@hjalm Have a happy birthday! And many more!

@mitchw Good catch! (“Could be worse — could be raining!”)

@cliffordbeshers That's gorgeous! I love the limited set of colours and the geometry of it. 

@hollie Nice photos! (I particularly like the second one.)

@cliffordbeshers @Miraz Yeah: Wow!

@help It was there for, oh, 15 minutes before I gave up for the night so I’m not sure how low it lasted. It’s happened before so I started to wonder if there was something I was doing.

thelinkblog.micro.blog/2024/07/2...

I use the URL right away otherwise I probably wouldn't notice.

Kottke: Watch 1969’s Apollo 11 Moon Landing “Live!”

55 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and went for a little walk. For the 16th year in a row, you can watch the original CBS News coverage of Walter Cronkite reporting on the Moon landing and the first Moon walk on a small B&W television, synced to the present-day time. Just open this page in your browser today, July 20th, and the coverage will start playing at the proper time. Here’s the schedule (all times EDT):

4:10:30 pm: Moon landing broadcast starts …

@help When I see this message, is something I’m doing causing it? Other posts go right through.

The page you requested is still being published. It should be available soon.

@cheesemaker Great book! Definitely one of the ones worth re-reading from time to time.

@numericcitizen Clever way to emphasize the masts!

@jch Hmmm.

@Miraz Thanks — I couldn't resist & skimmed it already! We've had similar problems here in New Brunswick, Montreal, and Ottawa IIRC. I’ll see if I can find the references tomorrow but I think they're essentially the same thing.

Can you comprehend the mindset of the abusers? I certainly can’t. How is democracy supposed to work with this kind of environment?

@chrisaldrich 👍🏻

@jw She’s an interested cat too for sure! 👍🏻

@MitchW

"Linemen are our friends and are doing their job. Do not threaten them. I understand you're angry and mad and frustrated, but let's get through this together," Mayor John Whitmire said during a news conference on Monday.

I doubt logic will work on these guys.

Aargh, Bob Newhart died! One of my favourite stand-up & sitcom comedians.

@jean Lovely! I can almost smell the ocean air!

@Mtt Interesting caption next to the ship painting.

@numericcitizen @Burk Agreed! Love the colour spectrum!

@Miraz I follow the NZ Herald. Is there a newspaper you would recommend instead?

@chrisaldrich Thanks! Good motivation!

@chrisaldrich You’re way above my level on repair! (I’m at the “Can I re-ink this ribbon?” level.) I hope you can get that bend out! If so, I’m sure it will be worth it.

@Miraz Oh, thank you! Sometimes it feels like it just sails off into the void so I appreciate the feedback.

@briandigital I agree with you completely on this. A private-to-the-author “like” or “noted” would be excellent.

@jabel Is that the Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, IN? (Having seen Breaking Away, that would make some sense.)

Kingston ON is “the Limestone City” but has no such festival (although it’d be a great idea).

@dwalbert Wow! So cool!

@briandigital

@KimberlyHirsh do people who are featured get notified?

I think that would be great. (I suspect that others would not, under the principle that people should not be motivated by certain kinds of feedback. For example, there are strong opinions about allowing tapbacks (eg “likes”) in micro.blog because they encourage certain behaviours reminiscent of Facebook. But maybe I’m wrong.)