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Kesteell in hospital
Feb. 10th, 2024 04:29 pm...and has been for a week now. This is Alexx, writing on her behalf. More details and updates can be found on my Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexx.kay/
Edinburgh University Press is running a Literary Studies free access campaign throughout January. The free access campaign includes 25 literary studies journals - browse them all here: https://www.euppublishing.com/literarystudies
Of note to comics fans is the latest issue of Gothic Studies:
Gothic Studies: Vol 25, No 3
Gothic and Comics
https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/gothic/current
Of note to comics fans is the latest issue of Gothic Studies:
Gothic Studies: Vol 25, No 3
Gothic and Comics
https://www.euppublishing.com/toc/gothic/current
You should definitely give "The Beautiful Old" a listen.
Just when I begin to think I may have a grasp on Richard Thompson's eclectic discography (and I do have his
"Bones of All Men" album,
https://mainlynorfolk.info/richard.thompson/records/thebonesofallmen.html
I discover another album which I have never even heard of. I recently stumbled across this album while reading about Dave Davies (yes, Dave Davies of the Kinks), who also performs on this album.
The entire project is jaw-droppingly fantastic, not only in its sheer beauty and level of musical mastery but, most of all, in the fact that it exists at all.
You can hear clips from some of the songs in this
Youtube trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfsDdLSYQ4
One of my favorite songs is "Long Time Ago," sung by Jimmy LaFave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZGiSjRvSlI
This song reminds me of "I Wandered by a Brookside," recorded here by Fairport Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6D2nLQ1aog
which is based on a poem by one of my very favorite dead guys, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885)].
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/iwanderedbythebrookside.html
Here is an extensive review of the album that includes a brief history of the project.
Various Artists: The Beautiful Old
By
Nathan Huffstutter
June 25, 2013 | 3:56pm
Posted at
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/various-artists/various-artists-the-beautiful-old
Various Artists: The Beautiful Old
Born aloft by vigorous performances from Garth Hudson, Richard Thompson, Kimmie Rhodes and Dave Davies, The Beautiful Old is one of those grand ideas that truly had no business getting off the ground. Recruiting a scattered cast to record faithful, front parlor versions of songs from the sheet-music era?
Yeah (condescending pause), good luck. Yet in defiance of logic, cynicism and geography, The Beautiful Old succeeds not only as a damn fine collection of music, but also stands as an enduring testament to overcoming the improbable.
The first barriers of skepticism are no minor obstacle. Scan the list of 100-200-year-old titles—ranging from familiar standards like “After The Ball”
(1892) and “The Band Played On” (1895) to melodies last hummed during the Taft administration—and you’ll likely suppress a yawn, expecting a dusty snooze through sepia-toned, preservation-society pieces. Even more cringe-worthy, the collection has the latent potential for pure novelty kitsch. With guest vocalists varying from young Irish folk singer Heidi Talbot to Austin lifer Will Sexton to acoustic blues traveler Eric Bibb, it’s easy to envision quaint old tunes covered as an array of Pier 1 knockoffs.
Remarkably, The Beautiful Old coheres into something neither dull nor precious, assembling a melting pot of players who downplay their individual country, jazz, blues and bluegrass influences while never sacrificing an ounce of personality. Instead, emphasizing period-appropriate rhythms and instrumentation, the performers pinpoint the heartbreak, lust, loss and flirtatious play loaded within the original compositions. These songs were never meant to age as museum pieces; they were written to touch and to entertain (and to move hundreds of thousands of copies of sheet music).
Across the collection’s 19 tracks, the artists tap into that stirring emotion and populist appeal. Kimmie Rhodes enfolds “A Perfect Day” (1910) with the
soothing lullaby sadness that cuts across generations of exhausted mothers; Dave Davies croons “After The Ball” in an Old Country croak that waltzes from Fool to Lear at the turn of a phrase; Jimmy LaFave, Floyd Domino and Richard Bowden bring nearly 200 years of barnstorming craftsmanship to “Long Time Ago” (1839), using voice, piano and violin to stretch the wistful ballad back and forth across the centuries.
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Just when I begin to think I may have a grasp on Richard Thompson's eclectic discography (and I do have his
"Bones of All Men" album,
https://mainlynorfolk.info/richard.thompson/records/thebonesofallmen.html
I discover another album which I have never even heard of. I recently stumbled across this album while reading about Dave Davies (yes, Dave Davies of the Kinks), who also performs on this album.
