I did it! My book on the history of the #Atari Jaguar is finished and freely available for download over at archive dot org. It took me a while to get there, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I hope you will appreciate and enjoy it as well. Let me know what you think and I would be thankful if you would share this post.
Edit: Second edition.
Ramble about Strictly Limited Games
If I may give a recommendation to those of you who might be interested: Do not buy from Strictly Limited Games. I ordered Steel Empire Chronicles 1,5 years ago, and it is still not in production. There was one lousy mail regarding this that I almost forgot already. So I asked them to either tell me when this is gonna happen or refund me. They did neither, but at least responded in a timely manner. Now I replied and hope that I'll get a least my money back. Looking over at TrustPilot, I saw that I am not the only one having issues with them. If it wasn't clear that the concept of paying for something you can maybe get in maybe a few months isn't a good one before, now it's pretty evident to me. I had some fun with Limited Run Games before, but at least they always delivered and I didn't wait more than a year. Still, that was already not my cup of tea. But I thought: SLG is a German based company, so this should work out way smoother. Well ... no. The idea has just turned into companies that run on Kickstarters that aren't Kickstarters, basically: Money up front and we'll see what we can do afterwards. This is some late stage capitalism madness 😂. But even if you as a company decide to hang out your customers to dry, at least have the courtesy to communicate! Tell us on where it's at with a game that can't be shipped. And for that - funny side note mentioned in their response to me - I should subscribe to their newsletter, as if it would help me in any way reading new Ford brochures if my ordered vehicle did not arrive as ordered. You get the idea. Too bad, I once liked the idea very much. From now on, if you come my way with anything that includes exchanging money for a ticket on a waiting list basically, I will bid you adieu 😎
#gaming #collecting #nintendoswitch #retrocollecting #StrictlyLimitedGames
🧠 #Psychology and showing your #Mentality and #Mindset is probably the hardest things to do. But most needed.
It probably seems the riskiest to empty and put it on the table but actually nobody cares or there are too many...
So if people *could* care actually this can open up sharing inside the mindset that can keep some of us together who are dedicated to repairing things (people actually). We're all #XMen who need a bit of tuning.
And that's the point. PEOPLE ARE WHAT NEED REPAIR MORE THAN EVER. ⚙️ ![]()
Pssssst!... Hey yeah, you...
Yeah, Fascism 👮 etc didn't just go away after World War II 'finished'
👮 ⤴️ 🔥 \_0_0 _/ 🔥 ⤴️ 👮
#Totalitarianism #Fascism #Authoritarianism " THE #SYSTEM "...
...has continued ever since that war and making a stronger comeback because of how relaxed inactive people are! 🤯
Best prepare unless you're already
one of them.............................................
👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮
Studio Ghibli Soaring High at the Oscars!
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Double win for Hayao Miyazaki!
Spirited Away took home the gold in 2003, and now The Boy and the Heron continues the legacy in 2024!
#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #oscars #academyawards #spiritedaway #theboyandtheheron #hayaomiyazaki
@ghibli
1. Spirited Away, Zeniba handing Chihiro a charm in the form of a hair tie
2. Whisper of the Heart, Sugimura grabbing Shizuku's arm
3. Howl's Moving Castle, Sophie and Howl
4. Spirited Away again, Chihiro's hand slipping out of Haku's as she leaves the spirit world
Five years of no flying
✈️ ❌ ➡️ 🚅 ✅
5 years ago, I realised that my #academic travels were emitting way too much #greenhouse #gas #GHG (up to 20 t #CO2 / yr) and hence that my #professional activity was not #sustainable. I thus decided to completely ban air #travel (#plane) and travel mainly by #train within #Europe.
5 years later (i.e. now), my professional travels' #carbonfootprint dropped by **a factor 50**, without impacting my #publication records (compared to 2017 - 2019).
I wrote a post for the #blog of @a4e about my experience. Check it out: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/five-years-of-no-flying/
cc @labos1point5 @LAM_Marseille @CNRS_INSU @academicchatter @astrophysics @StayGrounded_net
#Research #Science #sustainability #ecology #Earth #NoPlanetB #Climate #academicchatter #academicmastodon #ClimateChange #ClimateAction
If you can't wash dishes, 🍽️
it's not my revolution 🌄 🏴
~ Emma Goldman #Quotes #Quote
#Life #Revolution #FreeSchool
“workers at the facility, located near Manesar in the state of Haryana, were asked to take verbal pledges not to take breaks, including for drinking water or using the toilet, until they met their targets for the day.”
Hey, reminder that there are still Amazon workers striking in 20 countries, through Cyber Monday.
So don’t cross the picket line. Shop somewhere else.
https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/economy-90a2acd7z/-/a-IriexZKwQOGzhKzNkgagkQ%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0
Hey for anyone hiring, long shot but might as well try. I have an acquaintance who is graduating with a PhD in comp sci who is knowledgable in AppSec and has done extremely well in car hacking and other areas. They very much need employment and is having issues as they are on a student visa from Iran. DC area or remote. If interested I can make introductions. Reposts appreciated.
#AppSec #InfoSec #GetFediHired
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law
When people say "sex work is work", this is a step in the right direction in terms of workers' rights and protections.
#Hate vs more #Friendship 🤝 on #Fediverse
🤝
😠 #Hate just means more hate usually.
