Entering the final quarter
1) Rope skipping puppies, tummy rubs and wanting the ear rubs. Plus puffins trying to fit in, tired cat parent and zen puppy.
2) Me: There are no duckies out on the lake. I wonder where they're hanging out today?
Mike: They have been ab-duck-ted.
It finally felt like fall has arrived, certainly not because of temperatures, which are currently in the 90s, but because Mike left for a five hour shift of teaching and on-campus errands. Although he did nearly two weeks of this back in May it's become common this year to have him home all the time. So it felt strange to have half the day to myself again, particularly since we didn't share either meal as he had a remote class in the morning.
3) I didn't watch any of the DMC convention, though I heard reports about it through NPR and the political comedy shows. I was amused by a line in The Daily Show, when Trevor Noah said regarding Obama's convention speech "In 4 years we've gone from 'Yes We Can' to 'Let Us Pray'."
Mostly though, I found it encouraging that many people are liking and even preferring the virtual convention. I mean, clearly, more people can participate that way. And since the convention is nothing but a big staged event anyway, why not make it a better presentation? I particularly liked the new roll call format. I think they should do that every year. Although it's very unlikely that they won't go back to convention centers once they can, I'd like to think that these will become more hybrid affairs.
4) Relatedly, The future of music as a cottage industry. I get why he didn't want Bandcamp to become MySpace. But it's curious to me that someone clearly dedicated to music and its overall importance would be so indifferent to the fact that people wanted to connect to one another through it. And also so oblivious to the fact that places where people want to congregate online are what makes them particularly successful. Buying and selling isn't just a transaction, it is also a social act.
It reminds me of the scene in Halt and Catch Fire where the gaming company owners start observing how people create options where they can talk to one another, and realize that this is where the future income comes from -- not just people playing a game, because they can't turn those out fast enough to keep people from leaving. It's serving as a way for them to connect to one another.
5) Amy Walker’s War on Credit Suisse and a System of Entitled Indifference is a frustrating read as a cautionary tale of just what women are up against when attempting to hold co-workers to account for sexual assault. But the detailed reporting of one 10 year case is rare, despite this being the "era" of MeToo. But if that wasn't enough, the story has one comment to date -- and I'll let you guess where the anon's sympathies lie.
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2) Me: There are no duckies out on the lake. I wonder where they're hanging out today?
Mike: They have been ab-duck-ted.
It finally felt like fall has arrived, certainly not because of temperatures, which are currently in the 90s, but because Mike left for a five hour shift of teaching and on-campus errands. Although he did nearly two weeks of this back in May it's become common this year to have him home all the time. So it felt strange to have half the day to myself again, particularly since we didn't share either meal as he had a remote class in the morning.
3) I didn't watch any of the DMC convention, though I heard reports about it through NPR and the political comedy shows. I was amused by a line in The Daily Show, when Trevor Noah said regarding Obama's convention speech "In 4 years we've gone from 'Yes We Can' to 'Let Us Pray'."
Mostly though, I found it encouraging that many people are liking and even preferring the virtual convention. I mean, clearly, more people can participate that way. And since the convention is nothing but a big staged event anyway, why not make it a better presentation? I particularly liked the new roll call format. I think they should do that every year. Although it's very unlikely that they won't go back to convention centers once they can, I'd like to think that these will become more hybrid affairs.
4) Relatedly, The future of music as a cottage industry. I get why he didn't want Bandcamp to become MySpace. But it's curious to me that someone clearly dedicated to music and its overall importance would be so indifferent to the fact that people wanted to connect to one another through it. And also so oblivious to the fact that places where people want to congregate online are what makes them particularly successful. Buying and selling isn't just a transaction, it is also a social act.
It reminds me of the scene in Halt and Catch Fire where the gaming company owners start observing how people create options where they can talk to one another, and realize that this is where the future income comes from -- not just people playing a game, because they can't turn those out fast enough to keep people from leaving. It's serving as a way for them to connect to one another.
5) Amy Walker’s War on Credit Suisse and a System of Entitled Indifference is a frustrating read as a cautionary tale of just what women are up against when attempting to hold co-workers to account for sexual assault. But the detailed reporting of one 10 year case is rare, despite this being the "era" of MeToo. But if that wasn't enough, the story has one comment to date -- and I'll let you guess where the anon's sympathies lie.
View poll: Kudos Footer-213
Comments at Dreamwidth
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