Still plugging away at Field of Roses by Philip Pullman

It’s been a slow reading week as I prepare for gardening weather, but I’m going to finish this book this week. I want to make sure I reread Project Hail Mary before the movie comes out!

Not all of these are social media sites, but this list is my social internet path

Bolt dot com & SciFi channel chatrooms

AIM & Yahoo chatrooms

ICQ & IRC

Soulseek (I count it because I used to hang in the chatrooms quite a bit)

Eyeball chat, then followed friends to Camfrog chat, before both were enshittified

MySpace

Facebook and dabbling in Instagram

Reddit, left after Apollo went offline

Mastadon and dabbled in Snapchat

Threads

BlueSky, still here

Lemmy then Piefed, still here

Sweet!! I’m going to attend Starfleet Academy!!

Good advice, the extended movie is better and that low point I think is important to the story.

I wanted to love Afterlife. I didn’t see it in theaters, but after the reaction to Answer the Call, I was so excited for a new Ghostbusters movie that I bought and watched it the day it came out on iTunes. I cannot emphasize enough how much of a disappointment Afterlife was. I have not watched it a second time and I have no interest in watching Frozen Throne.

I grew up on Ghostbusters movies and cartoons from the 80-90s. I just get so mad that the new ones forgot what a Ghostbusters movie is and I feel robbed of a sequel ATC.

It was the CGI Spengler at the end that sealed the deal of garbage movie 🤮

At least ATC honored Harold Ramis with a bust

AIs aren’t trained to produce correct answers, but seemingly correct answers

I prefer to say “algorithmically common” instead of “seemingly correct” but otherwise agree with you.

Yep, I met my partner through OKC just before they enshittified. I also had used it to meet folks when I travelled for work. I had a note on my profile that I travelled a lot and just wanted to see new cities and eat good food. Surprisingly, I had far more platonic meetups than creepy guys trying to hook up, which I stated I wasn’t looking for in my profile.

I was a very very early adopter of OKC. I remember when it was more of a social media website with quizzes and badges than just dating. I’m still friends with a few people I met there in the early days.

Games: Epistory and Nanotale. Both typing games from Fishing Cactus. Absolutely beautiful games that have interesting stories and you get to practice with your typing skills. I love both of these games so much.

Tv: Sliders. It was fairly popular when it was running and got kind of weird at the end, but I love that show. It was one that my family got together to watch every episode each week when they were on broadcast. I was also part of an early online petition to save the show and move it to the SciFi channel. I was also part of the early online petition to save MST3K, back when online petitions actually worked.

Movie: Ghostbusters Answer the Call. People will disagree with me but I unapologetically DGAF. That movie is hilarious and I love putting it on when I work out. It’s a far better Ghostbusters movie than the last two garbage ones that were put out. It has everything from the original: dark adult horror comedy about scientists who save the world. The last two were not true GB movies, they are family friend teen coming of age movies with a plot that depended so heavily on nostalgia that they felt like a crappy cash grab. ATC is my second favorite GB movie behind only the original. Holtzman is my hero!

Bad Bunny isn’t the kind of music I listen to at all, but I really enjoyed his halftime show. I thought it was cool how they made it feel like a live filming of a music video as they moved through the trees. I liked seeing all the little bits and details that symbolize Puerto Rico in the background. Catching Pedro Pascal in there was pretty awesome too!

It was an amazing performance.

I didn’t see it, but the most heartbreaking thing that happened to me on the internet was finding out my friend across the country killed himself.

We met on the big mountain in the middle of Un Goro Crater in wow. I was a rogue trying to kill an elite and kept dying. He was a warrior who saw me and asked to group. We became friends outside of wow and chatted on Trillian daily for the next year. Then I noticed he hadn’t been online in a while. After a month, I saw his name pop on and I reached out asking if he was ok. It wasn’t him, it was his sister asking if I knew anything. She told me they found him floating in a river. I never heard anything more than that. It broke my heart.

20 years later and I still miss you buddy. RIP Mysticpimp

It’s NJ, it’s intentional. There are sidewalks in small towns, but almost no sidewalks outside of them. On most roads like 38 and 541, you literally have to walk on the grass next to the road. Public transportation is surprisingly decent for a US state, specifically going from South Jersey into Philly is really easy.

Source: I grew up there and walked everywhere. It was terrible.

I highly doubt the number of people who cannot carry a book outweighs the people who choose not to carry a book.

I understand the OP is feeling bad about it, which they shouldn’t. In my own comment to the OP, I suggested taking time to read for an hour instead of scrolling, I’ve done this for years instead of watching tv. It’s something I suggest to anyone who feels bad about too much phone time or not reading enough.

Most folks have time to read, we just have to choose to spend time reading over other activities.

That’s not true, but don’t think folks should be downvoting you.

I literally bring a physical book with me everywhere I go. I brought my 600+ page book to the hair salon last night so I could read while I waited. I usually have a small book of short stories in my purse so I can read whenever I want. Part of what I love about books is they come in all sizes so they can be taken everywhere.

I’m an elder millennial and I tend to stay on my phone a bit much too. Since I wake up 2-3 hours before I have to do anything, I switch out at least an hour of scrolling in the morning for reading a book. I require my purses to be big enough to fit a book so I can bring one with me everywhere I go. I even brought my giant ass book to my haircut so I could read it while I waited.

Don’t feel bad, it’s something that too many of us do. Maybe try switching for a book or graphic novel or something.

I’ve been intentionally avoiding spoilers and previews, so I had no idea it was coming. It was a really happy surprise for me and that episode was so great.

I absolutely adore Sam’s smile, just beautiful!

That episode is my favorite one so far. It was such a great homage to DS9 and I loved seeing adult Jake.

I also super love that they are bringing back the skirt uniform. Jay-Den rocked that outfit! 💚

I love this movie and I will never stop recommending it

I feel like Jupiter Ascending would have been such a good book

I’ve read both and highly enjoyed both. I read The Martian after I saw the movie and I still recommend it even if you saw the movie already

That series is the one series I wish I could read all over for the first time again. I hope you enjoy the ride!