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a blog by Paul Graham Raven
science fiction / social theory / climate futures / infrastructure / utopian narratology / sometimes cats
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13AUG22 / accessions
Actually bought yesterday, but whatevs. Doom Patrol 2 because the first one was OK. The Liu because I’ve been enjoying Monstress, so why not see what she can do with words alone? The Palmer because look I thought we agreed not to talk about this and anyway I’ve invested a bunch of time on the…
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Nightmare on Planet Thanet: Rosa Rankin-Gee’s Dreamland
Anyone of the “climate dystopias are surplus to purpose” school of thought might as well click away now; Dreamland is very much not the droid you’re looking for. A staggeringly bleak extrapolation of post-Brexit Britain, taking as its focus the recently (and probably temporarily) reinvigorated seaside town of Margate as its setting, I’m not sure…
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linguistic calculus
Yesterday’s XKCD has (if you’ll excuse the pun) particular resonance for someone still fighting to learn Swedish as a second language: That said, I dare say most Swedes would see this as a joke about (the) Danish.
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delete after writing
Greetings from the midst of what seems to be an enduring motivational slump, and/or a mismanaged case of burn-out which is still smouldering, and/or a resurgence of a well-entrenched fear of uncertainty regarding (un)employment which, while understandable in terms of its formation, is profoundly maladaptive nonetheless. I can’t write right now. I mean, OK, sure,…
Who is Paul Graham Raven?
“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”