Here’s a McSweeney’s column, mocking Amazon and our attempts to order goods that are made sustainably. Enjoy.
Rupert Grint owes over $2 million in back taxes.
Clarion’s 2025 faculty list is stellar. (Thanks to File 770.)
Nerds of a Feather reviews Lavanya Lakshiminarayan’s Interstellar Chef.
The Walt Disney Company announced that Moana 2 broke box office records last weekend.
Over at Reactor, Judith Tarr examines the origins of “Canada’s Nessie,” named Nhaatik by the First Nations, but renamed Ogopogo by colonists (more tourist friendly) later on. I just want one of those postage stamps!
A disturbing window into planetary warming.
Every year I post something about the eerie Welsh tradition of the Mari Lwyd. Here is this year’s article.
My first cocktail recipe of the season is from Halina Hadas who hosts the blog Witchcraft Cocktails. I’m going to make this one—maybe I’ll drink it solstice morning.
This Atlas Obscura article hooked me at, “Lichenologists would have bet a lot of money on them being asexual.” Turns out lichens are more open-minded when it comes to reproduction than some scientists first thought.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.
COMMENT Was I hinting that? I wasn't aware of it. But now that you mention it.... 🤔
So it sounds like you're hinting Fox may have had three or so different incomplete stories that he stitched together,…