Notices by David Brent 📚 (dbsalk@mastodon.social)

I think it's safe to say that over the past few years #EmilyStJohnMandel has easily become one of my favorite authors, and I am very excited to pick up Sea of Tranquility soon. Before I do, I feel I should re-read some of her backlist since it seems Station Eleven, Glass Hotel, and SoT are somewhat interconnected. This is not something I mind doing at all and am really enjoying #StationEleven for the third time. #FridayReads #Books #AmReading #Bookstodon @bookstodon

@chris I ❤️ my 8 Pro because I appreciate the "vanilla" Android experience without any kind of manufacturer skin. Gemini is installed but I rarely use it, and then really only for Assistant-type requests. "Call B----." "Add this to my calendar." "Send a text to H----."

"Christmas doesn't like me. It's a conspiracy. Christmas is a conspiracy to make single people feel lonely." - Michael, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Make your own story today. If you're flying solo, don't be afraid to start a story with someone new.

There are already enough conspiracy theories out there. #JoinIn

#Bookstodon #BookQuote #BookQuoteWednesday #MerryChristmas #Christmas2024 @bookstodon

@WarnerCrocker Merry Sithmas!

@liztai Looks like it should be on a magazine cover! How did it taste?

@WarnerCrocker I feel like the fact that he lost the locker room was common knowledge and not really news? Maybe I'm splitting hairs.

@WarnerCrocker @wjmaggos That computes. Back in the 90s, I worked in Wisconsin and had a coworker from Spain who worked one summer on an exchange program. Despite knowing zilch about American football and not much English, in the space of about 5 months he became a die-hard Packer fan just from being around native Cheeseheads. Went back to Spain with authentic Brett Favre and Reggie White jerseys. A sociologist could write a case study about it.

As a Bear fan, I could just shake my head. 🙄 🏈

@WarnerCrocker Eberflus was a symptom. The owners, who have been inept and out of their depth for almost 40 years, are the disease. #SellTheTeam

@WarnerCrocker Great picture. Happy Thanksgiving!

@FlashMobOfOne Text her back "Am I in trouble?"

Continue to do this every time she writes "Call me" and eventually she'll start providing context in advance.

@FlashMobOfOne A friend told me she got one of those too, which suggests that he may have paid to have a significant percentage (maybe 100?) of LinkedIn users receive that notification.

I do not need this shit in my inbox, LinkedIn.

I feel the fact that #Bluesky is connected to Steve Bannon and Russian state media and cryptobros should be bigger news.

But it's not.

If you search "Bluesky" using a search engine like DuckDuckGo, you'll come across results like "Here's What To Know About Bluesky" (NBC) or "X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it" (BBC). One would think the aforementioned connections would be relevant info in a piece like that.

The omission is glaring.

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration

@WarnerCrocker The only reason that they haven't burned everything to the ground yet is because they technically have to wait until January 20.

Not only are they stockpiling the torches, but they're doing it with a sick amount of glee. "Haha, we're going to make this unqualified ass clown a Cabinet secretary, and there's nothing you can do about it!"

@WarnerCrocker This. We've moved way past "I can shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any votes" or whatever it is he said.

His cult is going to vote for a literal Nazi just to own the libs.

@FlashMobOfOne I had Bowers on my bench, just sitting there laughing at me.

@FlashMobOfOne I see that after doing his job for a couple of weeks, Travis Kelce is back to being a non-target for Mahomes again. 🙄

@emarktaylor I'm so conflicted. I can't stand Aaron Rodgers, but my fantasy football team needs Josh Allen to have a mediocre night.

The announcers for the #Mizzou-UMass game are talking more about the upcoming Texas-Oklahoma game than the game they're actually covering. 🙄

#CFB #NCAA #Football #Sports

@FlashMobOfOne I have decided Chris Collinsworth is the worst of the worst. Whatever broadcast he's on is automatically the dumbest broadcast. 🙄