#Muir Woods 2019

[howrsememequeen]

Only one of these is a regular run. (Harmonie, the right-most bay)

The rest are limited runs. And I've misplaced the Certificate of Authenticity for the Diamond model 🙃

[disabled-dragoon]

The Disability Library

I love books, I love literature, and I love this blog, but it's only been recently that I've really been given the option to explore disabled literature, and I hate that. When I was a kid, all I wanted was to be able to read about characters like me, and now as an adult, all I want is to be able to read a book that takes us seriously.

And so, friends, Romans, countrymen, I present, a special disability and chronic illness booklist, compiled by myself and through the contributions of wonderful members from this site!

As always, if there are any at all that you want me to add, please just say. I'm always looking for more!

Edit 20/10/2023: You can now suggest books using the google form at the bottom!

Updated: 31/08/2023

Articles and Chapters

The Drifting Language of Architectural Accessibility in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris, Essaka Joshua, 2012

Early Modern Literature and Disability Studies, Allison P. Hobgood, David Houston Wood, 2017

How Do You Develop Whole Object Relations as an Adult?, Elinor Greenburg, 2019

Making Do with What You Don't Have: Disabled Black Motherhood in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, Anna Hinton, 2018

Necropolitics, Achille Mbeme, 2003 OR Necropolitics, Achille Mbeme, 2019

Wasted Lives: Modernity and Its Outcasts, Zygmunt Bauman, 2004

Witchcraft and deformity in early modern English Literature, Scott Eaton, 2020

Books

Fiction:

Misc:

10 Things I Can See From Here, Carrie Mac

A-F:

A Curse So Dark and Lonely, (Series), Brigid Kemmerer

Akata Witch, (Series), Nnedi Okorafor

A Mango-Shaped Space, Wendy Mass

Ancillary Justice, (Series), Ann Leckie

An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon

An Unseen Attraction, (Series), K. J. Charles

A Shot in the Dark, Victoria Lee

A Snicker of Magic, Natalie Lloyd

A Song of Ice and Fire, (series), George R. R. Martin

A Spindle Splintered, (Series), Alix E. Harrow

A Time to Dance, Padma Venkatraman

Bath Haus, P. J. Vernon

Beasts of Prey, (Series), Ayana Gray

The Bedlam Stacks, (Series), Natasha Pulley

Black Bird, Blue Road, Sofiya Pasternack

Black Sun, (Series), Rebecca Roanhorse

Blood Price, (Series), Tanya Huff

Borderline, (Series), Mishell Baker

Breath, Donna Jo Napoli

The Broken Kingdoms, (Series), N.K. Jemisin

Brute, Kim Fielding

Cafe con Lychee, Emery Lee

Carry the Ocean, (Series), Heidi Cullinan

Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman

Cinder, (Series), Marissa Meyer

Clean, Amy Reed

Connection Error, (Series), Annabeth Albert

Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star, Laura Noakes

Crazy, Benjamin Lebert

Crooked Kingdom, (Series), Leigh Bardugo

Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots, (Series), Cat Sebastian

Daniel, Deconstructed, James Ramos

Dead in the Garden, (Series), Dahlia Donovan

Dear Fang, With Love, Rufi Thorpe

Deathless Divide, (Series), Justina Ireland

The Degenerates, J. Albert Mann

The Doctor's Discretion, E.E. Ottoman

Earth Girl, (Series), Janet Edwards

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Emily R. Austin

The Extraordinaries, (Series), T. J. Klune

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, (Series), Trenton Lee Stewart

Fight + Flight, Jules Machias

The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix

Finding My Voice, (Series), Aoife Dooley

The First Thing About You, Chaz Hayden

Follow My Leader, James B. Garfield

Forever Is Now, Mariama J. Lockington

Fortune Favours the Dead, (Series), Stephen Spotswood

Fresh, Margot Wood

H-0:

Harmony, London Price

Harrow the Ninth, (series), Tamsyn Muir

Hench, (Series), Natalia Zina Walschots

Highly Illogical Behaviour, John Corey Whaley

Honey Girl, Morgan Rogers

How to Become a Planet, Nicole Melleby

How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager, (Series), D. N. Bryn

How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love, (Series), D. N. Bryn

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites, Joy Demorra

I Am Not Alone, Francisco X. Stork

The Immeasurable Depth of You, Maria Ingrande Mora

In the Ring, Sierra Isley

Into The Drowning Deep, (Series), Mira Grant

Iron Widow, (Series), Xiran Jay Zhao

Izzy at the End of the World, K. A. Reynolds

Jodie's Journey, Colin Thiele

Just by Looking at Him, Ryan O'Connell

Kissing Doorknobs, Terry Spencer Hesser

Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore

Learning Curves, (Series), Ceillie Simkiss

Let's Call It a Doomsday, Katie Henry

The Library of the Dead, (Series), TL Huchu

The Lion Hunter, (Series), Elizabeth Wein

Lirael, (Series), Garth Nix

Long Macchiatos and Monsters, Alison Evans

Love from A to Z, (Series), S.K. Ali

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal

Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

The Never Tilting World, (Series), Rin Chupeco

The No-Girlfriend Rule, Christen Randall

Nona the Ninth, (series), Tamsyn Muir

Noor, Nnedi Okorafor

Odder Still, (Series), D. N. Bryn

Once Stolen, (Series), D. N. Bryn

One For All, Lillie Lainoff

On the Edge of Gone, Corinne Duyvis

Origami Striptease, Peggy Munson

Our Bloody Pearl, (Series), D. N. Bryn

Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper

P-T:

Parable of the Sower, (Series), Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents, (Series), Octavia E. Butler

Percy Jackson & the Olympians, (series), Rick Riordan

Pomegranate, Helen Elaine Lee

The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden

The Pursuit Of..., (Series), Courtney Milan

The Queen's Thief, (Series), Megan Whalen Turner

The Quiet and the Loud, Helena Fox

The Raging Quiet, Sheryl Jordan

The Reanimator's Heart, (Series), Kara Jorgensen

The Remaking of Corbin Wale, Joan Parrish

Roll with It, (Series), Jamie Sumner

Russian Doll, (Series), Cristelle Comby

The Second Mango, (Series), Shira Glassman

Scar of the Bamboo Leaf, Sieni A.M

Shaman, (Series), Noah Gordon

Sick Kids in Love, Hannah Moskowitz

The Silent Boy, Lois Lowry

Six of Crows, (Series) Leigh Bardugo

Sizzle Reel, Carlyn Greenwald

The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal

The Stagsblood Prince, (Series), Gideon E. Wood

Stake Sauce, Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient is Love. No, Really, (Series), RoAnna Sylver

