This article doesn’t mention the limitations of remote access for Jellyfin, which requires some tricks like reverse proxy or Tailscale. I think Jellyfin is a great option if you only watch/listen on your home network, but if anyone wants to replicate the remote access capabilities of Plex, I typically warn them they are going to have to roll their sleeves up.

Both those Arkady Martine books were great, I rather hope the author returns to that universe at some point!

I remember Blindsight being really out there, but also kinda grounded in logic. (>!Except for the vampire part, there was a vampire in that book, right?!<)

I’m having a so-so year of sci-fi reading, nothing bad, but nothing set my brain on fire either. I read John Scalzi’s Interdependency trilogy, and thought it was fine. I finished, after a long gap, Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother series, and thought it was only okay. I started Red Rising and finished the first book but didn’t care for it enough to read any more of the series. I read Station Eleven, and thought it was just fine. So yeah, nothing enraptured me much this year.

Oh, I did finish Jo Walton’s Thessaly trilogy (The Just City, The Philosopher Kings, Necessity) and I was surprised how much more firmly the series ended in sci-fi after starting more in fantasy. I wouldn’t say that series rocked my socks either, but given the big narratives swings the books took, I was impressed by how well the series stuck the landing for a satisfying conclusion.

Honorable mention is his Dogs of War series, also amazing

I just read that book, and I thought it was fine. I didn’t know there were other books, how do you think they compare?

I switched to CubeTrek 2 years ago and have been generally happy with it. I sometimes miss the social aspects, but then I just text my friends and we ride bikes together anyway.

It makes about as much sense as growing a bunch of corn with heavy fertilization just to ferment it to ethanol. Which is to say, not at all.

Exactly right. Written for an audience of one—and not the judge. Essentially pseudo-legal bootlicking.

Waiting for the next Two Corinthians soundbite.