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roland (roland@devdilettante.com)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Dec-2024 00:37:23 JST roland
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roland (roland@devdilettante.com)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 10:32:44 JST roland

Air pollution has reached the point that people in urban areas cannot go outside without wearing air masks. <-- The Sheep Look Up 1972 John Brunner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_Look_Up
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  The Sheep Look Up is a science fiction novel by British author John Brunner, first published in 1972. The novel is decidedly dystopian; the book deals with the deterioration of the environment in the United States. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972. The novel is the third in Brunner's "Club of Rome Quartet" , each novel dealing with a separate social issue. The Sheep Look Up explores a future dystopia occurring as a result of rampant consumerism and pollution. It follows 1968's Stand on Zanzibar (overpopulation) and 1969's The Jagged Orbit (racial tension and violence), and precedes 1975's The Shockwave Rider (technology and future shock). Background The novel takes place in an unspecified year in the near future (at one point said to be in the 1980s, roughly a decade after the novel's publication). Human activities have resulted in wholesale destruction of the environment. Water pollution is so severe that "don't drink" notices are frequently issued. Household water filters are popular items. Air pollution has reached the...
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roland (roland@devdilettante.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 06:11:13 JST roland

Love people & computers & many things like bicycling @ <=18km/h :-), cross country skiing, inexpensive food (Filipino, Chinese, all Asian especially but food in general), Lindy Hop swing dancing, 80s music (CFNY ForEvah), etc. Pronouns: he/him Live in "Vancouver" on un-ceded lands of Squamish, Musqueam, &Tsleil-Waututh. I make tshirts & tights from flickr photos. MOAR: http://rolandtanglao.com/2022/11/20/p1-my-bio-november-2022/
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roland (roland@devdilettante.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 06:11:02 JST roland

It's 2023 and 100% of men writing on the internet ROFL :-) are experts on UX, decentralization, open source, products, chat, social networks, servers, activitypub, rss, why blogs "failed" :-) etc etc

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