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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

OK, this is long, but not only does the guy who coined the term enshittification explain it, he gives actionable ideas about personal and policy choices. pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/u...

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: With Great Power Came No Responsibility (26 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I write from about 8 am until somewhere between noon and 2 pm. It gets broken up by things like making coffee and stretching, but it's pretty steady. No email or social media until I'm done. A fair number of searches for info, however. #pretendpanel

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Sports/wrestling showing up on Netflix, Max, etc., proves one of my truisms: capitalist enterprises must now to expand into every niche and fill it with options like some kind of fractal fungus to be successful. The line must always trend up until...?

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Tried the mushroom cutlets I kept seeing at the store. Used a steak rub and smothered it in mushrooms and onions. It was soft, more like pulled pork, but yummy. #vegan #veganfood

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Ole Vet USAF @olevetusaf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Musk has borrowed at least $1.4 billion from banks controlled by the Chinese government to help build a “gigafactory” in Shanghai for Tesla. The factory was responsible for more than half of Tesla’s global deliveries in the third quarter of 2024.

independent.co.uk

Retired Army general declares Musk a ‘national security risk’ in brutal NYT op-ed

Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré highlighted the tech billionaire’s history of appeasing and praising the Chinese Communist Party and his multiple business deals with it

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Headache has abated, so it's time to sign off and knock the edges off what I wrote yesterday. My first drafts make me wince, which is a bridge too far when the brain pan is feeling fragile. #writing #writingcommunity

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Used a mosturizing eye mask because it's so dry in the house. So, what to do for 8-10 minutes when I can't see? I visualized the next scene in my WIP. So now all I've got to do is write it. Easy, peasy, right? (Cue evil laugh somewhere behind me.) #writers #writing #writingcommunity

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Seeing a lot of No! Windows 11! talk today. That giant sucking sound you hear is an ecosystem of never-ending payments to MS, Apple, etc. Escape to Linux.

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Couple more Longwood Gardens shots . The wife got all the good shots, alas.

Leafless bonsai tree under and overhead light, at night.

Panorama shot of one of the many buildings at Longwood Gardens, as well as some of the trees it has lit up for the holidays.

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

George Carlin on the Reagan administration, just as a reminder that what we're seeing isn't new, it's a matter of degree. It's George Carlin from the '80s, so be forewarned. youtu.be/og9DV0Si8bs?...

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The Law & Order Gang | George Carlin | What Am I Doing in New Jersey (1988)

YouTube video by Official George Carlin

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Trying pen and paper again. I've started another WIP, and the sentences seem better when I write that way, but I can't keep it up very long. Might be another decreasing attention span issue.

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Joe Ferrare @joeferrare.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

After reading the excellent publishing roundup by @craicer.bsky.social and a few of the links, I feel like there should be a mandatory warning label on AI-generated content. Then I felt like a dairy-industry PR hack who wants to stop people from using "milk" on plant-based milks.

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