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conuly) wrote2025-07-07 11:15 am
conuly) wrote2025-07-07 11:15 am
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-05 09:01 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-05 09:01 amEntry tags:
Books Received, June 28 — July 4
Four works new to me. One is SF, two fantasy, and the magazine (which I have not yet looked inside) likely both. Two of the novels are series novels, one does not seem to me.
Books Received, June 28 — July 4
Poll #33326 Books Received, June 28 — July 4
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Which of these look interesting?
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FIYAH No. 35: Black Isekai published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (July 2025)
18 (51.4%)
Aces Full edited by George R. R. Martin (November 2025)
2 (5.7%)
Only Spell Deep by Ava Morgyn (March 2026)
6 (17.1%)
The Damned by Harper L. Woods (October 2025)
3 (8.6%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
29 (82.9%)
conuly (conuly) wrote2025-07-06 06:43 am
conuly) wrote2025-07-06 06:43 amWell, that was unexpected and unpleasant
( Though, upon reflection, it's surprising that this hasn't happened before in 30+ years of menstruation )
I'd say that was the worst thing to happen this weekend, but then I glanced at the news, and how do things keep getting worse? I thought we might at least get a reprieve over the holiday weekend, Congress would all go on vacation and not pass any terrible bills in the interim, but I guess not.
I'm not linking to it, not today. I know how to take a break, even if they don't. Take this article on amenorrhea instead.
I'd say that was the worst thing to happen this weekend, but then I glanced at the news, and how do things keep getting worse? I thought we might at least get a reprieve over the holiday weekend, Congress would all go on vacation and not pass any terrible bills in the interim, but I guess not.
I'm not linking to it, not today. I know how to take a break, even if they don't. Take this article on amenorrhea instead.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-05 12:14 am
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-05 12:14 am
Entry tags:
Philosophical Questions: Government
People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.
What should the role of a government be, what boundaries and limitations should it have?
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What should the role of a government be, what boundaries and limitations should it have?
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merriamwebster_feed) wrote2025-07-05 01:00 am
merriamwebster_feed) wrote2025-07-05 01:00 amcantankerous
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 5, 2025 is:
cantankerous • \kan-TANK-uh-rus\ • adjective
A cantankerous person is often angry and annoyed, and a cantankerous animal or thing is difficult or irritating to deal with.
// Although the former postman was regarded by some townspeople as a scowling, cantankerous old coot, he was beloved by neighborhood children, to whom he would regularly hand out butterscotch candies from his front stoop with a twinkle in his eye.
Examples:
“The film ‘Hard Truths,’ which opens in New York on Friday and nationwide in January, centers on [Marianne] Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy, a cantankerous middle-aged woman who spits venom at unsuspecting shop assistants, bald babies, her 20-something son Moses (Tuwaine Barrett) and her dentist, among others.” — Simran Hans, The New York Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Did you know?
A person described as cantankerous may find it more difficult than most to turn that frown upside down, while a cantankerous mule/jalopy/etc. is difficult to deal with—it may not turn in your desired direction. It’s been speculated that cantankerous is a product of the obsolete word contack, meaning “contention,” under the influence of a pair of “difficult” words still in use: rancorous and cankerous. Rancorous brings the anger and “bitter deep-seated ill will” (as rancor can be understood to mean), and cankerous brings the perhaps understandable foul mood: a cankerous person suffers from painful sores—that is, cankers.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 09:13 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 09:13 pm
Entry tags:
Fireworks
Tonight we did our home fireworks show. :D These are the things we bought from JT Fireworks Sales in Charleston...
