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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · 3d ago

It's cold and brutally windy — but sunny — so we braved the conditions to see the winter aconite with its flowers open. #BloomScrolling

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 11, 2026

post nur tri tagoj… la neĝo malaperas, kaj buntaj floroj / after only three days… the snow disappears, and colorful flowers #hajko #haiku #esperanto

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 08, 2026

Tonight, I read a great article by @pluralistic@mamot.fr about RSS: https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/07/reader-mode/#personal-disenshittification

Best of all, I discovered the post in my RSS feed reader. About a month ago, I set up FreshRSS: https://stevendbrewer.com/finally-set-up-freshrss/

Having a feed reader again has been transformative. I realized something today: the Web seemed magical when it was a way to connect with real people. When the corporations moved in, it lost that quality. But now that they're enshittified, you can rediscover the open web where it's always been!

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 07, 2026

To be clear, I am not just "anti war." I am also against using the military to attack other countries to destroy things and kill a lot of their people under other circumstances as well.

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 07, 2026

After dinner, the boy got out his homework while his mom washed the dishes.
"How can you tell which ones are the constant ants?" he asked.
"Constant ants?" Mom said. She dried her hands off and came over to look at his worksheet.
"Yeah," he said. "Which letters are the constant ants?"
"I think you mean 'consonants'…" she said. She tried not to chuckle.
"It's all the ones that aren't #bowels…" he added, scrunching up his face.
She snorted and tried not to laugh out loud. #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 07, 2026

A weird noise was heard at the Volpex Picnic Park, pitched both simultaneously high and low.
"Hey! Hey! What was that?" Brunhilde asked.
"Huh?" the bear said. "Oh, that. That was an elk bugling."
"What's an elk?"
"It's a kind of large herbivore," the bear said. (1/2) #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 06, 2026

"Well," she said. "What do you choose?"
"Thou hast #befogged my mind," he said, raising a hand. "Thou vile witch! What spell hast thou cast that clouds my senses and..."
"It's not hard, Leroy," she said. "I just asked if you wanted chicken or burgers for dinner."
"Oh, thou vile temptress!" he moaned, closing his eyes. "How mayst one choose among such delights that..."
"Okay," she said, rolling her eyes. "Burgers it is." #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 05, 2026

Totemo Isogashii used a machete to hack through brush as she and Lambda worked their way toward Factory Hollow under the hot sun. The vegetation was too thick to land their DR20 drop ship nearby. The closest clearing had been two kilometers away. Lambda could slip through the vegetation to help identify the path, but Totemo needed to cut her way through the thick, thorny vegetation by brute force. (1/4) #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 04, 2026

Exactly as I predicted… AIs are routinely being compromised to not act in your interest. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/manipulating-ai-summarization-features.html

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 03, 2026

Ooh! Just what we need! MORE SNOW!

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 03, 2026

Rory accompanied Tseluna through an arcade of small shops in Tokyo. Eyes surreptitiously followed her as people glanced at her stunning kimono patterned with chrysanthemum blossoms.
"I have to ask…" Rory said. "How did you get that to close over your… You know…" (1/3) #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 03, 2026

#WritersCoffeeClub On what are you unwilling to compromise?

When I wrote *A Familiar Problem*, I aimed it to be new adult, rather than young adult. My publisher suggested that I could cut the sex stuff to have a larger audience, but I pushed back, because I thought it would fundamentally change the story. I got my way and the story came out as I wrote it. Was it the right decision? I dunno.

