I'm moving! This instance is shutting down, so here is where you can follow me. For my food writing (Chuck Eats KC), my tech posts, and some politics, follow me at: @chuck
For my art: @chuckmunson@mastodon.art
My Twitch community and gaming: @prairiepirate

Hope to see all of you via one of these places!

Kansas City Restaurant Openings, Closings, and News – January 2024 https://chuckeatskc.com/kansas-city-restaurant-openings-closings-and-news-january-2024/ #KCMO #KansasCity #restaurants

Project Tapestry is on fire. Don’t think they will need 33 more days…support if you can! (Edited to add link to Kickstarter)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry?ref=user_menu

#FediApps

Do you use Everand, the ebook provider formerly known as Scribd? We're pleased to report that we currently have 18 titles available there, including our newest titles and 9 volumes from the Jewish Poetry Project, with more on the way. https://www.everand.com/publisher/646240118/Ben-Yehuda-Press/popular

I've joined the exodus of amazing writers from #Substack to #Ghost. If you want the latest reviews and news of Kansas City restaurants and food scene, subscribe to my newsletter at https://chuck-eats-kc.ghost.io/ #KCeats #VisitKC #KCMO

someone has assembled a list of all known ai scraper agents so that you can block them from your server https://darkvisitors.com/

Meshuggah Bagels: Authentic New York Style Bagels https://chuckeatskc.com/meshuggah-bagels-authentic-new-york-style-bagels/ #KCMO #KCeats #KansasCity

"Kansas City Restaurant Openings, Closings, and News – December 2023" https://chuckeatskc.com/kansas-city-restaurant-openings-closings-and-news-december-2023/ #KCMO #KansasCity

Vaush with a great take on why the Democrats are so bad at messaging. They need to sound more populist and that's the good historical thing, no how "populism" is misused as a term these days. "Vaush Discusses How Democrats Should Change Their Strategy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeBJ73Wgob0

Funny and NSFW take on Mastodon as a great alternative so corporate social media. "Mastodon Is Bigger Than A Twitter Replacement" https://urbanists.video/w/aaf9d24b-d537-423e-aa87-5dc34da79fc2 #Mastodon #Fediverse #Twitter #Bluesky

I've been a listener of the Syntax.fm podcasts for years, but had to just unsubscribe to their newsletter because of the deceptive article links to Twitter. Come on guys, link to the original articles, not some posts on the platform run by the Space Nazi Karen. This is extremely disappointing given that the guys are voice and innovators in the industry. #WebDev

"Kansas City Restaurant Openings, Closings, and News – November 2023" Let’s look at the restaurant openings, closings, and other news for November 2023. https://chuckeatskc.com/kansas-city-restaurant-openings-closings-and-news-november-2023/ #KCMO #KansasCity #KCCeats

Oh nice, you can "hibernate" your LinkedIn account. So hibernated. I don't know if I've been on that useless platform for a decade or longer, but it has netted me no clients, no job interest, and very little networking. Good riddance.

I'm posting shorts daily on my Youtube channel for Chuck Eats KC. Last week, I tried the new location of Revocup, a local chain of Ethiopian coffeehouses. #KCMO #KansasCity https://youtube.com/shorts/DR8q_hCNNJo

I've switched from Chrome to Firefox about a decade ago. It's just as fast and intuitive, and container tabs are a game changer. It always catches me off guard when I see its market share is so low.

Booksellers are heroic and awesome, and we'd all be lost without them. It makes me so upset to hear that even though Half-Price Books has a union now, they still can't get a fair contract and their bosses are offering them a "raise" that is actually a pay cut. Please show your support for HPB union!

However, I would encourage nonprofits, news orgs and governments to actually delete their accounts on X.

Institutions are conservative and will be the last to go. But it's that institutional conservatism that gives the platform power.

We're entering an election year in the US, and Musk will do everything he can to make the world a darker place.

Withdraw that power from him. Your exit from his platform is _your_ power. You are not "staying and fighting", you are fueling his engine.

"Website business models that depended on clicks from social media are now broken." It was always a good idea to own your own relationships with your audience, but there's never been a better time than now. #Media https://www.axios.com/2023/10/03/social-media-traffic-news-sites-decrease?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

"The Problem With WordPress Is Positioning, Not Plugins" https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/10/problem-wordpress-positioning-not-plugins/

Noted #socialist agitator #AdamSmith once wrote, "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices."

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/04/dont-let-your-meat-loaf/#meaty-beaty-big-and-bouncy

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