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loganberrybunny (loganberrybunny) wrote2025-07-04 11:34 pm
loganberrybunny) wrote2025-07-04 11:34 pm
A long day
Public
153/365: J. F. Kennedy memorial mosaic mural, Birmingham
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I was in Birmingham again today for some cardiology screening at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Routine stuff and nothing to worry about, but it did mean a bit of a trek on the trains. The city centre was very busy with Black Sabbath fans from all over the world who'd come for the band's last-ever concert tomorrow, so I walked down to Digbeth (where the coach station is) and passed the J. F. Kennedy memorial mosaic mural. This isn't the nicest part of town and I wasn't keen to linger, and as you can see the mural surrounds have sadly seen better days, but it seemed appropriate to post it on 4th July! The text on the right is a JFK quote: "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." The Presidential Seal on the mural incorporates real gold. The original mural by Kenneth Budd was commissioned by Birmingham's Irish community and appeared in another location in 1968; because of major road developments it was removed in 2007, but this new version was unveiled in 2013 with the help of Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
153/365: J. F. Kennedy memorial mosaic mural, Birmingham
Click for a larger, sharper image
I was in Birmingham again today for some cardiology screening at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Routine stuff and nothing to worry about, but it did mean a bit of a trek on the trains. The city centre was very busy with Black Sabbath fans from all over the world who'd come for the band's last-ever concert tomorrow, so I walked down to Digbeth (where the coach station is) and passed the J. F. Kennedy memorial mosaic mural. This isn't the nicest part of town and I wasn't keen to linger, and as you can see the mural surrounds have sadly seen better days, but it seemed appropriate to post it on 4th July! The text on the right is a JFK quote: "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on." The Presidential Seal on the mural incorporates real gold. The original mural by Kenneth Budd was commissioned by Birmingham's Irish community and appeared in another location in 1968; because of major road developments it was removed in 2007, but this new version was unveiled in 2013 with the help of Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
ranunculus (ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 01:28 pm
ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 01:28 pmFirefly
Carrie called around 9am and asked if I'd like to do a short ride. Yes.
I groomed and saddled Firefly, putting her bridle on over her halter, then moving the reins to the halter, not the bit. We walked out a little way to meet Carrie and I got on. For the first few yards Firefly was a tiny bit fussy. We were headed back toward home and she DID NOT want to go home. The minute it was clear we were going somewhere else she perked up. Honestly, for most of the ride I felt like I was on an old experienced trail horse. She was as good as gold. She looked carefully at the bank we had to walk down and then went down quietly. She looked carefully at the rather steep stream crossing and then walked quietly and carefully across, no jumping, no trying to move fast, just perfect. At one point she did spook a bit at a particularly black and suspicious cow pat. When I say "spook" I mean she stopped, looked at the cow pat , tensed up a tiny bit, looked at it again, put her head around to my boot to ask me if everything was ok, and when I said it was and encouraged her; she sniffed it, relaxed and walked on. That is the first time she has clearly asked for reassurance from me while I was mounted. Perfect. We rode through the herd of cows, passing several within a few feet with no incident. We watched the flock of turkeys without a spook or moving away, or any drama except stopping and looking. I never for an instant felt I needed to move the reins to the bit for more control, in fact quite the opposite. She accepted light contact with the reins and went where I directed her.
I'm thrilled. Maybe we will have issues next time, but for the mile we rode she was delightful. Very slow when we turned for home, but that was enough for one day.
I groomed and saddled Firefly, putting her bridle on over her halter, then moving the reins to the halter, not the bit. We walked out a little way to meet Carrie and I got on. For the first few yards Firefly was a tiny bit fussy. We were headed back toward home and she DID NOT want to go home. The minute it was clear we were going somewhere else she perked up. Honestly, for most of the ride I felt like I was on an old experienced trail horse. She was as good as gold. She looked carefully at the bank we had to walk down and then went down quietly. She looked carefully at the rather steep stream crossing and then walked quietly and carefully across, no jumping, no trying to move fast, just perfect. At one point she did spook a bit at a particularly black and suspicious cow pat. When I say "spook" I mean she stopped, looked at the cow pat , tensed up a tiny bit, looked at it again, put her head around to my boot to ask me if everything was ok, and when I said it was and encouraged her; she sniffed it, relaxed and walked on. That is the first time she has clearly asked for reassurance from me while I was mounted. Perfect. We rode through the herd of cows, passing several within a few feet with no incident. We watched the flock of turkeys without a spook or moving away, or any drama except stopping and looking. I never for an instant felt I needed to move the reins to the bit for more control, in fact quite the opposite. She accepted light contact with the reins and went where I directed her.
I'm thrilled. Maybe we will have issues next time, but for the mile we rode she was delightful. Very slow when we turned for home, but that was enough for one day.
ranunculus (ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 10:50 am
ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 10:50 amGarden Notes
Lots of tomatoes have set. Far more than last year at this time. I think it is because it has been quite cool all the way through June and the first few days of July. I'm expecting, and dreading, the arrival of very hot temperatures. I still have lettuce in the garden!
The first okra will be ready tonight or tomorrow morning.
Picked the first cucumber today, it was a pickling cucumber. The lemon cucumber, which was planted quite late, has started blooming. Meanwhile one of the Japanese thin skinned varieties, Shinto Kiwa has tiny fruit all over. Somehow I planted two of that kind and both vines are growing vigorously.
I'm ready to pull out the "Smooth Criminal" yellow squash. I don't like it's flavor or size. Ditto another summer squash, Zucchinio. Zuchinio is supposed to be both a summer squash and, if allowed to get big, a winter squash. As a summer squash it just tastes like it is green, with no other redeeming qualities. I'll replace it with another Butternut.
This morning, pre-snake activities, I added some big logs to the bottom of the 6' tank. Over the top of the wood is lots and lots of old potting soil and coconut coir mixed together. All that got wet down a little and then I added a nice layer of moisture holding, native soil that is rich in clay and mixed it in a little. Next: drip irrigation followed by planting, followed by horse manure for moisture retention.
The first okra will be ready tonight or tomorrow morning.
Picked the first cucumber today, it was a pickling cucumber. The lemon cucumber, which was planted quite late, has started blooming. Meanwhile one of the Japanese thin skinned varieties, Shinto Kiwa has tiny fruit all over. Somehow I planted two of that kind and both vines are growing vigorously.
I'm ready to pull out the "Smooth Criminal" yellow squash. I don't like it's flavor or size. Ditto another summer squash, Zucchinio. Zuchinio is supposed to be both a summer squash and, if allowed to get big, a winter squash. As a summer squash it just tastes like it is green, with no other redeeming qualities. I'll replace it with another Butternut.
This morning, pre-snake activities, I added some big logs to the bottom of the 6' tank. Over the top of the wood is lots and lots of old potting soil and coconut coir mixed together. All that got wet down a little and then I added a nice layer of moisture holding, native soil that is rich in clay and mixed it in a little. Next: drip irrigation followed by planting, followed by horse manure for moisture retention.
ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 03:09 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 03:09 pmWriting About Fireworks
In honor of the Fourth of July, here are a few tidbits to enjoy.
Today's Adventures 6/28/25 -- We bought fireworks for our home show, and we watched the show in Tolono.
Fireworks 7/4/25 -- Read about our home show tonight.
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Today's Adventures 6/28/25 -- We bought fireworks for our home show, and we watched the show in Tolono.
Fireworks 7/4/25 -- Read about our home show tonight.
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ysabetwordsmith (ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 02:50 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote2025-07-04 02:50 pmBirdfeeding
Today is mostly sunny and hot.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I checked the south lot and put topsoil in a few low spots, prior to our fireworks show tonight.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked up a trough pot that fell off the old picnic table, restored the curry plant and purple basil as best I could, then watered them and a few other things in the house yard.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I sowed 6 pots with mulberry seeds. Half are from a particularly pleasing mulberry sapling near the west end of the old fishpond, the other half from a mulberry that was left on the porch step as if a gift.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and a few seedlings in the savanna.
My partner Doug mowed the ritual meadow and prairie paths.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of herbs to make a skillet scramble for supper.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of blackberries in the prairie garden. There are plenty left; I ran out of heat tolerance long before I ran out of berries. :D
Cicadas are singing.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of blackberries in the prairie garden. Still more left, but I'll have to hunt those another day, because it is still hot and the sun is about to set.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- We did our home fireworks show. :D I'm sure it confused the bats and the fireflies.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a mourning dove.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I checked the south lot and put topsoil in a few low spots, prior to our fireworks show tonight.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked up a trough pot that fell off the old picnic table, restored the curry plant and purple basil as best I could, then watered them and a few other things in the house yard.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I sowed 6 pots with mulberry seeds. Half are from a particularly pleasing mulberry sapling near the west end of the old fishpond, the other half from a mulberry that was left on the porch step as if a gift.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and a few seedlings in the savanna.