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 02, 2026

Lloyd led the customer into the back of Kowareta Nai.
"Do you have any particular specification or request?" he asked.
"Well, what I'm looking for…" he started to say, then caught sight of a very large chicken that was laying on the ground.
Lloyd waddled around the chicken and invited the customer to follow.
"What's wrong with him?" asked the customer.
"That's #Forlorn Leghorn," Lloyd said. "He's depressed because no one will hire him. It's a shame because he'll work for chicken feed." #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 02, 2026

Microsoft doesn't want you to call it "microslop." https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 02, 2026

Rory shivered in the chilly breeze. He peered at Tseluna who was naked beside him.
"How come you're not cold?" he asked her.
"I can just use magic to warm myself and maintain my body's homeostasis. You could too, if you had any finesse."
"Really?"
"Of course. Why don't you try?"
Rory thought for a moment to prepare the spell and cast it silently. His clothes burst into flames. He began screaming and trying to beat out the conflagration.
"Finesse," she said, shaking her head. #wss366 #side

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Mar 01, 2026

I don't want a foldable phone. I also don't want a foldable car. Or a foldable house. Or a foldable dog. In fact, I think the only foldable thing I want is a folder. Go figure.

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 28, 2026

The somewhat weird backstory of Oni Diras Nun! https://stevendbrewer.com/oni-diras-nun-a-tabloid-for-esperantujo/

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 27, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop This is still working for me with nearly 100% accuracy: https://wandering.shop/@stevendbrewer/114676334496780688

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 22, 2026

How I make hash-browned potatoes. https://stevendbrewer.com/hash-browned-potatoes/

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 21, 2026

Lambda had gotten a message inviting her for a NeoBoxer summit at Collina Margherita — the Holufinian Center for NeoBoxer Development. She departed late Friday afternoon and caught a SkyJumper for the trip. (1/5) #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 20, 2026

Zaza called the Better Angels to dinner. They arrived at the galley chattering, filed in, and each took a Fun Meal. They sat at their places and, only then, noticed an empty #chair.
"Where's Popo?" asked Sisi.
Everyone turned to Zaza.
"She's… otherwise engaged."
Mumu made a rude gesture with her hands.
"Did she go in a hole?" Bebe asked.
"Ssh!" hissed all of the other Angels. #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 19, 2026

Zaza crept along the corridor, cradling a railgun. She was following Tau, who was nose-to-the-ground, following the scent of their quarry as they approached an intersecting corridor.
"And what does your #keen nose detect, Cap'n," she said.
He ruffed quietly and pointed to the left. (1/3) #wss366

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Feb 14, 2026

No. Stop saying shit like this. AIs can't "betray" people.

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#WritersCoffeeClub January 24th: Share something you're proud of but had to cut from a work. There's an extended sequence riffing off the counseling scenes in "Mr and Mrs Smith" that was going to go i

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Jan 24, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop I was attending Arisia a few years ago, telling a woman in the dealer room how the only fanfiction I write is about my own characters (referring to @wss366@wandering.shop mostly). She angrily shot back, "That's not fanfiction! That's LITERARY CANON!"

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Found elsenet: seems reasonable to me.

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Jan 13, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop At least you wouldn't have to worry about her breath fogging up the glass so you couldn't see her.

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My controversial take: Linux desktops peaked with KDE 3.5.x. (Gnome is a ghastly abomination and KDE's been going downhill ever since.) macOS desktops peaked with Snow Leopard (10.6). Everything since

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Dec 24, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop I agree Slow Neopard was the best MacOSX version. And I've never used Windows, so I don't know what it's like. What I miss is Canonical's Unity Desktop. That worked well for me. The new @system76@fosstodon.org COSMIC Desktop feels similar to me. It still has some rough edges, but shows promise.

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@philipbrewer@wandering.shop @stevendbrewer@wandering.shop You may think that's fiction, but a late friend of mine once hospitalized a guy with his homebrew bhut jalokia infused vodka. (He donated a b

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Dec 23, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @philipbrewer@wandering.shop My wife always imagines that since I like spicy food, I will like spicy drinks — which I manifestly do not. So one time she bought a bottle of tequila that came with a big red chili pepper in it. I took one look at it and said, "No-oh-oh-oh. Absolutely not." But a lot of places do weird stuff like that — like margaritas with a cayenne pepper rim. I like spicy stuff, but not drinks.

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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop · Jun 13, 2025

The contact form on my website is basically only ever filled out by robots, so I added a checkbox that says, "I am a robot. Only check this box if you are a robot." https://stevendbrewer.com/contact-me/

Robots appear to find it irresistible.

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