Tab-clearing = always a good excuse for link-mongering
The Invisible Bike Helmet has been making the rounds on FB in particular. I finally opened the link and watched the video. It’s… pretty neat, actually. I’d be interested to see if these catch on when the price point drops.
Agatite Street is supposed to be the only street in Chicago that we don’t know why it’s named that way. Except that’s not true! The mystery has been solved, and as it turns out, the answer is super Chicago-y.
There’s a MeetUp group that walks the entire length of major/arterial Chicago streets. I’m fascinated. There’s one going up Clark next Sunday, and I… may have to go.
A Big Honking Master Post of NaNoWriMo Writing/Storytelling/&c Resources, and it’s super thorough.
Journalism must support democracy while questioning governments - great points from
derekwillis.
A useful axis for gauging breaking news
I… super need to dive into this list of Allan A Dale-centric Robin Hood recs. Other fic open in tabs that I need to read:
I Am Stretched on Your Grave, Loki/Sif, 39K
The Last Magic, The Dark Is Rising sequence gen, 8K
And
savage-america pointed me to this article from Jacobin on geek/fan culture; haven’t read it yet, but it purports to take on the idea of the politics of fandom and fan activity.
Neko Case in a gorilla suit doing an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. \o/
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Agatite Street is supposed to be the only street in Chicago that we don’t know why it’s named that way. Except that’s not true! The mystery has been solved, and as it turns out, the answer is super Chicago-y.
There’s a MeetUp group that walks the entire length of major/arterial Chicago streets. I’m fascinated. There’s one going up Clark next Sunday, and I… may have to go.
A Big Honking Master Post of NaNoWriMo Writing/Storytelling/&c Resources, and it’s super thorough.
Journalism must support democracy while questioning governments - great points from
derekwillis.
A useful axis for gauging breaking news
I… super need to dive into this list of Allan A Dale-centric Robin Hood recs. Other fic open in tabs that I need to read:
And
savage-america pointed me to this article from Jacobin on geek/fan culture; haven’t read it yet, but it purports to take on the idea of the politics of fandom and fan activity.
Neko Case in a gorilla suit doing an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. \o/
This was originally posted on Dreamwidth, where it has
comments. I would love to hear from you at DW! If you can see this post, you can comment here using OpenID. Thanks!