Abigail Nussbaum

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Which is, in fact, something that still exists? A lot of people have maids or cleaners.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

It's bad that there are people in the world who think that this vision is a desirable one, and that they have real power. But it's even worse, I think, that we've completely detached science and technology from the actual nuts and bolts of whether a thing can be done, and turned them into vaporware.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

We need to stop taking seriously every half-baked idea that that man, and the other silicon valley overlords, fart into the air. Instead of a media that treats them like prophets, we need journalists who ask "how will you do this?" "who are the scientists working on it?" "when will see a prototype?"

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

I think what we mainly need is a wider recognition that this vision isn't just a fantasy; it's a lie. The optimus robot doesn't exist. Its sole public appearance was a person in a unitard. Musk isn't doing any real robotics research, and companies that are aren't even close to this idea happening.

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Happy 25th Anniversary Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social - Our first issue was published 1st September 2000. !!!

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

הבעיה היא אפילו לא קשת עלילתית קלישאתית כמו קשת עלילתית שמבוצעת רע. דמויות מופיעות לרגע ונעלמות. משברים רגשיים נפתרים בין סצינות. הדמות היחידה שיש לה התפתחות רגשית מלאה היא החבר הרע. אפילו השירים לא ממש פותרים את הבעיה כי הם שירי פופ, לא שירי מיוזיקל (וגם בקושי שומעים אף אחד מהם באופן מלא).

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

ממה שקראתי הוא בהחלט לא תוצר של מנהלי שיווק (אם כבר אפשר לראות בעובדה שסוני שלחו אותו לסטרימינג אינדיקציה שהם לא קלטו מה יש להם ביד). אבל בהחלט מסכימה שהתסריט שלו מקושקש ברמות וכל מה שמחזיק אותו הוא דמויות חמודות, כמה בדיחות טובות, ושירים קצביים.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't know if she has standing given that it's (presumably) the actors' likeness. More importantly, unless the characters and/or author expressed support for trans rights, she probably wouldn't care.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Worst part? The actual story behind the mockumentary is something I can imagine in a TNG episode, and I feel like there could have been more complex commentary about Starfleet, the Federation, and the challenges of not being an empire in just telling it straight.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Kind of amazing how, in the space of a single hour, this episode manages to fail at both mounting a serious critique of Starfleet and refuting that critique.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Sometimes I feel like my baseline belief that everything NuTrek does is a lesser version of a random DS9 subplot is too cynical. Other times, I watch an episode like SNW's "What is Starfleet?", which is just a longer, less effective, less courageous version of the root beer scene.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Like I said, I'm not going to link to it because it was a relatively small account. But I'm sure you've seen conversations like it: someone insisting that only people whose ancestors lived in a place for centuries are really from there, but leftistly.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I used to be a lot more dogmatic about the "cultural appropriation" aspect of food culture, and I still think there are some pernicious things there. But when you see the lengths people take it to, clearly just to feel good about themselves, it's clear that the concept has been wildly misused.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

A lot of the time, these commonplaces make people on the left feel good about themselves. "British food sucks because the British were colonialists but also too stupid to use spices" is obviously sus, but it makes you feel superior about your own country's relationship to immigrant food.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

If you didn't see it, I'm not going to link (that guy doesn't deserve to be main character two days in a row). But you've probably seen that conversation play out some other time. Someone stating a left-wing commonplace who gets very angry when people point out it's not true, or more complicated.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

This, by the way, is what I believe was at the root of yesterday's chicken tikka masala debacle, and its constant doubling down on the notion that anyone objecting to the idea that fusion cuisine created by immigrants is not *really* local cuisine must be a white supremacist (even if they're a POC).

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Future Hugo base designers should definitely consider one (or both!) of those options.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I have to say, a Hugo that comes with its own allen wrench (which will henceforth be known as the official Hugo award disassembly and reassembly wrench) raises the bar for all future conventions.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

And Finally

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It Continues

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Hugo: The Unboxening

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

האמת שיש פה כיוון לטיעון טוב: צריך להשתמש בכלי לדברים שהוא טוב בהם. הבעיה בבינה מלאכותית היא שמוכרים לנו שהיא יכולה לעשות הכל, ובעיקר דברים שהיא ממש גרועה בהם, מכיוון שהדברים שהיא טובה בהם (ושמעתי כבר שהיא טובה בלסכם דיונים) לא מחזירים את המיליארדים שהושקעו בה.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

לפי ויקיפדיה, לא. התאריך המוקדים ביותר שבו יכול לחול א' תשרי הוא החמישי בספטמבר. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Ha....

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

People have commonplaces in their head that they won't let go of even in the face of facts and common sense, often because they make them feel good about themselves. "British food is awful because Brits are all white" is one, but "US Democrats would be a right-wing party in Europe" is also this.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

אני מניחה שזו הטענה, אם כי שוב העובדה שהפנייה המקורית נדחתה רומזת שהיה שם עוד משהו. בכל מקרה, אינוס במרמה זו עבירה ממש בעייתית. יש מקרים מאוד מובהקים, אבל לשקר על הגיל נראה לי ממש לא כזה. (שלא לדבר על איך שהיא משמשת לקיבוע דעות קדומות, כמו המקרה באנגליה של טרנסית שהורשעה בתקיפה מינית בעילה כזו.)

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

סליחה, מי הרגע שם את השיר הזה בראש שלי אחרי שבכוונה לא נהגתי לעבודה היום כדי לא לשמוע אותו ברדיו?

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean, bottom line it's probably mostly Jane Austen. But also, it's got more restrictive (and thus more exotic) social mores than the Georgian era, but is still rooted in the pastoral, without the depressingly familiar industrial and social upheaval of the Victorian era.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

ממה שמתואר במקרה הזה אולי כן? כי אני ממש לא חושבת שלשקר על הגיל באפליקציית הכרות זה עבירת טוהר מידות. אז נראה שלא התרגשו מזה, ואז כשהתבררו עובדות נוספות ואולי גרועות יותר, הוא בכל זאת התפטר.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

ה״ממצאים הנוספים״ גורמים לי לחשוב שהשקר על הגיל הוא לא באמת העניין כאן

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

As someone who has seen Endgame it is my duty to inform you that you are back in this situation bsky.app/profile/danh...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Also I can't believe everyone is talking about "Golden" and "Takedown" as the best song Oscar hopefuls when "This Is What It Sounds Like" is head and shoulders above either of them. Honestly, maybe "Soda Pop" too.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Is there a support group for people who feel that, while certainly not without its charms, KPop Demon Hunters is structurally kind of a mess, and doesn't really land most of its emotional and character arcs?

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

The Dead Man's Empire by W.P. Wiles, Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha, We Love We Bunny by Mona Awad, Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman, The Salvage by Anbara Salam, Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss, Helm by Sarah Hall, The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reposted

As summer draws to a close, I have another gaming roundup at @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social, discussing games about poker, investigating houses with puzzles in, and creepy subway stations. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/08/gami...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

It is (retrofitted, that is) in that Tartt certainly didn't intend it in the way that dark academia is read today, and it took a while for other writers to pick up from it. But still I think that it's in the subgenre's DNA, however reluctantly.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

מזכיר לי שלקחתי תיירת אנגלית להיכל הספר במוזיאון ישראל, והתחלתי לקרוא את אחד הקטעים מהמגילות. (האמת שזה היה קטע מדברים שקוראים בבית הכנסת כל שבוע אז היה לי קל לזהות, אבל היא עדיין מאוד התרשמה.)

