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This book will help you escape from Elon Musk’s Twitter — or any other corporate social media platform. You’ll get started with the open-source Mastodon alternative./p>p>Check out the a stylepointer-events: none; hrefhttps://www.michaelmccallister.com/books/>Books/a> page for the story of how this book came to be. After an extended hiatus from book authoring, I couldn’t ask for a more worthwhile topic./p>h2>What’s different about Mastodon?/h2>p>Mastodon differs from corporate social media platforms in these important ways: a stylepointer-events: none; hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft wp-image-8418 size-full lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?resize113%2C145&ssl1 altBook cover for "Mastodon for Dummies" by Chris Minnick and Michael McCallister. width113 height145 srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 113px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 113/145; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft wp-image-8418 size-full srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?resize113%2C145&ssl1 altBook cover for "Mastodon for Dummies" by Chris Minnick and Michael McCallister. width113 height145 />/noscript>/a>/p>ul classwp-block-list>li>No one owns Mastodon, and anyone can set up a community./li>li>You are a valued member of the community, not an advertising target./li>li>There’s no algorithm that decides what you see. Your feed depends solely on who you follow./li>li>Community and conversation come first, not virality./li>/ul>h2 classwp-block-heading idh-what-else-is-in-the-book>What else is in the book?/h2>p>Chris and I quickly (the book is just 150 pages) walk you through the process of choosing a homebase on Mastodon. You’ll learn how to connect with other users, including your Tweeps who’ve joined the platform. Not sure how to be conversational on social media? We can help you post effectively too. /p>p>We tell you how to build a business on Mastodon too. You’ll find that it’s a very different vibe than Twitter, but if you really put your customers first, you’ll do well. /p>p>Besides all the good information we provide, you’ll find all the features — and fun — you expect from a em>For Dummies/em> book. (Confession: With apologies to the publishers I’ve worked with over the years, I’ve always wanted to write one of these. 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I’ve subscribed to it for a few years now, but the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc for overseas delivery (among other things). My issues have been appearing in my mailbox in seemingly random order./p>p>This week I received the a hrefhttps://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue268>October 2020 issue #268/a> with strong>BUILD A SMART HOME OFFICE/strong> on the cover. Inside was a small, but pleasant surprise. (em>Note/em>: I may disappoint you with the link; you’ll see a list of the stories, but can’t read them if you’re not a subscriber.)/p>p>On the first page of every LXF issue, the five guys (yes, I’m afraid they’re all men) who write most of the magazine’s content answer that month’s “Who We Are” question. This issue’s question was about top tips or tools to help readers to work smarter./p>p>I smiled at Nick Peers’ recommendation:/p>blockquote>p>If, like me, your thoughts and inspirations vanish as quickly as they appear, you need some way of getting them down on (virtual) paper. And what better tool than Joplin (https://joplinapp.org). which ended my years-long quest for a note-taking tool that does it all? Don’t believe me? Check out our tutorial in LXF260…/p>/blockquote>p>Nick doesn’t have anywhere near the space to include every critical detail, but I smiled because em>I wrote the bloody tutorial/em>!/p>p>Now a close reading of this little blurb doesn’t say explicitly that my tutorial persuaded him to try Joplin, thus ending “my years-long quest for a note-taking tool that does it all.” But I’m still going to believe that it did./p>h2>What is Joplin?/h2>p>So what is a hrefhttps://joplinapp.org>Joplin/a>? Well, it’s a few things:/p>ul>li>An open-source replacement for the commercial note-taker a hrefhttp://evernote.com>Evernote/a>/li>li>A place to write down all those brilliant ideas you have in your head, but can never seem to act on/li>li>A a hrefhttps://www.markdownguide.org/>Markdown/a> editor/li>li>A place to store interesting things you find online, and access with any device you have/li>/ul>p>Joplin imports your Evernote notebooks after you export them. If your favorite browser supports extensions, Joplin will let you save web pages and articles./p>h2>Using Joplin/h2>p>Here’s the default screen:/p>p>figure idattachment_7287 aria-describedbycaption-attachment-7287 stylewidth: 800px classwp-caption alignleft>a hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classwp-image-7287 size-full lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize670%2C321&ssl1 altEditing screen for the Joplin open-source notetaking app. width670 height321 data-srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?w800&ssl1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize300%2C144&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize768%2C368&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize668%2C320&ssl1 668w data-sizes(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670/321; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classwp-image-7287 size-full srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize670%2C321&ssl1 altEditing screen for the Joplin open-source notetaking app. width670 height321 srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?w800&ssl1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize300%2C144&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize768%2C368&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize668%2C320&ssl1 668w sizes(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px />/noscript>/a>figcaption idcaption-attachment-7287 classwp-caption-text>Joplin makes it easy to take notes and store