Maintainability FTW!

My rice-cooker has been out of action for a while, because the non-stick surface went the way of all non-stick surfaces. The rest of it still works nicely, so I really didn't want to chuck the whole thing out and buy a new one.
It finally occurred to me that it was made in this country, so I contacted the manufacturer. Yes, Jata will sell me a replacement bowl, for a reasonable price.

My phone's USB port decided it can no longer be bothered transferring data. Fairphone sell a replacement part for just that port, so that's en route. Previously this would have meant a new phone after just a year and a half.

More manufacturers like this, please.

Hello everyone! Time for an #Introduction.

I'm Rochelle Potkar, a writer and poet from Mumbai, India.

I write literary fiction, poetry, haibun, and stories for the screen. My recent novels range from the satirical family comedy 'The D'Costa Family' to the social drama 'The Fabric Goddesses. I'm now back at my desk with bitter coffee and a new literary thriller.

I'm looking forward to meeting curious creative minds here.

#WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon #PoetsOfMastodon #literaryfiction

Part of why I'm baffled and outraged by #AI is because I'm a traditional storyteller. The stories I tell are fascinating to me because they have been told by countless generations. Shaped by every single person who passed them on. In spoken word, person to person, retelling them in the moment with deep attention to their audience's moods and needs. The stories kept changing but they changed through human connection.

Stories are not "content" or "text". They are connection.

#storytelling

“but how would you know what the IP address was, grandad?”

“well, that’s the thing, it didn’t have one.”

“oh, so how would you update the firmware then?”

“it had none. it was just a tea kettle.”

“woah.”

#microfiction