I rarely ask readers to share posts, but I think Patricia’s story deserves the largest audience possible. When corporate media won’t report on the fascist regime destroying our country, it’s up to each of us. - Andy Borowitz

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/the-hero-we-need-now?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOuYcJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe02FVIE6RKvIIKukgtYb_FIpHXwyDK4i0-ekfUu_67UoAO-Vop0dR52F8crU_aem_hpmzxm6aSu8dl2MmPH_SYA

@alice P.S. Why give your kid an actual toy that they'll just wreck, when you could give them an NFT of a picture of a toy that could be treasured for generations*!

(* as long as the site to which the NFT links is still working)

@alice I'd been referring to xmas as "Capitalistmas" lately, but maybe "Griftsmas" would be better. :blobcatthinksmart:

@alice Teddy Ruxspin 2.0? :blobcatthink:

(Now they just have to figure out a way to stuff some blockchain in there, and it will be the perfectly enshittified grift-gift!)

Welcome to the toot-herd, @catsofhackney! :tootcat:

("...but what about the drains in Hackney?" -- Minnie Bannister)

@Edelruth

This is kinda what I've been trying to do with Issuepedia, except that's kinda also lacking the critical ingredient of having a staff of any kind... 😅

@wdlindsy

@wdlindsy I've been saying for awhile now that the mainstream mass media are still stuck in a dead-tree distribution mindset. Why isn't there a central page for each story, updated as it develops, with subpages (as needed) for various wrinkles and aspects?

In this particular case, there could be a subpage specifically for unsubstantiated information; readers could subscribe to that page in order to be notified of updates -- rumors confirmed or refuted, new allegations, new analysis...

(Ok, done with that short hobby-horse ride. As you were...)

@theseliminaldays oooff, ouchy ouch-ouch. That very sucks. Sometimes, people just baffle me :-/ :blobcatangry: :blobcatsad:

4/n

Options for getting ebooks (and print) away from Amazon.

This is what I have explored, and I know there is much, much more out there.

1) Smaller stores: Smashwords, Kobo, B&N, Thalia (Tolino) in Germany (although they are also evil), BoD, and many more.

I absolutely recommend Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/

2) Buy direct.

My store is through PayHip, and you may not even be aware that PayHip has its own book catalog:

https://payhip.com/marketplace/fiction-books

#Amazon
#IndieAuthor
#AISlop

@theseliminaldays Is it that nothing is happening, or that the wrong things are happening, or...?

([Linda Richman voice] Tualk to me, duahling...)

@bruces 🤨

@aggiethaumas @npt_writes Weightless Books is a good site and does no DRM. Period.

I don't know how much they share with authors, but Weightless Books isn't a big corporate entity. I think it's mostly one person.

It's also one of the few sites for SF/fantasy magazine subscriptions after Amazon dumped subscriptions. And each magazine issue is available as a downloadable, DRM-free file.

I buy the EBOOK, I own it!

A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack

Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.

https://msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/global-telehealth-women-help-women-mifepristone-misprostol-abortion-pills-combo-pack/

#BodilyAutonomy

@gildilinie That would be a pretty big joule heist.

(Clearly my punning is not yet up to speed. I've got to have 30 minutes to restart the engines, Captain!...)

@ObsidianUrbex Put a metal roof on that puppy and it would be a fabulous refuge for creative types...

@gildilinie I have never had tapioca pudding.

(I cheated, though: I generally don't like sweet stuff.)

@NanoRaptor The chip factory has clearly been infiltrated by Altair Designs.

(Now I want to see the socket...)

if cis people are so great then when don't they have their own siberian orchestra

@jamie_blumberg @nileane ...and when you say "we", I suspect it's not really any of us here, but authoritarian-follower types who feel they have to absolutely control their kids (because otherwise their kids might see through the BS being imposed on them and become liberal or something).