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   Tim Merrigan to evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
   Re: Test   
   10 May 24 10:39:19   
   
   From: tppm@ca.rr.com   
      
   On Fri, 10 May 2024 09:05:23 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper"   
    wrote:   
      
   >FWIW, you can expect a post from me every Sunday.   
   >   
   >On 5/10/24 8:25 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >> Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   >>> alan@thewoodfords.uk (Alan Woodford) wrote:   
   >>>> Yours was the first post I've seen since Sunday...   
   >>   
   >>> Curious.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know which is worse, the time when this group was so busy   
   >> that nobody could read all the posts (and I for one had to resort to   
   >> killfiling all posts that mentioned Bush), or the current time when   
   >> the group is so quiet that important fannish news and issues aren't   
   >> even mentioned here.   
   >>   
   >> I'm hoping that all the censorship, excessive ads, random changes, and   
   >> hostile ownership of so-called social networks will result in a return   
   >> to the open, unowned, and uncensored parts of the net, which of course   
   >> includes Usenet.   
   >>   
   >> I know that at least one prolific poster is temporarily offline   
   >> because of attending a filk convention in Germany.   
      
   For what it's worth, I know not much for some of youall, but if the   
   whovians are still cross-posting here, there should be some activity   
   today or tomorrow as the new season (series for you Brits) starts   
   today.   
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