Read:

Shorts:

- Five Functions of Your Bionosaur by Rachael K. Jones (https://smallwondersmag.com/pieces/five-functions-of-your-bionosaur/)

- The Other Side (https://archiveofourown.org/works/52473055)

Non-fiction:

- The Year Twitter Died (https://www.theverge.com/c/23972308/twitter-x-death-tweets-history-elon-musk)

- A Knight’s Tale is the Best Medieval Film (No, Really) by Michael Livingston (https://www.tor.com/2018/11/16/a-knights-tale-is-the-best-medieval-film-no-really/)

- More than calculators: Why large language models threaten learning, teaching, and education by Amy J. Ko (https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/more-than-calculators-why-large-language-models-threaten-public-education-480dd5300939)

- From Clay by A J Hately (5e rules)

- Critical Writing, Fannish Writing by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/critical-writing-fannish-writing-a2c5e16167c4)

- Untangling Threads by Erin Kissane (https://erinkissane.com/untangling-threads)

- AI and Trust by Bruce Schneier (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-and-trust.html)

Attended:

- How Old is That House? (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-old-is-that-house-tickets-753260651887)

Read:
Fiction:

- A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris (K)

Shorts:

- We Could Have Been Warlocks by Jeanine Skowronski (https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/108931782/posts/5010818066)

Non-fiction:

- “Not Much Choice”: Disability and Monstrosity in the Alien Franchise by Jay Kang Romanus
- Hundreds of Ways to Get S#!+ Done—and We Still Don’t by CLIVE THOMPSON (https://www.wired.com/story/to-do-apps-failed-productivity-tools/)
- The Al Capone theory of sexual harassment by Leigh Honeywell (https://hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/the-al-capone-theory-of-sexual-harassment/)

Attended:

- Journeys to the Land of Faerie... and Telling the Tale @ The British Library
- Burnaby Recital: Sophie Westbrooke

Current Mood: belated

October 2023

Read:

Fiction:

The Green Man’s Quarry by Juliet E McKenna (K)
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris (K)

Shorts:

THE WITCH’S DOLL BY ELIZABETH A. ALLEN (https://everydayfiction.com/the-witchs-doll-by-elizabeth-a-allen/)
SIMON WANTS TO BE A MAGICIAN BY MICHAEL CONLEY (https://everydayfiction.com/simon-wants-to-be-a-magician-by-michael-conley/)
2+2=5 by Rudy Rucker and Terry Bisson (https://www.rudyrucker.com/transrealbooks/completestories/#_Toc49)
Five Things That Go Through Your Mind After the Masked Killer Decapitates You with an Axe and Your Still-Living Head Has a Few Seconds of Consciousness Left to Gaze at Your Twitching Body by ADAM-TROY CASTRO (https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/five-things-that-go-through-your-mind-after-the-masked-killer-decapitates-you-with-an-axe-and-your-still-living-head-has-a-few-seconds-of-consciousness-left-to-gaze-at-your-twitching-body/)
'Money in the Bank' by John Kessel and Bruce Sterling (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/money-in-the-bank/)

Non-fiction:

‘We live in a complicated country’: David Olusoga on the UK’s contested union, then and now (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/01/union-with-david-olusoga-bbc-england-scotland-northern-ireland-wales-britain-uk)
‘A true original’: Katherine Rundell on the genius of Diana Wynne Jones (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/16/a-true-original-katherine-rundell-on-the-genius-of-diana-wynne-jones)
Gaum, Ghastly by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/gaum-ghastly-30a063b39a4a)
Weird A.I. Yankovic, a cursed deep dive into the world of voice cloning by ANDY BAIO (https://waxy.org/2023/10/weird-ai-yankovic-voice-cloning/)
The Man Who Invented Fantasy by DAN SINYKIN (https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/lester-del-rey-invention-fantasy-book-publishing.html)
Terry Bisson’s History of the Future by By Margret Grebowicz (https://archive.ph/k0RRI)
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis review – the downfall of crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried by Tim Adams (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/08/going-infinite-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-new-tycoon-by-michael-lewis-review-sam-bankman-fried-trial-ftx)
Farrar’s Horcrux: “Eric, or Little by Little” (1858) by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/farrars-horcrux-the-secret-at-the-heart-of-eric-or-little-by-little-1858-a7da65cdccc1)
‘Like the brakes of a train never coming to a stop’: author Michel Faber on the torture of tinnitus (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/14/like-the-brakes-of-a-train-never-coming-to-a-stop-author-michel-faber-on-the-torture-of-tinnitus)

Catchup links from past months:

My kids and I just played D&D with ChatGPT4 as the DM by Obie Fernandez (https://obie.medium.com/my-kids-and-i-just-played-d-d-with-chatgpt4-as-the-dm-43258e72b2c6)
The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Carolyne Larrington review – Thor blimey by Katy Guest (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/09/the-norse-myths-that-shape-the-way-we-think-by-carolyne-larrington-review-thor-blimey)
Robotic system offers hidden window into collective bee behavior by EPFL (https://robohub.org/robotic-system-offers-hidden-window-into-collective-bee-behavior/)
Anti-Brexit Britain has reached the point of return by PETER KELLNER (https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/anti-brexit-britain-has-reached-the-point-of-return/)
The invisible problem by Scott Jenson (https://jenson.org/text/)
THE RITUAL OF PLAY: RPGS, ART, AND RITUAL by Andrew Logan Montgomery (https://andrewloganmontgomery.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-ritual-of-play-rpgs-art-and-ritual.html)
The Falling Man by Tom Junod (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/?utm_campaign=socialflowTWESQ&utm_source=twitter&src=socialflowTW&utm_medium=social-media)
Coercion versus Care by MARIA (https://crookedtimber.org/2023/08/12/coercion-versus-care/)
I AM TRUMP’S CRIMINAL LAWYER’S CRIMINAL LAWYER’S CRIMINAL LAWYER’S CRIMINAL LAWYER, AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT IS HAPPENING by GARY M. ALMETER (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-am-trumps-criminal-lawyers-criminal-lawyers-criminal-lawyers-criminal-lawyer-and-once-again-i-have-no-fucking-clue-what-is-happening)
Parlez-vous Valyrian? Meet the people creating languages for Game of Thrones, Avatar and more by Rebecca Liu (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/07/fantasy-languages-game-of-thrones-avatar-lord-of-the-rings)
The Screens are the Symptom. by danah boyd (https://zephoria.medium.com/the-screens-are-the-symptom-ee6e94ec7f44)
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Twitter to X by Nick Hilton (https://nickfthilton.medium.com/ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-twitter-to-x-9667d689533e)

Poetry:

The Other Ozymandias (https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-b-side-of-ozymandias-6651dee01c08)
“I Wonder If I Need the Rapture or If I Could Just Swallow A Catastrophe and Call It Good” by Kelli Russell Agodon (https://readalittlepoetry.com/2023/10/07/i-wonder-if-i-need-the-rapture-or-if-i-could-just-swallow-a-catastrophe-and-call-it-good-by-kelli-russell-agodon/)

Attended:

Monsters in the Nineteenth Century

Also:

The Knitting Needle Project at Zooniverse (https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/elliereed185/knitting-leaflet-project/about/research)
House archaeological visit

September 2023

Read:

Fiction:

Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley (K)
The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris (K)
Broken Light by by Joanne Harris (K)
Elidor by Alan Garner

Non-fiction:

A Folklore Bestiary (Vol 1) by the Merry Mushmen
COVID-19: A NEW DISEASE PARADIGM, John Snow Project Editorial (https://johnsnowproject.org/insights/a-new-disease-paradigm/)
The eighth summer of Brexit: pragmatism without honesty by Chris Grey (https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-seventh-summer-of-brexit-pragmatism.html)
DIY Chatbots Unleash Large Language Models’ Repressed Sexuality by Samantha Cole (https://www.404media.co/chub-ai-characters-jailbreaking-nsfw-chatbots/)
Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly by Karen McVeigh (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/30/thousands-of-salmon-escaped-an-icelandic-fish-farm-the-impact-could-be-deadly)

Attended:

Peggy Seeger in Conversation @ The Moth Club (https://mothclub.co.uk)
Bromyard Folk Festival
Online Talk: 100 years of the Mull geological map by Scottish Geology Trust

August 2023

Read:

Fiction

Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick (K)

Shorts:

Of Sweet Seas and Starlight by Zahra Mukhi (https://interzone.digital/of-sweet-seas-and-starlight/)

Non-fiction:

‘To his followers, this man is a messiah!’ Matt Shea on his long fight to expose Andrew Tate by Zoe Williams (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/aug/28/to-his-followers-this-man-is-a-messiah-matt-shea-on-his-long-fight-to-expose-andrew-tate)
Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote by Elif Batuman (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/05/proust-chatgpt-and-the-case-of-the-forgotten-quote-elif-batuman)
The crayola-fication of the world: How we gave colors names, and it messed with our brains (part I) by Aatish Bhatia (https://empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of-the-world-how-we-gave-colors-names-and-it-messed-with-our-brains-part-i/)

Attended:

The Tempest (@Trinity Gardens)
A New Day

July 2023

Read:

Fiction

Clan Apis by Jay Hosler (loan from doubtingmichael)

Shorts:

The Monster Fucker Club by A.V. Greene (https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/the-monster-fucker-club/)
A Branch that Blossoms by Edonohana (https://archiveofourown.org/works/46933489)

Non-fiction

Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer? by Maria C Hunt (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/fonio-beer-climate-friendly-grain)
Footpaths to the past: ‘We must keep our ancient tracks alive by walking them’ by Jim Leary (https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jul/06/ancient-uk-footpaths-trails-walking-holloways-hiking)
Fail Limit Exceeded by Cheryl Platz (https://medium.com/ideaplatz/fail-limit-exceeded-c656047c8082)
Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend by CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE (https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your)
Sarah Polley: ‘It took me years to see how responsible Terry Gilliam was for my terror’ (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/12/sarah-polley-terry-gilliam-run-towards-danger-baron-munchausen-interview)
The shameless fearmongering of the lockdown lobby by LAURA DODSWORTH (https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/07/18/the-shameless-fearmongering-of-the-lockdown-lobby/)
California’s wily, surfboard-stealing sea otter evades capture again by SUSANNE RUST (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-20/california-sea-otter-terrorist-evade-capture)
A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing? by Tom Lamont (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jul/20/a-funeral-for-fish-and-chips-east-neuk-fife-anstruther-scotland)
I survived the Barbie-Oppenheimer double-bill and I don’t recommend it by Stuart Heritage (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/22/barbie-oppenheimer-double-feature)
How to Stop ChatGPT Plugins from Scraping Your Website Content by Titus Kamunya (https://geekflare.com/stop-chatgpt-plugins-from-scraping-website/)
Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor by Kim Zetter (https://www.wired.com/story/tetra-radio-encryption-backdoor/)
We All Live In A Carbon Fiber Submarine by E.W. Niedermeyer (https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/220190668/posts/65)

Listened to:

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina sung by Sinead O’Connor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYJPzWxL2w)
The First Time Ever I Saw your Face sung by Peggy Seeger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KB7vQzZAZw)

Watched:

The British Miracle Meat (Channel 4)

June 2023

Read:

Fiction:

Wonder & Glory Forever ed. Nick Mamatis
Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott (K)
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde (K)

Non-fiction:

The big idea: Are cats really domesticated? by Jonathan B Losos (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/05/the-big-idea-are-cats-really-domesticated)
The Viking woman who sailed to America and walked to Rome by Frank Jacobs (https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/gudrid-far-traveled-viking-woman/)
Gender Criticism vs. Gender Abolition by Grace Lavery (http://www.gracelavery.org/gender-criticism-vs-gender-abolition/)
Chatbots Have Stolen Fanfiction From a Gift Culture by Linda Codega (https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatbot-fanfiction-fanfic-archive-of-our-own-1850524393)
Meet the Swedish Artist Who Hooked British Rock Royalty on Her Revolutionary Crochet by Ben Marks (https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-swedish-artist-who-hooked-british-rock-royalty-on-crochet/)

Attended:

Bee-keeping practicals (1), stings (0)
Funeral KJK

I can't remember the last time I actually felt sick with worry about the fate of the characters in a novel. It was such a strong feeling that I almost gave up on the book. I read it in sections over a few evenings to keep my stress levels low instead of bingeing in one night to "get it over with".
That makes it sound like I didn't enjoy the book. Rather, the experience was beyond enjoyment. I'll probably put it in the regular re-read category, although, to make a comparison with A Wizard of Earthsea,( Mild spoiler )

Current Mood: Moved

May 2023

Read:

Fiction:

Death is now my Neighbour by Colin Dexter (reread)
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter (reread)

Shorts:

“Balkan Cosmology” by Bruce Sterling (https://bruces.medium.com/balkan-cosmology-by-bruce-sterling-2022-9a06b9b28bc0)
The Woman Carrying a Corpse by Chi Hui (https://www.tor.com/2023/04/19/the-woman-carrying-a-corpse-chi-hui/)
In Time, a Weed May Break Stone by VALERIE VALDES (https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/in-time-a-weed-may-break-stone/)
A Contract with Wild Things by Claire Schultz (https://crowcrosskeys.com/2023/03/08/a-contract-with-wild-things-claire-schultz/)
She Blooms and the World is Changed by IZZY WASSERSTEIN (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/she-blooms-and-the-world-is-changed/)
RAIN BY ALEX M. STEIN (https://everydayfiction.com/rain-by-alex-m-stein/)

