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Writing isn't just words on paper. Right now, I'm deconstructing my #WIP to figure out why it's stalling out yet again. The dining room table is covered in post it notes and index cards breaking down scenes, maps, backstory information, genealogy charts, and a big box of thumbtacks because I have a bulletin board up where even MORE notes are gathering.
Yesterday I went through every scene and added a "what if" note to it. "What if, before this fight, the antagonist isn't a stranger but someone the MC had met before?" ... "what if instead of saying no, this guy changes his mind and grudgingly says yes?"... etc.
This morning I'm going down a bit of a research rabbit hole about religion and technology.
It's all writing. And I LOVE IT.
First image from Sentinel-6B extends sea-level legacy
Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean. This data underlines how the mission will continue to strengthen the long-term reference record of sea levels, a key parameter of climate change.
#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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Today in Labor History December 16, 1977: Eight women in Willmar, Minnesota, launched the first bank workers strike in U.S. history. They were protesting sexual discrimination like unequal pay and treatment. They picketed outside the bank when the wind chill was -70 F (-57 C)
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #banks #women #solidarity #feminism #equalpay #sexism #discrimination
No. 15 Nebraska is rolling with its best-ever start. Now it must build for Big Ten play ahead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/nebraska-basketball-best-start-ever/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ho pubblicato questo dossier completo tempo addietro. Ho deciso di riproporlo una pagina alla volta ogni giorno. Grazie a Erice Fulco Pagina 1 Crimini fascisti in Jugoslavia 1041-45 Introduzione 1...www.facebook.com
Angeblich wurde die Ukraine vom Internationalen Gerichtshof wegen Völkermord verurteilt.
Doch das ist falsch: Es gibt kein Urteil, keine Verurteilung und keinen bestätigten Völkermord.
Tatsächlich hat die Ukraine Russland verklagt, um sich gegen genau diesen Vorwurf zu wehren.
L'intégration d'un potager dans le quotidien scolaire des écoliers renforce leur connexion à la nature et leur sensibilité écologique, montre une étude.
Et ce pour un coût très modique.
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Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/databricks-raises-4b-at-134b-valuation-as-its-ai-business-heats-up/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up | TechCrunch
The data intelligence company has just raised more than $4 billion in a Series L funding round at a $134 billion valuation — up 34% from the $100 billion valuation that it achieved just three months ago.Ram Iyer (TechCrunch)
NZ’s largest bank increases multiple home loan rates
The country's largest bank has increased most of its fixed-term home loan rates while cutting its six-month rate, responding to a rise in wholesale interestBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
If you want to spend a bit of time on deep-cut systems nerdery the replies to this thread have been amazing. The Fediverse has some incredible people in it.
mastodon.social/@mhoye/1157212…
Because you don't have a "network interface card", you have an ARM cpu, maybe even whole-ass ARM SOC, that's handling ethernet frames on one side and talking PCI on the other.You don't even have SD cards, because "memory cards" don't exist. That terabyte of storage the size of your thumbnail you bought? That's an ARM CPU managing the wear levels on its crap-ass flash backing storage while pretending to be a hard drive on the other side.
You don't know how many computers are in your computer.
Planning and Money Mistakes an American Made on First Trip to Japan
I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that most of the food options near my hotel, located in a quieter neighborhood north of the Imperial Palace,BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Předsedou Rady vlády pro informační společnost byl zvolen Babiš. Ten pán, co snad pořád používá tlačítkový telefon.
Aha.
Today in Labor History December 16, 1942: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler ordered that Roma people be sent to Auschwitz for extermination.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #holocaust #genocide #nazis #romani #roma #auschwitz #himmler #racism
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Unknown parent • • •But somehow expensive? That makes no sense. They are robbing you. I could see it, if it were something imported, like avocados, that you can't grow there, and that are not common, but root veggies can be grown right there.
It's actually fascinating to me to compare which foods are eaten in which regions of my country. In the grocery biz, I could always tell when we got out of towners, people absolutely livid that we didn't carry poppyseed filling. If they were shouting, I would purposely make it worse by asking quizzically "What do you use it for?"
You won't find gumbo filé for sale anywhere outside of the South. I always had to order extra around Christmas for the Cajun/Creole crowd. On the other side of things, we only recently started selling jars of mincemeat here. (It doesn't sell well.) People don't eat fresh artichokes as often down here, either because the ones from Florida are not that great. California produce is different from Florida produce. The best peaches come from South Carolina, even though Georgia is the "Peach State." The number one crop here
... show moreBut somehow expensive? That makes no sense. They are robbing you. I could see it, if it were something imported, like avocados, that you can't grow there, and that are not common, but root veggies can be grown right there.
It's actually fascinating to me to compare which foods are eaten in which regions of my country. In the grocery biz, I could always tell when we got out of towners, people absolutely livid that we didn't carry poppyseed filling. If they were shouting, I would purposely make it worse by asking quizzically "What do you use it for?"
You won't find gumbo filé for sale anywhere outside of the South. I always had to order extra around Christmas for the Cajun/Creole crowd. On the other side of things, we only recently started selling jars of mincemeat here. (It doesn't sell well.) People don't eat fresh artichokes as often down here, either because the ones from Florida are not that great. California produce is different from Florida produce. The best peaches come from South Carolina, even though Georgia is the "Peach State." The number one crop here is actually soybeans. A lot of peanuts come from here, too, and all of the Vidalia onions.
I have lived in many corners of the country, and besides a new accent and terminology, I have had to adjust to the food each time.