Boris goes through his complex social media setup:
Mostly POSSE bmannconsulting.comBoris Mann https://bmannconsulting.com/blog/2024/01/06/mostly-posse/ I appreciate the walkthrough and seeing others’s setup. After about 3 months on Micro.blog I feel like I could still go further. I am partial-POSSE (Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) but not quite ready for PESOS (Publish Elsewhere, Syndicate to Own Site).
POSSE Β± PESOS? I use Micro blog as my main launch point on the web now, cross-posting to my π¦ Bluesky (@chadkohalyk.
2024 is βThe Year the World Votesβ because nearly half the world will be voting for new national leadership. Here is a roundup from FP. A big year for fighting disinformation.
This panel of women leaders from the Yukon was a fun listen and very inspiring for 2024. The assumption of subsidiarity in the North reminds me of what I read in Graeber+Wengrow’s Dawn of Everything #governance
Sent out my final newsletter of the year! Now it is time to kick back, get the noodles going, and watch some end of year Japanese TV (for the last timeβ¦) ππ΄π€βͺοΈπ²
I think this photo is my fav of the year.
Historically my annual βbest ofβ posts are a roundup of the best books and film I consumed, but this year I would like to add a little bit more about personal developments. With my father-in-law passing in 2022, this year was about cleaning up the estate, healing, and enjoying Japan before returning to Canada.
We were able to get quite a bit of travel in: Tanegashima, Kagoshima, and Kirishima in the south; a summer break in Iki; and in the north Iwate, Fukushima and Aomori.
As described in my previous post, Istanbul is a city of layers. Nothing demonstrates this more than one of the gems of the city: the Hagia Sophia.
Built on the site of an earlier Christian church erected in 336 AD by Constantius II (son of the Emperor Constantine) the current building was made in the 532 AD by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. For a thousand years it was the largest building in the world.
Merry Xmas! π After opening prezzies we drove to Ako, famous for Chuushingura (The 47 Ronin), and had lunch with a lovely view of the Seto Inland Sea. So nice and warm π₯°
Last day of work for 2023 is done. βοΈ What a year! ποΈ And I finished it with Inbox Zero πͺ
Tonight I took a yuzu bath ππ as I enter 10 days of rest, relaxation, and recharging π§ββοΈ with my books and my family βοΈπ₯° Hope you too enjoy your hols! π₯πΎπ
11 year old: βOMG my friend she is SO ready for the zombie apocalypse! She can climb trees π² she has a katana π‘οΈ AND she has an iPad with OFFLINE games!β π±πΎ
From Heatmap Daily: βAmericans often refer to their electricity or gas providers as βpublic utilities.β But only about 15% of the population is served by a government-owned, customer-owned, or member-owned electric utility.β The rest are private monopolies. #ClimateCrisis
In The Hundred Years' War on Palestine Rashid Khalidi takes us through six turning points of modern Palestinian history woven with family and personal history, including his frontline experience escaping Beirut during the 1982 Lebanon War. Khalidi has a long history as an advocate and an academic and writes a highly detailed account with an insider view. He covers the early Zionist movement, the Nakba of 1948, the Six Day War of 1967, the Lebanon War, the Intifadas and the rise of Hamas, giving context throughout as to who the geostrategic players are and how they change.
