Richard Eriksson
@sillygwailo.com
“When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naïve. It is strategic and necessary. It’s how I’ve learned to survive through everything.” […]
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Reposted by Richard Eriksson
Connaissez-vous le Salon du livre de Toronto? #toronto https://www.salondulivredetoronto.com
SALON DU LIVRE DE TORONTO
Nous partageons avec la communauté torontoise l'amour des livres et du français.
www.salondulivredetoronto.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Connaissez-vous le Salon du livre de Toronto? #toronto https://www.salondulivredetoronto.com
Instagram can’t be the worst medium to be the only place one posts about their upcoming events, but surely it’s in the bottom 2%.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Instagram can’t be the worst medium to be the only place one posts about their upcoming events, but surely it’s in the bottom 2%.
Oh wow, the documentary about Roger Ebert is narrated by a voice actor, portraying Ebert’s voice, since he, the film critic, couldn’t speak for a number of years by time of filming. The voice actor read sections from Ebert’s written memoirs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Itself_(2014_film)
Life Itself (2014 film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Oh wow, the documentary about Roger Ebert is narrated by a voice actor, portraying Ebert’s voice, since he, the film critic, couldn’t speak for a number of years by time of filming. The voice actor read sections from Ebert’s written memoirs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Itself_(2014_film)
RE: https://flipboard.com/@mobilesyrup/mobilesyrup-fv0j3dk2z/-/a-tsnBEjUzQ4S_9Hkb7-EMLg%3Aa%3A26820991-%2F0
“He mean Lexus, but he ain’t know it.”
“He mean Lexus, but he ain’t know it.”
flipboard.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@mobilesyrup/mobilesyrup-fv0j3dk2z/-/a-tsnBEjUzQ4S_9Hkb7-EMLg%3Aa%3A26820991-%2F0
“He mean Lexus, but he ain’t know it.”
“He mean Lexus, but he ain’t know it.”
I’d love to know why, specifically, Mac apps need to find devices on local networks.
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’d love to know why, specifically, Mac apps need to find devices on local networks.
Connaissez-vous le Salon du livre de Toronto? #toronto https://www.salondulivredetoronto.com
SALON DU LIVRE DE TORONTO
Nous partageons avec la communauté torontoise l'amour des livres et du français.
www.salondulivredetoronto.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Connaissez-vous le Salon du livre de Toronto? #toronto https://www.salondulivredetoronto.com
Ever since I heard about subdomain takeovers, I have a recurring task to review my DNS records. If you’re a serial DNS records updater like myself, you might want to do a review every now and then of what your domains and subdomains are pointing to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ever since I heard about subdomain takeovers, I have a recurring task to review my DNS records. If you’re a serial DNS records updater like myself, you might want to do a review every now and then of what your domains and subdomains are pointing to […]
Holiday parties that cost money to attend…OK.
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Holiday parties that cost money to attend…OK.
I’m just going to listen to this album over and over. Hopefully that’s OK with you. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/k-lone-sorry-i-thought-you-were-someone-else/
sorry i thought you were someone else
The British producer’s third record is the most satisfying of his career so far, its streamlined, home-listening house driven by finely honed drums and filled with lush textures.
pitchfork.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’m just going to listen to this album over and over. Hopefully that’s OK with you. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/k-lone-sorry-i-thought-you-were-someone-else/
In I-can’t-believe-I’m-a-cinephile-either news, I’ll be at the December 5th screening of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair at the Cineplex Varsity and VIP on Bloor.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
In I-can’t-believe-I’m-a-cinephile-either news, I’ll be at the December 5th screening of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair at the Cineplex Varsity and VIP on Bloor.
Do you ever fantasize about being noticed? No? Just me?
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Do you ever fantasize about being noticed? No? Just me?
I will now listen to all 59 of my as-yet-unlistened-to voicemails.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I will now listen to all 59 of my as-yet-unlistened-to voicemails.
I did not experience boredom today, but I might tonight.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I did not experience boredom today, but I might tonight.
Reposted by Richard Eriksson
@sillygwailo So many dark patterns in UX built around the design decisions of how big tech had trained users to behave to optimize for ad views.
