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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚
@dnschmidt.com

I keep seeing posts complaining that the internet sucks now. "It didn't used to be like this! You used to be able to find information. It's just a store now, but it used to be a library." Skill issue, bro. The internet doesn't suck. You suck at research. But don't worry. I'm here to help. 🧵

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Steve ForTheDeaf
@steveforthedeaf.bsky.social

Well, it’s all told through the filter of the surviving Heavy Metal obsessed kids who didn’t die in the first story. Last time it was rock nerd trivia that kept them alive. Media literacy & meme culture is the key to survival in the sequel. But the dead characters are still alive… online.

D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚
@dnschmidt.com

Yes, Google decided to break its search engine. But Google isn't "the internet" any more than Marvel is "the movies." Film isn't a dead art form just because Quip Man 3 had the emotional depth of a Frisbee. What do we do when something stops working? We try something else.