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A few low-level thought leaders who post on socials frequently write in a way that I just can’t understand. Their words sound smart, but they combine them in ways I can’t comprehend.
This isn’t even a critique. Some people tell me that my writing creates similar word puzzles for them.
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@therealadam ❤️
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@manton Me road tripping and constantly asking my watch "what's the population of [name of city I'm in]". 😆
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@ericmwalk Thanks, it was a lovely day!
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@DaveyCraney 👏 - definitely recommend a “table of contents” sort of page.
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@jthingelstad Thank you, sir!
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A little walk this morning for my birthday. Beautiful day out today!
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I just finished reading Faces of the North. ★★★★★
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@jthingelstad Very nice. Love the context!
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@jthingelstad We haven’t tried classifieds. Will think about that one!
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@jthingelstad Thanks! We did do a sponsorship in the spring. I don’t think it quite paid for itself (you can never totally understand the long tail of those things), but we may explore another one at some point.
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@adam So far it’s either “write a spot” or “rundown why Pika” for the hosts to jump off from. We shall see how things evolve!
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Planning a few podcast advert experiments for Pika this fall. I hope that it helps a few more people find Pika!
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@kimonostereo Ah, cool. I'm not sure if we're prepared to mesh well with school bureaucracy, but if you want to explore it definitely write us. Either way, good luck finding a workable solution!
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@bradbarrish Thank you!
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I don’t think you’re ready for letsjelly.com
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@ericmwalk Great shot!
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@jsonbecker If you're in the area and like fancy chocolate, I recommend Mon Aimee Chocolat. Boundless selection.
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@bradbarrish Nice! This is my daily sports score site: plaintextsports.com
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Wow, I’ve never even heard of Naltrexone before. It appears that perhaps there should be multiple treatment options for alcohol addiction–who’d’a thunk it?! Very interesting podcast from Reflector: The Sea Change.
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Moved our oldest to her first non-our-home, non-dorm place this weekend. 16 months until graduation. 🕰️🪰
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Moving your kid into their first off campus housing and all the IKEA furniture? This is highly recommended.
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@patrickrhone @adam @ericmwalk @jthingelstad Thank you all, you're very kind. And with your own writing you each inspire me to keep it going!
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@jean I will be FOMO’ing from here. We (Good Enough) really wanted to attend, but it just didn’t work out. Have a blast!
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@toddgrotenhuis @jthingelstad Yeah…I don’t know if I’m ready to drop $120/year on search. (I search a lot.) I get the draw, but it seems search with ads and no creepy tracking is a fine business model if Google didn’t monopolize things. Rage, rage against the dying of the light, etc. 🤣
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I’m sad to say I’m finding much better search results on Google than DDG. It’s been many years, but I might be heading back…
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@jabel That sounds good, thanks! My only big financial worry is FAFSA for the kids. I’m not 100% sure, but don’t think that pulls a credit report (since we’re not looking at PLUS loans).
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@jabel Nice! Does unfreezing mean unfreezing for all three services for both people?
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@chriswm ❤️
That’s great that I Cheerfully Refuse is sticking with you! Peace Like a River is definitely a slow burn. I really enjoyed Virgil Wander as well, but it’s kind of pointed right at me since I grew up in a small Minnesota town where my parents owned the local two-screen movie theater.
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Any US-folk have experience enabling fraud alerts or security freezes with credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion)? I think I’ve hit the tipping point in data breach letters such that I should probably do something, but I also don’t want to make my life overly painful going forward.
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I’m trying Halide and it’s a bit overwhelming. For instance, I’m trying Process Zero and does it require RAW files? I have a fair bit of storage, but that seems a hurdle to using Halide as my primary camera app
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It took me a long while, but I finished reading Shōgun. Now I can finally watch the show!
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That’s pretty cool. It’s like we’re watching TV again!
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It’s that time of the decade again. Time to think about getting new speakers for my home stereo. 🔈🔉🔊
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That moment when you realize the name-drop in the nonfiction book you’re reading is your daughter’s third-grade teacher’s uncle. 😆
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