Taken yesterday evening. Today has been cold and overcast.
Status:
Should have been a rest day but I had my CFS occupational therapy session today, which I only remembered late last night and hadn’t budgeted energy for, so I had to push through that on top of a rough night, which means most of today has been a tightrope walk of monitoring the tinnitus alarms, keeping occupied but not too occupied, keeping moving but not moving too much, and so on. The session was good but I’m now at zero battery and looking forward to a restful weekend.
Reading:
- Toxic putdowns, brutal zingers … and an unexpected love story – inside the joyful climax to brilliant sitcom Hacks — One of our favourite shows. Hannah Einbinder is one of those people whose work I feel I’m going to love for decades to come.
- Going with the Flo — Jules got one of those fancy FFP2 masks and goes into the whys and wherefores of masking when fuckall other people are masking. Starts full of righteous anger, ends as a calm crafting tutorial.
- RSPB guidance on what and when to feed garden birds: Feed seasonally. Feed safely. — They’re asking people to take down bird feeders in the summer because congregating birds spread diseases.
- The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide — Ian Dunt puts the last week on the record. cf President Nyarlathotep is simply engaging in classic “Mad Outer God” negotiating tactics
- Who was Hilma Af Klint? Exhibition to highlight exclusion of women from abstract art
- Exit 8 — movie review
Watching:
- Primitive Technology: Tile Drying Hut (12:52)
- Practical Engineering: The spillway that fails on purpose (19:03)
- NASA’s Artemis II Live Views from Orion — When I tuned in there was some confusion over which version of an Excel document they were supposed to be adding new burn data to. Along with the Outlook issue this truly has been Microsoft’s greatest moment.
Music:
- Angine de Poitrine Vol.II — Now the hype has settled a bit I’m having another listen, this time as an album without the visuals, and am noticing the stuff that’s a bit different from the traditional math rock of times gone by, like the klezmer vibe of track 4, Utzp.
Not for me, but maybe for you:
- Moselele song book — Friends of mine have been running a ukulele group in the once-fashionable Moseley district called Moselele for 16 years now and have adapted over 750 songs for the uke. They’re now available as a web-app with chords, lyrics and such, should you want to start your own ukulele group.
Books on the go:
🎧 Finding Albion by Zakia Sewell [#######---] 82%
📖 Stone Junction by Jim Dodge [########--] 85% (+5)
Telly:
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Big Mistakes — Dan Levey’s new thing, though co-creator Rachel Sennott’s manic vibe is palpable, in a really good way. Enjoyed the first episode a lot and looking forward to seeing where this goes.