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@sillygwailo So many dark patterns in UX built around the design decisions of how big tech had trained users to behave to optimize for ad views.
Software and the web have become a lot harder to use in the last 10 years or so, so gradually that I didn’t notice it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Software and the web have become a lot harder to use in the last 10 years or so, so gradually that I didn’t notice it.
I’m going to start doing what you’ve been for a while now, which gives you the opportunity to tell me how long you’ve been doing it this whole time.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m going to start doing what you’ve been for a while now, which gives you the opportunity to tell me how long you’ve been doing it this whole time.
A good coincidence that I looked at my hosting console to see what was the deal with my inability to SSH in, since it turns out the credit card I had on file had expired, and if I hadn’t done anything about it in a month, they would have permanently deleted most of my websites.
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A good coincidence that I looked at my hosting console to see what was the deal with my inability to SSH in, since it turns out the credit card I had on file had expired, and if I hadn’t done anything about it in a month, they would have permanently deleted most of my websites.
“The same women may leave The Saturday Evening Post on their living room end table but keep a copy of True Romance (‘It’s something the cleaning woman must have left around’) concealed in their bedroom.”
—The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
#page42 #page42sentence2
—The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
#page42 #page42sentence2
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“The same women may leave The Saturday Evening Post on their living room end table but keep a copy of True Romance (‘It’s something the cleaning woman must have left around’) concealed in their bedroom.”
—The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
#page42 #page42sentence2
—The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
#page42 #page42sentence2
Reposted by Richard Eriksson
I’m working on a pet theory that the word “austerity” doesn’t really mean anything to the people who need to hear the arguments against it the most.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I’m working on a pet theory that the word “austerity” doesn’t really mean anything to the people who need to hear the arguments against it the most.
Sometime in the last month or two or three, my hometown’s website switched to Drupal. https://www.courtenay.ca
City of Courtenay
www.courtenay.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sometime in the last month or two or three, my hometown’s website switched to Drupal. https://www.courtenay.ca
Interesting to see that there’s a Toronto Maple Leafs connection to the Women’s Professional Baseball League. https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/about-us/
Who We Are - WPBL: Women's Pro Baseball League
FAQs When will Teams be announced? The WPBL is expecting to announce teams in 2025 How many teams will there be? The league will start with 6 teams, predominantly in the Northeast for the 2026 season. I'd Like to be a player, How do I Join a Team? Teams will…
www.womensprobaseballleague.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Interesting to see that there’s a Toronto Maple Leafs connection to the Women’s Professional Baseball League. https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/about-us/
Another weeklong vacation starts at noon. Iceland, if you were wondering.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Another weeklong vacation starts at noon. Iceland, if you were wondering.
The Cloudflare outage is so bad that I can’t get to my domain registrar to update the nameservers (pointed to Cloudflare), because the registrar’s website is behind challenges.cloudflare.com, which is down.
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Cloudflare outage is so bad that I can’t get to my domain registrar to update the nameservers (pointed to Cloudflare), because the registrar’s website is behind challenges.cloudflare.com, which is down.
I’m working on a pet theory that the word “austerity” doesn’t really mean anything to the people who need to hear the arguments against it the most.
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I’m working on a pet theory that the word “austerity” doesn’t really mean anything to the people who need to hear the arguments against it the most.
Reposted by Richard Eriksson
Table booked! Let's go #toronto #fediverse
https://mobilisons.ch/events/2df6a596-7dee-4e14-a4f5-ad471c6bfbcb
https://mobilisons.ch/events/2df6a596-7dee-4e14-a4f5-ad471c6bfbcb
Activity in the Pub
Dec 10, 2025, 11:30:00 PM - GMT - Paupers Pub, M5S 1X5, Toronto, Canada - Come hangout with other fediverse enthusiasts in Toronto. Limited spots so please RSVP #ActivityInTheParc #ActivityInThePark #ActivityInThePub #Toronto
mobilisons.ch
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Table booked! Let's go #toronto #fediverse
https://mobilisons.ch/events/2df6a596-7dee-4e14-a4f5-ad471c6bfbcb
https://mobilisons.ch/events/2df6a596-7dee-4e14-a4f5-ad471c6bfbcb