catchup

Apr. 13th, 2020 09:40 pm
jinian: (bad wolf)
This infection has been kicking my ass, I'm glad I finally feel a bit better today. I picked up my lumber order and am planning to make a raised bed tomorrow. Carrots (because idk I just always wanted to grow carrots and had clay soil that didn't allow it) and greens (because nutritious and likely to have supply problems this year) are my main targets. I also picked up some pole bean seeds, because I'm all about growing food right now aaaand we have an ongoing problem with too much sun making the upstairs into an oven. Rather than spend more money on awning ideas that we're not really happy with, I decided to try and replicate the huge cone o' bean plants that my university used to grow every year. We'll see how this solution goes.

Here, have a week of reading notes!
Fiction )

Politics/COVID-19 )
jinian: (c'est la vie)
Mostly I've been reading good news articles today:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-perfect-virus-two-gene-tweaks-that-turned-covid-19-into-a-killer-20200327-p54elo.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/australia/astrophysicist-australia-magnets-hospital-scli-intl-scn/index.html (hilarious)
https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1243754919623974915 (GOOD DATA, been waiting for these phylogenies)

Stories included:
Let's Do the Same as They by halotolerant (Singin' in the Rain OT3 meets Steve Rogers' OT3)

The Author of the Acacia Seeds by Ursula K. Le Guin (lovely as ever, but i have Some Opinions about the plant section; obviously, plants do communicate, and their literature would be chemical)
An Orchid Keeps Its Secrets by Wasuremono, who agrees with me
The Quiet Rebellion of Tardigrade Sela Writings by Edonohana (I want to read all of them)
Mother Bonesplitter's Children by Fontainebleau (delightful! I love academic fights and new paradigms)

In other news:
Ember cat had her tail amputated due to an injury back in February and is still having phantom limb pain, so she and her meds are taking up a lot of my time and stress allowances. I had a good time hanging out with my girl tonight and playing Animal Crossing, though.
The story begins with moral ambiguity, and ends with gods. It features a confident woman and a shapechanger, but the overall narrative is about what happens after the revolution.

... which I have read, actually.

Cool Bits Story Generator

(and of course Cracktastic Bits too.)
I wrote this in July 1999 for the Drizzle Salon (BBS) first-time sex item. Maybe not so oddly, I had been promising to tell people there the story for a while too. Here it is, [livejournal.com profile] roobug. Happy Earth Day.

I've had a V written on my hand all day so I'd remember to post. )

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