Good Things Friday (224) and Link Love
June 9, 2023
1. My money and professional mentor is now on YouTube!! It’s wonderful to see and hear her talking about money again.
2. We survived. Tough week.
A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.
Would my family still love me if they knew I’m queer?
Pluralistic: Washington State’s capital gains tax proves we can have nice things (03 June 2023)
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
(Fiction, this is adorable) The Adventures of Todd and Granny: writing-prompt-s: An old and homely grandmother accidentally summons a demon. She mistakes him for her gothic-phase teenage grandson and takes care of him. The demon decides to stay at his new home.
The Binge Purge: TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.
A write up on Spoutible: ‘Building a Platform Like Twitter Is Not Difficult’
I watched the very weird altercation between Bouzy on Spoutible and Twitter and Romancelandia develop in real time. It was really strange considering the questions being asked were the sort of questions I wanted answers to from a platform that claimed to be moderated and safe: Bouzy also aimed to create a responsive moderation system that would aggressively stamp out accounts that spewed hateful rhetoric or lies. “You will never have to beg us to enforce our rules and policies,” he promised, “nor will you have to wait days for us to take action.”
The irony of that promise was Courtney Milan and many others before and after her were simply asking for clearer parameters and definitions in broadly written terms and conditions. They were practical issues to address but Bouzy reacted so strongly and negatively to those questions I backed away from even trying to use the platform. I’m not looking to elevate another ego. I hope there’s another better platform out there.
I adore these kids
