Melissa Caruso's story of magic and politics in a world of medieval city-states - started in The Tethered Mage - continues in The Defiant Heir.
Interesting characters and the story goes in some non-standard directions, so that's kinda cool.
Archive for 2020
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Read: Confluence (Linesman #3) by S. K. Dunstall
The conclusion to S. K. Dunstall's excellent Linesman series.
Read: Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell
Your whole society is based on magic, your dad is the head of the family and a powerful magi, your sister is a magical prodigy, and your magic just sputtered and died on the day of your magical trials.
Yeah, sucks to be you.
You know what's manly and cool? Doing whatever it takes to protect your family, friends, neighbors, and community regardless of what others think. Oh you thought I meant a gun? No, WEAR A MASK #covid19
I'm researching more interesting ways to display data about my posts here (the archive + bar chart here http://monkinetic.blog/archive was my first attempt) - thinking sparklines or something
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Seeing yellow, or racism in the camera: "Why does ‘yellow filter’ keep popping up in American movies?" https://matadornetwork.com/read/yellow-filter-american-movies/
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Protip - Macbook Pro 16" connected to a Samsung 32" 4K UHD monitor (I got mine at Costco) may benefit from using the Displayport, not HDMI. HDMI connection, at least through a USB-C to HTML adapter, was too laggy. Got a USB-C to DisplayPort cable and it's no longer lagging.
EMPLOYEES WORK FOREVER... from home https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/twitter-will-allow-employees-to-work-at-home-forever
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My 15yo learned how to make avocado toast with a fried egg on top, and damn those millennials it's good
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Sen., Senator, senators, Senate https://writingexplained.org/ap-style/ap-style-legislative-titles #apstyle
Coronavirus: The Risks and Avoiding Them
It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from the outbreaks in China and Italy, that shows the backside of the mortality curve declines slowly, with deaths persisting for months. Assuming we have just crested in deaths at 70k, it is possible that we lose another 70,000 people over the next 6 weeks as we come off that peak. That's what's going to happen with a lockdown.
The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them
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Please, please, please: just because your community says "We're relaxing restrictions" does NOT mean it's back to life the way it was before SARS-Cov-2. There is no conspiracy, there is an infectious, contagious, often DEADLY viral agent loose in our populations.
There is no conspiracy, there is an infectious, contagious, often DEADLY viral agent loose in our populations. http://monkinetic.blog/2020/05/12/coronavirus-the-risks-and-avoiding-them
I'm watching the Senate hearing where Dr. Fauci is scheduled to speak, and I'm thinking senators look more like people on Zoom, speaking from their homes. Let the "wise leader" facade fall away and listen to what they are really saying, folks.
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1lDGLgLYAqRKm
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