Stars in Your Eyes, Kacen Callender [Expected release: Oct 2023]

The Storm Runner, (Series), J. C. Cervantes

Stronger Still, (Series), D. N. Bryn

Sweetblood, Pete Hautman

Tarnished Are the Stars, Rosiee Thor

The Theft of Sunlight, (Series), Intisar Khanani

Throwaway Girls, Andrea Contos

Top Ten, Katie Cotugno

Torch, Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Treasure, Rebekah Weatherspoon

Turtles All the Way Down, John Green

U-Z:

Unlicensed Delivery, Will Soulsby-McCreath Expected release October 2023

Verona Comics, Jennifer Dugan

Vorkosigan Saga, (Series), Lois McMaster Bujold

We Are the Ants, (Series), Shaun David Hutchinson

The Weight of Our Sky, Hanna Alkaf

Whip, Stir and Serve, Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake

The Whispering Dark, Kelly Andrew

Wicked Sweet, Chelsea M. Cameron

Wonder, (Series), R. J. Palacio

Wrong to Need You, (Series), Alisha Rai

Ziggy, Stardust and Me, James Brandon

Graphic Novels:

A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability, (Non-Fiction), A. Andrews

Constellations, Kate Glasheen

Dancing After TEN: a graphic memoir, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber

Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words Pictures, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Jason Adam Katzenstein

Frankie's World: A Graphic Novel, (Series), Aoife Dooley

The Golden Hour, Niki Smith

Nimona, N. D. Stevenson

The Third Person, (memoir) (Non-Fiction), Emma Grove

Magazines and Anthologies:

Artificial Divide, (Anthology), Robert Kingett, Randy Lacey

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #175: Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds, (Article), R. B. Lemburg

Defying Doomsday, (Anthology), edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, (short story) (anthology), Seiko Tanabe

Nothing Without Us, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson

Nothing Without Us Too, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens, (Anthology), edited by Marieke Nijkamp

Uncanny #24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction, (Anthology), edited by: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Dominik Parisien et al.

Uncanny #30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy, (Anthology), edited by: Nicolette Barischoff, Lisa M. Bradley, Katharine Duckett

We Shall Be Monsters, edited by Derek Newman-Stille

Manga:

Perfect World, (Series), Rie Aruga

The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud, (Short Stories), Kuniko Tsurita

Non-Fiction:

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education, Jay Timothy Dolmage

A Disability History of the United States, Kim E, Nielsen

The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access, David Gissen

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, Elsa Sjunneson

Black Disability Politics, Sami Schalk

Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration, and Safety, Dr. Elinor Greenburg

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, Eli Clare

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability, Barker, Clare and Stuart Murray, editors.

The Capacity Contract: Intellectual Disability and the Question of Citizenship, Stacy Clifford Simplican

Capitalism and Disability, Martha Russel

Care work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Catatonia, Shutdown and Breakdown in Autism: A Psycho-Ecological Approach, Dr Amitta Shah

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays, Esme Weijun Wang

Crip Kinship, Shayda Kafai

Crip Up the Kitchen: Tools, Tips and Recipes for the Disabled Cook, Jules Sherred

Culture – Theory – Disability: Encounters between Disability Studies and Cultural Studies, Anne Waldschmidt, Hanjo Berressem, Moritz Ingwersen

Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition, Liat Ben-Moshe

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally, Emily Ladau

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World, Ben Mattlin

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First Century, Alice Wong

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space, Amanda Leduc

Every Cripple a Superhero, Christoph Keller

Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation, Eli Clare

Feminist Queer Crip, Alison Kafer

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Growing Up Disabled in Australia, Carly Findlay

It's Just Nerves: Notes on a Disability, Kelly Davio

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

Language Deprivation & Deaf Mental Health, Neil S. Glickman, Wyatte C. Hall

The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability, Elizabeth Barnes

My Body and Other Crumbling Empires: Lessons for Healing in a World That Is Sick, Lyndsey Medford

No Right to Be Idle: The Invention of Disability, 1840s-1930s, Sarah F. Rose

Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment, James I. Charlton

The Pedagogy of Pathologization Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus, Subini Ancy Annamma

Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature, Essaka Joshua

QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology, Raymond Luczak, Editor.

The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability, Jasbir K. Puar

Sitting Pretty, (memoir), Rebecca Taussig

Sounds Like Home: Growing Up Black & Deaf in the South, Mary Herring Wright

Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How to Stay Sane and Live One Step Ahead of Your Symptoms, Ilana Jacqueline

The Things We Don't Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths, Julie Morgenlender

Uncanny Bodies: Superhero Comics and Disability, Scott T. Smith, José Alaniz 

Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman, (memoir), Laura Kate Dale

Unmasking Autism, Devon Price

The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe, Ellen Clifford

We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents, Eliza Hull

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, (memoir) (essays) Alice Wong

Picture Books:

A Day With No Words, Tiffany Hammond, Kate Cosgrove-

A Friend for Henry, Jenn Bailey, Mika Song

Ali and the Sea Stars, Ali Stroker, Gillian Reid

All Are Welcome, Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman

All the Way to the Top, Annette Bay Pimentel, Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, Nabi Ali

Can Bears Ski?, Raymond Antrobus, Polly Dunbar

Different -- A Great Thing to Be!, Heather Alvis, Sarah Mensinga

Everyone Belongs, Heather Alvis, Sarah Mensinga

I Talk Like a River, Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith

Jubilee: The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream, K. T. Johnson, Anabella Ortiz

Just Ask!, Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López

Kami and the Yaks, Andrea Stenn Stryer, Bert Dodson

My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay, Cari Best, Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship, Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, Scott Magoon

