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SoftBank won’t buy $3 billion in WeWork stock
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Inside the story of how H-E-B planned for the pandemic
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Tildes' Backlog Burner Event: Shrink your unread books list this April!
What is this? First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our...
What is this?
First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our attention away from the news, and I know that many of us have accumulated quite the to-read list of books. As such, I'm thinking it could be fun for us to tackle those lists together and collectively clean up our clutter! Let's all burn through our backlogs!
The goal isn't necessarily to completely clear them, just to put a dent in them.
How does it work?
Your "backlog" is all those books you've been meaning to get around to read, but never have yet! For the purposes of this event, an item can be removed from your backlog in one of three ways:
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Finished: you completed the book
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Moved On: you tried it out, but it didn't hold your interest or wasn't for you
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Removed: you are choosing to remove this from your backlog without reading it, likely because it no longer interests you, but really for any reason at all
Use this thread to talk about your backlogs, plan for the month, and once you start reading, inform us of any backlog downsizing and their associated categories. Give us a list of the books you removed. Tell us why you moved on from what you were just reading. Gush about how a particular item held your interest long enough to see it through. The goal of this isn't to read every book you own; it's to explore what you already have in the way that's best, and most meaningful, for you. If you're not enjoying a book, dump it and move on!
If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post for games to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics or anything else like that, go for it!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Wednesday, for the four weeks of April. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective books we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Each week, I'll also include some "focus" areas which can help narrow down choices for what to read. Those are just recommendations for fun, however. Read whatever you like, whenever you like, however you like! If it's in your backlog, then it's automatically a good choice!
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
Focuses for Week 1:
- Books that have been on your to-read list for more than a year
- Books that have single-word titles
- Books that are less than 200 pages
Let's burn through these backlogs!
Meta Note: I am also running this same event for ~games as well. I am not active in the other media-focused communities on Tildes, but I encourage someone(s) to pick this up and run it concurrently for ~movies, ~tv, ~anime, and/or ~music (and any other places you think it might fit). I like the idea of it being sitewide, with people participating in their media format(s) of choice. Any runners for those groups have my full permission to steal this wholesale, tweak it for their target group, and post it there.
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Astartes - Part Five
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Despite having the highest death toll so far, Italy's coronavirus deaths are far higher than reported, with thousands dying but never being tested
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Operation red herring | YouTube geographic
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2020 BAFTA Games Awards winners announced - Outer Wilds wins Best Game
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Icelandic farming union has been surprised by the enthusiastic response to its appeal for volunteers to help sick farmers out during the Covid-19 outbreak
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As with any other poison, viruses are usually deadlier in larger amounts
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The unseen pandemic: Refugee camps such as those in Bangladesh are a tinderbox for the spread of the coronavirus
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Social Security recipients who don’t usually file tax returns will automatically get $1,200 payments, Treasury says in reversal
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Seventy-one infected with coronavirus at Sacramento church. Congregation tells county ‘leave us alone’
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Anne Feeney - We Just Come to Work Here (We Don’t Come to Die)
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Browser gestures cause this weird issue
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis quietly signs second order overruling all local coronavirus orders, including church bans
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What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
A list of all previous topics in this series can be found here.
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Leaked Amazon memo details plan to smear fired US warehouse organizer: ‘He’s not smart or articulate’
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Zoom's explosion in popularity is shining a bright spotlight on the service's privacy and data-collection practices
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Dolly Parton will read children's books at bedtime on social media
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Windbound | Announcement trailer
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The Last of Us Part II delayed due to logistical issues, no new release date set yet
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What's a good name for my open source, tactical WW2 FPS?
I’m going to be making an fully libre, tactical, co-op, WW2 FPS in the ioquake3 engine. I need an idea for a name. Anyone have ideas? It's going to be kind of like Day of Infamy, if you've ever...
I’m going to be making an fully libre, tactical, co-op, WW2 FPS in the ioquake3 engine. I need an idea for a name. Anyone have ideas?
It's going to be kind of like Day of Infamy, if you've ever played it. You're going to be working through the enemy's base (Axis or Allies, depending on which side you choose) with your friends, trying to complete an objective. You can either be stealthy, go guns blazing, or anywhere in between. There's also going to be TDM, where you either attack or defend against another team of players. I'm hoping to increase longevity by making it completely open source.
