Scratch Pad: Ads, EVs, Duende

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts serves, I’ve found, as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. Some items show up on disquiet.com before this post, in which case I don’t repeat them. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media. ▰ Whew, that was entirely new to me: a streaming service with a private option, so a musician might use it for sharing a pre-release copy, except that the service may occasionally insert songs by other artists while you’re listening to the album you’re intending to listen to. ▰ A mountain lion is wandering around San Francisco not far from where I live, and it’s got me wondering if since I’m allergic to cats, I’m allergic to…