Where into the random - just put it in - stage of packing.

Today I learned, if you accidentally delete your Mastodon account, it will send out delete notifications to everyone who follows you so that they stop following you. Reinstating your account is not enough.

Update: Learned a lot about Mastodon during all this! Thanks everyone.

Ack! There’s too much stuff left to pack.

In the 4 years I've been on Mastodon, I haven't seen many other filmmakers here. (I think I'm already following the maybe 3 that are actually here.) But if this post happens to reach any other filmmakers or screenwriters, I'd love to try and forge a film community on this platform. (I don't think there is an existing one? Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Film reviewers and movie fans are great too! 🎬

#filmmaker #screenwriter #film #filmmaking #screenwriting #movies #womeninfilm #filmcommunity

Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature

by Brian Lewis

https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-luddites-their-legacy-ripples-through-politics-cultural-commentary-and-literature-287473

Books about Luddites at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Luddites

#books #literature #IndustrialRevolution

I'm formulating cake bake plans.

The quarterly everybody, everywhere, all-at-once cake-baking event for the quarter is on the third weekend of the month, so next weekend.

Cat Integration Day 2 Three cats - no contact #CatsOfMastodon

Chocolate cake for breakfast

Capital One has never been what I'd call an admirable financial institution, but when it all but calls Trump a mega money launderer, you'd think that would be a bigger deal deserving more than a few no-big-deal-right stories (like this): https://abcnews.com/US/capital-closed-hundreds-trumps-bank-accounts-2021-anti/story?id=135273257

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair;
Hover through the fog and filthy air."
Witches, Scene I

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

Toil and Trouble

https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-william-shakespeares-macbeth-is-performed-for-the-first-time-probably/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KZ3Y4R24JD84TJKRTY97KA54&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Macbeth by William Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1533

#books #literature

Senate Dems can stop the CLARITY Act if they work together, but that’s not going to happen unless our senators hear from us: https://indivisible.org/actions/stop-trumps-crypto-corruption/?source=mastodon

Before leaving for August recess on Friday, the Senate could vote on a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption.

Senate Democrats can stop the CLARITY Act if they work together, but that’s not going to happen unless our senators hear from us: https://indivisible.org/actions/stop-trumps-crypto-corruption/?source=mastodon

Six books have advanced to the finals of the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC). We'll announce them in random order in the next six posts.

Women Keep Smashing Ultra-Endurance Sports Records Previously Held by Men
https://www.jezebel.com/women-breaking-ultra-endurance-sports-records-via-alpina-running-alps-kelsey-pfendler-rowing-hawaii-physiology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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ALT https://effinbirds.com/post/823859717144182784

Cleaning out the pantry so it’s pumpkin pie w a crumble top for breakfast

Terf’s are really, really afraid we might see and read this major report. It documents UK based anti-trans critical organizations and their funding.

They were able to force the worlds biggest human rights organizations to pull their report down within hours from it’s release, that’s how much they don’t want the world to know.

Here it is. (Share it! Download it! Share it again!)

(Edit. Here’s the 2026 link) https://archive.org/details/report-a-growing-threat-the-anti-rights-movement-in-the-uk-july-2026_20260713

#transrights #humanrights

For everyone else, the cowardice narrative provides justification for clinging to the notion that underneath all the MAGA madness, the “normal” GOP still exists. It’s a comforting tale that lets us pretend the story began – and will end – with Trump.

This really cheers me up. Isn’t it amazing how resilient nature can be, and how much potential is there to stop interfering and let it take root again? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23503vm9xyo

Got An Old Laptop Or Broken Phone? This West Side Nonprofit Will Give It New Life
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/31/got-an-old-laptop-or-broken-phone-this-west-side-nonprofit-will-give-it-new-life/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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