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But then also “It is the village that allows us to do this [to maintain form & retain humanity in conflictual times]… We know each other, and we all hope that that knowledge keeps us each in balance, within limits”

“We all have to put our feelings in little boxes in this village, or we would end up killing each other” words to live by

I wish he was my friend but I suppose I might just implode if I was ever in his presence

I’m rereading Geoff Ryman’s AIR and spotting all the Wizard of Oz references and honestly I could just live on Ryman for a very long time

Dear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty Gilpin The Emmy-nominated actor and author pens an open letter to the AI avatar that's got Hollywood in a tizzy.

Always a thrill to read an essay by Betty Gilpin www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The versability of this great machine!

What are those bulldog clips at the top of the poster attached to

Thank you! I prefer my google searches mediated through Bluesky😂(for real though)

Why do I keep seeing it with a double “c”? Is it different in Italian?

Wait, how do you spell “pistachio”?

YES EXACTLY and also 😭

That’s because it’s a film with the same sensibilities and moral/ethical position as an anti-war film, it’s just not anti-war (I was going to say it was pro-war but even to be flip. I couldn’t l). Anyway we don’t talk about blimp enough (like, as a society) so that should always be your answer!

Back pain gang sit back down abruptly

My mum starts dropping articles when she’s cross or agitated! (She’s Polish, she has strong feelings about phrasal verbs in English but never messes them up)

In Bristol you say “Cheers drive!”

I just think Geoff Ryman’s work is astonishingly good, no two books are the same.

Aaarrrrgghhhh the title

I think you are right and that is FASCINATING. Wondering if you have read Geoff Ryman? The Child Garden and Air both balance dystopia & utopia, and Air is very specifically about the internet (Child Garden is about social connectedness more generally).

Love this!

I read literally nothing but Heyer for a month or two either side of my father’s death, strong recommend. Also they’ve republished a few Margery Sharps: the Martha trilogy, Cluny Brown and The Mulberry Tree are great. (MT will scare you in the middle but I swear it will be ok)

If you were me the answer would be: in an abandoned half-finished sock I started while watching the telly then shoved in a drawer when “tidying” “up”

And not just because audio transcription has always been my secret fallback career and I don't want it to go to robots!

I should hope so!

niiice

Wait did Ayn Rand write 5 books? TIL

5 writers from the (long) 1930s by whom I've read at least 5 books:

Jane Duncan
Celia Fremlin
Margery Sharp
Georgette Heyer
Agatha Christie

Does this count?

Omg tardis

I will die with you on this hill

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave