Links, 17dec2020
LEGO Roses (40460) & Tulips (40461) Set Details, via Brickfan.
‘Twitter killer’ who dismembered nine victims receives death sentence in Japan, via The Washington Post.
‘Night Court’ Sequel In Works At NBC With John Larroquette As Dan Fielding, Harry Stone’s Daughter As Focus & Melissa Rauch As EP, via Deadline.
Federal investigators find evidence of previously unknown tactics used to penetrate government networks, via The Washington Post.
The year when everything changed, via The Economist.
EarBliss, 17dec2020: A DISTANT LOSS, by hakobune.
The Coda arrives.
Reading:
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Gratitude v. Guilt.
Snow-Morkie.
(Upon returning from the) Snow-Run.
Snow-run.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Handwritten Piano.
Reading:
One to-read stack down, seven to go. They’re turned around so I have no idea what I’m choosing. Two rules: one, once I finish a stack, I have to finish it; and two, I’m not allowed to buy new books until a stack is complete.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Only one way to find out.
Links, 14dec2020
Hijacking the electoral college: The plot to deny JFK the presidency 60 years ago, via The Washington Post.
Cyberpunk 2077 maker apologizes for terrible PS4/Xbox One launch, promises refunds, via Polygon.
Alicia Vikander To Star In TV Adaptation Of Olivier Assayas’ Feature Film ‘Irma Vep’ For HBO, via Deadline.
Disney World is going to stop photoshopping masks onto people, via The Verge.
New glasses: selected and ordered. Will remain blurry in my peeling anti-reflective haze until their arrival.
EarBliss, 14dec2020: FIFTEEN, by SPC ECO.
One of my favorite minds and storytellers - RIP: John le Carré Dies: Author Of ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ And Other Thrillers Was 89.
I’ve helped with Christmas decor and I think the glitter is seared into my hands.
Featuring notes on dilated pupils, pod guests, and MIA running partner turkeys, Issue 0031 of MacroParentheticals is on its way to inboxes. The week ends, the week begins.
The morning battle of revolving door wills between myself on one side and The Morkie and The Jorkie on the other has begun: you don’t let us in within two seconds of when we want in, we won’t come in when you want us to come in ten seconds later. (This is the way.)
Links, 12dec2020
The Zodiac Killer sent a cipher 51 years ago. A team of amateur code-breakers just cracked it, via The Washington Post.
20 striking findings from 2020, via Pew Research Center.
Disney plans to match Netflix in its spending on streaming, via The Economist.
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Looking Rough On PS4 And Xbox One At The Moment, via Kotaku.
Watching: PALE FLOWER (1964), dir. Masahiro Shinoda.
