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Resuming work, slowly, quietly.
Still skeptical of *gestures* this.
DMs: open; open conversation: meh.
Unrelatedly related, a proper critic should also probably take on Leatherstrip’s era of endless terrible covers. What the entire fuck is going on there?
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
You didn’t care then and probably won’t now. But at least this way anybody wanting to quote him is going to need to produce that quote themselves or something and take responsibility for it.
May 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Could the videos be doctored? Sure! But guess what. That was already a problem.

Because like…nobody was *trusting* those transcripts, right?

Actually, don’t answer that:
May 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Or: go the whole way around and just dig out a copy of Movable Type 4.

This is somehow not entirely a joke.
March 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Also dreading a final dig into whatever the ultimate(ongoing?) fallout of Mullenweg’s weirdo dictator routine last year looks like, because probably the only real option for dropping Wordpress is Drupal, and *that* will be…A Project.
March 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Also this offer is still open.

If you or a student/researcher/little weirdo in your life could use a copy and maybe doesn’t have the cash, get in touch.

https://bsky.app/profile/loriemerson.net/post/3lisdgh3wzk2e
there are still plenty of good, generous people left in the world. one of them is @topleftbrick.bsky.social who is offering to send five people at copy of Other Networks. if you'd like a copy, ping @topleftbrick.bsky.social and they'll sort out details with you ❤️
OTHER NETWORKS has been available for pre-order for a few days now (only 1000 copies are being printed get yours now etc?). here are some beautiful images of the cover and interior along with the table of contents---> loriemerson.net/books/other-... #othernetworks
February 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM