March 2023

Read:

Fiction:

• Daughters of Cain by Colin Dexter (reread)
• A sound of Chariots by Mollie Hunter (reread)

 

Shorts:

• Crystalline by Daniel H. Wilson (https://gizmodo.com/lightspeed-magazine-scifi-short-story-daniel-h-wilson-1850171168)
• “Mare Nostrum,” by Bruce Sterling (https://bruces.medium.com/mare-nostrum-by-bruce-sterling-2022-43fe4ed14258)

 

Poetry:

•  “here yet be dragons” by Lucille Clifton (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/27/poem-of-the-week-here-yet-be-dragons-by-lucille-clifton)

 

Non-fiction:

•  I don’t want to log in to your website / I simply won’t read! Solved! by ELIZABETH LOPATTO (https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23618804/google-facebook-login-ads-web-design-hell)
• AugurCon Keynote 2022: Up With the Birds by Amal El-Mohtar (https://amalelmohtar.com/augurcon-keynote-talk-up-with-the-birds/)
• Should have put a ring on it - the power of women in medieval Middle English romance by Michael Smith (https://unbound.com/books/werewolf/updates/should-have-put-a-ring-on-it-the-power-of-women-in-medieval-middle-english-romance)
• The Dark is Rising by Robert Macfarlane (in 9 West Road, English Faculty Newsletter, Cambridge)
• The privacy loophole in your doorbell by Alfred Ng  (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/07/privacy-loophole-ring-doorbell-00084979)
•  I’ve lived in New York for 13 years and earn $64,000. Why am I being evicted now? by Joe Kloc (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/08/renting-eviction-new-york-housing)
• How long does Twitter have left? by Dave Karpf (https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/how-long-does-twitter-have-left)
• In Defense of Studying “Basket Weaving” At College by Clive Thompson (https://clivethompson.medium.com/in-defense-of-studying-basket-weaving-at-college-a862792f3a85)
• Weird Emoji I Resolve To Use More Often by Clive Thompson  (https://clivethompson.medium.com/weird-emoji-i-resolve-to-use-more-often-7816c7b7e706)  
• All UK honey tested in EU fraud investigation fails authenticity test by Jon Ungoed-Thomas (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/26/uk-honey-fails-authenticity-test)
• Can gamers outplay rapacious capitalists? by Tim Harford (https://timharford.com/2023/03/can-gamers-outplay-rapacious-capitalists/)
• How a social network falls apart by Gita Jackson (https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/9/23629372/twitter-tumblr-livejournal-social-network)
• Bryant & May author Christopher Fowler: ‘Writing the end was really emotional’ by Suzi Feay (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/10/bryant-may-author-christopher-fowler-writing-the-end-was-really-emotional)
• The Hunger Gap by George Monbiot (https://www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/the-hunger-gap/)
• Looking for a model of the Metaverse by Andres Guadamuz (https://www.technollama.co.uk/looking-for-a-model-of-the-metaverse)
• On the word ‘Houyhnhnm’ by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/on-the-name-houyhnhnm-8b91d8edfc55)

 

Attended/”Attended”:

• Four sessions of beekeeping course