Jared Diamond - "Collapse"

Finally started reading it properly. Yes, desperately needs an editor and the personal stories about Montana people... that doesn't work for me. But the Easter Island description is interesting. Hope the remaining chapters will be as well. Thome of a book detailing how past and current civilisations failed. Interesting but he repeats a lot and sometimes lists things up way too long and too much. Also, things he at first admits we cannot know he is certain about a couple of pages later (such as whether the Vikings met the Inuits initially in a friendly or hostile way).

Picard

Love it so far. Wondering whether my postulated plot of Borg being a Romulan invention, aka the terrible secret of the Romulan Tal Jahar (?) , is true. Good writing. "You know Jean Luc. The parts of him that are not ego are rampant id" And Romulan slang "Round ears"

Mark Maron - "The Endtimes fun"

Amazing comedian. Must look into his WTF podcasts.

Altered Carbon - Resleeved

Short animated Altered Carbon story, with the "sleeves" of bodies and "stacks" of computerized individuals. Enjoyable but nothing special.

Patrick Stewart reads a sonnet a day until COVID-19 is over

https://twitter.com/SirPatStew Sonnet XII When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prie, And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, Which erst from heat did canopy the heard, And summer's green all girdled up in sheaves, Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard; Then of thy beauty do I questino make, That thou among the wastes of time must go, Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast as they see others gro; An nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. Sonnet XIII reminds me of memcache: So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again, after yourself's decease,

Why the EAX register is called that

https://keleshev.com/eax-x86-register-meaning-and-history/ Fun read

Knives Out

Quite enjoyable whodunnit with Daniel Craig as the detective, although I hated his (Kentucky?) accent.

I love Dick

The series. With the amazing Kathryn Hahn. Haven't read the book, but quite a good series. Made me think of writing again. Kevin Spacey as Dick works quite well. Also, I want his farm.