I have been Influenced by this post, and ordered the book

dark eyed junco. I love the white flash of their tails

just finished the first season of Plur1bus, and was so happy with its use of silence and space/time. reminded me of Scott McCloud's description on the differences between how US and Japanese comics do transitions

our work is truth telling, sometimes people pay us for it, sometimes people reject it, we still do our best to uncover and share the truth again tomorrow

I'm glad I missed that. I did catch a former colleague's fawning post about their new (very large) employer, about which, in 2025, I can only think that they'd know the cake is a lie. I should know better than to visit that site.

it's like that bit in a horror movie/novel, as the protags suddenly realize they're alone despite the people around them

loved that book. in my memory it's always grouped with _Mail Order Wings_, and right around the same time, in assigned reading, Surreal 3000 and Nos Amis Robots. But the biggest impact was probably Monica Hughes (Devil on My Back, Sandwriter, and the Isis books), and McKinley's _Blue Sword_

thank you for making the space for this to be shared. I lack the words to describe how I fell into the writing at the beginning (I too love the creak of a large bird's wings), and then the growing knot in my throat as I realized where it was going

I suspect it's 'we marked you as unsubscribed in database, and then we switched email platforms and "forgot" to import the unsubscribe info along with the email address'

Sofia Samatar has a really interesting book about German speaking Mennonites in Uzbekistan www.sofiasamatar.com/books/the-wh...

and they can't eat out or have others pay for their meals (no catered lunches), or use their existing pantries. Since they probably can't cook, it would be interesting.

It was a very very long game

I see 'armscye' in knitting, but probably that is partially due to the type of knitters I speak with or read

it's watching too many seasons of Grand Designs

although now I'm quite taken with "this colonialist expansion could have been an email".