Uncle Iroh is a wonderful character in an excellent couple of TV shows, that I've written about here (Netflix remake) and here (original Nickelodeon animation).
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Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
My Orthoceras family
This morning I was accused of making impulse purchases from the Marketplace
I won't name names as it was very hurtful because this description likely contains some factual basis.
It is true that I often struggle with being an opportunist and Facebook puts an incredible variety of secondhand items in front of me.
For example, on Monday I bought this Orthoceras fossil.
Before last weekend I never knew an Orthoceras and now I own the remains of a family.
This Middle Ordovician-aged marine limestone must originate from the Baltic States or Sweden, which is the known extent of the nautiloid cephalopod sometimes called Orthoceratites.
Their temporal range was the Dapingian to Darriwilian eras, around 470-458 million years ago.
It is possible these fossils are another of the Michelinocerida genus.
They are characterised by long, slender, nearly cylindrical orthocones with a circular cross section.
The long body chambers have a central tubular siphuncle free of organic deposits.
I find it interesting that tiny teeth have been found in one species along with ten arms, two of which formed longer tentacles.
They died out during the Devonian period, which is still a mystery but fossil records show it led to the evolution of plants during levels of greenhouse gases to rival today.
At that time sea levels were around 200 metres higher than present oceans and Australia was part of Gondawanland.
The greening of the continents acted as a carbon sink and a cooling climate may have led to the late Devonian extinction.
Meta won't save journalism
It seems ridiculous to expect Facebook to pay media companies for content that's published behind paywalls
Meta were stupid for giving money to them, since now every other government are asking for millions to pay for media companies that couldn't make the leap to a new paradigm.
When classifieds went online, the business model for journalism broke.
It's a serious concern for democracies and evident that no one is watching some areas of government.
Yet you've got to wonder if that's any of Facebook's business?
Selfie season
The other week I had a feeling that I should take a photo of myself
It seemed a weird urge at the time, then I noticed a couple of selfies in my Facebook Memories.
When I mentioned this to my partner, she observed that this must be the time of the year that I feel unseen.
That interpretation didn't sit easily with me, but then I noticed increasing numbers of self-portraits in my Memories.
And then I began pondering the stuff my friends are posting.
What if this is the season for selfies?
As we spend more time indoors and have less time to be active in the sunshine, maybe it's a quick boost to mood and then an ongoing stream of likes from friends.
In other news, I have returned to Facebook to undertake social media duties for work.
It's still a battle with weird experiences like losing access to a page and finding all of the directions to restore it are out of date.
Yet there's still a massive audience to reach and increasingly I enjoy the opportunity to make seasonal observations about myself, as well as seeing the cute things my kids did in previous years.
Goodbye Facebook
Earlier this month I got blocked from using Facebook
In the past I've lost access for things that I've posted, which has often been frustrating as they were sometimes posted years earlier -- so it felt like I'd been punished for guidelines applied retrospectively.
This time it's less interesting because I was blocked for not using multi-factor authentication (MFA).
I had enough warning to let friends know I was leaving and it was nice that some took my offer of email.
Some friends tried to explain the value of MFA, but I don't have a mobile phone and couldn't see an alternative.
(I don't doubt the value of MFA, by the way.)
So far it's been painless to live without access to the popular social network, although I feel as though I'm missing out on stuff.
However, I'm also missing all the pointless time I spent on Facebook and the stuff I didn't need that I bought on Marketplace.
I think it's a win.
Brace yourselves
There is going to be a big shift in reaching an audience since Facebook has blocked a swathe of pages, links and websites in Australia.
Banned again
I posted this image of a hand resembling Hitler and was banned from using Facebook for a week
Apparently it constitutes "hate speech," which led me to wonder if Mel Brooks has a Facebook profile.
The situation is ridiculous.
Posting an image of a hand resembling a Nazi does not seem to infer support for the extreme views propagated by right-wing organisations.
However, blocking that image does seem to protect Nazis from ridicule.
The situation is ridiculous.
Posting an image of a hand resembling a Nazi does not seem to infer support for the extreme views propagated by right-wing organisations.
However, blocking that image does seem to protect Nazis from ridicule.
Facebook's community standards
Maybe I should be grateful they didn't ban me for a week like last time this happened, but I am surprised that the pic above was deleted.
At this time of year I share Easter-themed pics and memes, so I was a bit annoyed to break the run that I was curating on my News Feed.
Fixing Facebook
This week I read Facebook have a patent for identifying household demography based on users' photos
Having just seen this ad for a $175 panty, I thought I'd help improve their data by uploading a photo of my underwear.
Pretty sure I've been wearing these shorts since last century but I can't think of having shown them to many people before now.
Three beer bottles
Saw this trio advertising clothes on Facebook this week and couldn't help but wonder if they were blowing on their beer bottles.Could they be covering Billie Jean like the Bottle Boys below?
Unleash the creative goddess
Clearly Facebook's page suggestion algorithm can use some work
If it knew anything about me it should be that there's a domestic goddess within me!
Seriously though, why the need to gender creativity? Pretty sure it's a universal trait.
Seriously though, why the need to gender creativity? Pretty sure it's a universal trait.
Animal in a predicament
Recently I was introduced to the Facebook page Animals in Predicaments and have been amused by the sometimes surreal images and GIFs they share.
Just now while reading news websites, I saw this image from a story about a program to return pandas to the wild in China and wondered how long before it appears on their page.
The photograph is by Ami Vitale and has been shortlisted for a Sony World Photography award.
The photograph is by Ami Vitale and has been shortlisted for a Sony World Photography award.
Wagging the dog
Winston S. Churchill is attributed with the line that "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on," but it's clearly an idea that is still relevant.
Last week a North American friend commented on Facebook about a search topic that seemed to be trending, the question whether "Obama is planning a coup".
When I read about this on Sunday night it occurred to me that it would probably be a couple of days before the Australian media picked up on the story.
Then on Tuesday morning I heard it discussed on ABC's Radio National, later finding this story online.
While there is no suggestion that former US President Obama is planning a coup, it's fascinating that it's widely a topic for discussion.
And that the Australian media is picking up on the discussion suggests to me 'the tail is wagging the dog,' because this kind of news story is a reaction to unofficial sources.
In the days before the number of PR professionals overtook the number of journalists, one would expect that a news story would contain researched opinions.
These days it seems like media organisations are trying to outpace more nimble and less newsy websites in pursuit of clickbait headlines to drive page views.
When I read about this on Sunday night it occurred to me that it would probably be a couple of days before the Australian media picked up on the story.
While there is no suggestion that former US President Obama is planning a coup, it's fascinating that it's widely a topic for discussion.
And that the Australian media is picking up on the discussion suggests to me 'the tail is wagging the dog,' because this kind of news story is a reaction to unofficial sources.
In the days before the number of PR professionals overtook the number of journalists, one would expect that a news story would contain researched opinions.
These days it seems like media organisations are trying to outpace more nimble and less newsy websites in pursuit of clickbait headlines to drive page views.
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