🌐 Not much new is left in the world today.
🤝 #Friendship for you is harder than you'd like to mention.... but you are better doing it more often, or else you'll have only have the hate posts in the end.
Looking at numbers of #Trump haters indirectly supporting (spreading) Trump hate, you better do more else you'll have only have that hate in the end.
Fascism - People enjoy the impersonal lifestyle. Therefore will enjoy Fascism.
These people (behaviours) almost ask for #fascism when they operate on and use the same ladder towards it (even unknowingly bless them).
So without extreme or hate I think #Christians or any religion being less personal and less genuine is getting to fascism under a bad state.
or #Atheist / #Trump or #Silent / #Passive people - they also:
⬆️ ALL don't want contact when buying at shop, too busy at 'work' (throw themselves into slavery) and just "hi, bye" lifestyle, closing their doors to people, not giving care for community around, Sunday religion only etc etc)
Fascism only in it's earlier stage.
It's not a jab to #Christianty just I see it a lot and spoke with those that run backwards away from you from pointing to patterns of behaviour like Sunday only religion and uncaring state 7 days a week. They just don't look around or up.
You #Trump fans... All you people reading / talking about #Trump on this hashtag...
But then not working #Together on our stuff <🖕Middle fingers up 🖕>
You're just repeating his name / spreading his stuff here - and that's the magnate he is. #Suckers even on
#Fediverse
People's job is to make things worse by their own #State... (see more)
✒️ ➡️ “ Since I assumed the position of minister of national security, one of the highest goals I have set for myself is to worsen the conditions of the terrorists in the prisons and to reduce their rights to the minimum required by law. ”
Earlier the same week, he released a video saying:
“ Prisoners should be shot in the head instead of being given more food. ”
Ben-Gvir of Israel’s internal security agency in July boasted of the abominable conditions in his prison systems, writing on X / Twitter.
✒️ Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/24/dying-in-hell-palestinian-medics-jailed-by-israel #Palestine #Israel
"What one fears, one destroys.”
~ Chief Dan George
#Quote #Quotes #FreeSchool
Freedom. All things towards #Freedom.
Communication pioneer (only as most people don't do it at any depth)
#FreeSchool = #Notes #Quotes (extracts / gems) from great #Books #Videos #Talks #Websites from all around the world towards
TOGETHER & MORE OFTEN DIRECTLY (who else is going to do it?).
#FreeSchool hashtag shows examples what this is about... and can check anytime.
Overall: Moving From Shorter to Deeper intelligence and more Caring thoughts...
( More below if you're able )
#DIY Care (because nobody else is going to as best as you do for those around) - #Caring IS our main #Politics / #Politics and "System" (not a system of cheating each other but caring and what Capitalism is cutting out - this is what we need to put back in and teach to those willing).
#Degrowth / PostGrowth
#WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics
#CaringEconomy / #CareEconomy / #Partnerism
"Free School" is a term for a movement born from the 1960's / 70's using educational living & learning practice towards #Caring & #DIY with all others (all at the same time - not an after-thought or specialism in 1 field or person who is a #compartmentalised person ignoring others in other fields). Caring to involves more things, increasingly aiming towards everything...
Posts are 1-line #Notes and #Quotes that links all other things (it's all relative).
Long comments use CW to shorten post vertically and add a 'show more' button to reveal more text if you want it. Long posts might seem bad but it's giving chance to more connection and understanding.
All things towards #Freedom (life moving from Shorter to Deeper thought).
Freedom doesn't come from short-depth lifestyles / short lines of text / ignoring / #inaction. Not less communication between lovers of similar things. MORE!)
#FreeSchool = Learning Together 🔁
#FreeSchool = Working Together 🔁 (eventually + I do Free work for Freedom.
#FreeSchool = Co-Operating & #DIY Solutions 🔁
See My #FreeSchool (Hashtag) for latest examples anytime. Or keep open and refresh from time to time:
https://qoto.org/web/tags/freeschool
#FreeSchool ➡ Increment Talking + Peacefully solve everything.
TLDR - Inaction = Fascism
Trust comes from "slowly but surely"... Doesn't have to be all-in, but peace doesn't come from one-way short messaging on 'social' Mastodon either - collecting memes and cats only is limited!
Remember we need develop better humans as well as 'develop' code on computers etc.
☮ Peace needs more... even to save all types of cats!
Get in touch - I'm someone that cares for everything because it's all human-related...
Human #chats welcome - I using #Jitsi audio chat which uses JUST browser (ANY PLATFORM + 2minutes to enter !)
(i.e. no-install / no account / no google / instant / privacy-respecting / safe-enough, etc!) Really the best out there - any platform / device! Instant audio chat !
Just ask for a link and prepare a few topics!
#AltText used (when I remember).
FREE WORK - I do free audio and video editing (anything considered - just ask).
Again - Creating Trust needs a bit of trust given "slowly but surely"... not all-in... being relaxed about it... but has to be more - 'working' like a 2nd job towards peace because your job isn't going to do it / it's now allow by State to get there! War increases prices etc ☮
So do "peace" as a side-job like it was your real job in the world, parallel to the Capitalism (Trap) you (we) were born into. We have to accept that and fight out of that and not be comfortable in it.
Heart and Soul all the way.