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  I've sent out three single page letters recently, all formatted correctly, stamped correctly (Forever stamps), and they have all been lost in the USPS system. wtf man.

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  So I had to explain what curiosity is to a lazy challenge of "What would you have done?" because the entire reason they keep failing is lack of curiosity.

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  So I uh, wrote a book. (#bookstodon) I want it to get out as far as possible because I think it is an important story to tell. It's already quiet released, but my #publisher (Direct Press) wants to do something special for the release. So I'm here to ask my fellow #authors and #writing enthusiasts how would you announce and release your first book? Assuming the goal is for the most #readers not necessarily most sales. Thanks for your time.

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  Let's just make this happen, printing isn't happening yet so here's the eBook, for free, for Apply Direct Pressure (#ADP) a story about the Federal Occupation of #Minneapolis and how to community organize. https://dpbk.ink/adp Details about the book and other copy can be found at https://applydirectpressure.com along with details about the illustrator Joe Groove. #eBook #release #announcement

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  APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE, a novel by Julian Ferris. Illustrated by Joe Groove. 📖 DPBK.INK/ADP "Direct pressure. You would not believe how far direct pressure gets you. People want the dramatic thing, the tourniquet, the tool with a name, and most of the time, what the body needs is a stranger's whole weight pressed down on the one place that matters and the patience to keep it there while everything else screams." — Chapter Three: Nikki #Ebook #Books #ADP

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  APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE, a novel by Julian Ferris. Illustrated by Joe Groove. 📖 DPBK.INK/ADP Fear as a supply "Fear was a supply like any other. You did not spend it early. You did not spend it on a feeling. You waited until you knew, and then you spent exactly as much as the thing required and not one call more." Sig Anders, 58, standing in a dark window in Whittier on the first night. — Chapter Two: Sig Bookstodon #Books #Minneapolis #ADP

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  APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE, a novel by Julian Ferris. Illustrated by Joe Groove. Chapter Eight: The Porches 📖 DPBK.INK/ADP "You cannot intimidate a rooted thing into running, and you cannot panic a slow thing into rashness, and an old woman who has decided to sit on her porch and witness is a kind of immovable object that no amount of official noise can move." Dolores Reyes, 79. Bad knees, a coat, a notebook. #Minneapolis #MutualAid #Book #ADP

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  So, I have a decision to make, to be a baddie and weaponize a piece of software I made or use it for good and help the tech industry fix their software. One would bring me great karma and a feeling of doing a good thing, the other eventually a boon of a reward. #infosec #cybersecurity #life #decisions

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  Hello #Mastodon! Time for an #introduction. I'm Julian "Rusty" Ferris — tinkerer by trade, breaking and fixing computers for a living. New to the fediverse, learning the ropes with the #FIFA #WorldCup on in the background. Most days I untangle problems other people made. When I can't find a fix I like, I build a small tool of my own, usually in #Rust or #Python. Say Hello, Hola, Bonjour, Hallo, Ciao or ···· ·· if you're old school. Boosts appreciated while I find my foot...