Vaguely humanoid. Mostly made of meat.

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Cake day: June 1st, 2023

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  • I was chatting with a stock photographer a while back. Apparently the most important thing is the tags that you give the photos. The best ones are abstract because you aren’t competing with “hand” and “pen”. If you can make your photo of a hand holding a pen fit “wistful” or “trenchant” then you have a better chance of it being seen. Making thousands of weird photos like a hammer/screwdriver/wand being held over a watermelon/plastic duck/brick by a clown/policeman/nurse and giving them abstract tags is the way to go.













  • The old internet is still there. It’s just dwarfed by the colossal amount of shit piled up on the shit sites.

    As a general rule, stick to free and open stuff because the motivation of the people doing it is to give to the community, rather than make money. Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin rather than Xitter and Reddit. Just stay away from Facebook. There are lots of old style bulletin boards still around for various interests, and they are often more used than FB groups.

    I stopped putting adverts on my sites ages ago because I hate them so much. I don’t want to be part of the enshittification.








    1. Do what you can. Reduce your carbon footprint by eating less meat, using cars less, flying less. OK, by yourself it’s not going to make a huge difference, but at least you will know that personally, you aren’t making it worse. Join a group that is trying to make a positive difference.

    2. Concentrate on the little things that make you happy. You can’t stop climate change on your own but you can make something nice for dinner.

    3. Value your friends and keep in touch with them. They probably feel pretty much the same as you do. Cheer each other up and support each other.

    4. Get a hobby to keep yourself occupied.

    That’s all I can think of.