My partner Doug mowed the ritual meadow and prairie paths.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of herbs to make a skillet scramble for supper.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of blackberries in the prairie garden. There are plenty left; I ran out of heat tolerance long before I ran out of berries. :D
Cicadas are singing.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- I picked a handful of blackberries in the prairie garden. Still more left, but I'll have to hunt those another day, because it is still hot and the sun is about to set.
EDIT 7/4/25 -- We did our home fireworks show. :D I'm sure it confused the bats and the fireflies.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
gingeriana (gingeriana) wrote2025-07-04 03:02 pm
gingeriana) wrote2025-07-04 03:02 pmоколокультурноэ
Концерты, на которые я водила мужа в июне:
-- Tia Brazda, джазовая девица из Торонто
-- Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, нью-йоркский джаз за много денех.
Концерт, на который в июне водил муж меня:
-- стоунер-метал банда из Нью Касла с сочным названием Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (also known as Pigs x7) в самом засратом рок-баре города.
Дополняем друг друга как инь и янь, неправдаль? :)
Тиа Бразда была ожидаемо мила и симпатишна. В Интернете, да с мастерингом, она звучит пожирнее и звонче, конечно, но вживую тоже ничо такая. Для миниатюрного коктейль-бара, да в летний вечер -- прям самое оно.
Голдблума все чаще знают как актёра (The Fly, Independence Day, Jurassic Park, сериал "Зевс" из последнего, да-да, тот самый носатый харизматичный мужик), а ведь он ещё и джазмен, причём СЛОЖНЫЙ.
Короче, Голдблум вынес мозг просто полностью. Он трындит без остановки, очень быстро, с кучей сложный референсов и ироничных шутеечек. Сначала думаешь: да он пьян! Потом: Или покурил. Безумный? Биполярка? Прикалывается? Это стендап?? Так можно было?
В промежутках между трындёжом давали джаз -- умеренно интеллектуальные стандарты, периодически импров. Очень, очень годно.
В конце шоу дядя сказал, что в его последнем альбоме принимали участие Ариана Гранде и Скарлетт Йохансен. Половина зала (включая меня) подумали, что это очередная шутеечка и поржали.
Дома я послушала альбом (называется Still Blooming, зацените игру слов), и там реально Ариана Гранде и Скарлетт Йохансен.
Про концерт семи поросят ничего внятного написать не смогу, выбачайте. Пиво было вмеру холодное. Ушные затычки из аптеки были вмеру удобные. Скакали потные мужики. Отчёт окончен.
А также,
мы сходили на "Конотопскую ведьму" Театра Ивана Франка.
Да-да, ТУ САМУЮ. На которую в Киеве не достать билетов и спекулянты толкают последние по тыще долларов за штуку (по слухам).
Ну, хайпу вы развели, конечно... порог ожидания был у меня завышен.
Понравились музыка, свет и ВЕДЬМЫ.
Ведьмы хороши, слов нет. А мужики какие-то все колхозные (но потом я узнала, что это ж Хостикоев-младший и всё стало на свои места).
Ну и вчера -- Цирк дю Солей, шоу LUZIA.
Цирковые с опытом сказывают, что это у них самое крутое шоу вроде как.
Про самое-самое ничо не скажу, для меня лично оно всего лишь второе. Но офигительно красивое, да. Дух захватывает местами прямо в самом буквальном смысле слова (и не только от трюков, от самой красоты).
Но на самом деле, больше всего на этом шоу мне понравилось, что я водила туда свекровь.
Она шьёт костюмы для этого цирка, и обычно им выдают льготные билеты на сезон. Но этим летом шоу мега популярное, поэтому билет на швей дали всего лишь один, и она его не выиграла, пришлось идти за деньги.
Наверное, это очень крутое чувство. Наверное, так мне это представляется.
Но я слишком давно уже работник абстрактно-дебильного труда без measurable results, которые можно пощупать руками.
