2024

a sand county almanac (aldo leopold) i just cracked this and damn… i’m sucked into the reverse chronological history of this dude recounting the events that a tree has survived as he works to fell it. i doubt it was set up to be so engrossing, but it’s some beautiful and surprisingly moving writing. whether this is planned or instinctual is something i’d love to know. the diversity leopold describes in wandering around his property in 1940s wisconsin has me reading this with wikipedia in the other hand....

links, etc Heat Death of the Internet - takahē if this wasn’t so spot on, it would be even more hilarious. #enshittification

notes bookshop link recommended: meh i always have to take the cory doctorow with a grain of salt. this was a DSA fever dream, and i say this as someone who leans heavily in that direction. the main character is a pretty flat charicature of a liberal kid that grew up in a MAGA household. gramps was a MAGA who died; leaving him the owner of a house that he opts to turn into a four-story walkup to house climate refugees....

robbed 1.45 miles by block party.

links, etc The Radiant Future! (Of 1995) - Charlie’s Diary this is probably the best thing that i’ve read all week. granted, the week is young. NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth – Voyager perhaps i should should be a little more grateful when i get a decent collection of logs and show tech to dig into an issue.