Used to be a full time parent, now it's back to being a full time engineer/air quality specialist, part time (wishing it to be fulltime) gardener. Kempton Park, South Africa
Good read. Makes me miss the days when we had a seven year old just starting out to play board games.
Dan ThurotBlancat is about quilting for kittens. It's also about my seven-year-old learning how to concentrate, shedding tears, and coming back to try again. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/08/04/b...
Really annoyed that I haven't seen any physical copies of When There Are Wolves Again on any bookstores' shelves here in SA. Dungeon Crawling Carl on the other hand you can find almost anywhere.
Nerds of a FeatherThe Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026: A Shortlist Discussion Dan Hartland ( @danhartland.bsky.social ), who is Reviews Editor at Strange Horizons, joins our @chloroformtea.bsky.social for a meaty discussion of the shortlist: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/08/the-... #blueskybooks #booksky
Haven't thought about Andor in a minute. Some good thoughts here.
Gautam BhatiaIt’s the first Monday of August, so here’s a new issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter. feat. long thoughts on Andor, new Indian SFF, a Joanna Russ novella, and more. gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this in your inbox fortnightly!
need!
Melissa & Chris BruntlettTianjin's dockless bike-sharing scheme includes bicycles equipped with a child seat, turning the daily school run or grocery trip into a journey made together. It's a family-friendly feature that recognises a fundamental reality: mobility systems should work for caregivers and not just breadwinners.
Sometimes Millennials can be insufferable. This is definitely one of those times. Your precious movies will be okay. I promise you.
AftermathI am here to defend the noble action movie from the classicist Emily Wilson: aftermath.site/the-odyssey-em...
Would kill for a four day work week.
Jerry Chenhere to remind you that monday is a social construct and one we can all band together to reject