Sam's Super Seats, Keah Brown, Sharee Miller

Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster, Manka Kasha

We Move Together, Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos

We're Different, We're the Same, and We're All Wonderful!, Bobbi Jane Kates, Joe Mathieu

What Happened to You?, James Catchpole, Karen George

The World Needs More Purple People, Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, Daniel Wiseman

You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion, Margaret O'Hair, Sofia Sanchez, Sofia Cardoso

You Are Loved: A Book About Families, Margaret O'Hair, Sofia Sanchez, Sofia Cardoso

The You Kind of Kind, Nina West, Hayden Evans

Zoom!, Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko

Plays:

Peeling, Kate O'Reilly

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[samuelroukin]

When did you visit the bay!!!!! I’m sorry you stayed IN sf but did u see the sea lions. Did you visit Oakland or Berkeley…

mid june in 2019! don't be sorry it was... interesting lol, i stayed in Thee cheapest hostel for half the time (bad.) and a (still cheap) hotel the other days which was much better, but staying in sf itself was so convenient for the public transport and i wanted to see the city

i did not visit berkeley, but i met up with two friends in oakland, we drove around and saw some sights, had a drink somewhere that served pineapple flavored beer! it was a great time fr

and i went to muir woods and sausalito too, absolutely beautiful places

also sea lions!

[lucifers-horror-harem]

If you could relive any of your memories, which would it be?

Okay I had to sit on this one for a bit cause it was so hard. I still don't know if I have a better choice. But I'd want to relive my cross country road trip I had with my friends in 2019. We flew out to Denver Colorado to see Bon Iver, then drove west, stopping at places like the 4 corners, Lake Tahoe, the Grand Canyon, Zion, Yosemite, Antelope Canyon, Muir Woods, and finished off with a couple days in San Francisco. All within slightly over a week. And it was some of the most fun I ever had. I really want to go back to a lot of these places and stay for a bit longer just because we packed SO MUCH into the trip, but it was such a fun time I want to just relive it all again.

[ghostflowerdreams]

Hi, could you tell me the inspiration or source behind each of the prompts in the 'Haunted House & Strange Town AUs' post?

It's this post, right?

It's been years, so I can't remember all of them clearly. Some prompts were based on a specific media, others were entirely made up with a slight influence from something, and a few drew inspiration from multiple sources.

True Blood (TV series), The Vampire Diaries (TV series), Twilight (2008), etc.

Welcome to Night Vale (podcast)

The Mist (2007) with a bit of The Phenomenon (audio drama), The Fog (1980/2005), etc.

The Faculty (1998), Parasyte: The Maxim (anime), The Thing (1982)

Silent Hill (2006), Silent Hill (video game), Alan Wake (video game), Fatal Frame (video game), etc.

The Boy (2016). The House of the Devil (2009)

Being Human (TV series)

Sleepy Hollow (1999), Sleepy Hollow (TV series)

Tremors (1990), Tremors (TV series)

Bright (2017) with a bit of Shadowhunters (TV series), Grimm (TV series)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) with a bit of Last Christmas (2019), Spring (2014), The Rusalka (2018), etc.

Siren (TV series)

Satanic Panic (2019)

Chronicle (2012), Smallville (TV series)

The Evil Dead (1981/2013), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Hellraiser (1987), The Ring (2002), Wish Upon (2017), etc.

Rose Red (TV miniseries)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Coraline (2009), The NeverEnding Story (1984), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, etc.

Phasmophobia (video game) with a little bit of Ghostbusters (1984), F.E.A.R. (video game), Supernatural (TV series), etc.

Scream (TV series) with a bit of Halloween (2007)

Slither (2006)

Frankenweenie (2012) with a little bit of ParaNorman (2012) and a dash of Casper (1995) with the focus on a ghost pet

Dagon (2001), Society (1989), with a little bit of Get Out (2017), etc.

Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)

Haunted Mansion (2003), Dark Shadows (TV series), Dark Shadows (2012), etc.

Ouija (2014)

Firestarter (1984) & Stranger Things (TV series)

Super 8 (2011)

The Stepford Wives (1975/2004)

The Twilight Zone (TV series) with a tiny bit of Pleasantville (1998)

Haven (TV series)

Child's Play (1988), M3GAN (2022), Annabelle (2014), The Boy (2016), etc.

Groundhog Day (1993), Happy Death Day (2017), The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021), Palm Springs (2020), Before I Fall (2017), etc.

Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

Among Us (video game), The Thing (1982), The Astronaut's Wife (1999), Europa Report (2013), a tiny bit of Prey (video game)

Resident Evil: Village (2021), It (2017/2019)

The Crazies (2010)

Wayward Pines (TV series)

The House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Ghost in the Shell (1995), Fallout 4, Detroit: Become Human (2018), Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Terminator (1984), etc.

Just Like Heaven (2005), Ghost Whisperer (TV series), Casper (1995), a little bit of Ghosts (TV series)

SurrealEstate (TV series)

Dead Zone (TV series), Medium (TV series)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, 1978, or 2007)

1408 (2007)

Loch Ness (1996), The Water Horse (2007)

Smart House (1999) with a tiny bit of Ex Machina (2015)

Sense8 (TV series), The Haunting of Hill House (TV series), The Secret of Moonacre (2008)

[arabbtc]

عملة الايثريوم Ethereum ETH مستقبلها

عملة الايثريوم Ethereum ETH هو نظام blockchain لامركزي مفتوح المصدر يتميز بعملاته المشفرة ، Ether. تعمل ETH كمنصة للعديد من العملات المشفرة الأخرى ، وكذلك لتنفيذ العقود الذكية اللامركزية.

تم وصف Ethereum لأول مرة في ورقة بيضاء 2013 بواسطة Vitalik Buterin. قام بوتيرين ، جنبًا إلى جنب مع مؤسسين آخرين ، بتأمين التمويل للمشروع في بيع جماهيري عبر الإنترنت في صيف عام 2014. تمكن فريق المشروع من جمع 18.3 مليون دولار من Bitcoin ، وكان سعر عملة الايثريوم في العرض الأولي للعملة (ICO) 0.311 دولارًا أمريكيًا ، مع بيع أكثر من 60 مليون إيثر. إذا أخذنا سعر Ethereum الآن ، فإن هذا يضع عائد الاستثمار (ROI) بمعدل سنوي يزيد عن 270٪ ، أي ما يقرب من أربعة أضعاف استثمارك كل عام منذ صيف 2014.

