“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”
— @amalelmohtar.com on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – via @npr.org
#kidlit #fantasy 💙📚
www.npr.org/2014/01/01/2...
The Rainbow Bridge just opened briefly over the harbour
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The only winning move is not to play. (not something you can tell the boss)
I have no doubt that the intentions are very good but arriving at work to find a large sign declaring it to be 'Mental Health Prevention Week' gives one the tiniest pause
I cycled to school in Auckland in the 80s. My parents cycled to school in Auckland. I strongly suspect my grandfather cycled to school in Auckland.
This demonstrates the importance for time travellers of having a change purse with clearly marked compartments for different currencies. (Pick one up any year after 1893)
Saw a sneak peek clip of the new Mandalorian film which showed the Razor Crest plummeting down thru atmosphere towards the ground, giving that traditional "plane going downward" sound.
The funny thing of course is that sound is not real. It's the particular sound of a particular plane from WW2.
frankly romantasy is currently footing the bill for the rest of us by keeping a crumbling publishing industry afloat a while longer and you don't have to read the stuff to appreciate that it's bringing in readers who will eventually want to read more things, perhaps even in different points of view
Our alarm system people just sent us a message telling us they no longer do support for the physical onsite parts of our house alarm anymore, so I have no idea if it's going to continue to work.
Satellite view of Alaska showing the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's northern route marked with a red line and yellow location pins. The trail stretches from Anchorage in the south, heading northwest through checkpoints including Wasilla, Yentna, Skwentna, Finger Lake, Rainy Pass, Rohn, Nikolai, McGrath, Takotna, Ophir, Cripple, Ruby, Galena, Nulato, Kaltag, Unalakleet, Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain, Safety, and finally Nome on the western coast. The dramatic aerial perspective shows snow-covered mountain ranges (including the Alaska Range), the Yukon River, and the vast wilderness these mushers and their dog teams traverse over approximately 1,000 miles. This is the Northern Route visualized from space with the camera moved so far back that a large part of the curvature of the earth is showing - just to be able to see the whole track in one picture.
Why is there all this fur in the servers?
Mapping servers spinning.
Trackers bribed, bots greased.
This is the Iditarod 2026:
Yes, this thing is big. That is either the curve of the globe or the rim of the world. Whatever you believe these days. 😬
#UglyDogs
#MusherSky
#Iditarod54
@alistaircoleman.bsky.social
Reminded by FB.
NZ headlines 6 years ago
An old screenshot talking about Google on top. It says "Google is a pure search engine — no weather, no news feed, no links to sponsors, no ads, no distractions, no portal litter. Nothing but a fast-loading search site. Reward them with a visit. Below is a screenshot from The Phantom Menace, where Anakin Skywalker is walking next to a building and behind him you see the shadow of Darth Vader.
There's some nice videos of costuming choices and rehearsal on their YouTube youtu.be/s0nU4_ZB4Lk?...
A reminder that it's not too late to submit your objection to this bill
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
Cover of Fate's Bane by CL Clark, drawing of two young women lying underwater.
If Rosemary Sutcliff but lesbian is one of your reading sweet spots I can recommend Fate's Bane by CL Clark.
Bonus munchies packed in!
Yes, famously Carmen is in the accident where the truck hits the clinic, seems fine while others are rushed to surgery, goes home and I think dies overnight? But other hospital show examples too.
Cars back on Queen St - act now or go back to the bad old days 😤
Auckland Transport is quietly bringing back cars to Queen St. Here's why they aren't acting in good faith and what to do about it.
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/news/cars-back-on-queen-st-act-now-or-go-back-to-the-bad-old-days/
I just got back in AND a fic I've been counting on updated, so feeling pretty good.
A reminder that Girl Scouting of America has welcomed trans and nonbinary girls from the first one that asked, has always had lesbian and bi members and adults, never declared bankruptcy to avoid paying for sexual assaults, and never poached the other side to recover from said bankruptcy.
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
Yeah the toilet thing is pretty normal for an extended deployment. I have no idea why "sabotaging the toilets" is the chosen method of protest on US Navy ships but for some reason every time the schedule gets fucked with there is a rash of toilet sabotage.
"It seems the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing, leaving Aucklanders stranded in the middle."
In which I attempt to tease out why AT shelved a plan that supports new housing AND solves a key part of the 'Bike Bermuda Triangle'. 👽💀💡
I reckon they can dust it off again though, eh?
In other words, all someone who wishes you ill has to do is buy an item off your wishlist, and Amazon will hand over your address.
How many educators, librarians, DV or homeless shelter staffers, or other community volunteers will be negatively affected by this?
Hmm, I choose to declare that your current novel doppelganger is Ash by Mary Gentle. And what is your middle initial, does it work nicely?
someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years!
*as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c
