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all the James Somerton plagiarism stuff is leading me to re-read this Kei Miller essay, the best piece of writing I know about plagiarism and also one of the best meditations I know on what it means to write about place https://underthesaltireflag.com/2015/05/15/plagiarism-in-poetry-looting-in-laventille-carelessness-in-the-caribbean/
Why we shouldn’t hold referendums
Citizens of democracies can be ill-informed and inconsistent, and this often feels like a tragedy or even a crisis. Occasionally, however, one reads something so absurd that it would take a heart of stone not to laugh. Consider a recent survey conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC), which finds that 60 per cent of Am
https://timharford.com/2023/05/why-we-shouldnt-hold-referendums/
@nerdybutcute @queerscifi ha, I was coming here to say exactly this, The Ninth contains some of my favourite fight scenes
honourable recommendation also to Martha Wells and the Murderbot Diaries for fight scenes that really maintain the interiority of the main character (yes I'm a queer cliche please don't @ me)
@KaraLG84 @BethanyBlack fundamentally I think a lot of people are disconnected from their own pleasure or enjoyment by fear or insecurity inside their own heads.
the disparity between "how I feel about this thing" and "how I think other people expect me to feel about this thing" is too much for them to take, even if *nobody has stated those expectations because they aren't real*, so a level of irony gets inserted a a defence against potential (imaginary) critics.
Tim Harford 