أطلقت مؤسسة Ethereum Foundation رسميًا blockchain في 30 يوليو 2015 ، تحت النموذج الأولي الذي يحمل الاسم الرمزي “Frontier”. منذ ذلك الحين ، كان هناك العديد من تحديثات الشبكة – “Constantinople” في 28 فبراير 2019 ، “Istanbul” في 8 ديسمبر 2019 ، “Muir Glacier” في 2 يناير 2020 ، “برلين” في 14 أبريل 2021 ، ومؤخرا في 5 أغسطس 2021 ، هارد فورك “لندن”.

يتمثل الهدف المزعوم لشركة Ethereum في أن تصبح منصة عالمية للتطبيقات اللامركزية ، مما يسمح للمستخدمين من جميع أنحاء العالم بكتابة وتشغيل برامج مقاومة للرقابة والتوقف والاحتيال.

إقرأ أيضاً : عملة إيثريوم Ethereum ما هو وكيف يعمل

مؤسس عملة الايثريوم

لدى Ethereum ما مجموعه ثمانية مؤسسين مشاركين – وهو رقم كبير بشكل غير عادي لمشروع تشفير. التقيا لأول مرة في 7 يونيو 2014 ، في زوغ ، سويسرا.

ربما يكون الروسي الكندي فيتاليك بوتيرين هو الأكثر شهرة بين المجموعة. قام بتأليف الورقة البيضاء الأصلية التي وصفت لأول مرة عملة الايثريوم في عام 2013 وما زالت تعمل على تحسين النظام الأساسي حتى يومنا هذا. قبل ETH ، شارك Buterin في تأسيس موقع أخبار Bitcoin Magazine وكتب له.

يمكن القول إن المبرمج البريطاني جافين وود هو ثاني أهم مؤسس مشارك لـ ETH ، حيث قام بترميز أول تطبيق تقني لـ Ethereum بلغة البرمجة C ++ ، واقترح Solidity لغة البرمجة الأصلية لـ Ethereum وكان أول مدير تقني لمؤسسة Ethereum. قبل Ethereum ، كان Wood عالم أبحاث في Microsoft. بعد ذلك ، انتقل إلى إنشاء مؤسسة Web3.

من بين مؤسسي Ethereum الآخرين: – Anthony Di Iorio ، الذي تعهد بالمشروع خلال مرحلته الأولى من التطوير. – تشارلز هوسكينسون ، الذي لعب الدور الرئيسي في إنشاء مؤسسة Ethereum

ومقرها سويسرا وإطارها القانوني. – ميهاي أليسي ، الذي قدم المساعدة في إنشاء مؤسسة Ethereum.

– جوزيف لوبين ، رجل أعمال كندي ، مثل دي يوريو ، ساعد في تمويل Ethereum خلال أيامها الأولى ، ثم أسس لاحقًا حاضنة للشركات الناشئة على أساس ETH تسمى ConsenSys.

– أمير شيتريت ، الذي ساعد في تأسيس Ethereum لكنه ابتعد عنها في وقت مبكر من التطوير.

مميزات عملة الايثريوم

كانت عملة الايثريوم رائدة في مفهوم منصة العقود الذكية blockchain. العقود الذكية هي برامج كمبيوتر تقوم تلقائيًا بتنفيذ الإجراءات اللازمة للوفاء باتفاق بين عدة أطراف على الإنترنت. لقد تم تصميمها لتقليل الحاجة إلى وسطاء موثوقين بين المقاولين ، وبالتالي تقليل تكاليف المعاملات مع زيادة موثوقية المعاملات أيضًا.

كان الابتكار الرئيسي لشركة عملة الايثريوم هو تصميم منصة تسمح لها بتنفيذ العقود الذكية باستخدام blockchain ، مما يعزز بشكل أكبر الفوائد الموجودة بالفعل لتكنولوجيا العقود الذكية. تم تصميم blockchain في Ethereum ، وفقًا للمؤسس المشارك Gavin Wood ، كنوع من “جهاز كمبيوتر واحد لكوكب الأرض بأكمله” ، وهو قادر نظريًا على جعل أي برنامج أكثر قوة ومقاومة للرقابة وأقل عرضة للاحتيال من خلال تشغيله على موقع موزع عالميًا شبكة العقد العامة.

بالإضافة إلى العقود الذكية ، فإن blockchain الخاص بشركة Ethereum قادر على استضافة عملات رقمية أخرى ، تسمى “الرموز المميزة” ، من خلال استخدام معيار التوافق ERC-20 الخاص بها. في الواقع ، كان هذا هو الاستخدام الأكثر شيوعًا لمنصة ETH حتى الآن: حتى الآن ، تم إطلاق أكثر من 280،000 رمز متوافق مع ERC-20. أكثر من 40 منها يصنعون أفضل 100 عملة مشفرة من خلال القيمة السوقية ، على سبيل المثال ، USDT و LINK و BNB. منذ ظهور ألعاب Play2Earn ، كانت هناك زيادة كبيرة في الاهتمام بسعر ETH مقابل PHP.

إقرأ أيضاً : عملة etc إيثريوم كلاسيك Ethereum Classic

ما هي خدمة اسم Ethereum؟

Ethereum Name Service ، المعروف أيضًا باسم ENS ، هو نظام تسمية موزع وقابل للتوسيع يعتمد على Ethereum blockchain. إنه في الأساس إصدار Web3 من DNS ، وهو اختصار لخدمة اسم المجال.

يتكون عنوان العملة المشفرة في حالته الأصلية من سلسلة طويلة من الأرقام والحروف المصممة لتقرأها أجهزة الكمبيوتر. قد يبدو مثل هذا – “0xDC25EF3F5B8A186998338A2ADA83795FBA2D695E” – مما يجعل القراءة مربكة في بعض الأحيان ، وفي بعض الحالات تؤدي إلى فقدان الأموال.

