Some things I found interesting recently:
- Diamonds in the Library: Why Instagram permanently suspended me and how I got my account back. This influencer paid for the verification protections that should keep Meta from shutting her down for impersonating someone (herself) but apparently mass reporting will override that protection. The kicker: she’s Jewish and reported some antisemitic accounts.
- The Guardian: Harrison Ford’s MCU debut can wait. I prefer his whisky ads. I’m going to have to go watch these whisky adverts.
- Fritinancy: Word of the week: Aquamation. This one caught my attention because of last year’s problems with “water cremation” (aquamation) and its legality and lack thereof in Texas.
- Astra Publishing House: Where to start reading the works of Tanith Lee. A lot of people have been recommending the Flat Earth series, which I loved, as an alternative to Sandman; I also love Cyrion, which is alt-history short swashbuckling/sword & sorcery tales in a post-Roman world.
- Reactor (formerly Tor): Everything You Need to Know About Fighting in a Ballgown. Given to me as an alternative to recommending something on Jill Bearup’s channel about fighting in a skirt, because apparently Bearup is a JKR-loving hater. How disappointing.
- Libromancy (the blog of a friend of mine): Giving up your newspaper subscription requires a paradigm shift. As she says, the solution is RSS and a lot of outlets.
- McSweeney’s: Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad. I missed this in November when it came out which is why I need to add McSweeney’s to my RSS feeds.