About the Site
Burningbird and its earlier incarnations (YASD, Dynamic Earth, etc.) have been online since 1996. The site features writings about technology, politics, the environment, climate change, Savannah and Georgia, court cases, the government, open document systems, web standards, critters, and photography. Pretty much anything and everything I’m interested in.
I used to post under dozens of different domain names. Now, I only write here, at Burningbird.
I just finished restoring old posts thanks to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. It took about a year to individually upload 4,000 posts. I also recently culled thousands of photos from a too-large collection and those remaining will show up as headers for stories or as Silent Sunday offerings.
I have a document site, but you have to know the URL to the document. They’re mainly linked in articles here, but I do provide direct access to my ASPCA vs Feld Entertainment (Ringling Bros) court case documents. It’s the most comprehensive collection of court documents for this and related cases on the internet. Posting these documents earned me a lawsuit threat, too, which I’ll talk about some time.
By the way, the Ringling Brothers circus elephants finally had a happy ending.
About Advertising
I’m the only writer at Burningbird, and I’m not interested in posting your article or providing a link to your site. I link to stories I’ve read and want others to read.
I’m also not interested in advertising on my sites, so don’t even try.
And Burningbird will always remain open, free, and 100% human.
Social Media
My personal Mastodon account – my favorite social media site. Burningbird’s Mastdon account can be accessed by searching for @bosslady@burningbird.net@mastodon.social in your Fediverse Account.
My Facebook account. I also administer the New Savannah Town Square Group.
My Bluesky username is burningbird.net. I’m at https://bsky.app/profile/burningbird.net/.
Substack and Newsletter
I don’t want to mess with creating an email system on my server, so I just started publishing my posts on Substack. It does have excellent email subscription capability. So, if you want my posts in your email go here:
https://burningbird.substack.com/
And they’re free!
I also support commenting in my Substack posts.
About Republishing
I am open to having my works re-published, but I am NOT open for any of my works being used to train AI. This is a No AI zone.
If you’re interested in republishing any of my works, and I haven’t already given you blanket permission to do so, contact me.
About the Author (me, Shelley Powers)
Retired software engineer who likes to read, write, go on walks, is a legal hobbyist and amateur photographer. And has opinions.
Motto
Speak truth.