Notices by Joyce Lionarons (joyce@hcommons.social), page 2

Theo refusing to do anything cute or interesting for #Caturday.

@Nichelle

I started adding a statement about not using AI to the copyright page on my books. I don't know if anyone has noticed or cared.

The Republicans are selling Alligator Alcatraz merchandise. T-shirts. Beer cozies. That's right. Concentration camp swag.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/alligator-alcatraz-merch-florida/84414144007/

Philadelphia police estimate the No Kings demonstration in the city to be over 100,000 people. It's probably more than that because police estimates tend to be low.

#NoKings #Philadelphia

#NoKings #Philadelphia
Photo credit: Robert S. Nix

I've only seen one person say this, so maybe it's just obvious. But part of Trump's extreme overreaction to the protests in LA must be from his fear that the No Kings protests on Saturday will be big, and he's trying to scare people out of going to them. Don't let that happen, okay?

#NoKings #LA

Keep the momentum going! Tomorrow we start a new boycott: April 7-14, don't shop at Walmart. Next buy nothing day is April 18.
#protests #boycott

For my friends & followers outside the USA: please know that there are over 1200 protests against the Trump regime going on right now, some with tens of thousands of people. Much of the US media is too cowardly to cover the protests for fear of Trump. But we're standing up and fighting back.
#HandsOff #protests #Today

@WarnerCrocker

But who would stop him if he did? Not Congress. Not the courts -- he would just ignore them. He can do anything he wants until people start standing up to him.

Go to Google Maps right now and search for "Kremlin Headquarters." Really. Do it.

#WritersCoffeeClub 27. What unpaid marketing sites have you found helpful?

Unpaid marketing sites? What unpaid marketing sites? I don't know what they are.

Happy Birthday Tom Baker! 91 years old today.
#DoctorWho

As a retired English professor and old fart, I cringe at the typos and grammatical errors I constantly see around me, in published books, in posts, in so-called "professional" media. How, I ask myself, can people not see these things?

Occasionally I have to remind myself that in my early 20s, I printed (mimeographed!) 2,500 leaflets reading "US out of Southeast Asa Now!"

Wherever David Lynch might be, I hope he's having a damn fine cup of coffee. May he rest in peace.

@alduplat

Thank you. That's reassuring.

Help. I drove my car to the store, shopped, and when I came out and turned the car on, a bunch of warning lights came up. Power steering problem. Vehicle Stability Problem. Emissions system problem. Brake system problem. Tire monitor problem.

The car works fine. I thought I would try to get it to a gas station a few blocks away, so I drove it, and of course the gas station was closed because it's Sunday. I drove the car another 10 miles. Everything worked fine.

Is this just a computer glitch? Maybe because it's cold? (It didn't go away when the car warmed up.) Is there a way to reset the computer on a 2019 Honda Fit/Jazz?

#HondaFit #CarProblems

A few of my friends from Facebook are sticking their toes into Mastodon now: guys, this is for you.

People are wary of following blank profiles. You will want to put up an avatar photo, whether a photo of you or not, and something to introduce yourself. You can pin an introduction post to the top of your feed. You can add info about yourself in your profile.

Search hashtags to find your peeps, others who are interested in the same things you are. Post and use hashtags so people can find you. Because there's no algorithm to push posts into your feed, you have to do a bit of work yourself. It's worth it.
@Imhjh
@GinaO

“Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth. A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin

#Language #Writing

Well, the snow has begun. We're not supposed to get much today, but then we're going to have more on Sunday night and Monday morning. I'm glad I don't need to go anywhere until Tuesday.
#Today

Good morning!

Today I tried out the chemical toe-warmers I bought to wear on cold early-morning walks. They work almost too well: at 29F (-1.6C), my toes were just a little too warm with them while I walked. If I had to stand out in the cold without moving, though, I would have been thrilled to have them!

Today will be the first day of proofreading and formatting Whitsun Market, my new Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery. This is my least-favorite part of the process, mostly because it requires a tight focus on something I've grown tired of after months of working on it. I end up needing to take a break every few minutes.

I hope you can do something you truly enjoy #today.