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Some brief notes on my 2026 TV watching:

#Visionquest Laura Roslin just can't get a break from AI.

I followed her COVID reporting religiously. Huge loss for journalism, many other disciplines and practices, and her friends and family. I hope she left us knowing how much good she did for us. Rest in peace - www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/h...

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Africanfuturism is an anchor point for science fiction that is not just by Africans, or set in Africa, but about Africa. This is an excellent sampler from my brilliant publisher @dawbooks.bsky.social Its a great deal! www.humblebundle.com/books/africa...

I knew that Must Read Magazines (new owners of Asimov’s, F&SF, and Analog) had been insisting on bad contract terms with authors, but I didn’t know that their contract terms for cover artists are even worse. 1/3

We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages. granta.com/contributor/...

Oh, wow, Anne Carson!

Of course the US founders were fascinated by ancient Athens. It was another slave state that called itself a democracy.

Definitely go and have a poke around and see if anything takes your fancy here. All the Bora Chungs are great; from this year, The Formosa Exchange is my pick so far.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

FluMist: “a vaccine that is sprayed into the nose to help protect against influenza in people ages 2 through 49 years.” You can order it online and administer it to yourself at home. (Available in “all 48 mainland [US] states and the District of Columbia.”) www.flumist.com

I dressed up for my first day at a new job and am relieved to know that tomorrow I can sort to my usual custom, dressing like a slob.

This is so exciting! A whole new book line for Writing the Other! Here's a link to the post on the Aqueduct Press blog: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2026/09/aque... And @ktempestbradford.com really and truly did say those very words, right @timmi.bsky.social?

in this election season, I would like to once more inform the world I would donate MORE for a guarantee of not being added to mailing lists and text banks for the candidate and all their friends

Do you think Revolutionary Girl Utena was directly influenced by Der Rosenkavalier, or do you think it was indirect influence by Takarazuka? People who know more than I do about opera: discuss.

October 6 WHEEEEEEE!

will someone please save this popular, critically successful show

❤️ new Shaun Tan ❤️

Victor Garber on playing Jesus in Godspell:

Can't tell if Lanterns 1×05 is as bad as I think it is, or if it just suffered from being watched in close proximity to Furious.

l'shanah tovah! 🍎🍯

A lovely launch for Gale Wilhelm's We Too Are Drifting, the newest of the Recovered Books series from @bhousepress.bsky.social, at the Vespiary, a cozy queer-owned bookstore and bindery in Missoula. Talie Wilkinson, who wrote the afterword, reflected on the mystery of why Wilhelm stopped writing.