Danica Swanson

@danicaswanson

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I wrote about why I think system conditions matter more than individual performance in producing quality writing, and why CLPs (conversational liquidity providers) on FC are underserved. Inspired by "Quality is Systemic," a great blog post by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, and by the members of the Return On Attention group chat. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/quality-writing-is-systemic

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Delighted to see that Bandcamp just announced their new playlist feature (in beta) -- something I've wanted for 10+ years! I was already working on a new drone music playlist for Drone Day. Now there's a better way to share it. Good timing. New playlist tomorrow. 🎧 🎶 https://bandcamp.com/about_playlists https://droneday.org/

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qc and show me your mini apps

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Thank you for the pizza slice @matchaxyz. 💚 💚 🍵 Love matcha!

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Public domain art of the day: "Fair Rosamund and Eleanor" - oil painting by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1920)

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I miss the heyday of Farcaster channels. Can't really blame anyone for not putting in the effort to keep channels lively when the future of channels remains in limbo, as it's a lot of work to do channels well. But it's sad to see them deteriorate. On the bright side, some people seem quite determined to keep their channels alive in spite of it all. (Shoutout to the /slowcore-hq members).

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Really appreciate all the likes and encouragement for my "public domain art of the day" project. Sharing images makes it easier for me to keep casting daily, even though the vast majority of my wordsmith energy is consumed elsewhere because I'm heads-down with 1) my grant writing studies, and 2) preparing to launch the New Creative Thing I've been dropping hints about lately. In a few weeks I'll be finished with my Certificate in Grant Writing, and there will be exciting news on the New Creative Thing too.

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Public domain art of the day: "Una Vestal" - oil painting by Alejo Vera y Estaca (1875)

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I've found essays of mine that were once published by reputable outlets (with my permission)... and then stolen, slightly altered in sneaky hard-to-detect ways that made me sound less credible, and re-published on a mirror site that looked legit. Maddening. It's one of the reasons I have so much finished-but-as-yet-unpublished writing in my private files.

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Public domain art of the day: "Scheherazade" - book illustration by Edmund Dulac from "Stories from the Arabian Nights" retold by Laurence Housman (1907)

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I'm GenX and I've been online since 1993. I remember those early heady days of the internet with great fondness, and I agree that Farcaster is the closest thing to that experience. That's one of the reasons I love it here. Gotta admit I miss old-school phpBB discussion forums and "webrings" of bloggers, too. Made most of my IRL friends that way. Can't help but wish FC channels had a similar vibe.

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Another marvelous hi-fi thread from Farcaster's best audiophile nichemaxxer and storyteller. Not to be missed, as usual. Mad respect for people who design rooms like this for deep listening. I dream of listening to drone music for hours in places like this. 😍 (Also making a note-to-self to read up on "kvadrat textiles").

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Public domain art of the day: "Endymion" - painting by John William Godward, 1893 (Seemed especially fitting for my mood today after finishing grant writing class #8: in need of an afternoon nap).

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Public domain art of the day: "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" - aquatint etching by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, ca. 1799

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Where I wanna be casting from

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Public domain art of the day: "The Hourglass" - oil painting by Evelyn De Morgan, 1905

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"Being curious is important to me... It feels to me like everyone has something unrepeatable to bring into the world. And we can manifest it by going in our direction of maximal interestingness. The pattern we make as our curiosity pulls us hither and thither, tail waving, as it chases a smell across a field—that pattern is a gift we give the world. [...] "There is something frustratingly Tao about curiosity. (1) It is by following your curiosity that you can bring something new and beautiful into the world as a gift to others. But (2) to go there you have to do things that you fear others will think are stupid or embarrassing. That is, you can only find the Tao by not looking for the Tao. By losing yourself in your line." ~ Henrik Karlsson

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Public domain art of the day: portrait of dancer Ruth St. Denis by Orval Hixon (1918)

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Spent much of today in back-to-back calls, which usually leaves me pretty drained and unable to shift back into deep-focus creative flow. But I'm in a much better headspace after today's calls. Inspired, even. A good sign!

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Public domain art of the day: "Musician with Cymbals" - stained glass panel by William Morris, 1868

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