The entire project is jaw-droppingly fantastic, not only in its sheer beauty and level of musical mastery but, most of all, in the fact that it exists at all.
You can hear clips from some of the songs in this
Youtube trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfsDdLSYQ4
One of my favorite songs is "Long Time Ago," sung by Jimmy LaFave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZGiSjRvSlI
This song reminds me of "I Wandered by a Brookside," recorded here by Fairport Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6D2nLQ1aog
which is based on a poem by one of my very favorite dead guys, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885)].
https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/iwanderedbythebrookside.html
Here is an extensive review of the album that includes a brief history of the project.
Various Artists: The Beautiful Old
By
Nathan Huffstutter
June 25, 2013 | 3:56pm
Posted at
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/various-artists/various-artists-the-beautiful-old
Various Artists: The Beautiful Old
Born aloft by vigorous performances from Garth Hudson, Richard Thompson, Kimmie Rhodes and Dave Davies, The Beautiful Old is one of those grand ideas that truly had no business getting off the ground. Recruiting a scattered cast to record faithful, front parlor versions of songs from the sheet-music era?
Yeah (condescending pause), good luck. Yet in defiance of logic, cynicism and geography, The Beautiful Old succeeds not only as a damn fine collection of music, but also stands as an enduring testament to overcoming the improbable.
The first barriers of skepticism are no minor obstacle. Scan the list of 100-200-year-old titles—ranging from familiar standards like “After The Ball”
(1892) and “The Band Played On” (1895) to melodies last hummed during the Taft administration—and you’ll likely suppress a yawn, expecting a dusty snooze through sepia-toned, preservation-society pieces. Even more cringe-worthy, the collection has the latent potential for pure novelty kitsch. With guest vocalists varying from young Irish folk singer Heidi Talbot to Austin lifer Will Sexton to acoustic blues traveler Eric Bibb, it’s easy to envision quaint old tunes covered as an array of Pier 1 knockoffs.
Remarkably, The Beautiful Old coheres into something neither dull nor precious, assembling a melting pot of players who downplay their individual country, jazz, blues and bluegrass influences while never sacrificing an ounce of personality. Instead, emphasizing period-appropriate rhythms and instrumentation, the performers pinpoint the heartbreak, lust, loss and flirtatious play loaded within the original compositions. These songs were never meant to age as museum pieces; they were written to touch and to entertain (and to move hundreds of thousands of copies of sheet music).
Across the collection’s 19 tracks, the artists tap into that stirring emotion and populist appeal. Kimmie Rhodes enfolds “A Perfect Day” (1910) with the
soothing lullaby sadness that cuts across generations of exhausted mothers; Dave Davies croons “After The Ball” in an Old Country croak that waltzes from Fool to Lear at the turn of a phrase; Jimmy LaFave, Floyd Domino and Richard Bowden bring nearly 200 years of barnstorming craftsmanship to “Long Time Ago” (1839), using voice, piano and violin to stretch the wistful ballad back and forth across the centuries.
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Why, in the name of all that is holy or unholy, would anyone consider allowing a man with his consistent record of both technological disaster and complete failure of ethics to have *anything* to do with brain-computer implants??
People should be looking at the history of vision implants: not only have blind people died of inflammation and infection during the experimental stage, but at least one company, which has blind people who had the implants installed and were using them in their everyday lives, just suddenly discontinued "supporting" that product, without notifying the users, who suddenly woke up one morning and had returned to being completely blind.
Worht repeating: most of these implants are penetrative implants, which means they are implanted deppin the brain, *beneath* the dura, which is the protective covering of the brain. The dura is there because it is really dangerous for things to be lodged in the brain, an occurrence which we normally work hard to avoid. In part, as with blind people and visual implants, I believe a lot of this risk is minimized because the lives of paralyzed people are so devalued, that participating int these highly risky experiments are considered "better than nothing." Is there a term for how certain groups of people are encouraged to take larger risks because they are considered more expendable than the mainstream group?
I used to think it was kind of gross that DARPA was funding most of this research although, both as a disability and technology scholar and as a MIT alum, I also need to acknowledge how much DARPA has contributed to the development of modern prosthetics. Perhaps it's just a matter of the Devil you know.