А тут вот оно: ты это всё шила, пыхтела над всеми этими бесконечными бусинами-железками-стёклышками-проволочками, бесконечные просто трудочасы. И вот же оно -- на всех афишах, бегает по сцене, выступает, и все охают.
Ну круто же, а.
-- Tia Brazda, джазовая девица из Торонто
-- Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, нью-йоркский джаз за много денех.
Концерт, на который в июне водил муж меня:
-- стоунер-метал банда из Нью Касла с сочным названием Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (also known as Pigs x7) в самом засратом рок-баре города.
Дополняем друг друга как инь и янь, неправдаль? :)
Тиа Бразда была ожидаемо мила и симпатишна. В Интернете, да с мастерингом, она звучит пожирнее и звонче, конечно, но вживую тоже ничо такая. Для миниатюрного коктейль-бара, да в летний вечер -- прям самое оно.
Голдблума все чаще знают как актёра (The Fly, Independence Day, Jurassic Park, сериал "Зевс" из последнего, да-да, тот самый носатый харизматичный мужик), а ведь он ещё и джазмен, причём СЛОЖНЫЙ.
Короче, Голдблум вынес мозг просто полностью. Он трындит без остановки, очень быстро, с кучей сложный референсов и ироничных шутеечек. Сначала думаешь: да он пьян! Потом: Или покурил. Безумный? Биполярка? Прикалывается? Это стендап?? Так можно было?
В промежутках между трындёжом давали джаз -- умеренно интеллектуальные стандарты, периодически импров. Очень, очень годно.
В конце шоу дядя сказал, что в его последнем альбоме принимали участие Ариана Гранде и Скарлетт Йохансен. Половина зала (включая меня) подумали, что это очередная шутеечка и поржали.
Дома я послушала альбом (называется Still Blooming, зацените игру слов), и там реально Ариана Гранде и Скарлетт Йохансен.
Про концерт семи поросят ничего внятного написать не смогу, выбачайте. Пиво было вмеру холодное. Ушные затычки из аптеки были вмеру удобные. Скакали потные мужики. Отчёт окончен.
А также,
мы сходили на "Конотопскую ведьму" Театра Ивана Франка.
Да-да, ТУ САМУЮ. На которую в Киеве не достать билетов и спекулянты толкают последние по тыще долларов за штуку (по слухам).
Ну, хайпу вы развели, конечно... порог ожидания был у меня завышен.
Понравились музыка, свет и ВЕДЬМЫ.
Ведьмы хороши, слов нет. А мужики какие-то все колхозные (но потом я узнала, что это ж Хостикоев-младший и всё стало на свои места).
Ну и вчера -- Цирк дю Солей, шоу LUZIA.
Цирковые с опытом сказывают, что это у них самое крутое шоу вроде как.
Про самое-самое ничо не скажу, для меня лично оно всего лишь второе. Но офигительно красивое, да. Дух захватывает местами прямо в самом буквальном смысле слова (и не только от трюков, от самой красоты).
Но на самом деле, больше всего на этом шоу мне понравилось, что я водила туда свекровь.
Она шьёт костюмы для этого цирка, и обычно им выдают льготные билеты на сезон. Но этим летом шоу мега популярное, поэтому билет на швей дали всего лишь один, и она его не выиграла, пришлось идти за деньги.
Наверное, это очень крутое чувство. Наверное, так мне это представляется.
Но я слишком давно уже работник абстрактно-дебильного труда без measurable results, которые можно пощупать руками.
А тут вот оно: ты это всё шила, пыхтела над всеми этими бесконечными бусинами-железками-стёклышками-проволочками, бесконечные просто трудочасы. И вот же оно -- на всех афишах, бегает по сцене, выступает, и все охают.
Ну круто же, а.
elayna (elayna) wrote2025-07-04 11:04 am
elayna) wrote2025-07-04 11:04 amEntry tags:
4th of July
I have many mixed emotions about this country, how its government is acting (actually, those emotions are pretty plain revolted), and the direction we’re heading (definitely swinging between despair, horror, and determination there), but I’m having my normal 4th of July. Spent the morning watching the local parade and listening to the neighborhood band. Ran into my sister and nephews and chatted with them. Will have dinner tonight at my dad’s then everyone will migrate to my house for fireworks (and to watch my neighbor’s, how much he must spend boggles me). The weather is only supposed to be 85, which is positively chilly for us, I’m very pleased.
