October 2025

[muninnhuginn]

October 2025

Read: 

Shorts:

• Blood, Ash, Braids by Genevieve Valentine
• The Blood Portal by Mary E. Lowd
• A Catalog of 21st Century Ghosts by Pat Murphy
• Motherhood by Pat Murphy
• Crossing the Threshold by Pat Murphy

 

Non-fiction

•  Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever by Asa West
• The Hole Truth by George Monbiot
• Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? by Sophie McBain

 

Attended:

• Al Stewart (farewell tour, The Empty Pockets supporting)
• Motorhome and Caravan Show
• Merlin Sheldrake 2025 @ The Barbican (online)

 

Jabbed:

• ‘flu
• COVID 19

ETA: Bought:

• Pebble 2 Duo

Comments

are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-techno

[anef]

This is deeply scary.

[muninnhuginn]

It is. I think the slightly more hopeful contrast to this is Naomi Alderman's articlein The Guardian last week (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/15/dont-argue-with-strangers-and-11-more-rules-to-survive-the-information-crisis).