The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up
BY EMILY MULLIN
SCIENCE
DEC 23, 2023 7:00 AM
URL
https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-put-brain-implants-in-people-is-heating-up/
Thanks in part to Elon Musk, the field of brain-computer interfaces has captured both public and investor interest, with a cadre of companies now developing implantable devices.
In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would
start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial
https://www.wired.com/story/everything-we-know-about-neuralinks-brain-implant-trial/
to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an external device. While Musk has said he ultimately wants to merge humans with artificial intelligence, Neuralink’s initial aim is to enable paralyzed people to control a cursor or keyboard with just their thoughts.
Rival efforts to connect people’s brains to computers are also moving forward. This year, Neuralink competitor Synchron demonstrated the long-term safety of its implant in patients. Other startups tested novel devices in human subjects, while new ventures came on the scene.
“It can definitely feel like a breakout year, but in fact it’s the result of decades of work in academia,” says Sumner Norman, a visiting researcher at the California Institute of Technology who’s also the cofounder and CEO of Forest Neurotech, which launched in October. “I think we’re really just starting to feel the effects of that exponential growth.”
The origins of BCIs stretch back to the 1960s and 1970s, when the
first ones were tested on lab animals.
Summary of over Fifty Years with Brain-Computer Interfaces—A Review - PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824107/
As researchers began to understand the brain better, these systems evolved to be more sophisticated, allowing paralyzed people to
move robotic arms,
https://www.wired.com/story/this-brain-controlled-robotic-arm-can-twist-grasp-and-feel/
play video games,
https://www.wired.com/story/this-man-set-the-record-for-wearing-a-brain-computer-interface/
and
communicate with their minds.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-long-search-for-a-computer-that-speaks-your-mind/
Once a largely academic pursuit, BCIs are now of interest to a growing cadre of companies that have emerged since Neuralink’s founding in 2016.
“Science and technology have reached a level of maturity where we can begin to have real, dramatic effects on the human condition,” says Jacob Robinson, CEO and founder of startup Motif Neurotech and a professor of engineering at Rice University. “People like Elon Musk recognize these inflection points and they put capital into commercializing it.”
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People should be looking at the history of vision implants: not only have blind people died of inflammation and infection during the experimental stage, but at least one company, which has blind people who had the implants installed and were using them in their everyday lives, just suddenly discontinued "supporting" that product, without notifying the users, who suddenly woke up one morning and had returned to being completely blind.
Worht repeating: most of these implants are penetrative implants, which means they are implanted deppin the brain, *beneath* the dura, which is the protective covering of the brain. The dura is there because it is really dangerous for things to be lodged in the brain, an occurrence which we normally work hard to avoid. In part, as with blind people and visual implants, I believe a lot of this risk is minimized because the lives of paralyzed people are so devalued, that participating int these highly risky experiments are considered "better than nothing." Is there a term for how certain groups of people are encouraged to take larger risks because they are considered more expendable than the mainstream group?
I used to think it was kind of gross that DARPA was funding most of this research although, both as a disability and technology scholar and as a MIT alum, I also need to acknowledge how much DARPA has contributed to the development of modern prosthetics. Perhaps it's just a matter of the Devil you know.
The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up
BY EMILY MULLIN
SCIENCE
DEC 23, 2023 7:00 AM
URL
https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-put-brain-implants-in-people-is-heating-up/
Thanks in part to Elon Musk, the field of brain-computer interfaces has captured both public and investor interest, with a cadre of companies now developing implantable devices.
In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would
start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial
https://www.wired.com/story/everything-we-know-about-neuralinks-brain-implant-trial/
to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an external device. While Musk has said he ultimately wants to merge humans with artificial intelligence, Neuralink’s initial aim is to enable paralyzed people to control a cursor or keyboard with just their thoughts.
Rival efforts to connect people’s brains to computers are also moving forward. This year, Neuralink competitor Synchron demonstrated the long-term safety of its implant in patients. Other startups tested novel devices in human subjects, while new ventures came on the scene.
“It can definitely feel like a breakout year, but in fact it’s the result of decades of work in academia,” says Sumner Norman, a visiting researcher at the California Institute of Technology who’s also the cofounder and CEO of Forest Neurotech, which launched in October. “I think we’re really just starting to feel the effects of that exponential growth.”
