BREAKING: “I made a mistake, and I am sincerely sorry,” Philz Coffee CEO said after having ordered Pride flags removed.
I say again, the power is with the people!
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A four-star review reading "This book was a thrilling ride that felt reminiscent of authors such as James Patterson and Tom Clancy. In this sequel, West is dealing with his grief when he gets a cryptic message so he goes off on a frantic search of answers. This digital age thriller was tense and very well written, probably more so than the first book because I could connect a little more to West and his fight. I felt more anxious with this book due to the deep sea theme but that also made it more fun for me as a reader!"
This review of my latest novel "Submerged" came in a couple of days ago. 😍 You can find it on Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books, and Spotify. And it's available as ebook, print, or audio.
N and Q are really far away from each other on the keyboard.
Horizontal histogram from Goodreads showing how John doubled his reading to 6196 pages in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. The stats then fell back gradually 2021-2023 but came back to pre-pandemic level in 2025.
The pandemic had all sorts of effects. I doubled my reading in 2020, with for instance two of George R. R. Martin's thick novels in the Game of Thrones series. During the work from home years I got an incredible boost in cardio fitness because I did a lot of running. #booksky
Safari 26.4 is here!
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Grid Lanes. WebTransport. Keyboard Lock API. And _tons_ of fixes & improvements. Please read the introduction to our article to learn what we’ve been up to…
Hong Kong Island skyline in the night. Neon lights beam into the sky and glitter across the water.
My next newsletter issue will feature photos and impressions from my trip to Hong Kong, a.k.a. Cyberpunk Ground Zero. I went to the grounds of Kowloon Walled City, the Monster Building, and the skyline+water from the diving scene in Ghost in the Shell. Subscribe here: hackerfiction.net/subscribe/
Man kan också spekulera i om SVT hade gjort ett inslag om en person som beställde en köttburgare men fick en vegoburgare.
I'm hiring to the WebKit Privacy & Adtech team! Help us prevent online tracking/fingerprinting, and design+implement privacy-preserving alternatives for use in advertising.
· Systems programming in C++ & Swift
· Location: Cupertino
· Work that feels good and important
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First, congrats to whoever's been admitted!
I would evaluate like this:
1. Send a chunky prompt with all the angles they care about to a good chatbot
2. Climate (hot, cold, rainy?)
3. Housing (easy to find, costly?)
4. State political climate (abortion rights, civil rights)
5. Access to good airport
Never trust a Klingon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYF...
Massie goes full beast mode today.
Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
Google obviously has YouTube Premium (www.youtube.com/premium). Are you saying they've never *promoted* it?
Håller med! Jag har föreslagit en koordinerad övergång till europeiska Mastodon. Under en övergångsperiod så postar de där först och på Xitter etc 15 min senare. Media kommer följa efter direkt för att inte bli sena med nyheter. Sen, släck Xitter-kontona.
(Typo: "I83%" för Socialiser+C på Bluesky.)
Thanks! Those details make sense. Stating Ozempic as a manufacturer was a clear mistake. It's Novo Nordisk, for sure.
True, but Ozempic is one of two major semaglutide manufacturers. Their main competitor is the American company Eli Lilly with drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound. Eli Lilly also makes insulin.
"The Imperial House of Japan is said to be the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world (…) 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...
"Danish monarchy traces its roots back to Gorm the Old, who established his reign in the early 10th century."
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'The social media company likewise tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies, “so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment,” according to Wynn-Williams.' futurism.com/facebook-bea...
I've waited five minutes. The page load is not progressing. No errors in the Web Inspector console. Seems I can't exercise my rights after all, at least not for the time being.
After following all the steps, I end up on a white page under https[:]//auth[.]cdt[.]ca[.]gov/signin-drop2?code=[a long code] This site seems broken.
When you log in to that page, you enter credentials including email address on secure.login.gov, which features Google Tag Manager and google.com subresources. See screenshot.
I believe it was Neal Stephenson who said "fiction is entertainment." Not necessarily in the sense of laughing, but people read to be entertained. We as authors have that job to deliver on. Unless you're just writing for your own sake.
Regarding want vs need, you do want to fulfill reader wishes. No one wants an unsurprising story. But readers want to feel at home in the genre and "suspend their disbelief." The reader knows in the back of their mind that novels are made up. If you jolt them too much, that thought takes front seat.
It gets extra tough when it's about one of your darlings. You love a scene, a character, or a joke. The criticism tells you to cut it or seriously rework it.
It can also be be feedback about big things since you create the whole 400-page story before anyone gets to see it. No intermediary feedback.
It sounds like you're asking a question and making a point.
Novel vs product feedback:
You're quite fragile and exposed as an author, especially a new one. You're the sole creator of your story and you're learning a new craft. So criticism can be tough to accept.
I already mentioned that you need to really develop a plan once you get feedback from beta readers because they're not professionals (they shouldn't be!). You have to be the creative force that tries to understand what's working for them and what isn't. Don't take their feedback as gospel. 🙂
At this point, I like to print another copy, read, and take notes. When I've addressed those, I'm ready for the beta readers. They need two months. I splice in questionnaires at plot points to get structured feedback. It's nice to ask what they expect at each point so you know how the story works.
We're now at draft 8 and it's time to send it to your development editor. Give them a month or so. Then the hard work of addressing all the feedback you feel is right for your book. Note that this feedback will not be in small pieces. It can be open ended and you need to be creative to solve it.
You may also need a pass on genre beats. Readers have expectations of thrillers, mysteries, romance, crime, fantasy, etc. If you don't deliver on them, you're taking a huge risk, especially as a new author.
Here's one way of laying out the plot points (there are many):
1. Hook
2. First plot point
3. Pinch point 1 (give the reader a glimpse of the dark forces)
4. Mid-point
5. Pinch point 2 (serious pressure)
6. Second plot point
7. Resolution (climax, cartharsis, end of story arc)
