Month: July 2022
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trolley problems
Thought it was time I saw what all the fuss was with Emily St. John Mandel, so started in on Sea of Tranquility while travelling to Helsinki for Finncon. (Scandinavian ferry culture deserves an ethnography all of its own.) My capsule takeaway on Mandel so far would be something like “what if David ‘Cloud Atlas’…
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the strange undeath of brands
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unused nineties album art
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re-embarkation
Waiting for check-in to open on my ferry back to the Öresund, after a week in Oslo which has been a mix of pleasure and paradigm-shattering bad news. The seasons turn, and we must turn with them. Plans fall apart, and must be replaced. Priorities must be reassessed. Acceptance gives the gift of time, and…