Finished reading: The Exphoria Code by Antony Johnston 📚
Finished reading: Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid 📚
Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚
This is a good book, but to me it was a refinement of The Poppy War. That doesn’t diminish this in any way though. Definitely recommended
These songs are so good, that I’m kinda mad that I had not heard them earlier. Hadestown Tiny Desk: www.youtube.com/watch
Finished reading: Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell 📚
First book of the year! I enjoyed this less than the Embers of War trilogy, though I am curious to see where the author goes from here.
Patrick McKenzie is one of those nerds who knows so much about something that everything he writes ends up being interesting. This one on ATMs: www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/t…
This is such a damning look into the start of what could have been (and still could be) a promising program. It’s unfortunate that this is entirely in line with previous decisions: India’s Semiconductor Scam by Dylan Patel in SemiAnalysis
This is a fascinating look at Saudia Arabia (via Tyler Cowen): mattlakeman.org/2022/11/2…
There is so much here that I did not know, and as with anything of this nature, add salt as necessary.
TIL that you can get an RSS feed of a Mastodon timeline by adding .rss at the end (via Dave Winer). I don’t want to build a whole messy timeline again. The fact that all feeds are just RSS feeds means that I can create multiple lists and manage them with Feedland or NNW.
FTL is one of those games that I occasionally forget about and then get back into with a vengeance. I’m not sure how I feel about realizing that it’s now 10 years old. arstechnica.com/gaming/20…