Fix things Friday

[luzula]

Oof, I've been busy. The last two weeks I have:

- Attended and written up minutes for a members' meeting of the union.
- Helped form (and joined) a committee to organize a union conference.
- Wrote up the November newsletter for the union.
- Attended a members' meeting of the university branch of the union.
- Helped arrange and attended a workshop for migrating from Google to the democratically managed email that I use (purely selfish, since I wanted help doing this myself).
- Gone to take a closer look at some forests that are planned to be cut down, together with a guy from another organization.
- Written and sent in an op-ed article protesting it (don't know if the newspaper will take it yet, though).
- Generally communicated a lot with other people involved in the issue and given feedback on a text that will be sent to the forest company.
- Put up stuff on the environmental org homepage.
- Eeemailed about stuff.

Oh, also, a tip: Haymarket Books is having a 90% sale on their ebooks until the 8th.

Comments

[skygiants]

That is quite a lot!! I will cross my fingers for your op-ed getting published!

[luzula]

Thanks! Sadly the bigger newspaper didn't take it, but a smaller, local newspaper will publish it now.

[jesse_the_k]

Sweaty brow much? What's this better-than-Google email alternative? Thanks for the shopping tip.

[luzula]

The email alternative is only available for people in Sweden/Norway/Denmark, because they want people to be able to come to the yearly meeting.

Did you find anything interesting to buy?

[jesse_the_k]

Sadly, no. I had all the Solnit stuff already. The rest of it seems remarkable stuck in a previous century, alas.

[luzula]

There's a Solnit I mean to get around to but they didn't have it (the one about disasters). Otherwise I got this book about population and reproduction, because my dad is into that kind of stuff and I want to read an angle he is maybe not thinking about, and also this SF book, which looks depressing but is short and maybe interesting.

[jesse_the_k]

O! Her Paradise built in Hell is a must-have for the anarchist starter-kit.

The SF book link is empty: that's definitely short and perhaps depressing? :,)

[luzula]

Oops! Here is the link.

Wow, that looks fascinating!

[jesse_the_k]

....I look forward to your impressions.

Re: Wow, that looks fascinating!

[luzula]

Considering the length of my to-read list, I can't guarantee I'll read it soon. : ) OTOH, it is short, which may make me more likely to read it.

Actually I usually decide what to read next on a whim, not by going by some sort of pre-determined waiting list. How do you decide what to read?

Re: Wow, that looks fascinating!

[jesse_the_k]

That's an interesting question.

My TBR is 98% virtual -- there are a ridiculous number of epubs on my reader and six categorized lists at my library. Which permits entirely 360° pivots, not in the end such a good thing. (Yes, I do have >5 items going at once.)

Mainly I match my mood. Fanfic when I'm feeling low energy. Comics earlier in the day when I can physically handle them (I've promised myself not to purchase any more print books that are basically text, unless it's self-published or a pal.) If my electric friends are on about it, I'll take a leap: All Systems Red (murderbot) is a good case of that. Another benefit of book clubs is the gentle pressure to finish it already.

I've almost reached the age where I don't put books I should read in the TBR unless I actually want to read them. (I'll admit I've purchased books that have languished unread on my shelves. I thought I'd want to read them but have never actually achieved it. They should be going out the door soon. I've winnowed down to 6-high shelves by 5 meters, and almost all of those can go. BUT! Letting go, it is hard.)