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Wild orangutans learn to wash with soap
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - March 31
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
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Linear Algebra Done Right - Free electronic version
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What Shakespeare actually did during the plague
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Florida governor issues coronavirus stay-at-home order after heavy criticism
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Apple now lets some video streaming apps bypass the App Store cut
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716lavie: 716 Playlists - Arnaud Switch Groov Exp Playlist
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Finland enlists social influencers in fight against Covid-19 – government advice sent to bloggers, rappers and writers to get to those not reached by traditional media
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Megathread: April Fools' Day 2020 on the internet
It's already started a little, but over the next day or so, the internet will be filled with jokes, pranks, fake "announcements" from companies, fun interactive activities, games, and so on. A lot...
It's already started a little, but over the next day or so, the internet will be filled with jokes, pranks, fake "announcements" from companies, fun interactive activities, games, and so on. A lot of these can be quite clever and interesting so I think posting about them in general is fine, but in the interest of preventing them from completely taking over Tildes, let's try to keep as many of them restricted to this thread as possible. Ideally, a separate top-level comment for each individual item would be good.
If something particularly discussion-worthy comes up (like an ARG or activity that a lot of people want to talk about), a separate thread is reasonable, but please make sure it has the "april fools day" tag. That way, if anyone wants to avoid seeing the April Fools' Day threads, they can use the topic tag filters and filter that tag out.
The above text was taken from last year's April Fools megathread, so I figured we continue with the same idea this year. :)
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Susumu Hirasawa - Cambodian Limbo (2003)
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Bon Appétit chefs make their favorite coffee | Test Kitchen Talks @ Home
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The coronavirus pandemic is reminding us to look inwards and self reflect
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What's on your bookshelf?
Here is mine but I want to see yours! Feel free to ask any questions about books here!
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Down to earth, present or near-future, science or science fiction stories featuring space?
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge...
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge my fascination with space (and things coming from it) and how that relates to contemporary imagination.
Any suggestions?
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Gwar - Carry On Wayward Son (2012)
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How epidemics of the past changed the way Americans lived
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The life and death of Golden Eagle #1703
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A milk surplus in Japan caused by shutting down schools has caused increased interest in homemade "so" cheese
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Early meme site YTMND has been resurrected with the help of fans
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - April 1
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
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Testing backlogs at US private laboratories have ballooned
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Social Security recipients who don’t usually file tax returns will automatically get $1,200 payments, Treasury says in reversal
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How many jobs can be done at home? UChicago study
PDF: https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf
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Tom's Anti-Zen
1. My Friend, the Moon When Tom was younger, he went to buy fresh bread every evening with his mother, Alice. They always walked and the bakery was far from home, so it was not uncommon for the...
1. My Friend, the Moon
When Tom was younger, he went to buy fresh bread every evening with his mother, Alice. They always walked and the bakery was far from home, so it was not uncommon for the Moon to come out along the way. "Hello, Mister Moon! Do you wanna come with us?", he liked to say. When they arrived at the bakery, he looked to his mother, excited, and said "Look ma! The Moon came with us!", and did the same when they got home.
2. Fiction
"Did you know that The Hulk was a detective once?", says Alice. Tom is 4. He puts his hand in the forehead in a gesture of superb irritation. "No, mom, this is make-believe!".
3. Cookie Conundrum
According to Tom, a mysterious group of sinister chipmunks was eating the cookies in the jar. When Alice asked for proof, Tom replied that a secret group of chipmunks got rid of all the evidence.
4. Ice Cream Dilemma
"So, mom, you have two options" — said Tom, seriously. "There are only two ice-cream flavors: chocolate and vanilla. Any choice is fine by me".
5. Tom and the Rats
Tom's house used to be infested with large disgusting rats. One day, he shouted: "Rats are the worse! No wonder we call them rats!
6. Dream Logic
Tom dreamed that his forehead could fly without him, leaving a hole in his head. When he woke up in the morning, there was a deer on the porch eating a hot-dog.
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The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital's metro
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