Hannah Nicklin

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

If it helps, @parismarx.com wrote a great guide on getting off US tech, which amounts to no Google: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Right!!

I never knew that! Now I’m sad!

But it’s working with all my Bandcamp downloads! And one hallmark Christmas movie! Now I need to catalogue my vinyl and cds so I can grab them. A Christmas holiday project!

This went okay! I decided to do plex for tv and movies and jellyfin for music. Hazel is a great app that automatically moves files for you without having to do anything, so I can airdrop to downloads and they will auto file in ‘music’ or ‘movies’ etc! I need a dummy HDMI though.

I hope it goes smoothly but realistically I may end up having to start on the whisky at a certain point.

To find out if it even works to start with, and the mac mini I have is 1TB, and I was going to start with just music, so I'm not worrying about it right now.

A Mac mini as a home server Setting up macOS on a Mac mini M1 as a home server.

I'm going to try setting up a Mac Mini as a home server tomorrow! I will be following these instructions! Then I will download all the media I have spent real money on over my life, and be able to stream it in one place! stealthpuppy.com/mac-mini-hom...

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones

Wait, does this mean they also own all global cycling streaming rights via Discovery’s rights to Eurosport in several major territories including the UK? Bike racing on Netflix? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A Velcro wrap! But yes it’s a noble cut for a jacket imo! Swedish!

She doesn’t really need a jacket for walking in UK weather, but standing still for an hour in 2°c and rain caught me off guard! (Also that was a race that took me an hour to be able to feel my legs again)

A medium sized black and white dog that looks a little collie and a little spaniel stands awkwardly in a grey woollen jacket

Willow has a shiny new jacket (after shivering with my brother in the rain at a CX race)

In a darkened room, 4 red candles set within a wreath of pine, fir cones, cinnamon sticks and other Christmas foliage. They burn brightly and provide the light for the surroundings.

Advent candle arrangement from local Sheffield florist to tide me over ‘til tree time.

Fascinating look at how much one band—Los Campesinos!—makes from streaming.

“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period.”

Trans inclusion after the Supreme Court decision: FAQs | Good Law Project Guidance for this time of uncertainty

There's also this on the EHRC goodlawproject.org/resource/tra...

I wonder how different this week would have been if the Girl Guides' statement had said "we're closing the Girl Guides with immediate effect due to legal threats by transphobic organisations funded by JK Rowling, which we cannot afford to contest".

Could have been the moment the tide turned.

Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.

Repeatedly, charities have chosen to cooperate with the ongoing exclusion of trans people from public life rather than take a serious risk to defend us. They will survive this shit. We fucking won't. Girl guiding or the People's History Museum or whatever get to do on. We die alone.

Whilst it is absolutely true that the lawfare deployed against charities in particular, but also many other businesses, is an existential threat to them, I think it is also fair for us to be furious that the choice is always "fuck them trannies" and continued existence.

I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.

"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”

What does this do for women's rights?

Congrats to you both <3

Or in the world of dating — which is deeply subjective — not for me. I wish them a partner who also likes to identify as a die hard Christmas opinion haver!

A pink post it with four stages of drawing a bike: two triangles, add wheels, front fork seat tube saddle steerer + bars, drive train

The meme 'how to draw an owl' which has two stages, one shows two circles and the instructions 'draw two circles' the second shows a fully drawn owl and the instruction 'draw the rest of the owl.'

As soon as you know the base is two triangles, I think it's pretty easy, but idk if this is also bc of over a decade of fettling/cleaning a bike properly, and this looks like 'now draw an owl'

Beige flag = someone isn’t dangerous or malevolent (red flag) but probably just doesn’t have very interesting or original opinions.

Surprisingly useful beige flag on dating profiles though.

(I agree the script is, all in all, snappy and with decent dialogue. Performances are great. But it's Whedon after Whedon ruined how people think of TV writing - so far, at least, I'm a few eps from the end)

I think it's close enough to feel the miss? Animation is fluid, but non-descript. Character design is pretty uninterested in women. And the premise isn't really... saying anything. If it's going to get that close to being a tight piece of TV storytelling it kinda then has to earn it's place.

Hey, that’s me! I’ve worked on mutant soap operas, post-flood fantasy & a Black Mirror game. I’ve worked in teams of 5-100 & led a team of ~25. I specialise in full stack ND: tools, workflows, in-engine; & have a trained playwright’s story & dialogue craft. Drop me an email contact@hannahnicklin.com

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