What I saw on the web on 2025.6.9

[reblogarythm]

1. Of Fantasy Babies and Genre Bathwater – Post-Tolkien: A Reply to The Second Story
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/of-fantasy-babies-and-genre-bathwater-a-reply-to-the-second-story/
   a take on a take on the history of fantasy literature in the last 50 years
   via rss
   
   
2. Sci-fi writer Charles Stross' dark take on Silicon Valley 'religion'
   by Charlie Stross speaking with Tom Barfield
   https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sci-fi-writer-charles-stross-053049956.html
   some notes on where he's coming from, and where he's going, and TESCREAL
   via charlie's blog
   
   
3. The Culture vs The Ekumen as Models for Humanity's Future
   by hank green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PT1VKPLlQ
   hard same, hank, hard same
   via youtube recommends cuz i still don't have .rss for hankschannel for some reason
   
   
4. Alert Sound
   by Randall Munroe
   https://xkcd.com/3100/
   this sort of thing does indeed work well
   via rss
   
   
5. Survival
   by Bob Marley and the Wailers
   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nk6DytFISpBkLTqJiO1DcaOoutMMCte3U
   a fine album
   via memory
   
   
6. Peacock Neck Sausage
   by Forager Chef
   https://foragerchef.com/peacock-sausage/
   that's a rather unusual-looking sausage
   via wandering around the www