The origins of BCIs stretch back to the 1960s and 1970s, when the
first ones were tested on lab animals.
Summary of over Fifty Years with Brain-Computer Interfaces—A Review - PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7824107/
As researchers began to understand the brain better, these systems evolved to be more sophisticated, allowing paralyzed people to
move robotic arms,
https://www.wired.com/story/this-brain-controlled-robotic-arm-can-twist-grasp-and-feel/
play video games,
https://www.wired.com/story/this-man-set-the-record-for-wearing-a-brain-computer-interface/
and
communicate with their minds.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-long-search-for-a-computer-that-speaks-your-mind/
Once a largely academic pursuit, BCIs are now of interest to a growing cadre of companies that have emerged since Neuralink’s founding in 2016.
“Science and technology have reached a level of maturity where we can begin to have real, dramatic effects on the human condition,” says Jacob Robinson, CEO and founder of startup Motif Neurotech and a professor of engineering at Rice University. “People like Elon Musk recognize these inflection points and they put capital into commercializing it.”
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Kes: Fascinating article, and the featured designer is a queer autistic woman. Check out the game she is developing to explore queerness using Godzilla-type characters and other Kaiju. (I'm going to be investigating gothic elements in newer games[yes, I know that there are about a gazillion Lovecraft games out there, but I'm going to try to find some things outside of Lovecraft games]).
What can board games say that other art forms can’t?
By Matthew Hutson
December 21, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-personal-political-art-of-board-game-design#main-content
What can board games say that other art forms can’t?
By Matthew Hutson
December 21, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-personal-political-art-of-board-game-design#main-content
My next tattoo: crows versus coyote
Dec. 17th, 2023 10:54 amI've been pretty much decided on getting a murder of crows going up my left forearm, but recently I began thinking of getting a coyote instead, since I really like the idea of having one of my tricksters on my skin.
I was trying to find out if any Boston area tattoo artists had done any coyote tats, but instead came across this thread of Reddit folks discussing a Boston-area sighting of a coyote a year or so ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/wt931l/spotted_a_coyote_at_the_target_near_suffolk_downs/
I love the comment "And his hair was perfect."
I had my ivy vine done at Good Faith Tattoos before Covid, but I'm not sure if anyone there does animals really well. If anyone can recommend someone locally, feel free to post here.
I was trying to find out if any Boston area tattoo artists had done any coyote tats, but instead came across this thread of Reddit folks discussing a Boston-area sighting of a coyote a year or so ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/wt931l/spotted_a_coyote_at_the_target_near_suffolk_downs/
I love the comment "And his hair was perfect."
I had my ivy vine done at Good Faith Tattoos before Covid, but I'm not sure if anyone there does animals really well. If anyone can recommend someone locally, feel free to post here.
Kes: Anyone who has worked with Access Services at any of the local SF conventions might have the experience to consider applying for this job. Also, if anyone amongst my readers would like a Zoom call for me to explain some of the accessibility terms and processes, I'm willing to do that.
Research/Access Assistant Job Posting at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
https://careers-whoi.icims.com/jobs/2193/research-access-assistant/job?hub=8&_gl=1*fu3s2l*_ga*MTc2NzA3NDc0Ni4xNjk1NDI3Nzc2*_ga_5Y2BYGL910*MTY5OTQ1MTg0Ni4yLjAuMTY5OTQ1MTg0Ni4wLjAuMA..&mobile=false&width=1090&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240
Research/Access Assistant
Job ID 2023-2193
Job Summary
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is currently searching for a Research/Access Assistant to join the Physical Oceanography Department. This is a full-time, non-exempt position, and is eligible for benefits. This position will last two years with the potential to extend longer depending on productivity. Onsite employment is preferred but hybrid will also be considered.
Approximately half of the position involves assisting Dr. Bower, who is blind, with accessing information pertinent to her research. This includes but is not limited to modifying electronic documents for screen reader accessibility, describing inaccessible graphics, and rendering some graphics in accessible format. The other half of the position involves providing standard research assistance on a variety of physical oceanographic projects. The group researches deep ocean currents in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans using various in situ instruments such as acoustically tracked floats and moored current meters, as well as satellite observations of ocean surface properties.
The internal working title for this position could be either Research Assistant (RA) I or Research Assistant (RA) II. The final level of the position will be determined commensurate with the selected candidate's level of education & experience.
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Research/Access Assistant Job Posting at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
https://careers-whoi.icims.com/jobs/2193/research-access-assistant/job?hub=8&_gl=1*fu3s2l*_ga*MTc2NzA3NDc0Ni4xNjk1NDI3Nzc2*_ga_5Y2BYGL910*MTY5OTQ1MTg0Ni4yLjAuMTY5OTQ1MTg0Ni4wLjAuMA..&mobile=false&width=1090&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240
Research/Access Assistant
Job ID 2023-2193
Job Summary
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is currently searching for a Research/Access Assistant to join the Physical Oceanography Department. This is a full-time, non-exempt position, and is eligible for benefits. This position will last two years with the potential to extend longer depending on productivity. Onsite employment is preferred but hybrid will also be considered.
Approximately half of the position involves assisting Dr. Bower, who is blind, with accessing information pertinent to her research. This includes but is not limited to modifying electronic documents for screen reader accessibility, describing inaccessible graphics, and rendering some graphics in accessible format. The other half of the position involves providing standard research assistance on a variety of physical oceanographic projects. The group researches deep ocean currents in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans using various in situ instruments such as acoustically tracked floats and moored current meters, as well as satellite observations of ocean surface properties.
The internal working title for this position could be either Research Assistant (RA) I or Research Assistant (RA) II. The final level of the position will be determined commensurate with the selected candidate's level of education & experience.
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Kes: I began getting vestibular migraines a few months into the pandemic--I had already been treated for standard migraines for over a decade--and my description goes like this: imagine being stuck on the most nausea-inducing ride in the amusement park for two hours, and every time you think it's slowing down, it starts up again. I haven't heard of anyone else experiencing the level of intense nausea that I do. I accidentally came across the info that magnesium supplements can help alleviate migraines, and since starting to take magnesium about a year ago, at least the severe nausea seems to have been alleviated, although I still get the vertigo migraines, just less intensely.
So, my recommendation: try magnesium supplements, as they have many positive benefits (I've heard this from a number of nurses and doctors, and there are also studies).
Article:
Balance disorders like vertigo can be devastating for patients—but they’re often invisible to the doctors who treat them.
By Shayla Love
October 10, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/why-dizziness-is-still-a-mystery#:~:text=staff%20ruled%20out%20anything%20life,a%20sensation%2C%20not%20a%20disease.
So, my recommendation: try magnesium supplements, as they have many positive benefits (I've heard this from a number of nurses and doctors, and there are also studies).
Article:
Balance disorders like vertigo can be devastating for patients—but they’re often invisible to the doctors who treat them.
By Shayla Love
October 10, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/why-dizziness-is-still-a-mystery#:~:text=staff%20ruled%20out%20anything%20life,a%20sensation%2C%20not%20a%20disease.
I'm going to be a maenad for Halloween, and I would like to put together a spooky woods sound effects MP3 thing that I can play on an Echo dot and turn on and off using the Alexa app on my iPhone.
However, just looking through the sound effects MP3s on Amazon has gotten me only a handful of MP3s that I feel are suitable to "spooky woods," and I am wondering if there are resources online that sell something more suitable, like a 45-minute or hour-long MP3 of a theme such as "spooky woods."
I remember I used to have some readers who did sound design for local radio plays and similar project when I was on LJ: are you guys still out there? Any advice?
Sounds I'm searching for: wind and trees rustling, owls and other animals screeching, women/witches chanting and occasionally screaming...what other sounds say "spooky woods"? I figure after the first slow hour of trick or treating, the sound will be drowned out by the screaming of actual small demons, i.e., live children.
Also: I had a $50 gift card for Target and, although I can never find anything I want at Target, this month they had lots of Halloween stuff, including a five foot tall inflatable black dragon! Now, if you know any of the occupants of Melville Keep, you will probably agree with me that a giant inflatable dragon is totally us (failing the fact that we can't acquire an actual live dragon, that is). And it will look pretty kickass with the fog from my fog machine curling around it.
However, just looking through the sound effects MP3s on Amazon has gotten me only a handful of MP3s that I feel are suitable to "spooky woods," and I am wondering if there are resources online that sell something more suitable, like a 45-minute or hour-long MP3 of a theme such as "spooky woods."
I remember I used to have some readers who did sound design for local radio plays and similar project when I was on LJ: are you guys still out there? Any advice?
