OldFartPhil

I've had the same issue. A poster in another thread suggested selecting "English" in the Select Language drop-down menu before hitting the Reply button. It may be a coincidence, but that has worked for me to prevent the eternal spinner.

I'm listening to The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson. Written by an older, crankier Bryson than I'm used to, but still a decent "read".

Reading The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. I like the book, but so far I'm finding the world-building and backstories more interesting than the main plot.

I haven't read anything by Scalzi I haven't liked.

A victory for bullshit, disinformation and conspiracy theories by a Trump-appointed judge. Just great.

I use it because that’s what my Linux distro packages. It’s fine, but unless you’re averse to change there really isn’t any reason for a regular Firefox user to choose ESR over the regular release. I do occasionally get flagged by websites for using an out of date release, which is kind of annoying.

These are pretty mainstream, but I'm a regular visitor to Ars Technica. I also like the cheeky headlines and writing style of The Register.

The P stands for "Piss off, Zuck".

You're welcome. Used to see rocks like that all the time when I lived at the beach, sometimes with the clam shells still embedded.

It's a rock that's been holed by boring clams: https://carnegiemnh.org/not-boring-clams/

If you want to know what kind or rock it is, I can't help you there.

Thank you!

• A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. The audiobook was narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal, the author of the Lady Astronaut books. She did a great job voicing the plucky heroine.
• Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next by Bradley Onishi. Pretty much what it says on the tin. A history of white Christian nationalism from the civil rights era to today and why the heck did 80% of evangelicals support a president who was the embodiment of everything they oppose?
• Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward. A good psychological thriller with lots of plot twists.
• In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. This was a re-read and Bryson never disappoints.
• The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa by Jonathan B. Losos. Interesting read.
• The Blighted Stars by Megan E O'Keefe. A lot of different plot lines in this character driven survival story. A solid 3.5 out of 5.
• Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe by Philip Plait. The author paints beautiful pictures of what it would be like to observe the wonders of our solar system and the universe close-up.

I "read" a lot of audiobooks, so I go through titles pretty quickly.

Testing. I posted this from lemmy.world 17 hours ago and it hasn't federated with kbin.social yet. Testing to see whether a new post will trigger federation.