Status:
Feeling better today but definitely delicate and on the edge, so took things easy with lots of rests.
Decided to renew the ash10.com domain after all. It’s too cute to give up and you never know, I might be well enough to do some mad project with it one day.
Reading:
- Adam Greenfield reviews Stewart Brand’s new book — I have a similar history with Brand, finding him endlessly inspirational and fascinating, probably the source of my belief that interested people are interesting, and then slowly finding him increasingly disappointing by the conclusions he comes to and the company he keeps, so it’s good to read Adam’s personal account on reconciling this.
- Orban defeated: Good morning and goddamn it’s a beautiful day — Ian Dunt on the Hungarian election as a chink of light. “The fight against the far-right is much more compelling to voters when it is framed in the practical opposition to corruption than the ideological opposition to populism."
- The nannasphere is an antidote to the world’s grief and horrors — I like the core idea here (behind the horribly gendered, ageist assumption that old ladies are inherently good people) that a counter to toxic ideologies is people coming together in broadly disorganised ways to do creative and caring activities. It’s the best way to embed and grow a resistance for when the fascists come to town.
- Laurie Penny: Feminists began raising the alarm about the manosphere decades ago – and we were ignored
- What it’s really like to be autistic: 12 things I wish the world understood
- RIP Asha Bhosle
Watching:
- Ants Pants: Logging with Soviet Equipment (3:08:14)
- The disappearing and unappreciated art of audible alerts (24:10)
- Laura Kampf (18:39)
- Nerdwriter: How Shakespeare manipulates an audience (11:46)
Listening:
- Doomscroll 45: John Wilson — Nice relaxing chat with the creator of How To With… He has a new movie out, The History of Concrete, which I was hoping would be all about concrete but it seems it’s actually about urbanism and affordable housing. Which is fine, I’m also interested in those things.
Usability-ing:
- Enabling the zoom peek gesture in MacOS — I’ve had this enabled for years and can’t imaging using a computer without it. If you have a Mac, give it a go. It’ll change your life for the better. (Especially if you need reading glasses.)
Bookmarking:
- Google has a secret reference desk. Here’s how to use it. — I barely use Google anymore but do go there if DuckDuckGo fails me. Usually Google then fails me too, but this might help.
Books on the go:
🎧 Finding Albion by Zakia Sewell [#########-] 93% (+11)