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I've hit that point in my latest effort where the characters are refusing to cooperate. They won't do what I planned for them to do, they go off and do other things. That's when I know I've got a good feel for who they are, because when I let them do their own thing, it reads better. If I try to force it, it reads clunky.

I just finished writing a short story about the frustrated ghost who cannot get its way because of cats.
I decided to name it "Haunted by Hairballs"
I had so much fun writing that story that I'm now seriously considering to figure out how could I get a novel out of it.
#writingcommunity #writer

I had a missed call from my doctor's office. Must be for my mother. Their automated system can't seem to wrap itself around the idea that she's no longer a patient.

But at first I thought was it for me? Do I have an appointment that I'm forgetting?

I logged into their patient portal and my next appt is not for months. I had to laugh though, for that next appt, it says the reason for my visit is:

F/U

....uhm... maybe not a great way to abbreviate Follow Up....

And yes, I am 12 years old.

#Silly #funny #Life

β€œThis would be far more reliable than Twitter’s current pay-for-a-checkmark system. Because the CBC’s Mastodon server would be connected to the larger fediverse, the CBC would both enjoy global reach and local autonomy. And no billionaire could ever take that away.”
#Fediverse #Autonomy #Mastodon #CBC #Media
thestar.com/opinion/contributo

As always, Wile E. Coyote’s plan had unexpected consequences.

In case you were unaware, RT, aka Russia Today, is the propaganda arm of Putin’s authoritarian government. They appear to have an Instance on Mastodon. I’ve blocked them. You may want to share this information and block them too.

obo.sh/@russiatoday

Background (From the US State Department):
state.gov/report-rt-and-sputni

#putin #rt #russiatoday #propaganda #authoritarians #democracy

I'm having sort of a Santa Clarita Diet day, today.

"I know you're worried that I'm going to kill someone, but look at all the people I *haven't* killed! Literally everyone in the world, except three people."

What. A. SHAME. Looks like #Missouri AG Fascist Bailey had to take down his little nazi report form!

In order to toot my last toot I searched for "bird" in my camera roll and among the pictures that came up was this one of baby yoda "flipping the bird" and I just found that funny.

You know about binary, at least a little. Its a numbering system. The one you know best is the base ten system. You count up to ten, and that becomes a group called ten, two are called twenty, etc. Binary counts to two. One, ten, eleven, "a hundred" (its not called a hundred) 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111, 1000

Some inuit kids invented a written system for the ancient inuit base 20 numbering system.

The inuit count in base 20. And the numbers are fascinating.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaktov

Pretty sure my cat has been "borrowing" my phone after I go to bed.
I know you're reading this, Kevin.

It is now legal for Florida to kidnap trans children

Republicans passed SB254 proving American fascism has no repercussions

The party of β€œfamily values” destroying families.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

@ScottSoCal Ugh. That's so sad. You can't see, but there is also brown mesh, mixed in with the green, from when they originally put sod in, I think.

We're working to return a lawn, put in by previous owners, to meadow/wildflowers. In the process, this is what we dug up, a whole mess of plastic. Please tell me people don't still do this. #SaveThePlanet #Microplastics

Ukraine - Odesa Opera ballet dancer Yanchyshen killed at front 

Rostyslav Yanchyshen, a ballet dancer with the Odesa #Opera and #Ballet #theater has been killed at the front during a combat mission

Yanchyshen has been the ballet #dancer with the #Odesa Opera for more than 10 years. He immediately joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine when russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Read more hereπŸ”— english.nv.ua/nation/odesa-ope

#Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ #SlavaUkraine

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