A countdown creates suspense and tension: preparing for 2025 đź”—
The countdown is a tried and true trope in media. The clock is ticking and you know something important will happen. It’s the perfect builder of tensi [...]
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Photography as a coping mechanism (18 November 2024 photo post) đź”—
Sometimes photography can work as a coping mechanism – both taking them and viewing can be a way of processing that doesn’t require putting anything i [...]
Links (18 November 2024) đź”—
“Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups – report”. “the sweeping use of fraud [...]
Queer Comfort Viewing: 'Surprise! You're less straight than you thought you were!' movies and series đź”—
Like all genres, queer media has a few recurring themes that are either unique to it or just less common in other media. There’s the coming out story, [...]
Queer Comfort Viewing: cozy coming of age movies đź”—
For reasons that should be obvious, quite a few of us are probably going to be reaching for more cozy comfort media over the next while as a way to he [...]
Links (11 November 2024) đź”—
A short list this week because of how delayed last week’s link post was. “Understanding Society: Dewey on habits” “Community building & traditions - a [...]
The Counterculture Switch: creating in a hostile environment đź”—
I’m not going to try to analyse what happened in the recent US presidential elections or why. The US has been heading in this direction for decades, s [...]
Photos (7 November 2024) đź”—
These horses were not particularly interested in me or my hiking shenanigans Breaking out the emergency kitten photos today, for obvious reasons. Thes [...]
Links (7 November 2024) đź”—
“AI is consolidating corporate power in higher ed (opinion)” “Silicon Valley got what it wanted - by Brian Merchant”. “It’s time to face facts. In Tru [...]
The deterioration of Google đź”—
This post announcing the closure of Giant Freakin Robot set me on a bit of a journey into the state of Google. “The End Of Independent Publishing And [...]