Sarena
@sarena.bsky.social
sarena on AO3 - Dramione and multiple other interests
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The way I now interest young people, who may be accustomed to reading online only, in reading paper material is to tell them that unlike their text messages and web traffic their parents won’t know what they’re reading unless they really go looking. Which is one reason paper books get banned.
Conversely, we’ve found at school that the one sticky demographic which never read is ‘reading’ online and that can be enough to interest them in manga books, graphic novels and maybe even traditional books. I wonder if the way we view reading needs to change with the technology in common use.
October 31, 2023 at 12:58 PM
The way I now interest young people, who may be accustomed to reading online only, in reading paper material is to tell them that unlike their text messages and web traffic their parents won’t know what they’re reading unless they really go looking. Which is one reason paper books get banned.
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Elon Musk taken to court by researcher banned for exposing how X has been turned into a churning cesspool of far-right disinformation. www.wired.com/story/x-twit...
X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court
Software developer Travis Brown’s X account was banned after his research alleged far-right influencers were becoming more prominent on the platform. He’s taking X to court in a bid to reverse the...
www.wired.com
October 31, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Elon Musk taken to court by researcher banned for exposing how X has been turned into a churning cesspool of far-right disinformation. www.wired.com/story/x-twit...
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One of the five new limited edition prints in the shop at www.tomgauld.com/shop 👽🛸
November 1, 2023 at 9:57 AM
One of the five new limited edition prints in the shop at www.tomgauld.com/shop 👽🛸
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Scammers often forge Big 5 publisher docs as part of their effort to get writers to part with $$. Here's how scammer Impact Press Media (dba multiple other names) tried to get one writer to pay $4000. (Name on the invoice is the real name of sales rep posing as agent "Alex Weiss") #WriterBeware
November 1, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Scammers often forge Big 5 publisher docs as part of their effort to get writers to part with $$. Here's how scammer Impact Press Media (dba multiple other names) tried to get one writer to pay $4000. (Name on the invoice is the real name of sales rep posing as agent "Alex Weiss") #WriterBeware
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My husband is an artist who makes orreries (clockwork planetary models) out of metal and glass. When I was struggling to finish my novel, he made me a deal: if I finished the book, he'd make me an orrery based on the world of my novel.
It's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
It's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
October 16, 2023 at 7:38 PM
My husband is an artist who makes orreries (clockwork planetary models) out of metal and glass. When I was struggling to finish my novel, he made me a deal: if I finished the book, he'd make me an orrery based on the world of my novel.
It's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
It's freaking BEAUTIFUL.
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"We are proud to announce that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to insurance broker and Findlay, OH resident Darren Weston for his astounding discoveries that vaccines don’t work and will kill you."
54-Year-Old Facebook User Wins Nobel Prize For Own Extensive Internet Research Into Dangers Of Covid...
STOCKHOLM—Lauding the man as one of the greatest minds working in medicine today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reportedly awarded 54-year-old Facebook user Darren Weston the Nobel Prize Mon...
www.theonion.com
October 4, 2023 at 3:09 PM
"We are proud to announce that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to insurance broker and Findlay, OH resident Darren Weston for his astounding discoveries that vaccines don’t work and will kill you."
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Alice Nutter was my multi great grandmother… and if she was as intelligent and talented as my grandma still was when she died at 103 years old, I understand why people misunderstood her
September 6, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Alice Nutter was my multi great grandmother… and if she was as intelligent and talented as my grandma still was when she died at 103 years old, I understand why people misunderstood her
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David Frum sums up the Elon Musk decision to disable Starlink so that Ukraine couldn’t attack Russian vessels with drones:
September 8, 2023 at 5:03 PM
David Frum sums up the Elon Musk decision to disable Starlink so that Ukraine couldn’t attack Russian vessels with drones:
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Thank you to everyone who boldly joined us for Star Trek Day to honor the true meaning behind Star Trek, equality and respect. I hope the studios and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will hear us, see us, and treat us with the respect we all deserve. 🖖
September 8, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Thank you to everyone who boldly joined us for Star Trek Day to honor the true meaning behind Star Trek, equality and respect. I hope the studios and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will hear us, see us, and treat us with the respect we all deserve. 🖖
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This is very funny. I know people like to pretend their mixed breed cats are purebreds (every longhaired tabby is a “Maine Coon” or “Norwegian Forest cat”, etc) for reasons I will never understand, but it’s impossible that this cat was a Bengal because they were invented in the 1970s.
September 7, 2023 at 10:31 PM
This is very funny. I know people like to pretend their mixed breed cats are purebreds (every longhaired tabby is a “Maine Coon” or “Norwegian Forest cat”, etc) for reasons I will never understand, but it’s impossible that this cat was a Bengal because they were invented in the 1970s.
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New Orleans, where pulling a U-turn risks summoning a demonic power.
September 8, 2023 at 11:57 PM
New Orleans, where pulling a U-turn risks summoning a demonic power.
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The US Copyright Office is seeking comment on AI as it affects writers and other artists! If multibillion-dollar corporations want to use YOUR labor and skill to benefit their shareholders, you probably have an opinion about that! Comment here (link at bottom): www.copyright.gov/policy/artif...
August 31, 2023 at 3:15 AM
The US Copyright Office is seeking comment on AI as it affects writers and other artists! If multibillion-dollar corporations want to use YOUR labor and skill to benefit their shareholders, you probably have an opinion about that! Comment here (link at bottom): www.copyright.gov/policy/artif...
Me trying to make a profile banner: It should have #dhr and science and art and flowers and cats!
Also me: But I *really* like sci-fi and space
Also me: But I *really* like sci-fi and space
August 31, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Me trying to make a profile banner: It should have #dhr and science and art and flowers and cats!
Also me: But I *really* like sci-fi and space
Also me: But I *really* like sci-fi and space
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This goes live on September 1st. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
Coming soon: Embroidered Worlds: Ukrainian Fantastic Fiction
An anthology of fantastic stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.
www.kickstarter.com
August 31, 2023 at 2:10 AM
This goes live on September 1st. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
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Still where my head goes when. Asked about Fan Fiction.
Who’s the best? Why, that’s @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com himself of course.
August 29, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Still where my head goes when. Asked about Fan Fiction.
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It's not illegal to publish fan fiction. Making money from it on the other hand is another matter.
August 29, 2023 at 6:50 PM
It's not illegal to publish fan fiction. Making money from it on the other hand is another matter.
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PASS THIS ON: "US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning AUGUST 30th"
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US Copyright Office wants to hear what people think about AI and copyright
People have until October 18th to comment.
www.theverge.com
August 30, 2023 at 12:23 AM
PASS THIS ON: "US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning AUGUST 30th"
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When you join a new network and can't remember where you saved your avatar 🙄
August 30, 2023 at 9:48 AM
When you join a new network and can't remember where you saved your avatar 🙄