يوفر ENS حلاً لهذه المش��لة المتمثلة في عناوين التشفير الطويلة والمربكة من خلال تعيين أسماء يمكن قراءتها بواسطة الإنسان لمعرفات يمكن قراءتها آليًا مثل عناوين عملة الايثريوم والبيانات الوصفية وعناوين التشفير الأخرى وتجزئة المحتوى. مع ENS ، يمكن أن يصبح العنوان الطويل أعلاه شيئًا بسيطًا مثل “Alice.eth” ، ويمكنك تلقي أي نوع من العملات المشفرة أو NFT عبر نطاق ENS الخاص بك.

تعتمد ENS على عقدين ذكيين من Ethereum. الأول هو سجل ENS ، الذي يسجل ثلاث أجزاء مهمة من المعلومات: مالك المجال ، ومحلل المجال ووقت التخزين المؤقت لجميع السجلات ضمن المجال. العقد الذكي الثاني هو Resolver ، والذي يترجم اسم المجال إلى عنوان يمكن قراءته آليًا والعكس صحيح.

تجدر الإشارة إلى أنه بالإضافة إلى التكامل مع أسماء .eth ، يدعم ENS أيضًا أسماء DNS الأكثر شيوعًا ، بما في ذلك .com و .org و .io و .app والعديد من الأسماء الأخرى.

عملة الايثريوم 2.0

في عام 2022 ، تخطط عملة الايثريوم للتبديل إلى إثبات الحصة من خلال تحديث Ethereum 2.0 الخاص بها. كان هذا التبديل في خارطة طريق Ethereum منذ بداية الشبكة وسيشهد آلية إجماع جديدة ، بالإضافة إلى تقديم التجزئة كحل للتوسيع. ستصبح سلسلة Ethereum الحالية هي Beacon Chain وستعمل كطبقة تسوية لتفاعلات العقد الذكية على السلاسل الأخرى.

في أواخر عام 2021 ، تم تأجيل تحديث Arrow Glacier الخاص بشركة Ethereum حتى يونيو 2022. حتى ذلك الحين ، يتوقع فيتاليك بوتيرين أن يتم تشكيل الطريق إلى اللعبة النهائية للشبكة من خلال تجميعات متفائلة و Zk-rollups.

في كانون الثاني (يناير) 2022 ، أعلنت مؤسسة Ethereum عن قرار إزالة مصطلحات “Ethereum 2.0” من أجل “إنقاذ جميع المستخدمين في المستقبل من التنقل في هذا النموذج العقلي المربك”. واستطرد موضحًا أن المصطلحات المشار إليها سابقًا في “Ethereum 1.0” ستسمى “طبقة التنفيذ” ، بينما “Ethereum 2.0” سيطلق عليها “طبقة الإجماع”. هذا في النهاية لتقديم نسخة أكثر دقة من خارطة طريق Ethereum.

في تحديث حول التقدم المحرز في الدمج ، في 13 أبريل 2022 ، قام مطور Ethereum Tim Beiko بتغريد تحديث حول التقدم المحرز في الدمج ، مشيرًا إلى أنهم “بالتأكيد في الفصل الأخير من PoW على Ethereum.” وذكر أيضًا أنه يمكن للمستخدمين توقع حدوث ذلك بعد بضعة أشهر من شهر يونيو ، على الرغم من عدم تقديم تاريخ محدد.

جاء ذلك على خلفية أول شوكة ظل للشبكة الرئيسية – لاختبار الانتقال إلى PoS على Ethereum – والتي تم تنفيذها بنجاح في 11 أبريل 2022.

إقرأ أيضاً : شرح ماهي العمله الرقمية

دمج Ethereum

في عام 2022 ، أعادت Ethereum تسمية انتقالها من إثبات العمل إلى إثبات الحصة من Ethereum 2.0 إلى The Merge. من المقرر أن تستمر عملية الدمج في الرابع من سبتمبر. 15 ، 2022 ، مع دمج شبكة اختبار Goerli بنجاح في 11 أغسطس 2022.

قراءة: كل ما تريد معرفته عن دمج عملة الايثريوم.

يقوم الدمج بتنفيذ العديد من التغييرات الهامة على Ethereum.

أولاً ، تدمج PoW Ethereum mainnet مع Beacon Chain ، وهي سلسلة PoS. ستشكل السلسلتان معًا إثبات الحصة الجديد Ethereum ، والذي سيتألف من طبقة إجماع وطبقة تنفيذ. ستعمل طبقة الإجماع على مزامنة حالة السلسلة عبر الشبكة ، بينما تعالج طبقة التنفيذ المعاملات وإنتاج الكتلة.

ثانيًا ، أدى الدمج إلى تقليل إصدار ETH بشكل كبير. وقد أطلق على هذا اسم “النصف الثلاثي” في إشارة إلى أنصاف البيتكوين ، حيث أن الدمج يقلل من إصدار ETH بنسبة 90٪. مع وجود أكثر من 14 مليون إيثريوم رهن بالفعل ، يمكن أن تصبح عملة الايثريوم انكماشية بعد التحول. علاوة على ذلك ، من المتوقع أن يكسب الرهان ما بين 8٪ و 12٪ APR في التوقعات الحالية. لن يكون Staked ETH قابلاً للسحب فورًا بعد الدمج – لن يتم تمكينه إلا بعد ترقية شنغهاي ، والتي تقدر بـ 6 إلى 12 شهرًا بعد ذلك.

تعرف على المزيد حول المفاهيم الخاطئة الشائعة عن Ethereum post-Merge.

لن يؤدي الدمج إلى زيادة إنتاجية المعاملة أو تقليل رسوم الغاز ، حيث يظل معدل إنتاج الكتلة كما هو تقريبًا عند 12 ثانية (حاليًا 13 ثانية). كما أنه لن يمكّن الحوكمة على السلسلة ، مع استمرار مناقشة تغييرات البروتوكول واتخاذ قرار خارج السلسلة من خلال أصحاب المصلحة.

