Welcome to my fandom musings on Avatar: The Last Airbender and more. Here are some of my main posts (including outside links) grouped by category.

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Facebook has targeted politicians around the world – including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne – promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook’s behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed.

Sigh.

Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/03/03/facebook-lobbying.html

I happened on a couple of articles about writing better image alt-text on my reading page, so I'd like to share the links and list some of the things I didn't know and you might not, either.

Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (via alisx)
Alternative Text (via jesse_the_k)

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( Tell you something you don't know?Collapse )</li> </ul> Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/03/02/alt-text.html

Part video essay and part fanvid, this is a damning look at how straightwashed the Marvel Cinematic Universe is compared to the comics. (Heads up, James Gunn shows up in the opening so exercise caution)

Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/28/straightwashed-marvel.html

An incomplete list of the ways I relate to Finn, movies and Before the Awakening canon:

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Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/28/finn-relatable.html

historium has a commentfest for all history fandoms (which is defined as being up to the 1970s), whether fictional or RPF. The rules are: "Simply leave your prompt(s) and/or browse through other people's prompts to see what you can fill. All fanworks welcome - fic, art, icons, graphics, fanmixes, vids, podfic etc. etc."

(via yuuago)

Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/24/historium-commentfest-2019.html

Even before Tumblr's adult content ban, Pillowfort (PF) had touted itself as an alternative to Tumblr that has the sharing and exposure features of Tumblr but gives users greater control, such as post privacy settings, threaded comments, and user-created communities. Pillowfort was a beneficiary of Tumblr's decision much like Dreamwidth, but with far less ability than the mature and established Dreamwidth to capitalize on the windfall, being a site in beta testing and still working on scaleability and stability issues.

Taking the time and care necessary to get ready for prime time is anything but a discredit to the PF team, of course. Yet the site suffers from other issues that speak to a lack of professional skill and experience in web development, including basic backend failures (the 2,600-character username, anyone?). It remains to be seen whether these issues will be chalked up to growing pains or ultimately hold the platform back. ETA 2/24/2019: There are also reports that Pillowfort has had e-mail leaks and other security breaches as well.

Posts in this social media review series:

• Mastodon and its instances
• Tumblr trouble
• Living the Dreamwidth
• Snoozing on Pillowfort

Summary of Platform: Ever wished Tumblr and LiveJournal/Dreamwidth would have a love child with reblogs, post privacy settings, and a comment view that makes sense? Pillowfort is it, at least in larval stage.
Platform Usage: Tumblr mirror, joining communities and discussions

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Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/23/pillowfort-review.html

jesse_the_k posted: Easier Dreamwidth Posts with Markdown: the sequel

Read Markdown Simplifies Formatting Your DW Posts for an introduction and the formats you'll use daily.

This sequel covers the rest of Dreamwidth’s Markdown support.

• Paragraphs and line breaks


• Blockquotes


• Headings


• Reference links


• Images


• Ignoring Markdown commands

Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/22/dw-markdown-2.html

jesse_the_k posted: Managing Twitter

Three tools that help me interact with Twitter manageably.

Thread Reader App

Tchat.io

Tweetlogix

In case it's helpful for people on Twitter!

Dreamwidth entry URL: https://lj-writes.dreamwidth.org/2019/02/21/twitter-apps.html