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[flambeau]

Every time I listen to Schizophrenic I hear something that makes me smile.

sherrold linked to this utterly fascinating page of photos and text from a young woman who rides her motorcycle through the "dead zone" of Chernobyl. Apparently those who come for "extreme tourism" can't stand the silence. It's a bit like watching Stalker, which freaked me out

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[catscradle]

In other news, the word I've seen misspelled the most times this week is apocalypse, which is fascinating because I didn't think people used it that often. Maybe it's a sign.

Funny, because I routinely misspell San Francisco.

I was forced by my thesis advisor to get with the program and learn to spell apocalypse or die of embarrassment during my defense. That's the only reason I know how to spell it so well.

On the LJ thing, I can dig "read by", but I'm not sure about the "trusted by" - I think that one goes a step beyond "friend of" in terms of the conspiracy minded. I may very well read an LJ of a person I don't like, don't trust, but get endless amount of amusement from. Not that I do that, but I could. ;)

[flambeau]

Yeah, that's the new can of worms. :) I think there's talk of breaking it into two separate categories, when/if such a feature is implemented, but frankly I think just "read by" should suffice.

[catscradle]

I have to wonder who sat there and thought of "trusted by" though. Was it really an issue of making the LJ more personal that "friend", "trust" or something that illustrates a personal, vested intrest be employed? Odd that.

Thanks for posting to the deadzone website, btw. I just read though it now and it's rather amazing. Gutsy lady to ride though there on her bike.

[flambeau]

I think it's about being able to read people's friendslocked entries. Which you can't necessarily do, depending on their filters and so on, so it's a bit misleading as well as unnecessarily intimate.

Isn't that the coolest site? If she had a mailto link, I'd totally propose to her.

[catscradle]

She's uber cool. In the interest of fair play and the fact that you called dibs, I wonder if she's into polyamory . . . ;)

Considering a trip to the area when I visit a friend in Latvia (well, if I visit, considering my current finances. . . ), haven't thought of it before, but the dead zone might now be listed as something to see. Though there's something about the idea of it being a tourist attraction that feels very icky. If I couldn't do it on my own or with some friends, I don't think I'd do it.

[elynross]

In what way, about reading friendslocked posts? I'm really confused by this whole thing. Presumably we'll still have filters to lock by, if we were wont to do so? Bah. Confusion reigns, and I still haven't gone home. Although hopefully your teeth are clean, and you have gone to bed. squints off to the...northwestish, a bit.

[flambeau]

I think the assumption would be that if people friend you, you can read their friendsonly entries, and hence they trust you - which totally does not take filters into account, but I guess "maybe trusts you, maybe not" is a bit too complicated. *g*

[elynross]

I like it! I think we should have extremely detailed categories, so everyone knows exactly where they stand in relation to you. Blatant honesty. That'll make everyone feel better. Right?