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Post-solstice linkpost
Jun. 22nd, 2025 03:38 pmHaving lots of open tabs stresses me out, so that makes it high time for a new linkpost.
This is what I've been saving up for later these past few weeks:
The first two links are what I'd call digital housekeeping. One is instructions on how to archive-lock all your works on AO3 to registered users in a single go. The second is something I'm planning to do when I have a good stretch of free time: 'The 21-day Cyber-Cleanse: designed to remove toxic tech from your life.'
Then I've got an essay by fantasy author Robert Jackson Bennet, 'The 21st century seems replete with examples as to why autocracies are, to put it mildly, very stupid'.
This is followed by another essay, 'Close Reading is for Everyone' (Dan Sinykin).
For those of you who, like me, were completely blown away on every conceivable level by the film Sinners, Dee Holloway's got a reading list for anyone who wants to dive into everything explored in the film in more depth, from every conceivable angle.
I've been spending most of this afternoon watching Olia Hercules cook varenyky and ferment cabbage in real time, which is massively meditative and soothing. I've found myself in recent years feeling an immense sense of nurture and nourishment from demonstrations or descriptions of people doing everyday activities — cooking, gardening, writing, crafts, repairs — in an unhurried, calm, and compassionate manner, where it's clear that the work itself is a kind of love. This cooking demonstration definitely falls under that heading.
This is what I've been saving up for later these past few weeks:
The first two links are what I'd call digital housekeeping. One is instructions on how to archive-lock all your works on AO3 to registered users in a single go. The second is something I'm planning to do when I have a good stretch of free time: 'The 21-day Cyber-Cleanse: designed to remove toxic tech from your life.'
Then I've got an essay by fantasy author Robert Jackson Bennet, 'The 21st century seems replete with examples as to why autocracies are, to put it mildly, very stupid'.
This is followed by another essay, 'Close Reading is for Everyone' (Dan Sinykin).
For those of you who, like me, were completely blown away on every conceivable level by the film Sinners, Dee Holloway's got a reading list for anyone who wants to dive into everything explored in the film in more depth, from every conceivable angle.
I've been spending most of this afternoon watching Olia Hercules cook varenyky and ferment cabbage in real time, which is massively meditative and soothing. I've found myself in recent years feeling an immense sense of nurture and nourishment from demonstrations or descriptions of people doing everyday activities — cooking, gardening, writing, crafts, repairs — in an unhurried, calm, and compassionate manner, where it's clear that the work itself is a kind of love. This cooking demonstration definitely falls under that heading.