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Monday, 9 December 2024

Black Earth

quote [ In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved? and is reclaiming his family?s story, his community?s health, and the soil beneath his feet. ]

On this cold black earth, baby
[SFW] [people] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 8 December 2024

The Last Swinger

quote [ ?Tony what kind of music do you listen to?? ?Rap, man.? ]

Article from 1996 via a best-of '24 link-roll inviting the Webcurious guy. A long read taped together by camp and expletives.
[SFW] [people] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@8:02pmGMT] [0 comments]

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Whatever happened to the big night out?

quote [ This week, the chief executive of a major bar group suggested 3pm is the new 9pm. Why have we stopped drinking and dancing the night away on a Friday and Saturday night? ]

Keep calm and stay at home.
[SFW] [people] [+1 Informative]
[by Paracetamol@6:43pmGMT] [4 comments]

Sunday, 1 December 2024

The Redbox Removal Team

quote [ Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them. ]

I'm standing outside the Redbox
[SFW] [people] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:02amGMT] [2 comments]

Saturday, 30 November 2024

Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal

quote [ On the complex pleasures of harvesting shellfish with the people you love. ]

to the intertidal
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [1 comment]

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Toyohiro Akiyama: Japan?s First Man in Space Was a Journalist

quote [ Toyohiro Akiyama pressed his face against the glass of the small, round window on his space module and gazed down at Earth from 350 kilometers above. He recognized the shape of Japan below him, a familiar sight transformed. ]

In an era when even Mr. Akiyama?s going to space
[SFW] [people] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Recent changes to our comments system

quote [ Two weeks ago we swapped our in-house commenting system for a third-party system.
[?]
As of today, we are back using our old commenting system. ]

A nice example of sucessfully battling enshittification (in form of openweb comments). Note that this especially makes communication around the unofficial forum readable again.
[SFW] [people] [+2 Good]
[by Paracetamol@4:34pmGMT] [1 comment]

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Schools vs. Screens

quote [ This fall, provinces from coast to coast confidently announced that they were banning phones in the classroom. It?s not going well. ]

So give me some of that screen time
[SFW] [people] [+4 Insightful]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:18amGMT] [3 comments]

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