them./figcaption>/figure>/p>p>You can organize your notes into Notebooks any way you like. Everything is searchable in the search bar at the top of the second column where your note titles live. The editor shows text with Markdown markings showing formatting. If you don’t know Markdown, use the standard text-editor toolbar at the top. Joplin then renders your notes in HTML on the right./p>p>If you don’t need to see both views, press strong>Ctrl+L/strong> to toggle that view. If you love to configure software so it’s just right, there’s strong>Tools > Options/strong> (or strong>Ctrl+,/strong>)./p>p>Joplin runs on Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iOS, so you should be able to take notes and read them everywhere. To do that, however, you need to store them in the cloud. Joplin currently supports NextCloud, Dropbox and OneDrive. Set up your cloud account in Joplin, and click strong>Synchronize /strong>to send your notes there./p>p>That’s the quick tour. If you can’t get a copy of Linux Format #260, the Joplin website can help you get started. 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Starting at my college paper, the UWM Post, and continuing through a series of local alternative weeklies. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on that beat, but a few weeks ago, I got the bug again./p>p>a hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft size-medium wp-image-7106 lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 altRepresentative Robyn Vining, from her Wisconsin state assembly page. width300 height41 data-srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1024%2C140&ssl1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize768%2C105&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1536%2C210&ssl1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize2048%2C280&ssl1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize668%2C91&ssl1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?w1340&ssl1 1340w data-sizes(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300/41; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft size-medium wp-image-7106 srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 altRepresentative Robyn Vining, from her Wisconsin state assembly page. width300 height41 srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1024%2C140&ssl1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize768%2C105&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1536%2C210&ssl1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize2048%2C280&ssl1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize668%2C91&ssl1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?w1340&ssl1 1340w sizes(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px />/noscript>/a>/p>p> /p>p> /p>p>When a hitherto-unknown politician (at least unknown to me) started running ads about her campaign for state assembly, I got curious. 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This book will help you escape from Elon Musk’s Twitter — or any other corporate social media platform. You’ll get started with the open-source Mastodon alternative./p>p>Check out the a stylepointer-events: none; hrefhttps://www.michaelmccallister.com/books/>Books/a> page for the story of how this book came to be. After an extended hiatus from book authoring, I couldn’t ask for a more worthwhile topic./p>h2>What’s different about Mastodon?/h2>p>Mastodon differs from corporate social media platforms in these important ways: a stylepointer-events: none; hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft wp-image-8418 size-full lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?resize113%2C145&ssl1 altBook cover for "Mastodon for Dummies" by Chris Minnick and Michael McCallister. width113 height145 srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 113px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 113/145; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft wp-image-8418 size-full srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MastoCoverClip.png?resize113%2C145&ssl1 altBook cover for "Mastodon for Dummies" by Chris Minnick and Michael McCallister. width113 height145 />/noscript>/a>/p>ul classwp-block-list>li>No one owns Mastodon, and anyone can set up a community./li>li>You are a valued member of the community, not an advertising target./li>li>There’s no algorithm that decides what you see. Your feed depends solely on who you follow./li>li>Community and conversation come first, not virality./li>/ul>h2 classwp-block-heading idh-what-else-is-in-the-book>What else is in the book?/h2>p>Chris and I quickly (the book is just 150 pages) walk you through the process of choosing a homebase on Mastodon. You’ll learn how to connect with other users, including your Tweeps who’ve joined the platform. Not sure how to be conversational on social media? We can help you post effectively too. /p>p>We tell you how to build a business on Mastodon too. You’ll find that it’s a very different vibe than Twitter, but if you really put your customers first, you’ll do well. /p>p>Besides all the good information we provide, you’ll find all the features — and fun — you expect from a em>For Dummies/em> book. (Confession: With apologies to the publishers I’ve worked with over the years, I’ve always wanted to write one of these. 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I’ve subscribed to it for a few years now, but the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc for overseas delivery (among other things). My issues have been appearing in my mailbox in seemingly random order./p>p>This week I received the a hrefhttps://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue268>October 2020 issue #268/a> with strong>BUILD A SMART HOME OFFICE/strong> on the cover. Inside was a small, but pleasant surprise. (em>Note/em>: I may disappoint you with the link; you’ll see a list of the stories, but can’t read them if you’re not a subscriber.)