I’m not doing AC, and not just because of COVID
First, the bare business bones: I will not be attending/vending at AnthroCon this year, despite having a membership rolled over from 2020. It was a hard and gut-wrenching decision, I will miss my friends there deeply, and I sincerely hope the con does well, and everyone has a great time and doesn’t get sick. Second, …
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From the Shadow of the Fire
As I write this, Bend Oregon is heading into its fifth consecutive day with a median AQI of over 400. That’s on beyond Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, and solidly into the Hazardous zone. It looks hazardous, too. Particulate matter is so thick the trees across the street are cloaked in haze and Pilot Butte, normally visible …
Interrupting the Disinformation Process
First I want to tell you about drowning. I currently work as a professional lifeguard, so drowning is something I’ve had to study. As we understand it, drowning is a process. Specifically it is asphyxiation due to submersion or immersion in water. A person who has drowned will have one of three outcomes: survival with …
January roundup
What a month. I am going to make a blanket assumption that everyone reading this is at least as terrified as I am at the political climate change going on, which is almost as dangerous to the future of humanity as the natural climate change we have even less control over. But in the tradition of …
