Do you think Friday the 13th still counts when there’s a global pandemic on? Or do you think we all get a bye on Friday the 13th bad luck because we’re having such terrible luck already? Either way, the important thing is that we all have enough Tylenol and reading material, so pop into the comments and let me know what you’re reading and how it’s treating you. I myself am reading Realm of Ash, by Tasha Suri, and it’s treating me real real good. And now, on to the links!
Tumblr’s not dead — no! It is aliiiiiiiive!
China has blocked fanfiction site AO3 for Chinese users. The migration of Chinese fans to AO3 was a big story in 2019, with the Archive working hard to accommodate a large volume of new fans. To understand more about the migration patterns of Chinese fandom, read this!
Whatever happened to the tech guy who took a million dollar paycut and raised the minimum salary at his company to $70K?
This is a heartbreaking personal essay about replacing one’s abusive parents with new, better ones.
Asexuality has been described as the first identity the internet created, but it existed long, long before the internet.
Turns out internet trolls aren’t new: The early twentieth century was a banner era for people writing nasty anonymous letters. I did not know this and now understand why in English classes I read several very unsettling mid-century short stories about poison-pen letters.
Here’s what’s happening with Barnes & Noble since James Daunt’s hedge fund took it over.
I follow Alisha Rai on Twitter, and the ongoing saga of the cake pops tweet has been quite wild to witness.
This is a close reading of the prologue of The Secret History, which will surely make you want to reread The Secret History, which you should definitely do. Wouldn’t it be nice to read about murderous Latin students, rather than coronavirus? (Yes, it would be nice.)
Crispy and crunchy are NOT the same thing, and one of them has a whole-ass industry devoted to making it occur in foods.
A fortnight from now, I promise I will have a more robust links round-up. In the meantime, I hope you will remember to wash your hands upon entering a new location and again just before leaving. If you are sickly, I wish you health and protection by the herd. If you are healthy, it is now your job to protect the sick and vulnerable amongst you, and you must do that by not going on trips and avoiding gatherings and washing your hands for twenty full seconds every time. Thank you for being prosocial!