New in 2022
1) There's a reason reindeer are who Santa uses, given they're as fast as locomotives, plus many dogs don't care for snow and cats have a tendency to go their own way.
2) A reminder that
threeforthememories will be running again starting January 3! Its purpose is to share photos that each member has taken during the prior year. This might be the 3 photos that they feel best encapsulate their year, or are simply the ones they most wish to share by whichever criteria they choose. Anyone can participate by just joining the community.
3 for the Memories is not a competition, and entries are not being judged. Rather, participants are encouraged to share photos they find meaningful in some way as a form of sharing different experiences with one another. If you have any questions, visit our masterpost or just ask here.
3) Given the need of many newsrooms to cut costs, it's unsurprising that they'd be among the first to start closing most of their offices. But apparently they're not alone.
The UK regional publisher Archant will close 8 of its 12 offices by March…Archant publishes four daily newspapers - The East Anglian Daily Times, Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Evening News, and Ipswich Star - and around 150 weekly newspapers and magazines across the UK.
Reach, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher - it owns titles like the Daily Mirror and Daily Express - had previously announced that it would be closing three-quarters of its offices…The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism recently surveyed “132 senior industry leaders from 42 countries” and found that 24% of them had already cut office space, with another 16% planning to do so.
Here in the U.S…Tribune Publishing closed five physical newsrooms…his week, the Tribune-owned Baltimore Sun announced that it is likely to shut down its printing presses; it’s unclear what will happen to its newsroom."
It also makes sense that journalism would lead the way because at least in the U.S. the majority of articles are now written by freelancers, so it's not like they need an office anyway. And as more industries start employing subcontractors for different kinds of work, that's just going to continue.
4) Just a reminder that DW is doing its annual holiday promo giving you bonuses for renewing a paid account or paying for someone else's account. And as social media gets worse and worse, it's good to support small businesses that don't exploit users for data or advertisers or use AIs to randomly censor content.
Although I have a permanent paid account, I would be happy to pay for someone else's account next year as a way of supporting the site. If you'd like me to do so for you or someone else, PM me.
5) Things are not looking good for U.S. abortion rights and 2022 may bring a catastrophe in that area. Some recent articles looked at how businesses may be affected, which is connected to where people do or don't want to live. If the latter becomes a trend, "winner take all" processes are going to make it even harder for voters in their state's minority to be heard.
View poll: Kudos Footer-329
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2) A reminder that
threeforthememories will be running again starting January 3! Its purpose is to share photos that each member has taken during the prior year. This might be the 3 photos that they feel best encapsulate their year, or are simply the ones they most wish to share by whichever criteria they choose. Anyone can participate by just joining the community.
3 for the Memories is not a competition, and entries are not being judged. Rather, participants are encouraged to share photos they find meaningful in some way as a form of sharing different experiences with one another. If you have any questions, visit our masterpost or just ask here.
3) Given the need of many newsrooms to cut costs, it's unsurprising that they'd be among the first to start closing most of their offices. But apparently they're not alone.
The UK regional publisher Archant will close 8 of its 12 offices by March…Archant publishes four daily newspapers - The East Anglian Daily Times, Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Evening News, and Ipswich Star - and around 150 weekly newspapers and magazines across the UK.
Reach, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher - it owns titles like the Daily Mirror and Daily Express - had previously announced that it would be closing three-quarters of its offices…The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism recently surveyed “132 senior industry leaders from 42 countries” and found that 24% of them had already cut office space, with another 16% planning to do so.
Here in the U.S…Tribune Publishing closed five physical newsrooms…his week, the Tribune-owned Baltimore Sun announced that it is likely to shut down its printing presses; it’s unclear what will happen to its newsroom."
It also makes sense that journalism would lead the way because at least in the U.S. the majority of articles are now written by freelancers, so it's not like they need an office anyway. And as more industries start employing subcontractors for different kinds of work, that's just going to continue.
4) Just a reminder that DW is doing its annual holiday promo giving you bonuses for renewing a paid account or paying for someone else's account. And as social media gets worse and worse, it's good to support small businesses that don't exploit users for data or advertisers or use AIs to randomly censor content.
Although I have a permanent paid account, I would be happy to pay for someone else's account next year as a way of supporting the site. If you'd like me to do so for you or someone else, PM me.
5) Things are not looking good for U.S. abortion rights and 2022 may bring a catastrophe in that area. Some recent articles looked at how businesses may be affected, which is connected to where people do or don't want to live. If the latter becomes a trend, "winner take all" processes are going to make it even harder for voters in their state's minority to be heard.
View poll: Kudos Footer-329
Comments at Dreamwidth
.