@zomda YOU AND HART DESERVE EACH OTHER
“A civil servant, restrained in dress & manner” -Guardian. (I'm not actually a civil servant.) Surname rhymes with kite not Kate. Writes about #sciencefiction and #fantasy. Hugo winner. Tweets in personal capacity. Puns. He/him
@zomda YOU AND HART DESERVE EACH OTHER
@zomda DAVE I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THIS
From Guardian obituary of crossword-setter Rufus:
@ceejbot uh…a targeted EMP blast?
VERY excited for @beep ‘s new book, which looks impossibly timely. https://abookapart.com/products/you-deserve-a-tech-union?fbclid=PAAaYQ6jr00RwAMQnJmO0LIT6ruewdW1woFgzkqQpAoS93Qjpt0Zc3QhP0YLE_aem_th_Addoj6ow9G6KjSFGDIaoNT2BKd3z5vj8bQCST9VA63D3aqDglmwjr-C2kiZcrzHhrA0 (And even if it weren’t, Ethan is such a great writer.)
I….don’t understand anything any more?
@PaulGrahamRaven Sorry to break it to ya
Michael Tilson-Thomas and friend.
Can’t forget this classic from the austere, restrained Sir Adrian Boult.
Herbert von Karajan: conductor…and biker?
(And try not to think about where that light at the bottom is emanating from.)
Whereas in this one, Bernstein is clearly a one-episode Succession character about to be sworn at by Brian Cox
Classical music art departments are terrible, part one zillion. Case in point: the wonderful Antonio Pappano recording of Verdi’s Requiem - cover looks like the poster for a 1983 disaster movie about forest fires.
The Science Fiction Foundation [1] will be holding its AGM on Saturday as part of a wider free Zoom event organised with our friends at the BSFA. Details here: https://www.sf-foundation.org/fresh-about
[1]: Chair of trustees: uh, me.
@EndlessBookshelf looking forward!
How to Replace the Bridge on an Acoustic Guitar
As opposed to the Boeing 787, clearly the Tigger of planes, and the 757, the Eeyore.
Noted without comment. https://twitter.com/nathanwpyle/status/1667695497300041729?s=46&t=bb5d7g6mDlbVHLKWZQiSKQ
Booking flights. Fear I’m becoming one of those people who has strong opinions on what model airplane they fly on. (A380 in this case: the heffalump of the skies.)
@beep @markllobrera Also HOW