apheliotropism
A collection of interesting facts with a personality precariously perched on top. They/them.
- Big changes in Australia's blood donor criteria that will result in more queer and trans people being able to donate from this coming April qnews.com.au/more-trans-p...
- TIL that the ABC news theme music that was used for most of the ABC's history (and is still used for news bulletins on the radio), is a whole-ass pre-existing piece of music called 'Majestic Fanfare' & was composed by a British guy. youtu.be/nYvFa0RmBbg?...
- If you grew up in Aus and you're middle aged or older that music probably activates some core memories. If you listen right to the end of the video you'll also hear an attempt that ABC made to update it in the 80s. With Synths.
- Also, if you grew up in the era of Four Corners being the hard-hitting program that tells you long-form about The Horrors, and has a grim and serious-sounding theme to match, I have startling news for you about what the original theme sounded like in the 1960s youtu.be/2iQDjdicOMU?...
- I think it goes beyond genre even - whether something is 'bad writing' depends on your criteria. I read pretty widely when I worked in book retail, incl things that, by subject/genre alone should have been my thing, but which I found unreadably badly written. The thing is, they were hugely popular
- For me bad writing is when someone can take a premise I find intriguing enough to pick up the book & totally waste it with dull, clumsy language & incoherent characterisation. But for people who are reading just to get a story told to them in a low effort, easily digestible way, those books land
- I don't wanna single out authors here, cos inevitably they'll be someone's fave, but what I call 'bad' writing is often inarguably 'successful' writing, which is a different criterion. Doesn't make me think the writing is any less bad, but what I consider 'good writing' isnt what those books are for
- One minor downside of becoming vegan is that, even though you can obtain substitutes, you lose the ability to consume specific nostalgic comfort foods. In my case I'm thinking of (along others) canned rice pudding, paddle pop icecreams & Fry's Turkish delight bars.
