@LeoKirke@retro.social

· 5mo ago

I don't know if this is really a thing on the Fediverse or not, but do people trade old books on here? Is there a book swap? Or even a digital little free library where all you pay is shipping? I'm looking for some Kahlil Gibran books, particularly "Sand & Foam" and "The Madman." If you've got any old still-readable copies you don't need, please get in touch! Per feedback, I'm tagging this #bookswap, #booktrade, and #booktrades!

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 5mo ago

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@RevXenoFact@dobbs.town added!

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 7mo ago

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@DpomovoyP It's so cool! I'm sure I'll run into some confusion here and there but as a whole, I've been acclimating to this thing for several days now and it's super easy to use so far, and it boots up super fast because it's not full of bloatware and crap. Stuff like this is why I love being on here...I remember early on after joining Mastodon I found an artist who was just giving Godzilla prints she made away, I don't think she even asked for shipping costs even though I offered...I still have it on my shelf!

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 5mo ago

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@claralistensprechen3rd I saw some similar ones without traction but I've added them to the original post anyhow!

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 12mo ago

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@CosmickTrigger@social.edist.ro @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social I love this post! I do want to add though (not to the detriment of the point being made) that he made comments that implied he may not have been cis het.

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 6mo ago

I keep seeing posts about the importance of not supporting any Harry Potter-related projects and this is one of those things that makes me feel so out of the loop...I loved Harry Potter when the first book was released, when I was a kid, and gradually lost interest with each subsequent book. I have had no real temptation to engage in any Harry Potter media since the last movie came out and by then I was pretty much just done with the whole thing anyway, so by the time Rowling's shittiness was revealed to me it didn't directly affect my viewing or reading habits at all (not counting trying to avoid those still involved in the franchise). it feels so weird to me that this thing is still popular enough for this to even be an issue! there are so many better things out there, people...even putting aside the issue of who the author is!

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 7mo ago

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@ajroach42 Noted and thank you very much for the tip! I was actually just wondering about this, including whether there are any anti-virus options I should be looking into. I'm not sure how that even works on Linux, do you have any thoughts?

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 7mo ago

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@ajroach42 Thank you very much! And very very good to know, too.

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 5mo ago

#Draft2Digital is now charging $12 per year for accounts whose books make less than $100.

This is definitely a great business plan...for Amazon.

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 6mo ago

I've been dealing with some over-exertion lately so I decided to spend some time alone today just watching TV. I tried out a 1970s William Castle-produced anthology series called "Ghost Story" but which got renamed "Circle of Fear" by the end of its first season.

During its run with the former title, it's hosted by Sebastian Cabot as a man named "Winston Essex" who lives at what one would presume is a Victorian manor called "Mansfield House." He seems to operate it as a hotel, but details are vague. In the pilot, the ghost story directly relates to guests of the hotel, but by the first proper episode, "Mansfield House" now appears to be a modern, sunny resort, and there's no actual link between this framing device and the episode's story.

The story is about a forest ranger who accidentally kills his neglected wife in a region where "forest spirits" possess the dead.

Also, his TV depicts the future for some reason.

And sometimes, the past.

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 6mo ago

How do you prob a solvlem like Ramia

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 6mo ago

I absolutely loathe when I go out in public to an event and later find that my picture was taken and posted online...

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Leonard Kirke @LeoKirke@retro.social

· 8mo ago

Replying to on hachyderm.io

@coreysnipes@hachyderm.io I would be very interested in one of these! I really appreciate that you're doing this.

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