Or they will reproach you in later life for this uncalled-for lack in their education
It is Alan Turing's yahrzeit. I am glad the New York Times gave him the obituary in this week's Overlooked.
(I suppose it was necessary to include a photo of Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014). I would have gone with Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code (1986) or Ed Stoppard in Codebreaker (2011), but that's obvious.)
I slept minimally again, so have some more links.
1. Courtesy of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kore: the lost rivers of Athens. I didn't realize Athens had lost rivers. I wonder if all cities do.
2. On the plight of small-town radio in America. If the intent of the article is to raise awareness and money for station KHIL in Willcox, Arizona, I hope it works.
3. I liked both of these poems from the recent issue of Poetry: Mary Biddinger's "Book of Disclosures" and Spencer Short's "The Gentle Art of Shabby Dressing." See also their Pride feature on the queer desire of Amy Lowell.
4. Jezebel posts clickbait of "Actors who are bad at acting." Critic Kayleigh Donaldson ripostes at length. "If you genuinely think Kristen Stewart is a bad actor, you're beyond help. Her near kaleidoscopic emotional range is invigorating and she can bring weight to even the flimsiest stories. Don't sleep on her comedic chops either." I love it.
5. Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson performs a similar service on the claim that nineteenth-century abortion providers did not advertise in newspapers. I hope it helps someone out with their fic research.
6. The National LGBTQ Task Force on the D.C. Dyke March.
7. Why don't I own this vest?
(I suppose it was necessary to include a photo of Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014). I would have gone with Derek Jacobi in Breaking the Code (1986) or Ed Stoppard in Codebreaker (2011), but that's obvious.)
I slept minimally again, so have some more links.
1. Courtesy of
kore: the lost rivers of Athens. I didn't realize Athens had lost rivers. I wonder if all cities do.2. On the plight of small-town radio in America. If the intent of the article is to raise awareness and money for station KHIL in Willcox, Arizona, I hope it works.
3. I liked both of these poems from the recent issue of Poetry: Mary Biddinger's "Book of Disclosures" and Spencer Short's "The Gentle Art of Shabby Dressing." See also their Pride feature on the queer desire of Amy Lowell.
4. Jezebel posts clickbait of "Actors who are bad at acting." Critic Kayleigh Donaldson ripostes at length. "If you genuinely think Kristen Stewart is a bad actor, you're beyond help. Her near kaleidoscopic emotional range is invigorating and she can bring weight to even the flimsiest stories. Don't sleep on her comedic chops either." I love it.
5. Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson performs a similar service on the claim that nineteenth-century abortion providers did not advertise in newspapers. I hope it helps someone out with their fic research.
6. The National LGBTQ Task Force on the D.C. Dyke March.
7. Why don't I own this vest?
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Cities need water in one form or another, so I understand the likelihood of rivers; I was just not expecting so many lost ones, except that I guess it makes sense if I think about urbanization.
What does your city do, not having year-round rivers?
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We get some of our water from rain - Perth actually averages more annual rainfall than London, although on fewer total rainy days - that collects in dams, but we only get about 10% of our water from those now. We get less rain than we used to and the city is bigger.
We get 48% of our water from desalination (there's a whole ocean right there), 40% from groundwater, and 2% from "groundwater replenishment" - which is a nice way of saying treated wastewater that's gone via the underground aquifers.
We're also pretty dedicated, as a city, to water conservation. As you might expect, given the above.
Random story about the Swan River: a good few years ago I was sitting on the foreshore, waiting for... fireworks, I think? We do fireworks on the river because you don't risk setting fires on land when you have a river like the Swan to do it on.
That part of the river, near UWA and King's Park and nearish the city centre, is quite, quite broad. It drifts along sluggishly, barely a current to speak of, so it really works for having fireworks barges out there.
Sitting on the banks, the far shore is visible in the distance.
I heard someone near me ask: "Is that the Indian Ocean?"
... yeah. That's not South Perth over there, that's Africa. It is visible with the naked eye. Also, the Indian Ocean is freshwater, and therefore can absolutely have grass growing all the way to the water's edge.
(By accent, they weren't Australian, and yes, you can probably guess what accent it was.)
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Thank you for the explanation. That's neat to know.
Also, the Indian Ocean is freshwater, and therefore can absolutely have grass growing all the way to the water's edge.
Oh, dear.