Non-fiction:

TELLURIA BY VLADIMIR SOROKIN, TRANSLATED BY MAX LAWTON
BY: ABIGAIL NUSSBAUM (http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/telluria-by-vladimir-sorokin-translated-by-max-lawton/)
Deepfakes in the courts by Professor Lilian Edwards (https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/deepfakes-in-the-courts)
WITNESS STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHER GARY PACKHAM CBE via https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/128193721/posts/4689618534
Time travel in Whitehall: Institutional amnesia and learning lessons from history by Matthew Flinders and Phillip Murphy (https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/time-travel-in-whitehall-institutional-amnesia-and-learning-lessons-from-history)
The coronation was an act of magic for a country scared the spell might break by Tanya Gold (https://www.politico.eu/article/king-charles-coronation-magic-country-scared-spell-break/)
13 lessons from a climate change diplomat with months left to live by Pete Betts (https://www.ft.com/content/5d307386-8896-4fcc-a9fe-b10678775e10)
Is It Time to Quit Coffee for Good? by John McDermott (https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/a43622878/caffeine-addiction/)
Notes from Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter by J. R. Moehringer (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/15/j-r-moehringer-ghostwriter-prince-harry-memoir-spare)
We desperately need a government who will say it: Britain is still reeling from Covid by John Harris (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/29/government-britain-covid-pupils-absence-long-term-sickness-boris-johnson)
‘Can I still listen to David Bowie?’ A superfan’s dilemma by Claire Dederer (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/06/can-i-still-listen-to-david-bowie-a-superfans-dilemma)
Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand by Emily M. Bender (https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83)

Poetry:

“Robobees” by Robert Borski (https://kaleidotrope.net/spring-2023/robobees-by-robert-borski/)

Attended:

Bee-keeping practicals (2), stings (4)

Read:

Fiction:

Mr Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll

Shorts:

SALT WATER by Eugenia Triantafyllou (https://www.tor.com/2023/04/12/salt-water-eugenia-triantafyllou/)

Non-fiction:

The Magic and Melancholy of Dungeons & Dragons by Ed Park
(https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-magic-and-melancholy-of-dungeons-and-dragons)
How to Make Dungeons & Dragons a $1 Billion Brand by Ben Riggs (https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-future-wizards-of-the-coast-letter-1850359605)

Poetry:

“A Tale” by Louise Bogan (https://poets.org/poem/tale)
“IDEMILI” BY SOMTO IHEZUE (http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/idemili/)
“Wild Raspberries” by Kona Macphee (https://twitter.com/IMcMillan/status/1650056482790973440)

Didn't Do:

Megson Gig
Eastercon

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

Read:

Fiction:

The Way through the Woods by Colin Dexter (reread)

Shorts:

The Counterworld by James Bradley (https://www.tor.com/2023/02/01/the-counterworld-james-bradley/)
NAMED BY K.R. LAI (https://everydayfiction.com/named-by-kr-lai/)
How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean (https://www.tor.com/2023/01/18/how-to-cook-and-eat-the-rich-sunyi-dean/)
TOO MANY STUS by REBECCA FISHOW (https://everydayfiction.com/too-many-stus-by-rebecca-fishow/)

Non-fiction:

Ursula Le Guin, ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ (1968) by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/ursula-le-guin-a-wizard-of-earthsea-1968-c51a9a61881f)
The Plant Rejects the Gardener (and it can be just the same with writing, too) by Chaz Brenchley (https://bookviewcafe.com/the-plant-rejects-the-gardener-and-it-can-be-just-the-same-with-writing-too/)
Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media by Catherynne M. Valente (https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start)

Attended/”Attended”:

One Man Conference: Buildings Archaeology with Dr James Wright (all of just about 12 hours of absolute delight)
First session of beekeeping course

Read:

Fiction:

The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter (reread)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre (reread)
The Jewel that Was Ours by Colin Dexter (reread)

Shorts:

A Wish by Edoardo Albert (DSF)
Inhuman by Eric S. Fomley (DSF)
The Tintinnabulation at the End of the World: a Christmas Story by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/the-tintinnabulation-at-the-end-of-the-world-a-christmas-story-139d03aaf217)
A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done by SCOTT EDELMAN (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-man-walks-into-a-bar-or-in-which-more-than-four-decades-after-my-fathers-reluctant-night-of-darts-on-west-54th-street-i-finally-understand-what-needs-to-be-done/)
There Are No Butterflies on Proxima B by Kyle Robert Annasenz (DSF) THE LAST! :-(
MI AMOR by RUBY ZEHNDER (https://everydayfiction.com/mi-amor-by-ruby-zehnder/)
BLUE HYDRANGEA by KATHERINE SANKEY (https://everydayfiction.com/blue-hydrangea-by-katherine-sankey/)
Glimpses in Amber by ADAM-TROY CASTRO (https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/glimpses-in-amber/)
Rat King by S. M. Hallow (https://crowcrosskeys.com/2022/12/24/rat-king-s-m-hallow/)

