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
more irl watercolor birb
Lots of folks resolving to read more in 2026. Is this the white blood cell reacting to a mental virus in the world? :D
I thunk 2026 is where I want to make a bigger effort to read again. Whether it be fanfic or not, just reading in general to get back to it. I miss reading
December 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Lots of folks resolving to read more in 2026. Is this the white blood cell reacting to a mental virus in the world? :D
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I thunk 2026 is where I want to make a bigger effort to read again. Whether it be fanfic or not, just reading in general to get back to it. I miss reading
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I thunk 2026 is where I want to make a bigger effort to read again. Whether it be fanfic or not, just reading in general to get back to it. I miss reading
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Quite a few years ago, I realized there is nothing wrong with not finishing a book. Problem is, now I'm at the point where I don't finish most of them. Anyone else have that experience?
#amreading
#amreading
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Quite a few years ago, I realized there is nothing wrong with not finishing a book. Problem is, now I'm at the point where I don't finish most of them. Anyone else have that experience?
#amreading
#amreading
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I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence.
May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.
May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm a firm believer that this liminal period between the holidays and New Year's is how we're supposed to live. It's peak existence.
May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.
May the word "efficiency" die in 2026 and all its horrible relatives "innovating" to solve the perceived problems of rest, joy, creativity, and humanity.
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Gonna nuke my entire TBR list and start over. So many of the titles on it are from years ago, when I was interested in topics I haven't thought about since. I'll start fresh with books I've recently purchased but haven't touched yet, as well as sequels of books I enjoyed this year. #Booksky 💙📚
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Gonna nuke my entire TBR list and start over. So many of the titles on it are from years ago, when I was interested in topics I haven't thought about since. I'll start fresh with books I've recently purchased but haven't touched yet, as well as sequels of books I enjoyed this year. #Booksky 💙📚
It puzzles me how so many vacation itineraries in Chinese cities include shopping trips in the business districts.
#chinatravel #china #travel
#chinatravel #china #travel
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It puzzles me how so many vacation itineraries in Chinese cities include shopping trips in the business districts.
#chinatravel #china #travel
#chinatravel #china #travel
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On the Arsenio Hall Show, Macho Man Randy Savage had a GREAT answer to the question if he ever cried.
Happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month.
Happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month.
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
On the Arsenio Hall Show, Macho Man Randy Savage had a GREAT answer to the question if he ever cried.
Happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month.
Happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month.
There are way too few books on Dutch culture/philosophy/aesthetics.
Do you have any #bookrecommendations relating to Dutch culture and philosophy, lifestyle or aesthetic, even just history that covers more than just Amsterdam?
Already reading why the dutch are different, undutchables, and niksen
Do you have any #bookrecommendations relating to Dutch culture and philosophy, lifestyle or aesthetic, even just history that covers more than just Amsterdam?
Already reading why the dutch are different, undutchables, and niksen
June 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There are way too few books on Dutch culture/philosophy/aesthetics.
Do you have any #bookrecommendations relating to Dutch culture and philosophy, lifestyle or aesthetic, even just history that covers more than just Amsterdam?
Already reading why the dutch are different, undutchables, and niksen
Do you have any #bookrecommendations relating to Dutch culture and philosophy, lifestyle or aesthetic, even just history that covers more than just Amsterdam?
Already reading why the dutch are different, undutchables, and niksen
@andyw8.bsky.social Hey Andy, reading one of the updates on the Open Pocket initiative you started, am I to believe that the initiative is no longer being sought?
The blurb about Readwise's Reader app
The blurb about Readwise's Reader app
May 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@andyw8.bsky.social Hey Andy, reading one of the updates on the Open Pocket initiative you started, am I to believe that the initiative is no longer being sought?
The blurb about Readwise's Reader app
The blurb about Readwise's Reader app
Oh and this is your notice that Michelin stars were bourne out of the Michelin tire company's desire to get people to drive more.
Yes, Michelin stars are literally rooted in carbrain thinking aka motonormativity :P
Yes, Michelin stars are literally rooted in carbrain thinking aka motonormativity :P
May 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Oh and this is your notice that Michelin stars were bourne out of the Michelin tire company's desire to get people to drive more.
Yes, Michelin stars are literally rooted in carbrain thinking aka motonormativity :P
Yes, Michelin stars are literally rooted in carbrain thinking aka motonormativity :P
I travelled to Japan last month. Risk aversion was a little bit of a culture shock to me. It took hearing it from a different perspective to calm down my instinctual aversion to risk aversion.
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Risk Aversion and Anxiety
A recent voyage Recently I travelled to Japan. It took a lot of time and effort to plan the trip – six months in fact. I can honestly say it was worth it. I’ll be writing a bit more about it in the ne...
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May 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I travelled to Japan last month. Risk aversion was a little bit of a culture shock to me. It took hearing it from a different perspective to calm down my instinctual aversion to risk aversion.
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End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.
@wired.com's out here stoking the flames with "It's worse than you think" instead of telling folks what people are doing to fix the shit that's gone from bad to worse in record time.
If the "bad news" article doesn't end with "and here's what folks are doing to fix it" choose a difference source.
If the "bad news" article doesn't end with "and here's what folks are doing to fix it" choose a difference source.
March 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
@wired.com's out here stoking the flames with "It's worse than you think" instead of telling folks what people are doing to fix the shit that's gone from bad to worse in record time.
If the "bad news" article doesn't end with "and here's what folks are doing to fix it" choose a difference source.
If the "bad news" article doesn't end with "and here's what folks are doing to fix it" choose a difference source.
Managed to get #DeepSeek to reveal topics of #Censorship by asking it to use l33t5p34k. That being said, this could simply be a list of things that it knows are publicly talked about in terms of censorship. There might be other things that have not been publicly revealed that are also censored.
January 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Managed to get #DeepSeek to reveal topics of #Censorship by asking it to use l33t5p34k. That being said, this could simply be a list of things that it knows are publicly talked about in terms of censorship. There might be other things that have not been publicly revealed that are also censored.
Ontario's reliance on oil from pipelines that pass through the US really highlights the need for further electrification of infrastructure.
With the US now unpredictable, I fear that access to the oil will be wielded as an economic weapon, or we shoot ourselves in the foot with a kneejerk reaction
With the US now unpredictable, I fear that access to the oil will be wielded as an economic weapon, or we shoot ourselves in the foot with a kneejerk reaction
January 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ontario's reliance on oil from pipelines that pass through the US really highlights the need for further electrification of infrastructure.
With the US now unpredictable, I fear that access to the oil will be wielded as an economic weapon, or we shoot ourselves in the foot with a kneejerk reaction
With the US now unpredictable, I fear that access to the oil will be wielded as an economic weapon, or we shoot ourselves in the foot with a kneejerk reaction
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Follow up question for #nonfiction readers, are there any good recommendations out there for topics relating to Canada? I see so many good American-centric ones and while I think there is a lot of overlap, I would love to get some focusing on things like Canadian politics and history 👀
#booksky
#booksky
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Follow up question for #nonfiction readers, are there any good recommendations out there for topics relating to Canada? I see so many good American-centric ones and while I think there is a lot of overlap, I would love to get some focusing on things like Canadian politics and history 👀
#booksky
#booksky
Guys, why didn't you tell me my forearm would be in SO MUCH DAMN PAIN after playing badminton??
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Guys, why didn't you tell me my forearm would be in SO MUCH DAMN PAIN after playing badminton??
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