Comment and Link Roundup: August 13, 2019
Aug. 13th, 2019 09:50 amComments on my own posts:
[cw: discourse, ableism, racism] The one about name pronunciation [four comments, three of which are new]
[cw: poverty] On Universal Basic Income [two comments]
Interesting Fact Meme [four comments]
[cw: amnesia] The one about 1984 and measurement systems
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Comments on other people's posts:
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sigmaleph) The intricacies of currency exchange. [two comments]
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bywingedcatgirl) Vibrant areas of social media, and making currently dormant areas more vibrant.
[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
paxamericana; in response to Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal) Subscription audits and self-awareness.
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bycontrarianarchon) Cultural osmosis; finding new things to read.
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bycontrarianarchon) Books we were not ready for, and possibly will never be ready for.
[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP bystaff) Automattic (the WordPress people) are taking Tumblr off of Oath's hands, which ties the fates of Tumblr and WordPress a little closer together than I'd like.
[cw: food] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bywolffyluna) Having lots of freezer space is good.
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Links:
[Uncanny Magazine; Wayback] (by Sarah Pinsker, which is apparently *not* a pseudonymic conceit but the author's longstanding name; I only just realised this now) I'd been hearing praise for "that Hugo nominee where there's a murder at a convention of alternate-universe selves" and was a bit curious, but hadn't realised it was freely available. For those of you in the same boat, here it is. (I read it and enjoyed it.)
[TASTE; Wayback] (by Mari Uyehara) Different brands of kosher salt have significantly different densities: exercise caution when following recipes that don't specify which brand of kosher salt they were normed on. (I wonder what Windsor's density is: this article is aimed at Americans and doesn't say. *googles* Well, here's a chart from Windsor comparing the density of its kosher salt to that of table salt, from which the density relative to other kosher salts can presumably be deduced.)
[cw: discourse, ableism, racism] The one about name pronunciation [four comments, three of which are new]
[cw: poverty] On Universal Basic Income [two comments]
Interesting Fact Meme [four comments]
[cw: amnesia] The one about 1984 and measurement systems
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Comments on other people's posts:
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
sigmaleph) The intricacies of currency exchange. [two comments][Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
wingedcatgirl) Vibrant areas of social media, and making currently dormant areas more vibrant.[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
contrarianarchon) Cultural osmosis; finding new things to read.[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
contrarianarchon) Books we were not ready for, and possibly will never be ready for.[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by
[cw: food] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
wolffyluna) Having lots of freezer space is good.---
Links:
[Uncanny Magazine; Wayback] (by Sarah Pinsker, which is apparently *not* a pseudonymic conceit but the author's longstanding name; I only just realised this now) I'd been hearing praise for "that Hugo nominee where there's a murder at a convention of alternate-universe selves" and was a bit curious, but hadn't realised it was freely available. For those of you in the same boat, here it is. (I read it and enjoyed it.)
[TASTE; Wayback] (by Mari Uyehara) Different brands of kosher salt have significantly different densities: exercise caution when following recipes that don't specify which brand of kosher salt they were normed on. (I wonder what Windsor's density is: this article is aimed at Americans and doesn't say. *googles* Well, here's a chart from Windsor comparing the density of its kosher salt to that of table salt, from which the density relative to other kosher salts can presumably be deduced.)
