linkspam is dubious
So I was in the mountains all weekend, and then accidentally deleted the Olympics opening ceremonies from my Tivo. The Big Picture however stepped in to show me some of what I missed. Looks both brilliant and kind of wtfery.
OK, I hate to say it, but I don't think this is good news. PJ, have you forgotten the maxim that Less is More? (Also, I remember King Kong.) ::sigh::
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Outdoorsy folks might want to bookmark this: 68,000 free topographic maps for iPad, Kindle, and Android.
Here's a couple of long pieces:
An amateur archaeologist in Oregon who liked to do his digging with a backhoe, and tried to murder the cop who was pursuing him.
NYT on the disappearance of some of the Aleppo Codex.
There are some new treatments for auditory hallucinations.
Gotta love Gutenberg. Here's Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases, by Ida B. Wells, written in 1892.
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Kiese Laymon, on slowly killing yourself and others. Powerful stuff. Not sure how or if I've helped many folks say yes to life but I've definitely aided in few folks dying slowly in America, all without the aid of a gun. (TW for violence, sexual assault and racism.)
Jim Hines has been (is?) a rape counsellor, and writes frequently on feminist issues. He was going to do an Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit as part of the publicity for his forthcoming book (Libriomancer, looks like fun), but then he discovered a thread on Reddit where rapists were telling their stories. (Lots of failure to understand the legal meaning of "censorship" in comments there, and lots of butthurt Redditers.) (Mirrored here on LJ.)
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Oh, sad news for the Farscape community. Raise a glass tonight for Jonathan Hardy, who provided both the voice and the eyebrows of Dominar Rygel XVIth. And, apparently, co-wrote the screenplay for Breaker Morant, which I never knew!
Here's a lovely tribute by Farscape executive producer Richard Manning.
I don't have a Rygel icon, sadly, but I do have my one Rygel story. Anyone have any Rygel recommendations to share?
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Closing out with an adorable sea lion pup and a dorkily endearing orphaned walrus.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
OK, I hate to say it, but I don't think this is good news. PJ, have you forgotten the maxim that Less is More? (Also, I remember King Kong.) ::sigh::
*
Outdoorsy folks might want to bookmark this: 68,000 free topographic maps for iPad, Kindle, and Android.
Here's a couple of long pieces:
An amateur archaeologist in Oregon who liked to do his digging with a backhoe, and tried to murder the cop who was pursuing him.
NYT on the disappearance of some of the Aleppo Codex.
There are some new treatments for auditory hallucinations.
Gotta love Gutenberg. Here's Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases, by Ida B. Wells, written in 1892.
*
Kiese Laymon, on slowly killing yourself and others. Powerful stuff. Not sure how or if I've helped many folks say yes to life but I've definitely aided in few folks dying slowly in America, all without the aid of a gun. (TW for violence, sexual assault and racism.)
Jim Hines has been (is?) a rape counsellor, and writes frequently on feminist issues. He was going to do an Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit as part of the publicity for his forthcoming book (Libriomancer, looks like fun), but then he discovered a thread on Reddit where rapists were telling their stories. (Lots of failure to understand the legal meaning of "censorship" in comments there, and lots of butthurt Redditers.) (Mirrored here on LJ.)
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Oh, sad news for the Farscape community. Raise a glass tonight for Jonathan Hardy, who provided both the voice and the eyebrows of Dominar Rygel XVIth. And, apparently, co-wrote the screenplay for Breaker Morant, which I never knew!
Here's a lovely tribute by Farscape executive producer Richard Manning.
I don't have a Rygel icon, sadly, but I do have my one Rygel story. Anyone have any Rygel recommendations to share?
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Closing out with an adorable sea lion pup and a dorkily endearing orphaned walrus.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.