June 7, 2022
Crip ecologies, crip time, crip ingenuity, crip spirit
"Crip ecologies, crip time, crip ingenuity, crip spirit radically aim to question root systems that keep our imaginations limited and starved. How can we channel joy within our own skins before there is the stethoscope, the specialist’s jackhammered interrogation, before all the stigma we battle? I am not asking to look beyond it, because these constraints in our beings are here and ever-present. I am asking, as poets, as curious people who want liberation, how do we revel in the grief and also the growth we experience? In what ways does this unpack how we are taught to perceive place and nature?...I cannot discuss just the maroon autumnal leaves of a forest in a poem. You see, for every invitation of publication, every event, in-person and virtual, every residency in the middle of oak trees, there’s a script I have to bring along with me. I am, by default, an unpaid teacher, training: Yes, Disabled and Sick people exist, do in fact care about poetry, but they can’t access the flyer without a description, can’t get to the building because of all the stairs, can’t witness the poetry because there are no ASL interpreters or captions." Kay Ulanday Barrett on poetry, accesabilty, disability & intersectionality.
Now in high fashion: Prison fixers.
Want to Do Less Time? A Prison Consultant Might Be Able to Help. For a price, a new breed of fixer is teaching convicts how to reduce their sentence, get placed in a better facility — and make the most of their months behind bars. [more inside]
Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts R.I.P
Seals & Crofts were a 70s soft rock duo in the 70s with some impressive singles and great albums (with some deeper tracks). Although best known for their bigger hits such as "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl",their albums had some deep cuts including the gorgeous tune "Hummingbird", To my ears this was one one most beautiful songs of the era. Jimmy Seals was 80 when he passed away yesterday.
"There's a lot you don't know about Popeye."
Having hit 93 years in the funny pages, the long running spinach chomping sailor undergoes a change as Randy Milholland, creator of the long running webcomic Something Positive, takes over as the regular Sunday strip artist for Popeye. (SLWaPo)
Is Every Game of Slay the Spire Winnable?
There is a lot of randomness in a game of Slay the Spire. From the cards and relics offered, to the potions dropped, to the map layouts and random encounters, very little remains the same between two playthroughs. This is part of the beauty of the game, forcing you to adapt and make the most out of the resources you have been given in each new attempt. However, with such randomness comes a natural question: can every run of Slay the Spire be won? In this article, I will discuss what I believe to be the current state of knowledge about the answer to this question. [more inside]
The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge
A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues? by Patrick Radden Keefe
Nestled west of Washington, D.C., amid the bland northern Virginia suburbs, are generic-looking office parks that hide secret government installations in plain sight. Employees in civilian dress get out of their cars, clutching their Starbucks, and disappear into the buildings. To the casual observer, they resemble anonymous corporate drones. In fact, they hold Top Secret clearances and work in defense and intelligence. One of these buildings, at an address that is itself a secret, houses the cyberintelligence division of the Central Intelligence Agency. The facility is surrounded by a high fence and monitored by guards armed with military-grade weapons. When employees enter the building, they must badge in and pass through a full-body turnstile. Inside, on the ninth floor, through another door that requires badge access, is a C.I.A. office with an ostentatiously bland name: the Operations Support Branch. It is the agency’s secret hacker unit, in which a cadre of élite engineers create cyberweapons. [more inside]
Your search for an octopus busk mender is finally over
The Jeremiah Rotherman & Co.'s 1904 General Price List mail order catalogue is fun to browse. It becomes interesting around page 10. (via Present and Correct on twitter.)
Blindfold Chess Puzzles
Blindfold Chess Puzzles uses the Lichess puzzle database to provide free, unlimited chess puzzles that you have to workout without a board.
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