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.
▰ Yeah, I kept pausing the “Jumpupw!nya” video to see what Eurorack synthesizer modules (and other instruments) Chad Hugo (of the Neptunes) uses.
▰ Yo, manga-headz: will there be more of the series Tatsumaki by Tomoko Yamashita (of Ikoku Nikki fame)? The web comic had five issues in January, four in February, and one in March — and silence since. Thanks.
▰ Regarding this week’s project, number 0760: Remember that Benjamin Franklin — after whose 1727 Junto our Disquiet Junto collective is named — famously harnessed the power of lightning with his “kite experiment.”
▰ I finished reading one novel this week, George Saunders’ Vigil. Read a bunch of manga, too, but lost track. I’ll tally it shortly
