ruth[gone to the shop --> ] @ruth@witches.town

LB so I just finished reading "Legends of the Ancient Web" and I recommend it so much I'll link it at the bottom of this:

A few highlights for me:
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In less than four decades, radio had completed the journey from fledgling technology, to nerdy hobby, to big business, to potent political weapon.
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But being ashamed of your own business model is a clear warning that you’re not working on the side of the angels.

Outcomes matter, not intentions.
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the parts about early hams made me think of y'all although I know the world has real hams too--despite all the regulation and licensing. <3
http://idlewords.com/talks/ancient_web.htm

@gannet @inkdroid thanks so much! She'd be very happy if she has a lot of fanfic folks around, I think. She's really not married to twitter but I wanna lure her over here because I think she's mastodon weird. we mostly talk on slaaaaaaaaack so I was missing her :P

@naga @jaycie wow, that's really something! Actually, my husband is the son of a therapist and has done his own and is generally pretty self-aware and I find that it definitely makes him a good partner to have.

Today I finished reading Programming is Forgetting. It was really good. I think the analysis about what early hacker bros did to Margaret Hamilton was both e-x-c-e-l-l-e-n-t for making her point about the limitations of that ethic. It also got me pretty pissed. If you're at all involved with programs/programming/data/etc., I'd recommend it: http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/

@inkdroid yeah, it's definitely the aim. And I know she can really self-federate... I just want her to have a decent dive-in experience if I lure her over here. I'm hoping there's other people like her who do fanfic + romance noveling & such.

@webinista thanks. small plate, many helpings.

ok, more positively! folks on wandering shop -- does it seem like it would be a good place for a writer friend?

I'm spending my afternoon researching implementations of something I find pretty tedious.

Then I'm going to go home and lift weights, which I generally feel pretty good about, but I am currently pretty meh on.

Then I shower, dinner, and spend an hour+ working on a book chapter (that or working on a presentation about capitalism?) that I'm kind of regretting proposing for because it's intense and slow and I've got some other big commitments.

Normally I feel better with routines, but right now my routine isn't bringing me any joy. And to top it off, my husband leaves on Thursday morning and I'm upset about that. Plus routine transitions are hard.

The way my coworker marks days off in red Xs screams “SOMEDAY, YOU WILL DIE!” at me. So a chance for #death positivity #deathpositivy #deathpositive
https://witches.town/media/GCTCBlLLA0wd2MA6_jU