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incredible book cover

kolya ,
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@ElleGray created by Exeter Bookbinders who only got a Facebook page now
https://www.facebook.com/www.exeterbookbinders.co.uk/

pluralistic , to random
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That shard tho

kolya ,
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@pluralistic We get it, you can fly now. :rolleyes:

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There are two kinds of people: those who forgot what 8 was for and those who never knew what 8 was for.

kolya ,
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@BrianBinh 10 for everything, everything, EVERYTHING!

pluralistic , to random
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Etiquette proposal: if you invite someone from another to a teleconference, the onus is on you to present all times in their local timezone, rather than your own - that is, the person asking should bear the labor of timezone conversions, not the person being asked.

kolya ,
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@pluralistic I think this is one problem that's easier solved by tech than by etiquette, eg a website link that shows everyone the same date but converted to their timezone. I saw a service like that lately, will update if I find it again.

kolya ,
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@pluralistic Well they would send you links to the date-converter website instead. And then you can see easily if the dates work for you. The onus to create such links is still on them of course. It's just easier for all sides.

kolya ,
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@pluralistic In that case the pain arises mainly from having 10 possible dates to begin with. Still a conversion service would ease that pain a bit. What you suggested instead is that they should convert those 10 dates for you, possibly without even knowing where you are. How is that better?

kolya ,
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@pluralistic That would only work only if they knew where you will be in the next two weeks. What if you're planning a weekend trip to New York?
I'm suggesting tomorrow 8pm, Berlin time. Now you can enter your own city: https://gmt0.com/?loc=germany_berlin%2C%2C&ts=1706036400

kolya ,
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@pluralistic This seems to be less about a general etiquette and more about a power imbalance, because someone's asking you a favour and you want them to do the work.
Anyway, @derpoltergeist suggested a good solution with doodle polls.

kolya ,
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@pluralistic @derpoltergeist What I meant is this is a very specific use case, unlike the general proposition on etiquette you started with. Here's a counter example: There's a movie club that regularly invites me to their virtual film screenings. This fits your initial proposal, but they are offering me a favour.
So this isn't about who invites who, but simply they who want the favour should do the leg work.

riggbeck , to bookstodon group French
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@bookstodon

kolya ,
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@riggbeck @bookstodon
That quote is not from a book. It's just something Moondog said. In this case it was recorded on a track for a rock compilation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog#cite_note-18

kolya ,
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@riggbeck @bookstodon A quote doesn't have to be from a book. But when you're trying to get kids to read and have literally millions of quotes from books to choose from, selecting one that was never in a book seems kinda lazy if not disingenuous, don't you think?

kolya ,
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@riggbeck @bookstodon It's cool that this quote expresses things you feel about reading. But when you're trying to introduce kids to reading it should probably give them a glimpse of what they're missing. Just my 2c.

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Jackie Wilson performs at the Trianon Ballroom, Chicago (1964)
Photo: Raeburn Flerlage / Chicago History Museum

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@sk76

Trianon Ballroom building
Trianon Ballroom entry on a busy night

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