After this announcement, anyway.

I honestly don't know how much of an effect the reported move of LJ's servers fully to Russia actually has, given that LJ's owners have had access to all our data since the purchase lo these many years ago, but as there are reports of Russian-language accounts being deleted, it's probably the least I can do ( Read more... )

And finally, music & musicals, webcomics, and games.
( 'Birdhouse in Your Soul'; Check, Please!; Fallen London/Sunless Sea; Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage )

More Yuletide recs! Let's start with movies & TV.
( Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Hellboy; Inside Out; Sesame Street )

More Yuletide recs! Let's start with movies & TV.
( Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Hellboy; Inside Out; Sesame Street )

I still have, uh, several dozen fics I meant to reread for possible recommendation (some of which, on looking at my list, almost certainly will be recommended, arrgh), but if these recs don't get done tonight they won't get done before this year's reveals. Still, 77 is a quite respectable number even if I didn't read as widely as I usually do!
As ( Read more... )

Email read this morning indicates that work has blown up even more than it already had been, so, super quick. (Note to self: write down your thoughts about Moana sometime. Possibly also the Hamilton Mixtape.)

( barely spoilers )

If you're considering seeing the movie Arrival, and you HAVEN'T read the story it's based on (Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life"), I would strongly recommend you keep it that way until after you've seen the movie. Because I've read the story and it definitely got in the way-I mean, I can't guarantee the movie would have attained cohesiveness if I ( Read more... )

I misremembered the title of this as "Gem Hunt" and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it referred to. For good reason.

Nb: this has some present-day resonances that may make it less than escapist viewing, though it is certainly not anywhere near as dark as this show can go.

( spoilers )

Which my DVR hadn't picked up, so, be aware!


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