Tracy Quan

LUV Weaver's description of the Canadian penny's tidy departure. Lots of advance tutorials, a smart plan for recycling the metal, & good graphics. (Canada being famous for its federal graphics. In the 60s they hired a Swiss genius to redesign Canada's virtual landscape.) @maggiemcneill.bsky.social

Trolls maybe. The NYPL purchased 65 copies of my first book. I love the industry, and I love libraries. I have received library royalties from EU countries. Royalties pay our bills

It's a powerful technique! You can also take all of the results that you don't get from ChatGPT and then not input them into Midjourney.

Yep. It's like TV. Or a microwave. Optional.

Nope, that's misinformation. Publishers sell books to libraries. You don't seem to know how the industry works. Publishers do lots of business with libraries, authors benefit from that.

Normally, we'd let someone's schoolyard past be past, but most people I know have evolved or improved. They might even tell you how far they've come from being awful. Nigel today is *worse* than the person depicted by his schoolmates. It's hard to apply normal standards.

Have not listened to BAI recently, though a BAI host appears in one of my novels...

Pennies Are Trash Now The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.

This is interesting reading in The Atlantic (gift link) - what will we do with all the pennies? And could the Trump administration have handled this any more poorly (rhetorical question - of course they could find a way!) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

We have a new heating system, and I'm embarrassed to learn that 22c is on the cold side for me. I'm a wimp, coddled by decades of limitless steam heat. But I'm adapting. I think.

I think I was contacted by an AI tool recently, and I'll let you know if the exchange results in a positive outcome.

Thanks! The ruling sounds sane and humane.

Still, it's annoying. That Junior is even a topic. He should not be involved with any aspect of government. I'm a completist when it comes to Lehrer, so I'll struggle through this discussion, and post later

Well, I actually heard the tail end of that WNYC interview (live). Now catching up w the entire archive. The author's okay, and authors have very little involvement in cover decisions. Sometimes NO involvement. Which is usually good, because hyping and promoting is its own skill set...

I listened to an interview w guy who wrote cover piece about RFK Jr for Tlantic. He sounds sane. Guess I'll read piece, which has its own life beyond the appalling, presumptuous cover.

I guess we could be very deliberate, compose all our Bsky posts in WP 12, then paste. That might be a lifestyle choice!

Oh, good to know

LOL yes.

Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say

Hilarious. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...?

They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression

This is an interesting piece, I’m halfway through it. I note that McKibben mentions a prostitution reference in the Old Testament. His view on sex work is unclear, thus far. If you read it, you’ll see why it got my attention. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Smart. I should try that.

I think predictive typing can be switched off in many programmes.

Oh thanks. I do a lot of infusions, but haven't tried it with tea. Will keep it to 7 or 8.

Hmmm. Should I try that with green tea?

You sous vide and then brown in the oven?

🍽🌰 roasted some almonds, stove topped some cranberries w sugar and raisins. Mixed them together with plain yogurt for a midnight snack.

Why are roasted nuts so compelling??

Gotta use some old school software. And get a dumb phone. The new programmes are so poorly designed...that's why I still have early versions of WP, though I can't use 5.1 anymore.

Actually now see two pigs. What goes on over there? How many do you have?

Neoliberal poseurs.

Thank you Desiree!

Years ago wordperfect 5.1 spellchecker offered to change Hilton to Holden. I was instantly charmed.