pick-n-mix
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jadelennoxpick one science!
pick one plastic pal who's fun to be with!
murderbot
11 (24.4%)
lieutenant commander data
16 (35.6%)
lieutenant commander murderbot
6 (13.3%)
murderdata
12 (26.7%)
pick one cat!
a cat who does crimes
1 (2.2%)
a cat who does naps
3 (6.5%)
trick question, they're the same cat
42 (91.3%)
pick one poll type!
radio button
8 (17.4%)
ticky boxes
24 (52.2%)
free text answer
2 (4.3%)
scientifically constructed and balanced poll with an IRB approval and crosstabs
12 (26.1%)
pick one brassica!
brussels sprouts
9 (19.6%)
box choy
5 (10.9%)
cauliflower
6 (13.0%)
turnip
2 (4.3%)
kohlrabi
4 (8.7%)
mustard
4 (8.7%)
sauerkraut
4 (8.7%)
candytuft
1 (2.2%)
horseradish
8 (17.4%)
purple pickled horseradish, maybe with a little charoset
3 (6.5%)
pick one way to feel better!
petting the cat
8 (17.4%)
eating cheese
1 (2.2%)
throwing your phone into the fires of mount doom
2 (4.3%)
medication
1 (2.2%)
looking at pictures of nebulas
1 (2.2%)
throwing the technology of your choice into the fires of mount doom
1 (2.2%)
petting this other cat
7 (15.2%)
doing crimes
5 (10.9%)
reading
6 (13.0%)
writing
2 (4.3%)
'rithmetic
0 (0.0%)
digging in the dirt
1 (2.2%)
listening to music
1 (2.2%)
being in the ocean
4 (8.7%)
throwing mount doom into the fires of mount doom, just to see if you can create a singularity via recursive destruction
6 (13.0%)
it's chopped onions all the way down
Jun. 28th, 2025 05:53 pmjadelennox"Academia: Staying Afloat" by Timothy Burke from the end of January made me feel warmer. It's about everything. AI slop. Fascism. Modern employment. Greed. The broad gesture at everything. Hope. Determination.
You are the right person to do what you do, know what you know, study what you’re going to study. You do it.
You are a lifeboat.
You are not the passenger being rescued from a shipwreck. You are the rescuer. Your skills, your knowledge, your experience reside in you. You have pulled them from the cold ocean where cruel and careless captains have set them adrift.
You are a lifeboat.
Interview with DeWanda Wise
Jun. 27th, 2025 09:13 ammarthawellshttps://www.nexuspointnews.com/post/interview-dewanda-wise
I had worked with Paul on Fatherhood. He literally texted me and was like, "do you want to play a murderous robot?"
New Interview
Jun. 24th, 2025 11:46 ammarthawellshttps://www.nexuspointnews.com/post/interview-murderbot-ep-andrew-miano
First and foremost, my partner Paul Weitz read the book for pleasure, not with any eye towards adaptation, and came in with it and said, "this would make an amazing TV show." We all read it and really sparked to it and thought it was unique and special and funny, which is not something that you always get in a lot of sci-fi. [It is] also very meaningful and emotional. It was the whole package so it was very exciting and we went about it. We met Martha... One of the biggest things to focus on is how do you honor the book? How do you translate that to the screen? It's not easy, but I'm very fortunate to have Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz — two smart, talented partners — creating and running the show with their guidance and Martha's support and involvement to sort of capture and stay true to the books.
monday poem #332: Maggie Smith, "Animals"
Jun. 23rd, 2025 06:00 pmheresluckThe president called undocumented immigrants
animals, and in the nature documentary
I watched this morning with my kids,
after our Saturday pancakes, the white
fairy term doesn't build a nest but lays
her single speckled egg in the crook of a branch
or a tree knot. It looks precarious there
because it is. And while she's away,
because even mothers must eat, another bird
swoops in and pecks it, sips some of what now
won't become. The tern returns and knows
something isn't right—the egg crumpled,
the red slick and saplike running down the tree—
but her instinct is so strong, she sits. Just sits
on the broken egg. I have been this bird.
We have been animals all our lives,
with our spines and warm blood, our milky tits
and fine layers of fur. Our live births, too,
if we're lucky. But what animal wrenches
a screaming baby from his mother?
Do we know anymore what it is to be human?
I've stopped knowing what it is to be human.
— Maggie Smith
from Goldenrod
The Seventh of the Recced Book Reviews: The Lost Flock
Jun. 22nd, 2025 10:42 ambethbethbethThis is the seventh recced book review.
It's been a long time since posting one of these (I had non-recced books to read!), but I just finished:
The Lost Flock (2023), by Jane Cooper (recced by marinarusalka on dreamwidth)
When this was recced to me, marinarusalka wrote, “I’m curious to see if a non-knitter will find it equally interesting.” Because here’s the thing. I know nothing about raising sheep, I’ve never knitted, I’ve never been to the Orkney Islands, and yet this is why I loved reading The Lost Flock. It’s the same reason I like reading science fiction and fantasy; learning about and getting immersed in a world you know nothing about is great.
So…if you want to know about Boreray sheep (a rare, primitive short-tailed breed) or how felting is done or how to spin without a wheel or about sails for Viking ships, this is your book.