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Here are long-form blog posts I published recently:

• Jérôme Dupras, my favorite bassist-drummerfav-academic

• things to listen to instead of Artemis II live audio

Here are microblog posts that I published recently:

• My vision is bad enough that I can see better wearing my prescription sunglasses indoors than wearing nothing, and since I brought an empty glasses case to work today, I guess that’s what I’ll be doing.

• Kiddo, while we’re listening to a “Curse of Strahd” actual play: “Would Castle Ravenloft be as scary if it were called Castle RAISINloft?”

• Artemis II has not captured a lot of my attention because it’s hard to get excited about anything my country is doing right now, but I made a last minute decision to put the launch on, and even just listening to mission control is super neat.

• Kerbal Space Program has prepared me to answer kiddo questions about basic orbital mechanics, but she is (rightly!) more concerned with why there hasn’t been a woman on the moon yet.

Here are photos that I published recently (or at least their descriptions):

• Neat that I live at a time where I can set this kind of alarm on my phone.

• I think this will always be my favorite panel from all of Dumbing of Age.

Here are news articles and podcasts I commented on recently:

• 🔗 linkblog: British Man Desperately Trying To Get Out Of Panel Show Duty

• 🔗 linkblog: I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend—Its Answers Were All Wrong

• 🔗 linkblog: The World Would Not Know Jesus Christ

• 🔗 linkblog: Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom

• 🔗 linkblog: Sam Altman: ‘If I Don’t End The World, Someone Far More Dangerous Will’

• 🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: It’s extremely good that Claude’s source-code leaked (02 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

• 🔗 linkblog: Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks

• 🔗 linkblog: UK hosts literacy training in AI to teach attendees of its potential

• 🔗 linkblog: DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator

• 🔗 linkblog: Senators Ask Tulsi Gabbard To Tell Americans That VPN Use Might Subject Them To Domestic Surveillance

• 🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

• 🔗 linkblog: America is exceptional — in its addiction to violence and war

Here are my reviews of books and other media I consumed recently:

• 📚 bookblog: Amazi-Girl is Always Prepared for Anything (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 📚 bookblog: Hey, Guess What, I'm a Lesbian! (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 📚 bookblog: The Machinations of My Revenge Will Be Cold, Swift, and Utterly Ridiculous (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 📚 bookblog: Just Put Down the Ukelele Only Then Can the Healing Begin (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 🎙️ radioblog: House of Silents (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 🎙️ radioblog: Square One (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 📺 tvblog: The Night Manager Season 1 (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤)

• 📚 bookblog: Up Here We Can Be Garbage (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

• 📚 bookblog: Now Let's Go Commit Something Mildly Subversive (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

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Spencer