Poetry:

The Secret of the Machines BY RUDYARD KIPLING (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46786/the-secret-of-the-machines)
For You Were Strangers in Egypt by ELIZABETH R. MCCLELLAN (https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/for-you-were-strangers-in-egypt/)
If Lear Wrote Carroll by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/if-lear-wrote-carroll-d02ea9e32eb1)
As the Witch Burns by MARISCA PICHETTE (https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/poetry/as-the-witch-burns/)
Dog in Bed by JOYCE SIDMAN (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56332/dog-in-bed)

Non-fiction:

Woddis, ‘The Soldier’ (1975) by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/woddis-the-soldier-1975-3c9795fba045)
‘We can’t even get basic care done’: what it’s like doing 12-hour shifts on an understaffed NHS ward by William Fear (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/05/nhs-hospital-ward-understaffed-12-hour-shifts-we-cant-even-get-basic-care-done)
Wheel running in the wild by Johanna H. Meijer and Yuri Robbers (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2014.0210)
Dungeons & Dragons’ New License Tightens Its Grip on Competition by Linda Codega (https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634)
I wrote a story for a friend by Julian Gough (https://theeggandtherock.substack.com/p/i-wrote-a-story-for-a-friend)
How we fell under the spell of witcherature by Anya Bergman (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/06/how-we-fell-under-the-spell-of-witcherature)
Disguising solar panels as ancient Roman tiles in Pompeii by Diego Giuliani (https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-disguising-solar-panels-ancient-roman.html)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John le Carré by Ian Sales (https://ian-93054.medium.com/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-john-le-carr%C3%A9-16098223f8db)
Engine Summer, John Crowley by Ian Sales (https://ian-93054.medium.com/engine-summer-john-crowley-fcf79159ff4b)
The Land Beyond Spacetime: Dinosaurs and Cosmic Horror by Fletcher Wortmann (https://www.tor.com/2023/01/04/the-land-beyond-spacetime-dinosaurs-and-cosmic-horror/)
No, sir, we’re afraid it is YOUR fault if our system doesn’t work by Alistair Dabbs (https://autosaveisforwimps.substack.com/p/no-sir-were-afraid-it-is-your-fault)
Men may not ‘perceive’ domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue by Tom McClelland (https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/men-may-not-perceive-domestic-tasks-as-needing-doing-in-the-same-way-as-women-philosophers-argue)
This Stripped-Down Blogging Tool Exemplifies Antisocial Media by CLIVE THOMPSON (https://www.wired.com/story/this-stripped-down-blogging-tool-exemplifies-antisocial-media/)
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Life in Languages BY CAMERON RASMUSSON (https://multilingual.com/issues/october-2022/j-r-r-tolkiens-life-in-languages-inventing-and-adapting-the-lexicons-of-middle-earth/)
Outlook? Terrifying: TV weather presenters on the hell and horror of the climate crisis by Sam Wollaston (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/outlook-terrifying-tv-weather-presenters-on-the-hell-and-horror-of-the-climate-crisis)
Publishing ‘The Lord of the Rings’ by Adam Roberts (https://medium.com/adams-notebook/publishing-the-lord-of-the-rings-2b087b0c758e)
Three years after Brexit, where is the new golden age that they promised us? by Andrew Rawnsley (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/three-years-after-brexit-where-is-the-new-golden-age-that-they-promised-us)
Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification by Cory Doctorow (https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/)
The Scandinavian folk clothing right for now by Matilda Welin (https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230110-the-scandinavian-folk-clothing-right-for-now)
Learning styles don’t exist by Carl Hendrick (https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence-is-clear-learning-styles-theory-doesnt-work)
Otherlands author Thomas Halliday: ‘Some people have insisted on reading the book backwards’ by Killian Fox (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/28/otherlands-author-thomas-halliday-some-people-have-insisted-on-reading-the-book-backwards)
‘A lot of the demons seem a little cheesy now’: Sarah Michelle Gellar on Buffy, her burnout and her comeback by Elle Hunt (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/30/sarah-michelle-gellar-interview-wolf-pack-buffy)

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