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I’ve read all the Hugo and Nebula nominees for this year. That was 11 different books since there’s some overlap Rather than going through each one making a long video, I’ll just give you the highlights. 2025 Hugo & Nebula novel...
“When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering” – Important opnion piece by Andrew Chakhoyan – kyivindependent.com/when-righ… #RussoUkrainianWar #RussiaIsATerroristState #LanguageMatters
PrefaceI tried to include as many links as possible to allow the reader to go down rabbit holes as they see fit.I don’t work in an advanced or new fab, but have some glimpses into them.I used Claude Sonnet 5 for two (2) text blocks and...
fried eggs cooked in stainless steel I’m tired of buying a new non-stick pan every other year, so I decided to try cooking eggs in stainless steel instead. I’ve been practicing for a few months now, and figured I’d record what’s working...
Which is in where the players influence the world not through the actions of their character, but by writing the narrative around it. I've been using this kind of things more and more every year, and I love how much crap they cut, how...
Click here to book your tickets for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS . Tiggy, the Pump House cat What could be a more appealing excursion in these balmy summer days than a trip to a sewage pumping station in Walthamstow? Although I would not...
Reminder: The Savor of the Month theme for July is DOORS. Details here; Supporters can share their findings in the thread here. Check it out!“Perception is not passive.”For a while now I’ve been pondering this essay, sent to me by...
I am excited to see that the smol.pub directory is now available on the Panic Playdate application Constellation Browser. This program joins the Gemini/Gopher reader space alongside Hopper, a similar application built for the small...
There are tariff refund disputes and lawsuits involving many companies at the moment but I'm going to focus on Nintendo here because a) Video games and b) Nintendo and similar companies are in a position to address this in a more...
So, excitingly, we were gifted a huge 55-inch Panasonic TV by a neighbour of my parents. She was replacing it because the only spot she could have it was in the glare of the sunlight so she needed a different kind so it wouldn’t be...
Véronique wrote:I love the aesthetic of Dandelion’s coffee shop website/blog.Dandelion is a “speciality coffee bar in buxton, derbyshire,” Buxton being a town of about 20,000 people, southeast of Manchester, in England.And the Dandelion...
I’m delighted to be featured in Hyde’s intriguing series Under/Over, where bloggers are asked for their thoughts on what they find under-rated and over-rated. I have opinions on Zettelkasten, POSSE, solitude, journalling, pavlova(!) and...
“Know Your Rights Comic” by WeTeachNYC, available in 14 languages, www.weteachnyc.org/resources… #USimmigration
Photo by N I F T Y A R T ✍🏻 on Unsplash🍕 I’m JA Westenberg. I write essays about technology, philosophy, productivity, and what it means to be human. If you like ideas that take their time, you’re in the right place.While you’re here, a...
Out with Ghyll at night for the first time in a while. Night comes rarely at this time of year. Day was muggy and overcast, down in Leeds for an Office Day. Earlier, when I shut my overheating computer and left the building for the...