I thought I’d try it again. See where that gets us! Up top I’m linking two recent posts I wrote for Reactor (formerly Tor.com), one a review of Yoon Ha Lee’s new YA novel, the other an introduction to Aliette de Bodard. I stay writing things! Writing things is fun!
A researcher decided to do neurofeedback experiments on indigenous children. Like, recently. We never learn anything, I s2g.
Should rich people be allowed to do science? PERHAPS NOT.
How classics fans (may) get funneled into alt-right content on the platform previously known as Twitter.
Andrea Long Chu on Rachel Cusk.
A fascinating read about the lasting legacy of trauma.
The original actors for The Avengers have gone back and dubbed it all into Lakota! How absolutely fucking cool!
A Canadian writer grapples with the lessons she learned from Alice Munro, and the lessons she learned from learning that Alice Munro protected a child sex abuser over her own daughter.
Also Neil Gaiman. Y’all, I’m tired.
The main reason I continue to resist TikTok is because I know it would get me like this and I do not want to be got.
Whither relationships in TV shows.
Drew Magary tried out a Cybertruck, and I’m moved to hear that everyone hates you when you drive a Cybertruck.
There will never be another Game of Thrones; or, the death of journalism.
Kenyan protestors have found inspiration in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
Happy Friday, friends! What have y’all been reading lately?