The discussion around the Odyssey movie has led me to realize that I have not actually liked most of the Christopher Nolan movies I’ve seen. I liked “Inception” and “Interstellar” a lot, but the rest of them – including the Batman movies — seem like the work of a man who’s dealing with issues that are alien to me.
“You either die a hero or live long enough to be a villain”? No, that’s not true.
I am not trying to disrespect Nolan or his fans. Taste is subjective.
Cyclosporiasis would have been a great name for a 70s jazz fusion band.
A friend who started following me on Facebook when Minnie was a puppy told me he did not realize, at first, that Minnie is a dog. He thought Minnie is my wife. He saw me post about how Minnie puked and it was disgusting and he thought it was disrespectful to say such things about one’s spouse.
Minnie has made a great recovery. She’s eating regularly and gained back a bit of weight. She seems happy and alert.
When she got sick, I cut her back from our usual 3-1/4-mile morning walk to about 1-1/4 plus another third of a mile at bedtime. She seemed to be feeling pretty good this morning so I increased her to more than 1-1/5 miles and she did great — even had energy left over for zoomies. I don’t know if we’ll ever get back to 3-1/4 miles — but I don’t know that we won’t.
Our time together is limited. She’s a 13-year-old medium-sized dog with kidney failure. But we’re enjoying the time with her while it lasts.
I received an email at work this morning, following up on a recent article. The email starts, “Hey, half-bald motherfucker.” I love hearing from fans.
by @dave
“Now, it wasn’t AI that killed all that. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter were the main culprits, especially once they started treating corporations like users and users like product, sacrificing quality for quantity. AI just danced on our grave.” : ehandbook.com
Minnie sleeps in my home office and she had a special surprise for me when I came in this morning to wake her up.
She is a senior dog now.
We’re going to start buying Nature’s Miracle Advanced Stain & Odor Eliminator in 55-gallon drums.
If joyriding a stolen backhoe on San Diego streets and knocking over signs and a planter is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.
This post by Manton Reece makes me want to focus my online activity on my blog at mitchwagner.com and the associated daily newsletter. “Blogging is the backbone of the open web,” Manton says. This post by Cory Doctorow reenforces the point, though it’s only peripherally about social media. Cory is mainly talking about opportunity costs. If you’re doing one thing, you’re not doing something else.
Nonetheless, I’m active on a variety of other social platforms, because that’s where people are.
I struggle with Facebook. On the one hand, it’s where most of my friends and family are. On the other hand, Meta is toxic and the software is unpleasant to use. I know from experience that if you ask people to follow you on another platform, mostly they don’t. So I’m not leaving Facebook anytime soon, though I want to. Here’s my Facebook page
I like Mastodon. I see a variety of topics and my account is on an instance that supports up to 2,000+ characters, which is a limit I can live with. Here I am on Mastodon.
I’m losing interest in Bluesky. My feed seems to be all politics, all the time. Also, chopping posts into 300-character chunks seems like useless busywork. Here I am on Bluesky
I like Tumblr, but it seems to be in decline. I don’t think Automattic, the current owners, will shut it down soon; I think the CEO has a personal interest. But they’re not investing in it anymore and it shows. Here I am on Tumblr
Threads is surprisingly enjoyable. I read, but don’t post there. I want to reduce the number of social media platforms I’m active on. If I start posting to Threads and get likes and responses, I’d be more likely to feel hooked.
I was losing interest in Twitter even before Elon bought it. I canceled my account a few months later, as a political gesture. I reactivated later because I occasionally want to check posts that require a login. During the interim, I lost all my followers. That’s fine – I have no interest in becoming active on Twitter again. I’d like to reduce the number of social platforms I’m active on, and Twitter seems like an easy one to stay away from.
I like Reddit but posting there is a pain. A large percentage of my posts get deleted by moderators for reasons that seem silly to me. So I don’t bother posting much. Reddit seems like a platform I could cut from my daily use.
I’m also on LinkedIn, professionally. Here I am on LinkedIn