Sounds I'm searching for: wind and trees rustling, owls and other animals screeching, women/witches chanting and occasionally screaming...what other sounds say "spooky woods"? I figure after the first slow hour of trick or treating, the sound will be drowned out by the screaming of actual small demons, i.e., live children.
Also: I had a $50 gift card for Target and, although I can never find anything I want at Target, this month they had lots of Halloween stuff, including a five foot tall inflatable black dragon! Now, if you know any of the occupants of Melville Keep, you will probably agree with me that a giant inflatable dragon is totally us (failing the fact that we can't acquire an actual live dragon, that is). And it will look pretty kickass with the fog from my fog machine curling around it.
Also, lockpicking, how to make a sampler, all about Halloween (taught by horror author Lisa Morten), and all sorts of other spooky and nerdy subjects, beginning as soon as tomorrow
https://www.atlasobscura.com/online-courses
https://www.atlasobscura.com/online-courses
Judy Dixon has previously written many books about technology for blind and visually impaired users published through the National Braille Press nbp.org .
Judy Dixon has created a new mailing list on groups.io for the discussion of accessibility issues related to 3d printing by people who are blind.
The list is called 3d-printing-access. Discussion topics include the selection and use of 3d printers, finding or creating models to 3d print, accessibility of slicing software, and other topics related to 3d printing accessibility by people who are blind. To join the list, send an email message to 3d-printing-access+subscribe@groups.io, or go to https://groups.io/g/3d-Printing-Access.
Judy Dixon has created a new mailing list on groups.io for the discussion of accessibility issues related to 3d printing by people who are blind.
The list is called 3d-printing-access. Discussion topics include the selection and use of 3d printers, finding or creating models to 3d print, accessibility of slicing software, and other topics related to 3d printing accessibility by people who are blind. To join the list, send an email message to 3d-printing-access+subscribe@groups.io, or go to https://groups.io/g/3d-Printing-Access.
This is kind of a rock opera version, with the text being interspersed with songs: I really like the first women's chorus to Dionysus, which begins at about 3:30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YMALXAo_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YMALXAo_I
I highly recommend it
Spectre (1977)
Here is a review
https://filmschoolrejects.com/spectre-1977/
This review does not, however, mention the slashy goodness, which is baarrrly subtext. Everything about this movie is over the top.
While not nearly as outrageously camp, but rather played as a more traditional supernatural detective story, a natural pairing for Spectre would be Baffled (1973), starring Leonard Nimoy, as the American psychic detective trying to solve a murder in England. Here is a review
https://filmschoolrejects.com/baffled-1972/
(and, yes, I have seen this movie about half a dozen times and Nimoy does do the lifted eyebrow thing in it, happy sigh).
Spectre (1977)
Here is a review
https://filmschoolrejects.com/spectre-1977/
This review does not, however, mention the slashy goodness, which is baarrrly subtext. Everything about this movie is over the top.
While not nearly as outrageously camp, but rather played as a more traditional supernatural detective story, a natural pairing for Spectre would be Baffled (1973), starring Leonard Nimoy, as the American psychic detective trying to solve a murder in England. Here is a review
https://filmschoolrejects.com/baffled-1972/
(and, yes, I have seen this movie about half a dozen times and Nimoy does do the lifted eyebrow thing in it, happy sigh).
Byron: The Clothing of a Regency Poet
Jul. 22nd, 2023 10:44 amI'm currently attempting to answer the question of whether Byron always walked with a cane and, in the process, came across this amazing article which not only includes detailed descriptions of the corrective boot Byron wore, but detailed descriptions of various clothing he wore during different periods of his life. The article also includes various fascinating resources on men's Regency clothing, which is definitely one of my obsessions (am I the only one who thinks waistcoats are sexy? And did anyone else read the K. J. Charles queer Regency romance involving the valet, and all the descriptions of clothing?)
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/cost.2021.0200
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/cost.2021.0200
And with my narrative fetish for all things involving spooky woods, I would like someone to write a story about this
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-made-from-10000-leaves#main
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-made-from-10000-leaves#main
We have these *really* sensitive fire alarms, which go off not only at the first sign of smoke--as in, someone is cooking steaks on the stove--but also for all sorts of mystery things. Case in point: approximately at 9:45 this morning, with no trace of smoke, leaving housemates--half of them woken up against their will and *really* not morning people--guessing at what they should be looking for to *MAKE THAT NOISE STOP*. (Did I mention, our alarms also announce "Fire Fire Fire" in a calm but firm female voice every few seconds?).