I hope however my fellow Americans are spending the day, you are able to find happiness. And everyone else a good Friday!
Tomorrow the postcards and protests resume.
I hope however my fellow Americans are spending the day, you are able to find happiness. And everyone else a good Friday!
Tomorrow the postcards and protests resume.
ranunculus (ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 10:28 am
ranunculus) wrote2025-07-04 10:28 amR.I.P. Snake
Firefly was being obstinate this morning. I called her to come in from the field and she turned her back on me. We had words. So I marched her into the corral and hurried around the shop to get some alfalfa for her.* I was about 8 feet from the hay pile, which is covered with a blue tarp, when I spotted the snake lying along the front of the tarp. I screamed, because snakes are what I'm scared of, and left the area. Dave gave us a shotgun a couple of days ago, but we didn't have shells for it yet; so I called Michael. Perhaps 25 minutes later Michael and his girlfriend showed up armed with a shotgun, shovel and metal rake. The snake hadn't moved. Michael carefully uncovered the snake's head, and shot it. Poor snake, it was never aggressive, even at the end. It had 10 rattles and was really fat. I fetched a bucket and they took the body with them. While I am quite relieved, I'm also still wary. Snakes often have a mate somewhere around, so caution is still warranted.
* Grass looses most of its protein when it dries. We feed alfalfa, which is a legume and very high in protein, as a supplement. Firefly had lost some muscle, which means she was protein deficient and her body was breaking down muscle to provide needed protein. I should have started a couple of weeks ago.
* Grass looses most of its protein when it dries. We feed alfalfa, which is a legume and very high in protein, as a supplement. Firefly had lost some muscle, which means she was protein deficient and her body was breaking down muscle to provide needed protein. I should have started a couple of weeks ago.
Whatever (scalziwhatever_feed) wrote2025-07-04 03:57 pm
scalziwhatever_feed) wrote2025-07-04 03:57 pmIt’s the Nation’s Birthday
And we have a lot to think about.
— JS
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-04 08:58 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-04 08:58 amEntry tags:
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Ninety years after her grandmother's family was stalked by a witch, international student Minerva Contrera's studies land her in a similar position.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
sabotabby (sabotabby) wrote2025-07-04 08:58 am
sabotabby) wrote2025-07-04 08:58 amEntry tags:
podcast friday
Hi I am very tired.
Give a listen to Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff's entire last few weeks, which has been about the alter-globalization movement, but especially to this week's episodes, "Bread and Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest Puppets." (Part I | Part II). This is one of my special interests, stemming from how I used to teach at a puppetry camp, and I've actually been lucky enough to visit Bread and Puppet in Vermont on a road trip, albeit not quite lucky enough to see one of their shows. I am always in favour of more theatricality in activism and these episodes trace the evolution of one particular brand of theatricality that I'm especially a fan of.
I bet you will be surprised to learn that the personal stories of the two founders of the theatre are also especially interesting. Also, since Jamie Loftus is the guest, there is a tragic hot dog connection.
Give a listen to Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff's entire last few weeks, which has been about the alter-globalization movement, but especially to this week's episodes, "Bread and Puppet: The Dawn of Giant Protest Puppets." (Part I | Part II). This is one of my special interests, stemming from how I used to teach at a puppetry camp, and I've actually been lucky enough to visit Bread and Puppet in Vermont on a road trip, albeit not quite lucky enough to see one of their shows. I am always in favour of more theatricality in activism and these episodes trace the evolution of one particular brand of theatricality that I'm especially a fan of.
I bet you will be surprised to learn that the personal stories of the two founders of the theatre are also especially interesting. Also, since Jamie Loftus is the guest, there is a tragic hot dog connection.
moxie_man (moxie_man) wrote2025-07-04 05:47 am
moxie_man) wrote2025-07-04 05:47 amAnother B-Day Shout-out...
This time to lilfluff: I hope it's a good day!
lilfluff: I hope it's a good day!