Sarah A. Hoyt's Blog, page 22

April Fools

I never much understood April Fools (which existed in Portugal too) in the sense of actually fooling someone.

Look, it’s not even that a lot of them are strictly aimed at a group where it’s a great joke, where everyone else is left wondering if it’s true or if they’re stupid; it’s that some of these are so accepted that they get cited, and people then think that it’s the absolute truth and base other stuff on it, and it pollutes the entire system.

My favorite April first joke is one th...

Promo Post Tomorrow

Sorry. We have people over today and tomorrow and the day ran away from me. I meant to do this very early morning, but my body decided this was a good time to be sick as a dog.

So–

Promo post tomorrow. I’ll go to bed early (we have people leaving early, anyway) and hopefully will be more functional.

All The Memes Fit To Ghibli

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Right, Left, Right — a Blast From The Past From October 2015.

*I started to write a post in response to a “European right” blogger who says that Trump’s attitude is making it hard on the European right. But it devolved into yelling a lot of swear words, so.
1- I know it’s necessary to join the “orange man bad” wave, particularly in Europe, or you’ll get attacked. I’m not impressed. We’re not going to elect another George W. just to please you.

2- Trump is not showing Europe half the hostility Europe has SHOWN US OVERTLY for the last 100 years.

3-...

Gone Ghibly

So, I should write a post, but I’m feeling downright peculiar. I think I’m coming down with whatever is going around. It’s that or the thyroid meds suddenly stopped working (Honestly, could be either.)

Normally I’d spend till 2 pm writing a post, but we have guests coming this weekend and the house must be useable. Okay, no way the front room is getting done. That’s where I’m unpacking the library. However it is a goal not to put everything that doesn’t fit the rest of the house in there....

Fiat Lux

Yesterday some of you mentioned that any act of rebellion, of truth, of standing up to those who would crush us reverberates and gives courage to others who might otherwise be too timid to rebel.

Rebellion is a contagion. A good one.

I missed Earth hour this year. It was three days ago on the 22nd. I’m terribly sad, because every Earth hour I turn every light in the house on, including those in the closet, which can’t be seen, but I think they might be able to tell from the substation....

And Shame The Devil

Tell the truth and shame the devil. In this house beset by devils and illusions of the mind, this is more important than ever. And more difficult.

Go read this: How To Believe False Things. (And for the tragically x-less.)

This hit me particularly hard, because this is a young man I met personally and whose number I just recently deleted from my phone with a plethora of others from the Denver science fiction community, because … Well, because I’m many many miles away and I thought to...

Not An Egg-spert, But-by Foxfier

I know enough about agriculture to get some idea, and to be very alarmed by narratives that I see forming up.

I grew up helping my parents manage a ranch, reading Capital Press https://capitalpress.com/ and Range Magazine https://rangemagazine.com/ for fun, and with my mom being strongly involved in weedboard and less formal support networks for ag ranging from literally some grandma’s part-time hobby up through big money makers, and that makes it so that I notice some things when they’re...

I Want to be Your Memer can’t you see?

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Of Men, Women and Writers

There’s men, there’s women, there’s writers.

Sure, writers, in general, are women or men, but honestly, if we were free floating brains in jello it would make more sense. What I’m trying to tell you, ladies, germs and small octagonal coasters is that no, you can’t make broad sweeping statements like “women write” or “men write” X, Y or Z. Much less “women read” and “men read” X, Y or most definitely Z.

Oh, you can make broad statements about how female brains work, how male brains work...