Posts by bhalpin@better.boston
(DIR) Post #ARAmQWPCUjFGDtSsym by bhalpin@better.boston
2022-12-31T17:25:18Z
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A problem I think we don't talk about enough: when an author becomes a brand name, they stop being edited. @bookstodon
(DIR) Post #ASY8yVcuGdf9CC4hhA by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-02-10T21:53:39Z
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@zamallama @pjandy @elliswyatt @HLGEM @rabia_elizabeth @bookstodonThe guy you all are arguing with is on a server run by the movement that literally got a New Hampshire town taken over by bears. They're REALLY not worth arguing with, and the auto-boosts are just giving oxygen to their views.
(DIR) Post #ASwa3BjuziRlWOqfY0 by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-02-21T15:29:17Z
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Teen Vogue is the only publication that, to my knowledge, always points out that the SAT was created by a eugenicist.
(DIR) Post #AT6ont8pIlKEODGEWu by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-02-27T15:30:46Z
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A small thing you can do to make the world better is to support an independent artist. Buy something on Etsy. Buy a book direct from an independent publisher or author. Buy music on Bandcamp. Go to an event and buy stuff. You'll be helping non-corporate art to survive.
(DIR) Post #ATdmnBHq91NL1xzDUW by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-03-15T13:14:07Z
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@lowqualityfacts I think this one's actually true
(DIR) Post #AToF11XVvC2j9TJ2J6 by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-03-20T14:16:43Z
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Might fuck around and decree a stately pleasure dome today.
(DIR) Post #AToFAxaJTqIZmXLyC0 by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-03-20T14:19:17Z
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@calculsoberic Mmm. that sounds a little ambitious. Probably just in my back yard.
(DIR) Post #AUYDKjl7kQ2Uauuysy by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-04-11T18:34:45Z
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I wonder if it was easier, emotionally, to be a writer in the years before the internet gave us instant gratification for everything. Like, maybe waiting for someone to read your novel wasn't so bad when you had to wait for everything?
(DIR) Post #AUcR2HePA9mP6kTZjM by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-04-13T13:14:56Z
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In positive news, my daughter is a teacher and her classroom geckos hatched. Please enjoy this photo of a newborn gecko.
(DIR) Post #AUcR2IH2qUgj2aYQxU by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-04-13T19:27:29Z
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In other positive news, this post is blowing up and I've only had to block one pedant for pointing out that geckos can't technically be "newborn" because they are hatched. (as I said in the post, but whatevs) Thanks, Mastodon!
(DIR) Post #AVLka9QYXsYejKmL6O by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-05-05T16:08:11Z
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@seth What I've been trying to do is Spotify for old stuff, Bandcamp for new stuff.
(DIR) Post #AXWnIGLnjDlhtYuilk by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-07-09T18:17:11Z
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Man, that is one pissed-off kid.
(DIR) Post #AYG3ZKWzJ98PzLkqmG by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-07-31T12:35:19Z
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Since nobody's tracking it anymore, here's some data that suggests a #covid surge in #boston. Covid tests at my CVS
(DIR) Post #AaUt4ryoD1Owl7N2uG by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-10-06T15:16:48Z
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@lowqualityfacts This one's so close I wasn't sure it was satire at first
(DIR) Post #Ad7VjujVF0i1pN8v4K by bhalpin@better.boston
2023-12-22T13:35:51Z
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It's weird to me that Musk is CEO of like 5 companies and no one has drawn the conclusion that CEO is an incredibly easy job that shouldn't pay anywhere near as much as it does
(DIR) Post #AiaMVCIZxgmHMhYFuK by bhalpin@better.boston
2024-06-04T13:30:44Z
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Finished the first draft of my play in iambic pentameter! Because I have the freedom to do weird shit now! Anyway, given that I've been bike commuting in Boston since 2008, I was thinking I could put together some bike commuting tips for folks considering it. Do you think anyone would want such a thing? #bike #bikecommute #transportation #boston
(DIR) Post #AkhLZfkAFPPtBacHz6 by bhalpin@better.boston
2024-08-06T14:58:15Z
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My dog is a freakin genius