Recently read: I'm really impressed at people who were getting Yuletide recs out within a few days of the event!

( fanfic and politics )

So something is sending vast quantities of spam from my email address. Does anyone have any advice?

( details )

So this year chanukah started on Christmas Eve. ( babble )

Recently acquired: I did very well for books as presents for chanukah and Christmas and my birthday.

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Reason for watching it: I was completely fascinated by the idea of a film of the marvellous Ted Chiang short Story of your life. I started out thinking the film probably wouldn't do it justice but wanted to see it anyway. And then lots of people started posting really positive reviews of it, which made me even more excited to see it. Not to mention ( Read more... )

ghoti found a cool toy that tries to make inferences about what kinds of games you like. It seems to be reasonably competent, based on meaningful questions and using statistical analysis of a few tens of thousands of people, not just a near-random internet clickbait quiz.

( who doesn't love quizzes? )

I must say I really like teaching the Tumblr generation. They get a lot of flack from older pundits for caring too much about social justice and identity politics, but I just find it really refreshing working with people half my age who take gender and sexual diversity completely for granted, and have a sophisticated analysis of racism, and are ( Read more... )

I'm really enjoying the resurgence of people doing little potted summaries of what goes on in their day-to-day lives, so I think I might give that a go.

( stuff )

Reasons for watching it: It had sounded really intriguing from when it first started being talked about, and Ghoti in particular really wanted to see it.

Circumstances of watching it: Ghoti actually managed to find a time when everybody was free, so the whole quad and the younger kids and fivemack all went to the Light cinema together Sunday afternoon. It ( Read more... )

Recently read: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie; (c) Ann Leckie 2014; Pub Orbit 2014; ISBN 978-0-356-50241-0.

( detailed review, with allusions to spoilers )