My sleep patterns are eight days of desperately clinging to every minute I can manage between 10-12 hour shifts followed by six days of wondering why I am sleeping so much and feel terrible all the time. Repeat until death.

I don't recommend it.

Were your paternal grandparents Arabs? There are a lot of peoples in the middle-east, maddo! Mine are the ones what like linen clothing and forcing their women to cover up, be silent in houses of worship, and hold as few positions of authority as possible. I assume that clarifies things perfectly. ...

Italian singer Claudia Sorvillo is so twee I may die of it, but I am quite keen on this cover of the 1980 French song "Antisocial" by Trust. (French version with Delphine Truchet)

I had, and may even still have, a magnetic travel chess set Oh I definitely need one of those. For the postcard chess I have tried to keep a cheap and cheerful board out on my desk with the current position, but the cats will not indulge me. Looks pretty cat proof that option. My limited relevant e...

postcard chess, sending a move once a week or so I had, and may even still have, a magnetic travel chess set I would use in this way by sending photos of it to internet friends. The open board left out, affording the other person a small portion of my physical space to occupy between turns. chess.j...

I fear that Chomsky would be the only man to get the job done. Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" remains a great looming presence in my mind, and I still consider it essential reading. I disagree strongly with what he has to say about some subjects, but completely agree that ...

I will start things with Gail Dines' "Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism" from 2012, with the note that everything mentioned here has become significantly worse in the time since.

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I played quite a bit as a youth , putting a non-trivial amount of time into first saving up for a hand-carved wood set and then attempting to make my own, but I wouldn't say I had pursued any organised or effective approach to consciously developing skill that I could pass on. Then I did a chess web...

"My brain can’t take any more hard news this week, so today I want to do something a little different. I want to talk about meatposting."

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Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:28 am

*opens door and peeks in*

Uhh, hey folks. Long time...

Anyone hungry?