Does anyone following me β or anyone you know who you could forward this to β write content for any intermediary platform like Ghost or Beehiv or Substack, etc.?
Specifically (I think) Iβm talking about a central place where you write blog posts/articles/whatever they may call them in order to get more eyeballs on your stuff but also, as a perk, maybe make a couple of bucks for the effort.
Iβve got some questions about that process, including but not limited to: - Do you still own the writing? - Could you still post it on your own site for casual readers there who donβt catch it on said platform? - Can you drive readers from your writing on the platform to your own site? - Iβm assuming posting regularly is a big benefit vs sporadically (or does that matter?) - Do to need, or is it better to have, an overarching theme to the posts? - Does it cost you anything? And conversely, do you get paid? In either case, how does that math work?
I sporadically put stuff up on my own site that Iβve been told by a handful of folks I should try to monetize (I get that it wonβt be any notable income for all but the 1% of the 1%-type thing, but if I could get even a few bucks a pop vs the nothing I get now, why not?), but itβs rarely themed, and the nature of my work and home life makes it difficult to commit to a set day of the week for X number of words (although Iβd of course be up for trying it), so Iβm wondering if someone could kind of synopsize those answers based on their experience or knowledge.
β¦ or, hey, if anyone knows of any head-to-head type articles that cover the same questions.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two people on a sidewalk: One is a masked ICE agent, the other a woman carrying a protest sign which says βabolish ICE.β¦
I hate to say it, but I'm completely unsurprised at the response to this horrific event, when others have been mu**ered by #ICE and barely a word is uttered. Of course, we know what the difference is between them.
Warning for folks in Minneapolis / St. Paul out there active in the community today:
Neighbors have flagged this person as a right-wing agitator, spouting racist and violent BS, out harassing people and cruising for conflict. Eyes out, be aware.
I don't have any further info on their identity, sorry.
"Jd Vance is a pathological careerist liarβa hollow opportunist with no beliefs, no spine, no self. He doesnβt evolve; he rebrands. His politics are cosplay for ambition, whatever sells today. Not principled, not conflictedβjust empty. He changed his name 4 times. He will say anything to advance."
He called trump America's hitler multiple times. He opined about how many people trump had raped. He asked the question: what percentage of the american population had trump sexually assaulted.
Weβre mobilizing across the country this weekend to honor Renee Nicole Good, demand accountability for ICEβs killing of Renee, and make visible the human cost of ICEβs terror: docs.google.com/document/d/1F8β¦
QUICK LINKS AND KEY RESOURCES Rapid Response Call - recording 1/8/2026 Find an event near you Mobilize event creation link ACLU Protest Safety, Know Your Rights, and De-Escalation Training 1/9 8PM ET Safety, Security, and Day-of Preparedness Democrβ¦
That's amazing - and you just know that the people who made the tape had no idea what they were doing. Do you think the tapes were provided to the rafting company with the intro pre-recorded, and then they added on the experience bits themselves? And somehow got the PAL intro tapes? Such strangeness.
@mhkohne a lot places - Disney, Universal etc used to sell PAL & NTSC Versions. Any excuse to get more cash out the tourist eh
My guess is, they had NTSC & PAL tapes duplicated in bulk with the intro on, ready to go. They then strapped on the individual βexperienceβ when ordered.
They picked the correct Intro but forgot / didnt care as they wonβt know till they get home
**** UPDATE **** My girlfriend decided otherwise, see below.
Question to the internet: my girlfriend was in #Dublin before Christmas and flew from there to the Netherlands. Somehow in the chaos of security checks she forgot to take her analog camera; there was confusion on if she should leave it in her bag or not.
She contacted the airport: they found it and they can send it to Germany. Costs close to β¬140 (!!!). She bought the camera for less than half that price.
So a help request for the fediverse: Is someone nearby or does someone come nearby and would be able to pick it up and ship it to Germany themselves?
Because my girlfriend is now contemplating leaving it over there and hunting for another camera, as it doesn't make any sense to have it shipped for that price.
Texas officials have turned over the stateβs voter roll to the DOJ, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Secretary of Stateβs Office, complying with the Trump administrationβs demands for access to data on millions of voters across the country.
In Minnesota, the federal government is no longer a trusted authorityβitβs an active threat. After ICEβs massive deployment and the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis resident, Governor Tim Walz has put the National Guard on alert and focused his efforts on defending his state from the regimeβs escalating extremism. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/pβ¦
21st century human, recently revived from cryostasis and trying to get up to speed with modern tech: "Wait, you're measuring in cubits again? What happened, did we regress toβ" Ship AI: "Qubits. Q-U. Quantum bits." "Oh. Right. How many bytes is that?" "...bytes?" "You know, eight bits, a byte?" "Ah, you mean classical discrete states. Fascinating. Would you also like to know the ship's mass in stones? Or maybe the internal temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?"
A little sandwich shop put on a sign that said no ICE welcome and then they were stripped of their fourth amendment rights when 50 ARMED police /ICE officers showed up and stand in front of the business and didn't allow people to come in
28K likes, 1,407 comments - shaunasboard on January 5, 2026: "Thatβs a Fourth Amendment violation β and it should terrify anyone who owns a business, hangs a sign, or thinks the Constitution still protects them.
#ice #4thamendment #trump #sb1".
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they havent normalized shit. Lots of folks arming up or already armed, and there is going to come a time and a day that this comes to a violent, catastrophic end, and I think we all know this. There are more guns than people in america by like 3:1. Lots of folk arent going to tolerate nazis killing innocent people with impunity.
They're trying to normalise. Whether they succeed or not is to be seen and it's not up to them only. Resistance means also and mostly to resist normalisation of evil.
Eating breakfast, hashbrown, oatmeal and a breakfast sandwich as I can't be bothered to cook anything more complicated, reach for my coffee... Where is it? Oh yeah, forgot to make it, we really need the coffee this morn.
Not much on the docket #today , work of course, weather is supposed to rain, bleah, and I think I might have my hated sub-zone today based on money and package count that's waiting for me, yay.
Prolly go in early after eating and taking care of a few minor things. Will have to buy lunch as I forgot to thaw out a sandwich last night, oops. Do you get the impression that I was knackered last night and still haven't recovered? Yeah, me too.
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