Notices by Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop), page 2

@benlockwood @tripofmice @bookwyrm huzzah for bookwyrm!

@nwbt this is painful and true.

Updated @openstreetmap, and a day or two later, my changes are in @CoMaps. Pretty rad.

@Ailantd love it

@nholzschuch congrats! And I love the three panel soul reference... Haven't seen in ages.

@redoak it comes for us all

@Sheril great read. Enjoy!

"What I intend to say is this: I cannot substantially alter the thing. I have finished it, it is 'off my mind': the labour has been colossal; and it must stand or fall, practically as it is."

Letters of JRR Tolkien, 1951

By a series of fumbling clicks and button presses I somehow found myself listening to #zotero read aloud "The Letters of J.R.R. #Tolkien" and #65daysofstatic and, tbh, there have been worse mashups.

A lesson the U.S. tends to forget every administration or so...

"We generally do a pretty good job of the breaking things and killing people at the inception of the wars," said Peter Bergen. He's the author of a new book, All The Presidents' Wars, which looks at U.S. conflicts over the past quarter-century. Bergen, a national security analyst at CNN, said the U.S. keeps falling short when it comes to ending wars.

"We, the United States, tend to not plan for the day after — the peace that follows the war," said Bergen.

Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/g-s1-134037/why-is-it-so-hard-for-the-u-s-to-win-wars

#uspol

Warping up the loom! All with homespun yarn.

#weaving #spinning #yarn.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@terraso/116924371999469652

Not everyone has access to a 3M-branded Canary-Yellow Post-it note, but many more of us have a color reference somewhere!

@acm_redfox it's giving "Dubious Food" vibes for sure

Made a #dropspindle!

Best Translation of The Divine Comedy: A 2026 Reader's Guide - Classics Retold
https://classicsretold.com/2026/04/29/best-translation-the-divine-comedy/

Hell yes.

Farmers Finally Get a John Deere Right to Repair Agreement That Doesn’t Screw Them Over
https://www.404media.co/farmers-finally-get-a-john-deere-right-to-repair-agreement-that-doesnt-screw-them-over/

#rightorepair

A risk-averse video game industry is failing marginalised devs
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/the-game-industry-is-failing-marginalized-developers

Constantly refreshing browser taps to see if there's news of layoffs at #ObsidianEntertainment. My buddy works there, hope he's not one of the 3,200 to lose their job as Microsoft cuts the Xbox workforce. https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/xbox-layoffs-3200-4-studios-sold-1236802326/

This woman is so impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJYmbEj2_KY&t=814

@DMakarios I feel like the only advantages with a drop spindle are portability and cost... still, might be fun to make one.