Let us begin with Nonstandard Candles, a story by Yoon Ha Lee, about understanding fully the nature of the universe around you before applying yourself to it. And then continue with The Dragon Project, which is about good ethical (and insurance-friendly) decisions and making sure that the creatures in your life have wonderful environments to thrive in, which pairs nicely with Clay, a story about the difference between mass production and taking your time, especially when there are lives on the line.
And go from there to a picture of a knitted brain hat and a pen whose body was milled out of paper stuck together with resin as proof of the dedication of the human to completing things that are really cool.
John M. Ford's work is coming back to us, including a now-released unfinished work, and that should make all of the sci-fi fans very happy that we'll get to read it.
The Science Fiction Writers of America have changed their eligibility requirements to become a member of the organization, broadening the ways that someone can qualify and lowering the sales minimums needed to qualify. Which is excellent and reflects the changing face of publication and how people get paid. Naomi Kritzer explains why the lowered qualifying minimums and expanded eligibility criteria is a good thing, as it gives access to very powerful tools for a much bigger swath of people.
After a twenty-two year absence, two original notebooks of Charles Darwin have retuned to the Cambridge University library.
The first woman to serve as Secretary of State of the United States, Madeline Albright, has lost her battle with cancer at 84 years of age.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court as an Associate Justice, the first Black woman (and the first to have worked as a public defender, providing legal representation to those who could not afford their own) to hold the job of Supreme Court Justics, with a final voting tally of 53 votes to confirm her and 47 votes to reject her. Three Republicans, Willard "Mitt" Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted with the Democratic caucus so as to not require a tiebreaking vote for the full Senate in the same way that the full Senate was required to break a deadlock in the Judiciary Committee to get the nomination discharged to the full floor.
It can be really disheartening to hear that people are stepping up attacks on you and yours and when you ask for help, you get a response that indicates the other people don't see what's changed. Or don't see that it's changed enough that they should have been involved in the fight a long time ago. Or worse, think that an essential and core part of you is changeable, and perhaps if you wanted to avoid the terrible things, you should stop being yourself.
A thread of threads about resources to help trans people find the resources they need.
A profile of the first out trans woman musher in the Iditarod sled race, Apayauq Reitan. (Guardian US, who are okay, compared to other offices of the Guardian) Who did finish the course, and then gave a self-deprecating tweet about the speed of her finishing and how much it failed to fit trans-exclusionary narratives about supposed inherent advantages.
To be mindful of intersectionality is to recognize that the narrative and the goals of white queer people is often different than that of Black queer people, because there's a certain amount of privilege that comes with whiteness whose lack is felt when that white person doesn't also conform to being het, cis, and/or of a particular religious background.
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Last for tonight, The first half of the major arcana, in haiku, upright and reversed, and the second half of the major arcana, in haiku, upright and reversed. Likely a helpful guide for those who are trying to remember their major trumps.
And a dad joke about a dog, straight from ancient Sumerian. Which involves a long thread about why trying to translate from a dead language comes wth significant headaches before the punchline.
Finally, the fact that bookshelves and their books are being treated as design accessories rather than reflections of reading preference or the accumulation of materials for scholarly pursuits.
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And go from there to a picture of a knitted brain hat and a pen whose body was milled out of paper stuck together with resin as proof of the dedication of the human to completing things that are really cool.
John M. Ford's work is coming back to us, including a now-released unfinished work, and that should make all of the sci-fi fans very happy that we'll get to read it.
The Science Fiction Writers of America have changed their eligibility requirements to become a member of the organization, broadening the ways that someone can qualify and lowering the sales minimums needed to qualify. Which is excellent and reflects the changing face of publication and how people get paid. Naomi Kritzer explains why the lowered qualifying minimums and expanded eligibility criteria is a good thing, as it gives access to very powerful tools for a much bigger swath of people.
After a twenty-two year absence, two original notebooks of Charles Darwin have retuned to the Cambridge University library.
The first woman to serve as Secretary of State of the United States, Madeline Albright, has lost her battle with cancer at 84 years of age.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court as an Associate Justice, the first Black woman (and the first to have worked as a public defender, providing legal representation to those who could not afford their own) to hold the job of Supreme Court Justics, with a final voting tally of 53 votes to confirm her and 47 votes to reject her. Three Republicans, Willard "Mitt" Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted with the Democratic caucus so as to not require a tiebreaking vote for the full Senate in the same way that the full Senate was required to break a deadlock in the Judiciary Committee to get the nomination discharged to the full floor.
It can be really disheartening to hear that people are stepping up attacks on you and yours and when you ask for help, you get a response that indicates the other people don't see what's changed. Or don't see that it's changed enough that they should have been involved in the fight a long time ago. Or worse, think that an essential and core part of you is changeable, and perhaps if you wanted to avoid the terrible things, you should stop being yourself.
A thread of threads about resources to help trans people find the resources they need.
A profile of the first out trans woman musher in the Iditarod sled race, Apayauq Reitan. (Guardian US, who are okay, compared to other offices of the Guardian) Who did finish the course, and then gave a self-deprecating tweet about the speed of her finishing and how much it failed to fit trans-exclusionary narratives about supposed inherent advantages.
To be mindful of intersectionality is to recognize that the narrative and the goals of white queer people is often different than that of Black queer people, because there's a certain amount of privilege that comes with whiteness whose lack is felt when that white person doesn't also conform to being het, cis, and/or of a particular religious background.
( The rest of the entry )
Last for tonight, The first half of the major arcana, in haiku, upright and reversed, and the second half of the major arcana, in haiku, upright and reversed. Likely a helpful guide for those who are trying to remember their major trumps.
And a dad joke about a dog, straight from ancient Sumerian. Which involves a long thread about why trying to translate from a dead language comes wth significant headaches before the punchline.
Finally, the fact that bookshelves and their books are being treated as design accessories rather than reflections of reading preference or the accumulation of materials for scholarly pursuits.
(Materials via
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