Mastodawn

A gong vibrates with far more complexity than the air around it reveals. Some of its deepest motions stay mostly in the metal itself. By placing contact microphones directly on the surface, I captured vibrations that conventional microphones usually miss...

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/gongVibrationsMeditatationSoundscape.php

Inner Gong

A quiet gong soundscape recorded with contact microphones, revealing deep vibrations inside the metal that conventional microphones usually miss.

myNoise

jwc Mar 6

Nnedi Okorafor Mar 6

My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR has won the Libby Book Award (a.k.a. the Librarians Choice Award) for Best Science Fiction, 🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖🐬!

Full list here: https://www.libbylife.com/blog/the-winners-of-the-2026-libby-book-awards

jwc Mar 6

noim Mar 6

You heard it here first - https://www.youraislopbores.me/

jwc Feb 26

Kagi HQ Feb 26

Kagi Translate can be used to generate McKinsey consultant speak:

https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=McKinsey+consultant

jwc Feb 16

Jonathan Kamens 86 47 Feb 16

@404mediaco just reminded me that my subscription will renew in a week and I was delighted to hear it.
This will be my third year as a paying subscriber. It has been money extremely well spent.
Since their inception, 404 Media has produced an astounding amount of ground-breaking reporting which has made a real positive difference for real people in the real world.
They've had more of an impact than media outlets orders of magnitude larger.
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jwc Feb 2

Nnedi Okorafor Feb 2

All 4 of my 2025 works made Locus Magazine’s Recommended Reading list, 🥰.

Science Fiction:
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
ONE WAY WITCH (though this novella is more fantasy than SF, heh)

Illustrated Art & Books:
THE SPACE CAT

Anthologies:
THE BEST AMERICAN SF & FANTASY 2025

Full lists and link to vote here: https://locusmag.com/2026/02/2025-recommended-reading/

jwc Jan 30

Annalee Newitz 🍜Jan 30

Last night, Automatic Noodle won the Octavia Butler Award!! I'm so honored and happy!!! 🤖❤️🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DUI5pCoknog/?img_index=5&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

California Indie Booksellers Alliance on Instagram: "We are honored to announce the 2025 Golden Poppy Award Winners in our adult categories. We had an absolutely amazing time sharing these titles with you last night with @ceejthemoment & @thirdrex as our co-hosts! Thank you to those who joined us and congratulations to our Golden Poppy winners! 🧡💛"

47 likes, 2 comments - caliba_20 on January 29, 2026: "We are honored to announce the 2025 Golden Poppy Award Winners in our adult categories. We had an absolutely amazing time sharing these titles with you last night with @ceejthemoment & @thirdrex as our co-hosts! Thank you to those who joined us and congratulations to our Golden Poppy winners! 🧡💛".

Instagram

jwc Dec 9

Robert Kingett Dec 8

For the night folks, The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/ #AI #LLM #AISlop #Nonfiction

The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles

A fabulously gay blind author.

jwc Nov 6

LRRR

Nov 6

MEANWHILE, RFK SPRINTED AWAY FROM THE PERSON WHO FAINTED IN THE OVAL OFFICE. PRESUMABLY, TO GET A SAW.

jwc Oct 29

oylenshpeegul May 27, 2025

I understand that Claudia Lin is a fictional person, but I also really need to know what happens to her next!

https://oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/20250526/

#JanePek #Bookstodon

The Rivals

I just finished The Rivals (2024) by Jane Pek. So fun! This is a follow-up to The Verifiers (2022), which I read in 2023. It features the same detective, Claudia Lin, whom I have almost nothing in common with and yet adore thoroughly. She is just so likeable. Indeed, I am already looking forward to the next Claudia Lin novel. I have questions that need answering!