Marshdrifter

I'm not optimistic about it, tbh. For the past few years people have been talking about how bad the year was and how things will improve with the new one. They haven't. Some things will be better, but the cascading failure has started and will continue to increase in intensity and numbers.

Yes, but I have to make it tiny. Also, do you still have the Jersey stuff?

Just remembered that my reason for having a flickr account was so I could host photos posted on the board. Probably should have held on to that. I mean, it's still there, but no longer pro and way overloaded.

Cool. Send me your address.

I'm not interested in a shirt, but can send you the image that I used.

No problem. PM me your address.

Yes. I still have some patches left, if anyone wants one.

As many of you know, I had an idea for an expedition patch. After a brief amount of discussion on Twitter, we decided on a Screaming Fist patch. Fuldog and Sentinel400 came up with the design and I ordered it from a manufacturer. I still have a few patches to mail out and a few more that remain unallocated. If anyone wants one, please feel free to contact me.

Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carré. It's a lot better than Legacy of Spies.

A few of quick thoughts about this before I miss my bus: 1. I'm in favour of leaving for a week at first, if only to send a message. 2. Eventually, we'll all need to move. For-profit social media platforms are pretty much guaranteed to introduce biases that affect your social connections. This is not a good thing. 3. OTOH, I'll always have some level of Twitter presence. Too much of the professional marketing is necessary, there. Personal sphere, though. That's mine. 4. It will take time to build up the next platform, but that cycle is much quicker now than it was previously. The first thing we did when we joined Twitter was find other WGBers (and other friends, for those that have some). As we move from platform to platform, the first thing we do is find and connect with those we're already connected to on the previous platforms. 5. On the news junky thing, I (and some of my archaeo-nerd friends) have gone back to RSS feeds this year. The quality and volume of news is so much better than it had been when I relied on SM to provide it.

Hmm... can't get the embedding to work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu3McjajsNE

Perfect for walking around the city in the rain.

Yes, Paypal. Interestingly enough, a Canadian Paypal account will let you connect to an American bank account as well as a Canadian account. American Paypal accounts won't let you connect to any foreign accounts. You can't connect the accounts all at once, though.