So I'm standing there taking guesses at what might have set off the alarms, but what I think really set off the alarms is the 91% humidity because yes, if your alarm setting is very sensitive, the water content in the air can set it off.
Anyway, because our alarms go off so often without it being a real fire, I have gotten really good at deciding what I consider the essentials to grab in case of fire. These are: phone, wallet, ebook reader, and Coke. If it comes right down to it, it's the housekey with my mini-Leatherman tool on it, wallet, ebook reader, and a Coke. Note: I usually have one or two unopened bottles of Coke in my room, so I don't lose time in grabbing these on my way out of the aerye. Also, I hadn't seen Alexx emerge from his room, so I opened his door and checked that he was awake and moving.
This makes me curious what other people consider the important things to grab in case of emergency evacuation: your laptop? a favorite book or musical instrument? a significant momento?
So I'm standing there taking guesses at what might have set off the alarms, but what I think really set off the alarms is the 91% humidity because yes, if your alarm setting is very sensitive, the water content in the air can set it off.
Anyway, because our alarms go off so often without it being a real fire, I have gotten really good at deciding what I consider the essentials to grab in case of fire. These are: phone, wallet, ebook reader, and Coke. If it comes right down to it, it's the housekey with my mini-Leatherman tool on it, wallet, ebook reader, and a Coke. Note: I usually have one or two unopened bottles of Coke in my room, so I don't lose time in grabbing these on my way out of the aerye. Also, I hadn't seen Alexx emerge from his room, so I opened his door and checked that he was awake and moving.
This makes me curious what other people consider the important things to grab in case of emergency evacuation: your laptop? a favorite book or musical instrument? a significant momento?
But what if you can't die
Apr. 9th, 2023 10:29 amso your soul can find neither rest nor resurrection?
While others have been preoccupied with resurrection and the afterlife, I've been attempting to find legends regarding people who are too evil to die, who have a literal inability to cease living, no matter how burdened by their own sins they may become, and the very ground itself refuses to allow them to be buried in it.
Specifically, I've been obsessed with this Josh Ritter song
"Ground Don't Want Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuadfchdsiI
which is about a gunslinger who is cursed by his dying mother to "go to Hell real slow," while the chorus and the title dwell on the theme of someone who is so evil that he cannot die, and the very ground itself refuses to hold and shelter him.
This theme seems like its a really old legend or piece of religious folklore, but I'm drawing a blank when I try to think of legends or stories that have used it. Kudos to Ritter for creeping me out in just a few verses.
While others have been preoccupied with resurrection and the afterlife, I've been attempting to find legends regarding people who are too evil to die, who have a literal inability to cease living, no matter how burdened by their own sins they may become, and the very ground itself refuses to allow them to be buried in it.
Specifically, I've been obsessed with this Josh Ritter song
"Ground Don't Want Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuadfchdsiI
which is about a gunslinger who is cursed by his dying mother to "go to Hell real slow," while the chorus and the title dwell on the theme of someone who is so evil that he cannot die, and the very ground itself refuses to hold and shelter him.
This theme seems like its a really old legend or piece of religious folklore, but I'm drawing a blank when I try to think of legends or stories that have used it. Kudos to Ritter for creeping me out in just a few verses.
Also, the movie trailers that play the Taylor Swift song are exponentially creepier *and* I want to find out where I can get a pair of those purple sunglasses. Those sunglasses are one of the most brilliant touches in M3gan's entire persona: I could write a paper on the semiotics of her sunglasses alone.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kBqEmXSW-A
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kBqEmXSW-A
I'm pretty sure this is a me problem
Apr. 4th, 2023 11:03 amI'm still trying to find where the sighted housemates hid the stopper for the bathroom sink so that I can plug it in order to rinse out my prosthetic eyes without worrying that they are going to drop down the drain into whatever lies down in the ancient pipes of our old Victorian house, and then we will have to call the special plumbers who still know how to fix things in very old Victorian houses in order to retrieve my very expensive eyeballs from the eldritch horror of whatever lives in the abyss.