الأهم من ذلك ، من المتوقع أن يؤدي الانتقال إلى PoS إلى تقليل استهلاك الطاقة السنوي لشركة Ethereum من 112 تيراواط ساعة / سنة إلى 0.01 تيراواط ساعة / سنة فقط – وهو انخفاض بنسبة 99.9٪. دفع هذا التخفيض المستثمرين إلى توقع تدفق الأموال المؤسسية في Ethereum “الأكثر اخضرارًا”. على الجانب الآخر ، يسعى عمال مناجم Ethereum ، في صناعة تقدر قيمتها بـ 19 مليار دولار ، إلى الدفاع عن ETHPoW ، وهو شوكة صلبة محتملة لـ Ethereum في إثبات العمل. نفسر الاختلافات الرئيسية في مقالنا عن ETH PoS مقابل ETH PoW.

[rabbitcruiser]

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area was created on October 27, 1972.  

[anazen333]

My Favorite Movies of my Favorite Genres / My Favorite TV Shows of my Favorite Genres

Because when I was trying to describe what level and types of entertainment I enjoy, I wasn’t able to make myself clear to my bestie’s boyfriend who has way more ‘sophisticated’ taste than me lol

But I think if I were to summarize what I like in a nutshell, it’d be: a fun romp (nothing heavy), with just enough angst/intrigue to make it meaty, and a visual treat to watch.

Part 1 - Films

Action:

Espionage - 007, Mission Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Adventure - The Mummy, Indiana Jones, The Princess Bride, National Treasure, Bumblebee, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Pirates of the Caribbean, Assassins’ Creed, The Legend of Tarzan, The Legend of Zorro, the Mask of Zorro, Sahara

Superhero - Wonder Woman, Captain America: The First Avenger, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Black Widow, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, The Avengers, The Incredibles, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Venom

Animation:

Action/Adventure - Princess Mononoke, Mulan, Aladdin, The Rescuers Down Under, Moana,, How to Train Your Dragon, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Tangled, Spies in Disguise

Comedy - Inside Out, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Mitchells vs the Machines, The Willoughbys, Kung Fu Panda, Meet the Robinsons, Sherk 2, Megamind

Drama - The Prince of Egypt, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Coco, The Lion King, Lilo and Stitch, Brave, Balto, Kiki’s Delivery Service

Fantasy - Castle in the Sky, Fantasia 2000, Kubo and the Two Strings, The Secret of Kells, Spirited Away, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Sleeping Beauty, Rise of the Guardians, Wolfwalkers

Romance - Beauty and the Beast, Corpse Bride, Anastasia, Strange Magic, The Swan Princess

Science fiction - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Wall-E, Howl’s Moving Castle, Atlantas: The Lost Empire, Origin: Spirits of the Past, Treasure Planet,  Neppû Kairiku Bushi Road

Comedy:

Action-comedy - Charlie’s Angels, Arsenic and Old Lace, Knight and Day, Mr. and Mrs. Smith RED, Men in Black, George of the Jungle, 101 Dalmatians, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Jumamji: Welcome to the Jungle, Miss Congeniality

Romantic comedy - Much Ado About Nothing, Some Like it Hot, Austinland, Letters to Juliet, Not Another Happy Ending, The Taming of the Shrew, I.Q., Sweet Home Alabama, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Crime:

Ocean’s 11,  Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Lupin III: The First, Entrapment

Fantasy:

Peter Pan (2003), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Pan’s Labyrinth, Labyrinth, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Dracula Untold, Casper, Hellboy Animated, Maleficent, Snow White and the Huntsman

Romance:

Romance drama - Sabrina, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Casablanca, Cinderella (2015), Shakespeare Re-Told, Penelope, This Beautiful Fantastic, Everything Everything, Chocolat, Meet Joe Black, Roman Holiday

Period romance - Pride and Prejudice, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Young Victoria, Miss Potter, Sense and Sensibility, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Ever After: a Cinderella Story

Thriller:

The Da Vinci Code, Red Eye, The Bourne Legacy, The One, Hitman: Agent 47, The Tourist, The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)

Science fiction:

Tech noir - I, Robot, Ready Player One, Minority Report, Tomorrow Land, Contact, Arrival, TRON: Legacy, The Last Mimzy

Steampunk - Sherlock Holmes (2009), A Series of Unfortunate Events, Metropolis, The Golden Compass

Space opera - Star Wars, Rogue One, Star Trek Into Darkness, Titan A. E.

Musical:

Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, Cats (1998), Cinderella (1997), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Into the Woods, Chicago

Part 2 - TV Shows

Action:

Adventure - Ducktales (2017), Carmen Sandiego (2019), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Kim Possible, The Musketeers, Yona of the Dawn

Superhero - Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Batman: the Animated Series, Teen Titans, Sailor Moon, WandaVision, Justice League, Static Shock, The Batman, Smallville, Lolirock, Green Lantern: the Animated Series, Justice League Action

Comedy:

My Roommate is a Cat, Gugure! Kokkuri-san, Wander over Yonder, The Goes Wrong Show, The Addams Family, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Wallflower

Crime:

NCIS, Castle, The Mentalist, Endgame, White Collar, Leverage, Sherlock (2010), Forever,  Moriarty the Patriot, Peaky Blinders, Num3ers, Gangsta, Body of Proof

Documentary:

Mythbusters, Anything on Ancient Egypt, The Crocodile Hunter, Dancing with the Birds

Fantasy:

Shadow and Bone, Once Upon a Time, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yuyu Hakusho, Inuyasha, Gargoyles, Jackie Chan Adventures, Princess Tutu, The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Castlevania, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, Good Omens, Arcane: League of Legends, Danny Phantom, Basilisk: the Kouga Ninja Scrolls, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Trollhunters, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Amphibia, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Romance:

Princess Jellyfish, The Ghosts & Mrs. Muir, Kamisama Hajimemashte, Blend S, Inu x Boku SS, Engaged to the Unidentified, Beauty and the Beast (1987), Ouran Host Club, My Love Story!!

