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• Halt and Catch Fire

  

  When I graduated from Berkeley in '75 with a degree in computer science, nobody batted an eye. That's probably because back then, coders were like secretaries... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - the Self is Not So Weightless, nor Whole and Unbroken.

  

  Michaël Borremansgang of youths | achilles come down. alice glass | without love. chvrches | call it off (tegan and sara cover). madeline kenney | don't forget... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: October.

  Non-Fiction: Rebecca Solnit: The Mother of All Questions.Fiction: Megan Abbott: The End of Everything.Megan Abbott: You Will Know Me.Jeff VanderMeer:... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 22/10/17

  

  Politics: I have not mentioned the Austrian Parliamentary elections, mainly because this is no longer my home and I spent enough years struggling with that... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Colossal

  

  I wouldn't be writing this, if I hadn't, in reading up on this film after viewing it, stumbled across an odd division in how people have received and interprete... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• That Girl is Forever.

  

  “That’s what parenthood was about, wasn’t it? Slowly understanding your child less and less until she wasn’t yours anymore but herself. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Star Trek: Discovery

  

  Spoilers up to Episode 3: Context is for Kings.One of the main complaints or commentaries on this new Star Trek show, the first since Enterprise which ended in... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading Notes: Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy

  

  Spoiler warning for all of it, probably.5/10/17(at this point, about a fourth into Acceptance, the third part of the trilogy). Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: September

  Fiction:Mohsin Hamid: Exit West. N.K. Jemisin: The Inheritance Trilogy.C.B. Lee: Not Your Sidekick.Films: Okja (2017, Joon-ho Bong).Christine (2016, Antonio... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Point of White Supremacy

  To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links 28/09/17

  

  Politics:An often overlooked aspect in midst of stories about refugees coming to Europe is the fact that LGBTQI* refugees sometimes require protection from othe... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: August.

  Non-Fiction: Ytasha Womack: Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture.Fiction: Yiyun Li: The Vagrants. Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Refugees.N.K.... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Orphan Black – Freedom Looks Different to Everyone.

  

  Orphan Black: 5x10 To Right the Wrongs of Many.Five years of this, and what I can find are disconnected thoughts on what Orphan Black was – and how it... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Pretty Little Liars – Because Without Fear, There Can Be No Courage.

  

  What if we chose to interpret the ending of this show, seven or eight years in the making, differently from what is obviously expected of us? Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Orphan Black - Come on Meathead, Stay with Me.

  

  Orphan Black: 5x09 One Fettered Slave.Just remember my lads. Death is nothing at all, I’ve only slipped into the next room. You can call me by my old familiar... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Not Great Bob

  North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - i Gave up on Everything.

  

  Alex Russell Flintvagabon | minneapolis. waxahatchee | brass beam. cable ties | cut me down. feist | wish i didn't miss you. vagabon | cold apartment. solange... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Orphan Black - To My Galaxy of Women.

  

  Orphan Black: 5x08 Guillotines Decide.Siobhan: We do what we can. Each of us, in our own way. And, we do it for each other. Chipping at the devil till he’s done. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: July.

  Non-Fiction: Maggie Nelson: The Red Parts. William Gibson: Spook Country.William Gibson: Zero History.Films: Logan (2017, James Mangold).Wonder Woman (2017,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• A Tarantino Remake of The West Wing

  This whole thing feels like a descent into madness. “They’ll all be fired by me,” he said. “I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I’ll... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO