Goodbye, Dolly

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Dollyverse signage at SXSW in 2022, photographed by George Rush.

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpWldTFq2Jk

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Text-based post by username roman.hardt on a white background: "There's something deeply bizarre about the possibility that humanity's first truly simultaneous global celebration, across every time zone, might be triggered by the death of a single human being."

in memory of renowned dungeon master Scott Corum, who passed away a few months ago after struggling for several years with medical problems.

scott was one of the three DMs central to the 2008 documentary The Dungeon Masters. of all the stories in this film, scott's always comes across to me as the most heartwrenching - the pain of putting one's entire heart into a creative act, only to have it fail in a very public way. that takes a ton of courage to let it all happen on film.

https://vimeo.com/435623634

scott, your difficult days are over, but the world is worse losing someone who wore his heart on his sleeves.

scott's repository of youtube videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/@UncleDrak/videos

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I have been away from the Internet for at least a couple months. I came to quickly check my feeds and I am sad to have found report of the passing away of a very cool hacker, Thom Miller, known by the handle, Retro Guy. According to his wife Kaylen Miller, Thom died about two weeks ago from pancreatic cancer. He had a years-long struggle with cancer and multiple therapies and surgeries. During all the time of his illness he continued to hack away providing network access and software updates absolutely free to his user base. He was a strong believer in the value of open and decentralized communication for all. His software is simple and awesome, and useful for censorship-resistant communication. (https://gitlab.com/rslight-public/rocksolid-light)

Thom, known as Retro Guy, created the Rocksolid Light NNTP forums and server software. He served the hacker community as a free speech advocate and provider of free speech communication networking. He refused to censor opinions that he found offensive or stupid on the principle of the golden rule. He endured a lot of annoyances to provide service for many. Thom maintained the software for years giving web-based NNTP access to countless users. Thom was always helpful and patient with users needing assistance, even when he was feeling ill and suffering. He pushed through his pain to serve others with something he believed was a necessary tool and blessing for the general public.

I am sad to learn of Thom's passing. He will be missed and remembered. I will remember him by continuing to run his software.

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https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=1024&group=rocksolid.nodes.help#1024

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https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=560&group=rocksolid.nodes.announce#560

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