/p>p>On the first page of every LXF issue, the five guys (yes, I’m afraid they’re all men) who write most of the magazine’s content answer that month’s “Who We Are” question. This issue’s question was about top tips or tools to help readers to work smarter./p>p>I smiled at Nick Peers’ recommendation:/p>blockquote>p>If, like me, your thoughts and inspirations vanish as quickly as they appear, you need some way of getting them down on (virtual) paper. And what better tool than Joplin (https://joplinapp.org). which ended my years-long quest for a note-taking tool that does it all? Don’t believe me? Check out our tutorial in LXF260…/p>/blockquote>p>Nick doesn’t have anywhere near the space to include every critical detail, but I smiled because em>I wrote the bloody tutorial/em>!/p>p>Now a close reading of this little blurb doesn’t say explicitly that my tutorial persuaded him to try Joplin, thus ending “my years-long quest for a note-taking tool that does it all.” But I’m still going to believe that it did./p>h2>What is Joplin?/h2>p>So what is a hrefhttps://joplinapp.org>Joplin/a>? Well, it’s a few things:/p>ul>li>An open-source replacement for the commercial note-taker a hrefhttp://evernote.com>Evernote/a>/li>li>A place to write down all those brilliant ideas you have in your head, but can never seem to act on/li>li>A a hrefhttps://www.markdownguide.org/>Markdown/a> editor/li>li>A place to store interesting things you find online, and access with any device you have/li>/ul>p>Joplin imports your Evernote notebooks after you export them. If your favorite browser supports extensions, Joplin will let you save web pages and articles./p>h2>Using Joplin/h2>p>Here’s the default screen:/p>p>figure idattachment_7287 aria-describedbycaption-attachment-7287 stylewidth: 800px classwp-caption alignleft>a hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classwp-image-7287 size-full lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize670%2C321&ssl1 altEditing screen for the Joplin open-source notetaking app. width670 height321 data-srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?w800&ssl1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize300%2C144&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize768%2C368&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize668%2C320&ssl1 668w data-sizes(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 670px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 670/321; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classwp-image-7287 size-full srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize670%2C321&ssl1 altEditing screen for the Joplin open-source notetaking app. width670 height321 srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?w800&ssl1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize300%2C144&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize768%2C368&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joplin_Screen_forBlog.png?resize668%2C320&ssl1 668w sizes(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px />/noscript>/a>figcaption idcaption-attachment-7287 classwp-caption-text>Joplin makes it easy to take notes and store them./figcaption>/figure>/p>p>You can organize your notes into Notebooks any way you like. 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Starting at my college paper, the UWM Post, and continuing through a series of local alternative weeklies. It’s been awhile since I’ve been on that beat, but a few weeks ago, I got the bug again./p>p>a hrefhttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?ssl1>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft size-medium wp-image-7106 lazyload data-srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 altRepresentative Robyn Vining, from her Wisconsin state assembly page. width300 height41 data-srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1024%2C140&ssl1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize768%2C105&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1536%2C210&ssl1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize2048%2C280&ssl1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize668%2C91&ssl1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?w1340&ssl1 1340w data-sizes(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px srcdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw style--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300/41; />noscript>img data-recalc-dims1 decodingasync classalignleft size-medium wp-image-7106 srchttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 altRepresentative Robyn Vining, from her Wisconsin state assembly page. width300 height41 srcsethttps://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize300%2C41&ssl1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1024%2C140&ssl1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize768%2C105&ssl1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize1536%2C210&ssl1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize2048%2C280&ssl1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?resize668%2C91&ssl1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/www.michaelmccallister.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190206-vining-webbanner2-scaled.jpg?w1340&ssl1 1340w sizes(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px />/noscript>/a>/p>p> /p>p> /p>p>When a hitherto-unknown politician (at least unknown to me) started running ads about her campaign for state assembly, I got curious. This week, I finally silenced the voices in my head by publishing a hrefhttps://medium.com/@workingwriter/who-is-robyn-vining-why-is-she-running-ads-on-tv-5742310570ed>“Who is Robyn Vining? Why is she running ads on TV?” /a>/p>p>The story tells you a little bit about her, and some rampant speculation about her reasons for spending campaign money on TV ads, a medium where many more people will see her ads than can vote for her./p>p>FYI: The story isn’t behind a paywall; anyone can read it./p>p>Let me know what you think of this piece, either in the Comments below or on Medium itself. Should I do more of this? If you happen to be an editor em>and /em>like it, drop me a line. 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