Hey, just in case anyone in my extended #Oregon family (hi y'all!) doesn't already know: Republican Jeff Gudman has switched parties and is running in the #DemocraticPrimary as a Democrat this year, after getting iced in the general election (running as the Republican candidate) a few times over the past decade. Don't fall for the lie - please support the actual Democrat running against him for State Treasurer, Elizabeth Steiner. #Portland#JeffGudman#ElizabethSteiner#ORPol
Astonishingly, I was awarded an 8% raise (!) at my 6-year performance review. Everything I can tell about my company's owner/founder/CEO suggests that he would like nothing more than to fire me as a cost-cutting measure--but apparently, I'm too useful to the running of the actual business itself not to be retained. (I handle a LOT of stuff for these folks.)
Anyway, the upshot is I may soon have money to support a couple more small creators! Who should I check out?? #LFR
PSA: If you enjoy old school #roguelike games in the vein of #Nethack, and you've been wanting a mobile option, try Pathos, a.k.a. #PathosNethackCodex. It's free and ad free, developed by a single programmer (Callan Hodgskin), and features a few different 'codices' (gameplay modes), though I find the classic Nethack version to be the most enjoyable. Excellent touch controls, simplified gameplay that retains plenty of challenge, and 4 tilesets. Android, iOS, Linux & more!
Just spent like 6 minutes grappling with a busted ReCaptcha test that kept asking me to try again no matter how many times I correctly selected images... All just to try and say a simple "thanks" to a former illustrator of paperback #SFF for the art she made. Eventually I had to give up. A shame that I can't even send someone a nice note because of outdated anti spam tech.
Anyway, to Victoria Poyser Lisi: Wherever you are, I'm grateful for your art... but I despise your website. #bookstodon
#Portland family: in case you haven't heard, there's a brief but severe #WinterStorm watch for our area from Friday afternoon (January 12th) through Saturday night. Expect overnight lows around 11° Fahrenheit, with a Saturday high between 20-25°, wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour, and up to 8 inches of snow. In #PDX that probably means power outages, too, and some equipment (like heat pumps) may not operate well in the cold. Please prepare so you can safely endure this. Stay warm! Good luck!
Anyone who primarily uses #YouTube for just listening to music (like I do) should consider trying out an app like @newpipe (NewPipe). I haven't dealt with an ad or interstitial break since I switched, and the mobile app plays sound while my phone is locked without missing a beat. I don't know if it'll be around forever, but I do know I'm never going back to just "www dot youtube dot com" for online videos again.
I really appreciate how lawyers on Mastodon try to reassure us when a legal process (such as 45's trials or the whole George Santos thing) seems to be taking way too long, but have these lawyers ever considered that if they have to keep reassuring the rest of us, maybe the system actually isn't working nearly as efficiently as it ought to?
Yesterday was a good day to cancel your Spotify subscription. Today is a good day to cancel it as well. And guess what? Tomorrow, too, will be a good day to cancel your subscription to Spotify. (h/t @killyourfm )
@killyourfm Just in case it might help, when I jumped ship a few years ago (for Tidal, which at least pays artists a little bit better), I used this free service to copy all my playlists over: https://www.tunemymusic.com/
Pros:
does what it says on the box
costs nothing
doesn't take an obnoxious amount of time
Cons:
will replace tracks it can't find on your new service with somewhat random ones
will delete your playlist descriptions and replace them with "created with Tune My Music" text
@doctorLURK It helps IMMENSELY! Thank you so much! I was only ever aware of a service called Soundiiz.
The drawbacks to TuneMyMusic seem completely reasonable for a free service. Thanks again! I'm already a Tidal subscriber (PlexAmp + Tidal is awesome), so this is what I need to make the jump.
Today I learned about Null Island and it's cool and weird: an island that only exists on paper, but which has a real-world purpose. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island.) Did you know about this?
Quick reminder that you can generally be in favor of A Thing and still criticize what you see as its flaws or shortcomings. "You're either with us or against us" is a reactionary talking point, not a valid life philosophy. Take nuanced stances; you contain nuance, and there's nothing wrong with that.