I don't know who I'd recommend it to. Maybe people who preferred the more supernatural parts of the later Baru Cormorant novels (I preferred the more politicky bits).
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I finished reading Seth Dickinson's "Exordia". The first act of the book is a wonderful first contact story with hints of science, philosophy, political commentary, and wonderfully human character. Then it becomes a military survival supernatural-ish horror story dense with body horror, military jargon, and characters I don't think you're supposed to like that doesn't know when to stop except when it runs out of pages.
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In case anyone else is suddenly interested in how to turn Gemini off in e.g. GMail: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15604322
Basically: Settings > Manage Workspace smart [sic] feature [sic] settings, uncheck the settings.
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The Slur Song is now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1GotsDLkupVeKLe1WgvOm2
And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SIEOYOuX4s
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No, you just deleted an f-bomb from a work chat.
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Ah dang, it requires login. If they get it onto Spotify or wherever, I'll update the original post with the direct link to the track. But the whole post trail is worth reading.
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I went directly from the BBC's list of Executive Orders to Tumblr where I ran across Bigfoot's Biggest Fan's new track "The Slur Song" built from an Aussie workplace inclusivity training module which straight (lol) up lists every slur you are not allowed to say: https://www.tumblr.com/bigfoots-biggest-fan/773201425651105792?source=share
I needed that. Maybe you need that too. I was in tears, laughing.
Ah, the tumblr post requires login. But the spotify link does not: https://open.spotify.com/track/1GotsDLkupVeKLe1WgvOm2
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I finished Samantha Harvey's "Orbital" (winner of the 2024 Booker Prize). The author set out to write a "space pastoral" and boy howdy did she succeed. Lavishly evocative prose describing the outrageous act of having six humans circle the globe every 90 minutes exposed to the terrible, beautiful depth of space on one side and to the broad, invisibly-occupied Earth on the other... And it's short! Recommended for space nerds and fans of poetic prose.
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I finished reading Brandon Sanderson's "The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England" which was a quite delightful, Scalzi-esque sci-fi+historical fantasy romp. Recommended for people who read "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" or "Kaiju Preservation Society".
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After reading a bunch of stuff not worthy of summarizing, I just finished T. J. Klune's In the Lives of Puppets, a self-aware Pinocchio-inspired tale about a real boy and his friends and family of robots in the medium-distance future. A solid piece of fiction with a balanced mix of tension and humour. Recommended for fans of robots, those who appreciate grounded characters in sci-fi settings, and anyone who's ever put googly eyes on their robot vacuum or given them a name (ours is called Mo).
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An IC can do great work on an impactful problem, and then get canned because the vice president making the cut list didn’t realize they were doing it. We live in hell.
@HeyChelseaTroy has done it again with https://chelseatroy.com/2024/10/31/what-layoffs-teach-us-about-technical-leadership/
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I don't remember #introduction posts being important when I first joined, so I guess I should do that?
I'm chutten. He/Him. I am one of those #software types at Mozilla working on #data out of my secret lair in #canada. Hobbies include reading (mostly #fiction), #baking (mostly #bread), and being disappointed when institutions and authorities fail to meet minimal standards of decency and compassion. Recently started #brewing beer, with one failure already under my belt.
Pleased to meet you.
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