feels so familiar, I'm gettin queasy

Do you recall? Did you participate?

There was a pen-pal program - you got an actual pen-pal that you wrote letters to (on paper) Pretty sure it was primarily for young coming-out gaybies back in the late 1980s/early 1990s. I heard about it (age 17 I think) clandestinely on the transformational radio program 'This Way Out' in the wee hours when I should have been asleep.

I got a pen-pal and we corresponded for a bit until we met (!) at a Jack-in-the-Box near the Los Angeles Gay Center. I had to use a friend's address to get the letters.

There was also a 'coming out group' (?) at the LA Gay Center; I forget what it actually was called but I'm pretty sure the two were connected in some way.

I've contacted 'This Way Out', they didn't know what I was talking about. The LA Gay Center is impossible to contact, so no luck there.

The whole thing was just a life saver and I want to thank whoever created that pen-pal program.

Do you know who created it/how to contact them? Did you participate in either the pen-pal program or the 'coming out' groups at the LA Gay Center in/around 1989-1991?

Spotted this up on Twin Peaks today. Apologies for such poor quality. It reads NO U.S. AID TO ISRAEL

Not sure who put it there

Do you keep a journal? Why/Why not?

If so, in what format (online, paper, other)? For how long have you kept at it? How honest/full-disclosure are you?

I'm an over-50 gay man thinking about taking it up again.

Thanks

Get out those measuring tapes...how big is it?

Your book collection.

I thought this was a fun/silly thing to chat about and wanted to share it here.

I use the My Library app on Android to catalog my personal collection (less than 800 books but growing)

Do you ever 'weed' your collection? What's your ratio of print to ebooks? Do you collect in certain subject area(s)? From where do you acquire? (used bookstores, online, new bookstores, etc.)

Thanks for sharing!

Are there any other single gay guys (50+) out here?

I'm not looking for dating/relationship advice/offers.

I'm asking single gay men: What are your retirement plans?

Is there a retirement village where all the gays go to?

Right now, I rent in SF. I'm alone

Title I do not want a Microsoft account. Microsoft doesn't need any more info about me than they already have. Thanks

Have you read any of these? plan to? recognize an author?

Shortlist will release on Sept 16

Winner announced Tuesday Nov 12

How can I tell which print edition of the New Yorker has the online article? Do all online articles appear in the print edition?

I read the online Interview with Justin Torres, loved it, I want the print edition to frame. The online edition says it was published 12/31/2023, I just can't find it in print.

"He had the handsomest wop kisser I ever saw" -Jean Genet "Thief's Journal" p.185

What does wop kisser mean?

I'm in the US.

I haven't discerned a pattern, by the media, in the titling of the horror currently underway.

I've seen Al Jazeera use both phrasings. I haven't determined that other media sites are hardlining their terminology either, but I notice the difference as I browse.

Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but these days people seem extra sensitive about names.

David Wojnarowicz was born this day (9/14/1954). Artist in a variety of media, and hero to at least one freaked-out fa%%ot in the closet back in the late 80s/early 90s. Whether he wanted to or not, he gave voice and form to the absolute RAGE felt by a population that was dying so those that survived could create a better world for LGBT people. More. More. And this latest book of letters!

Recently started using Alexandrite and am really enjoying the experience, but have questions.

I'm thinking of Alexandrite as the chocolate shell over my lemmy.world ice cream cone. Alexandrite is not an instance, correct?

I have not found a place on Alexandrite where my subscriptions (joined communities) are listed. Is this not yet available?

I assume that if I join a community in one (either Alexandrite or Lemmy.world) it will sync with the other. True?

I've joined communities in Alexandrite, but they don't show in the list of subscribed communities in lemmy.world. That just may take more time. Yes?

Thanks!

Title.

Newbie, recently joined, 7/1/23.

Right now, I'm on three: Lemmy.world (my 'main' or 'home'), kbin, and Blahaj Lemmy. I'm looking at Reddthat and sh.itjust.works as well.

Just curious. I know most of the content will overlap, but there are differences in philosophy/moderator style, etc.

Do you like having ONE instance?

I'm loving Alexandrite as the Dove dark chocolate enrobing my lemmy.world ice cream bar!

From https://kottke.org/:

Elstob is a variable font for medievalists that based on types used by the Oxford University Press in the 17th and 18th centuries. Try the specimens page to play around with features like ligatures and the long s.

I have accounts on Lemmy.world and Blahaj Lemmy and kbin. I would like to delete my account from Lemmy.world as they are not defederating from Meta/Threads. Plus, Lemmy.world is huge and spreading things across the fediverse makes sense.

When I go to Settings and try to delete my account in Lemmy.world, I'm asked to enter my password, I do, the response is a 'Saved' message, but the account is still there.

I want to keep my instance on Blahaj Lemmy, just not my instance on Lemmy.world

There must be an answer that I'm just not seeing. Thoughts?

Hello,

I randomly downloaded Connect for Lemmy, but I've never used apps on my phone for social.

When I try to view comments I get the error message "couldnt_get_comments"

I'm not sure what could be causing the problem. It makes the app worthless, but I don't want to give up on it if I'm doing something wrong.

Has anyone else had the error message and resolved it?

Thanks

Is there an option/setting to turn on infinite scroll on lemmy.world?