So, yes, one of my few nagging anxieties is that I will lose my eyeballs down the bathroom sink, and checking that I know where the plug for the sink is is a thing I do on a regular basis. And this plug is a heavy metal stopper, it isn't easy to lose, so really, people *sigh*...
I probably wouldn't be so freaked if I hadn't read all those Clive Baeker stories in which he goes into *excruciating* detail about things that can live in your bathroom pipes...
So, yes, one of my few nagging anxieties is that I will lose my eyeballs down the bathroom sink, and checking that I know where the plug for the sink is is a thing I do on a regular basis. And this plug is a heavy metal stopper, it isn't easy to lose, so really, people *sigh*...
I probably wouldn't be so freaked if I hadn't read all those Clive Baeker stories in which he goes into *excruciating* detail about things that can live in your bathroom pipes...
Published: Feb 22, 2023
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/press-release/nearly-half-of-young-women-report-negative-interactions-with-health-care-providers/
Nearly Half of Young Women Report Negative Interactions with Health Care Providers
Among women ages 18-35 with a clinical visit in the past two years, more than four in 10 (46%) report experiencing a negative interaction with a health care provider, according to a new analysis of 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey (WHS) data. These interactions included a provider either dismissing patients’ concerns, assuming something about them without asking, believing they were lying, blaming them for their health problems, or discriminating against them because of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or some other personal characteristic.
Similar rates of women in low-income households (45%), uninsured women (46%), and women with a disability or ongoing health condition (45%) experienced at least one of these negative interactions. Negative interactions with health care providers can lead to poorer health outcomes, distrust of the health care system, and health inequities.
Analysts also found some statistically significant differences in the experiences of men and women. Somewhat more women than men report that their health care providers either dismissed their concerns (29% vs. 21%), didn’t believe they were telling the truth (15% vs. 12%) or discriminated against them during their visit (9% vs. 5%).
Additional findings from the analysis include the following:
Menopause received little attention in clinical visits. Only one-third (35%) of women ages 40-64 say their health care provider ever talked to them about what to expect in menopause, ranging from 42% of women who have gone through menopause, 39% of those currently going through menopause, and 19% of premenopausal women.
Screening for social determinants of health is infrequent in clinical settings, despite their impact on the health and wellbeing of patients. While nearly three in five (58%) women who have visited a health care provider in the past two years say they were asked about the kind of work they do, only one in five (20%) were asked about their ability to afford food or their access to reliable transportation.
The KFF WHS is a nationally representative survey of 5,145 self-identified women and 1,225 self-identified men ages 18 to 64, conducted May 10 – June 7, 2022
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/press-release/nearly-half-of-young-women-report-negative-interactions-with-health-care-providers/
Nearly Half of Young Women Report Negative Interactions with Health Care Providers
Among women ages 18-35 with a clinical visit in the past two years, more than four in 10 (46%) report experiencing a negative interaction with a health care provider, according to a new analysis of 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey (WHS) data. These interactions included a provider either dismissing patients’ concerns, assuming something about them without asking, believing they were lying, blaming them for their health problems, or discriminating against them because of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or some other personal characteristic.
Similar rates of women in low-income households (45%), uninsured women (46%), and women with a disability or ongoing health condition (45%) experienced at least one of these negative interactions. Negative interactions with health care providers can lead to poorer health outcomes, distrust of the health care system, and health inequities.
Analysts also found some statistically significant differences in the experiences of men and women. Somewhat more women than men report that their health care providers either dismissed their concerns (29% vs. 21%), didn’t believe they were telling the truth (15% vs. 12%) or discriminated against them during their visit (9% vs. 5%).
Additional findings from the analysis include the following:
Menopause received little attention in clinical visits. Only one-third (35%) of women ages 40-64 say their health care provider ever talked to them about what to expect in menopause, ranging from 42% of women who have gone through menopause, 39% of those currently going through menopause, and 19% of premenopausal women.
Screening for social determinants of health is infrequent in clinical settings, despite their impact on the health and wellbeing of patients. While nearly three in five (58%) women who have visited a health care provider in the past two years say they were asked about the kind of work they do, only one in five (20%) were asked about their ability to afford food or their access to reliable transportation.
The KFF WHS is a nationally representative survey of 5,145 self-identified women and 1,225 self-identified men ages 18 to 64, conducted May 10 – June 7, 2022