Thriller:

Gravity Falls, Bonekickers

Science fiction:

Transformers Prime, Astro Boy (2003), Star Wars: the Clone Wars, Clone Wars, Samurai Jack, Unlimited Psychic Squad, Infinity Train, Star Wars: Visions, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Rebels, Bee and Puppycat, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Steven Universe, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

[pcttrailsidereader]

Dangers of Hiking the PCT Loom as the 2021 Season Approaches

This is an excerpt of a story from the San Francisco Chronicle that appeared in the February 21st issue.  I do find that there are increasing numbers of hikers populating the PCT whose backpacking and wilderness experience is very thin while the dangers remain the same (perhaps even greater with the addition of forest fire).

By Gregory Thomas

As the spring hiking season approaches, veterans of California’s trail community are urging long-distance backpackers to take extra precautions to avoid catastrophe. Looming over the season is the unceasing threat of the coronavirus as well as a tragic snow-related death last year on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Trail authorities are chiefly concerned that inexperienced hikers, seduced by the prospect of a life-changing adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the natural beauty of the John Muir Trail (JMT), may be venturing unprepared into dangerous situations in the remote wilderness.

Whereas older generations of outdoors enthusiasts likely built their skills and experience under the guidance of seasoned mentors, younger hikers seem prone to digging for trail expertise in internet blogs and social media. Hundreds of thousands of through-hikers coalesce around hubs on Facebook to discuss strategy and gear. But the vibe of comment threads can turn macho or hostile, and the information exchanged isn’t always sound.

“A lot of the voices (in online trail groups) are great, but some have been historically dismissive of safety,” said Jack Haskel, trail information manager at the Pacific Crest Trail Association, which issues long-distance permits to PCT hikers on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service. “Something we’ve been talking about as a long-distance hiking community for years now is, how do we build a community of alumni who stick around and offer their insights to new generations of hikers?”

Through-hiking the 2,660-mile PCT, which spans mountain ranges between Mexico and Canada, is a six-month commitment to self-sufficiency in the woods. The highly popular JMT, which extends from Yosemite Valley 217 miles south to Mount Whitney, overlaps with hazardous sections of the PCT in the High Sierra.

“This is not a beginner experience, but a lot of people hike the JMT as their first through-hike,” said Inga Aksamit, of Sonoma, who administers several JMT groups on Facebook. She says JMT permits, which become available online each morning for spring and summer hiking dates, are getting snapped up within a minute or two. “That’s really concerning to me,” she said.

The two trails, once the byways of fringe dirtbaggers, now draw tens of thousands of nature lovers to California’s mountains each year. Many aspire to follow in the footsteps of Cheryl Strayed, whose 2012 hiking memoir, “Wild,” became a best-seller and popular film, or re-create the spectacular nature photos of their favorite Instagram influencers.

Last year, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic prompted the Forest Service to stop issuing long-distance PCT permits partway through the season. But many hikers proceeded anyway, sparking vitriolic debate and shaming in the online groups where hikers congregate. This year, permits are back on — the trail association anticipates a return to pre-pandemic levels of about 7,900 permits even as international hikers are expected to stay home.

The potential for hikers to carry the virus into the 30-some-odd remote mountain towns strung along the PCT users is a theme of many social media discussions this year.

“It’s not just the risk in the wilderness this year,” Haskel said. “We’re worried about our trail communities.”

No one keeps precise statistics on trail deaths, injuries and rescues, but there have been at least 15 fatalities on the PCT since the early 1980s. The top causes are drownings at river-crossings and falls. In 2019, a 67-year-old man hiking alone died on the trail near Mather Pass after apparently slipping on a small patch of ice and hitting his head on a rock.

June is regarded as the most treacherous month to be on the trails. That’s typically the peak of seasonal snowmelt in the High Sierra, when summer’s heat flushes torrents of water through alpine streambeds that hikers must ford. Two female through-hikers drowned in Sierra river crossings in July 2017 following a winter of unusually high snowfall.

With so much new interest in long-distance treks, administrators like Aksamit feel more compelled to issue words of warning.

“I sound the alarm on posts that we get on June entries to caution solo hikers against tackling stream crossings on their own,” Aksamit said. “People think we’re fear-mongers sometimes, but a lot of people just don’t know what they’re getting into.”

An unlikely mentor has emerged this year. Doug Laher, a medical association executive from Fort Worth, Texas, has never set foot on the PCT or JMT. But last year, 11 days into his PCT adventure, Laher’s 22-year-old son, Trevor, slipped on an icy slope in the San Jacinto Mountains, near Palm Springs, and fell to his death.

The tragedy rippled through the trail community, in part because Trevor was a strong young man who appeared to be prepared for the hazards of high-mountain hiking. But also because Doug Laher has since accumulated a deep knowledge of trail dangers and spoken about his son’s death in painful detail on the culture’s niche podcasts and online forums.

“Most days I drift, merely existing in a world when everyone else is living,” Laher wrote. “But this helps: the idea that Trevor’s death didn’t happen in vain. There must be something good that rises from our tragedy.”

Trevor’s fateful trek appears to be sinking in as a cautionary tale. Doug Laher says he has received hundreds, if not thousands, of emails and Facebook comments from grateful hikers.

One came from Claire Stam, 24, of Jackson, Wyo., who hiked most of the PCT last year.

Trevor Laher’s death occurred two months before Stam’s hike began, and she had read an early account of the episode. After five months on the trail, Stam and her partner had put the bulk of the trek behind them when they encountered deep snow in Washington’s Cascade Range, 30 miles shy of the trail’s end at the Canadian border. While standing in a blizzard and considering whether to push on, Trevor’s story flashed into her mind. She and her partner decided to call off their hike and go home.

“I was so devastated,” Stam said. “Part of me thought I could do it if I really focused. But then I thought, Trevor probably thought the same thing. I knew that if he had a second chance, he would have made the decision that I made.”

Doug Laher’s message to through-hikers is straightforward: Do your research, carry appropriate gear and know how to use it, read the trail conditions and be prepared to abandon your hike. But to hikers who have in many cases dreamed about the PCT for years and rearranged their lives for the trek, turning away from a rushing river or snowy ridge can feel like chickening out.

“Sometimes through-hikers don’t know where to distinguish the line between discomfort and danger,” Stam said.

Still, Doug Laher intends to continue reaching out to hikers. “I’ve found my new purpose in life,” he said. “If I can influence a hiker’s decisions to be more safe, that’s a win.”

[boredeasily]

lost in Muir woods - May 2019

[joelsossa]

Paseo (Muir Woods, 2019)

[cheshirelibrary]

The 2020 Rainbow Book List : YA Fiction

[via the American Library Association]

The Rainbow Book List Committee is proud to announce the 2020 Rainbow Book List. The List is a curated bibliography highlighting books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, aimed at children and youth from birth to age 18. This list is intended to aid youth and those working with youth in selecting high-quality books published in the United States of America between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019.

REALISTIC FICTION:

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S. J. Goslee

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

The Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne Kisner

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

Birthday by Meredith Russo

You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman

Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas

Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale

FANTASY & FAIRY TALE:

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron

The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

The Afterward by E.K. Johnston

Black Wings Beating by Alex London

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler

SCI FI & HORROR:

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

Alien: Echo by Mira Grant

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir        

The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

MYSTERY/THRILLER:

Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist

All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell

Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

GRAPHIC NOVEL:

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

The Avant-Guards, Volume 1 by Carly Usdin

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

...

Click through to see the full list.

[serpentcast]

On this week's episode we're discussing the use of fashion and clothing in works of deep literary merit! The tentpoles are Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, the 2015 film Cinderella, and the graphic novel The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

What We’re Into Lately

Duchess by Design by Maya Rodale

Spellbound by Allie Therin

Derry Girls

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford

The whistleblower complaint, annotated by CNN

How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

Lucifer

Other Stuff We Mentioned

Magpie Lord by KJ Charles

The Fifth Element (1997)

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Contouring 101 by Sailor J

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Into the Woods (2014)

Hustlers (2019)

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir    

The Goblin Emperor  by Kathrine Addison

The Magnificent Century (2011-2014)

Empresses in the Palace  (2015)

For Next Time

Ghostbusters (2016)

Transcription

The transcript of this episode is available here. Thank you, delicious scribes!!!

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The May 2019 Prompt Set, as promised! 

As usual, please feel free to tag me in anything this expires! I hope it inspires you! Have a good month and good luck! 

Text Version: 

May Prompt Set 2019

The calm before the storm

 Boots 

“You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it”-Robin Williams

Rush

Change

‘If the world comes crumbling down, I’m not going to stick around to pull you out from the rubble.’

Late bloomer

The sky is falling

Knock on Wood

“Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine”- Anthony J. D’Angelo

Rare

Not made of stone

‘You might want to think twice about the storm’

Cave

Durable

Every rose has its thorns

“In every walk with nature one receives far more then he seeks”-John Muir

Pond

‘Fire does more than burn; You should know that better than anyone’

Nest

A rolling-stone gathers no moss

Wary

“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain”-Henry Wadsworth

Honey

The cold light of day

‘Im just saying, there’s a reason no one lives in those woods’

A face like thunder

Contract

Bewildered 

Rain-check

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”-Robert Frost

[consciousnessdreaming]

Muir Woods National Monument, CA, Nov 11, 2019

[random-french-girl]

RFG read stuff in 2019: Fave fiction

The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden (and sequels)

Listen... I know I got on that particular hype train kinda late. The book came out in 2017, but I only read it in March of 2019, despite hearing a lot of good things. I did pick it up at the library two years ago, but at the time I felt resistant, somehow not interested in the premise, and ended up not even opening the book before returning it. Sometimes, I just have to wait for the right time, you know. Anyway, all is well that ends well because it turned out to be one of my absolute favorite books I ever read. A fantasy medieval Russia that feels both grounded in historical reality, and delightfully magical! An incredible heroine! Complicated, but loving, sibling dynamics (my actual favorite part)! Terrifying monsters, yes, but even more terrifying humans! The complex, painful, violent and sometimes impossible coexistence of a new religion and ancient traditional beliefs! This book, and the two other volumes of the trilogy, are fantastic in every way. 

Circe, by Madeline Miller

This one came out in 2018. I haven’t read The Song of Achilles, so it was my first time experiencing Miller’s writing, which is so engaging that for five days I spent every single minute of my very long commute lost in this book. I’m no mythology buff, but there was something so satisfying in recognizing names and events, and realizing how different the story plays out from a woman’s perspective. I was just floored, honestly. The book made an ancient, immortal being feel familiar, worthy of sympathy and compassion even when she does monstrous things, and yet completely foreign to our human experience at the same time. I kept rooting for Circe, and crying for her, and wanting her to go berserk - every chapter was captivating. 

The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

I devoured Priory in two (2) days, lounging on my couch and snacking on peanuts to sustain me during this marathon. What’s not to like? Super fun high fantasy epic, with an incredibly likable main cast, great word building, DRAGONS and one of my favorite f/f romance ever. I loved trying to figure out the inspiration for some of the world setting, and was really engrossed in the plot - in fact, I have to confess I kept hoping I was going to get to the end and discover that there was to be a sequel, that’s how much I didn’t want to leave these characters. Oh, and the book cover is gorgeous, as evocative as the writing.

Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik

Another book from 2018. I had read Novik’s previous book, Uprooted, and really enjoyed both her writing and the story. But oh boy, Spinning Silver was a revelation. I fell in love with the three main girls: Myryem, a Jewish girl who has to save her family from the double threat of antisemitism and scary creatures in the woods ; Wanda, a peasant girl trying to survive a brutal life and an even more brutal father ; and Irina, whose father is marrying her off to the Tzar. The found family vibes in this book are *chef kiss* - the end is so, so, so satisfying in that regard. And it’s the perfect mix of fantastical, fairy-tale-like elements and practical, material, day-to-day life preoccupations. 

Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir

Funniest book I read in 2019, for sure. It’s hilarious - right until it rips your heart out of your chest. Seriously, there is so much to love about this book: the world building is so creative and intriguing and dark, the main character is a delight, the dynamic between Gideon and Harrow is beautiful and bittersweet and twisted and every possible complicated feeling crammed into two traumatized kids and left to fester for ten years. The humor of the narration drew me in instantly, there is so much mystery to elucidate that my brain was working nonstop, and the entire cast of secondary characters is wonderful. I cannot wait for the sequel - it comes out on my birthday! a gay good omen hopefully.

(Link to the masterpost here)