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Charles Maxwell replied to the topic
How do you edit? in the forum Aspiring Authors 4 months agoI’ve no idea. I read it over and look for mistakes.
Does that help?
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Okay, “make what you need” might be good for the IndieWeb’s future after all in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 4 months agoOkay, "make what you need" might be good for the IndieWeb’s future after all
I recently made the case that Make what you need might be all wrong for the IndieWeb’s future and then theAdhocracy and made some strong counterpoints. I […] -
Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Make what you need might be all wrong for the IndieWeb’s future, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 4 months ago@theadhocracy@indieweb.social That’s a fantastic counterpoint and rebuttal. You present a very convincing argument. I may have to change my views somewhat. Thank you.
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Blog: Poem of the week: Autumn by Vidyan Ravinthiran from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months agoKeats’s famous ode speaks across time and space to a 21st-century Sri Lankan, whose turbulent history catches on its mellow moodAutumn (after John Keats)The f […]
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Blog: Mars with what? from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 4 months agoSo, a scientist has proposed we send semi-aquatic mammals as the first wave of colonising and terraforming Mars. That’s otterly ridiculous.
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Blog: The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, Brigitte Knightley from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 4 months ago2025 romantic fantasy, first of a pair. Osric Mordaunt is an assassin,
but finds himself in need of very specialised healing. So specialised
that only one person […] -
Blog: The Adversary by Michael Crummey review – dark humour and depravity at the edge of the Earth from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months agoThis prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with wordsSeveral years have p […]
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Blog: Alexandrian Sphinx by Peter Jeffreys and Gregory Jusdanis review – the mysterious life of Constantine Cavafy from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months agoThe enigmatic queer poet admired by EM Forster and Jackie Onassis takes centre stage in this unconventional biographyThe second floor of 10 Rue Lepsius, tucked away […]
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ShawnCiz became a registered member 4 months ago
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Burty Burtman wrote a new blog post
Danger (story idea) in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 months agoDanger (story idea)
In this tale you are about to write or tell, these four images show the danger. What is the danger? How does the hero manage it? #WritingPrompt -
Blog: Fran Lebowitz says she finds the idea of living with someone else ‘horrible’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 4 months, 1 week agoAuthor behind ‘Social Studies’ and ‘Metropolitan Life’ said she would do ‘anything’ in order to afford to live by herself
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
All the WebMention libraries and plugins I could find in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 4 months, 1 week agoAll the WebMention libraries and plugins I could find
I’m a huge fan of WebMention. You might have noticed how often I go on and on and on about it. WebMEntion is the future of interactive communication. Or, […] -
Blog: Tom Gauld on holiday hopes and dreams – cartoon from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months, 1 week agoContinue reading…
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Blog: Week in Review #32 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 4 months, 1 week agoThis week I read nine books!85. Time Travelling with a Tortoise. Ross Welford. 2024. 220 pages.
[Source: Library] [MG speculative fiction, time travel, dinosaurs, […] -
Blog: Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 4 months, 1 week agoThe tenth book in the Rivers of London series finds our heroes a long way from home – there have been reports of a giant cat in the Scottish highlands, possibly […]
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Blog: Why do birds fly south for the winter? from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 4 months, 1 week agoIt’s too far to walk.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Everything I have learned about good typsetting on websites and blogs in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 4 months, 1 week agoEverything I have learned about good typsetting on websites and blogs
This post is an example of “blog your homework”, the idea that when you research something, you should write about it. I’ve been looking at making blogs […] -
Blog: Penric and the Bandit, Lois McMaster Bujold from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 4 months, 1 week ago2024 fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as
Chalion). Roz the bandit has fallen out with his gang, and is looking
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Blog: ‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months, 1 week agoThe poet reflects on his heritage, his new life as a father in Margate – and why his memoir is a call to armsWhen Raymond Antrobus was a child, he writes in his n […]
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Blog: They Laughed When He Sat on the Star Throne — Until It Activated from
Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill 4 months, 1 week agoExternal video playback of “They Laughed When He Sat on the Star Throne — Until It Activated” has been blocked. Here’s a link: h […]
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Burty Burtman wrote a new blog post
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Make what you need might be all wrong for the IndieWeb’s future in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 4 months, 1 week agoMake what you need might be all wrong for the IndieWeb's future
IndieWeb has this idea of “scratch your own itch” or “make what you need”. It’s okay in as far as it goes, but I (and I said this at great length before) […] -
Blog: The Genius of Trees by Harriet Rix review – how trees rule the world from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months, 1 week agoThe story of how the Earth, and human beings, have been shaped more than we know by these forces of natureWhen was the last time you stopped to say thank you to […]
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Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 4 months, 1 week agoWhere the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler; The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King; Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher; Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon; The […]