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I would say yes, but also that's tied up in class in ways that most of the subgenre doesn't acknowledge/isn't aware of. If you look at The Secret History, the ur-work of dark academia, it is fundamentally about class anxieties expressing themselves in a longing for the aesthetic of the academy.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

As summer draws to a close, I have another gaming roundup at @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social, discussing games about poker, investigating houses with puzzles in, and creepy subway stations. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/08/gami...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

For the same reason, I suspect you would find that margarine consumption is much higher in Israel than in comparable countries. If you're baking a cake to be eaten after a meat meal, many people would prefer for it to be parve, so they don't use butter.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

The reason for the high consumption of seed oils in Israel is almost certainly kashrut. Frying in butter or animal fat makes a dish dairy/meat, respectively, whereas vegetable oil is parve. And seed oils like sunflower or canola are much cheaper than olive oil.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

מה שכן, בהשראת התקופה, הרבה אנשים בימין הקיצוני התחילו לדבר נגד המלחמה בעזה. זה פחות פרו-פלסטינאיות ויותר אנטישמיות (כי היהודים שולטים בעולם וספציפית בממשלת ארה"ב, ולכן תמיכה בישראל זה רע), אבל לצערי יש אנשים בשמאל העולמי שלוקחים את זה ברצינות.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Excellent drive-by burn in @niallharrison.bsky.social's review of Joan Slonczewski's Minds in Transit. locusmag.com/2025/08/mind...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I had my phone pickpocketed last year, and fair cop, I had a new phone the next day. But I still think very nasty things about the person who reached into my pocket and took something of mine, and I don't see any reason why I shouldn't.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

This is a soapbox of mine, but I don't think it betrays any anti-carceral principles to say that being stolen from sucks, and that the people who do it are shitty - all the more so if it's someone you know and had extended trust to.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

מחזקת שזה ממש עניין של טמפרמנט. היו לי כלבים גדולים (30 ק״ג) שממש משכו וכאלה שהיו מאוד רגועים. זה גם עניין של גיל ומצב נפשי - הכלב הנוכחי, כשהיה צעיר יותר ופחות רגוע איתנו, היה נושך כדי להראות דומיננטיות, אבל זה עבר לו. בכל מקרה כשמדובר בכלב גדול צריך לתת דגש על אימון, גם בשבילך וגם בשביל הסובבים.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Obviously the answer to this question is no, but more importantly, I will not take a question like this seriously until it is demonstrated to me that the makers of LLM technology, and their boosters in business and the media, have even the slightest concern for the suffering of actual human beings.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I think Repeat Room is too long (also it's a 2024 publication). But yes, it's fantastic. I don't know how to bookmark a thread, but I'm going to keep reupping it this year so I'm sure you'll see it again.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Welcome to another batch of 2025 SFF novellas not published by Tor! Please consider reading and nominating some of these books for the Hugo, in an effort to prevent a situation where the novella category becomes completely dominated by a single publisher.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, that's on my radar specifically because of your recommendation.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I'll have some more novella recommendations later in the year, but in the meantime, feel free to add yours to the thread, and remember that Tor - excellent publisher though they are - are not the only game in town.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Despite the silly title and romantasy premise, this is a thoughtful, melancholy story. It finds parallels between the pursuit of the truth of UFOs and the truth of one's self, and is clear-eyed about the sometimes insurmountable challenges of living openly as a gay man in 1940s small town America.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

6. The Supersonic Phallus by Steven Key Meyers (The Smash-and-Grab Press) - as mysterious lights float in the sky above Colorado in 1947, junior reporters Sam and Dean chase both hoaxes and the genuinely inexplicable, embarking on a clandestine relationship. books.apple.com/us/book/the-...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

First published in 1922, this is a shockingly prescient story, anticipating perfectly how people would respond to climate change: denial, fatalism, the irrational belief that surely *someone* will do *something*, followed by increasingly strange behavior. The 2025 translation couldn't be more timely

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

5. Into the Sun by C.F. Ramuz, translated by Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan (New Directions) - As the Earth's rotation falters and it spins closer and closer to the sun, the inhabitants of an idyllic Swiss mountain hamlet try to grapple with their inevitable doom. www.ndbooks.com/book/into-th...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

In a relatively short page count, this delirious, gonzo story trips between brutal social realism, vicious SFnal satire, gross body horror, and existential dread. It's a quick, rip-roaring, at times extremely funny read. Longer review here: wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2025/02/rece...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

4. Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul Bery (Astra House) - in a hot, humid, environmentally ravaged future Argentina, a child who is a human-mosquito hybrid goes on a psychedelic adventure to understand their nature and transform the world. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770246...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Welcome to another batch of 2025 SFF novellas not published by Tor! Please consider reading and nominating some of these books for the Hugo, in an effort to prevent a situation where the novella category becomes completely dominated by a single publisher.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

איפה? פה בתל אביב עדיין תנאים של בית שחי.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

בהתחשב בכך שכמה שנים אחר כך הוא רצח את אשתו, תרשה לי לפקפק ש"רחמים" היוו חלק מתהליך קבלת ההחלטות שם.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

בכל אופן השאלה המעניינת היא מה קורה לסכסוכים כאלה בעולם שבו סופרמן קיים, ואיך היינו מגיבים לזה. הרי ברור שבקיץ 25 סופרמן היה מתערב בעזה לטובת הפלסטינים, אם רק כדי לשבור את הרעב. אבל זה מעלה את השאלה של מה סופרמן עשה ב7.10, ולמה הוא לא מציל את החטופים, ואם כבר למה הוא לא מחסל את החמאס.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

אני חושבת שזה שם - הדגש על ילדים חומים ופגיעים, ויש רגע לקראת הסוף שמניפים דגל שדומה מאוד לדגל פלסטין. ברור שבכוונה זו לא אנלוגיה 1:1, אבל קשה לי להאמין שגאן לא חשב על עזה, ושהוא לא ציפה שהקהל יחשוב על עזה בנוסף לסכסוכים אחרים.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

There are things I like about it, but they're all in the realm of embroidery around the main concept, which I don't think is going to work.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

It's especially strange because Prometheus was just a few months ago and it's basically the same story (down to the human/synth sibling relationship). I really thought they'd try to do something different for a TV series.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Two episodes in, Alien: Earth appears to be a bog-standard Alien story told over eight hours instead of two. I'm not sure there are enough Noah Hawley flourishes to make that a workable concept.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Has it been taken off the table? People may not quote it verbatim anymore but the sentiment is alive and well, and I'm not seeing any introspection on the fact that perhaps we shouldn't be taking lessons on entitlement, boundaries, and proper creator-fan relations from that person.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I might also add that the author community's constant slalom between "if you wait for a series to conclude before starting it you are personally responsible for the death of the genre" and "how dare you expect an author to finish a story they've started" is perhaps not the most effective messaging.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, on top of all the many ways that he's had his cake while still eating it, the fact that he won't just take his lumps and admit that the ending isn't coming is pretty galling.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

So, anticipating all the gaslighting on this issue in the next few days, let me just assert: GRRM absolutely did owe his fans an ending to ASOIAF. It is 100% a failure on his part not to do so, and their anger at that is entirely rational and reasonable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is being cruel

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe I'm weird, but I think it might just be possible to believe that fans' anger at GRRM is entirely justified, and that there are things that it is not OK to do in response to that anger.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Genuinely depressing to see that the GRRM debacle at Worldcon (where a fan asserted, to his face, that his looming death is a reason to pass ASOIAF to Sanderson) has revived the mentality of "fans should be on their knees licking GRRM's boots for the privilege of never getting an end to the series."

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't know how ethnic it actually is, but a major exception to my disappointment in Seattle's baked goods was Piroshky Piroshky.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I truly believe that if the French government got wind of what's termed a croissant in the great city of Seattle, they would instantly declare war and/or begin humanitarian pastry airdrops.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

And you might say "OK, but you took this photo at the airport; surely there's good baked goods elsewhere in Seattle". But if there are, I couldn't find them! The typical pastry was a cinnamon roll the size of a small cat that you could just tell tasted of nothing but frosting and baking powder.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

The muffins are bad enough - they're each larger than my fist and you can tell just by looking at them that they're mealy and dry. But what has happened to what, for lack of a better word, I am forced to call croissants? Did someone forget that flaky pastry is supposed to, um, flake?

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Just look at this. Are any of these baked good actually meant to be appealing or appetizing?

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

I spent a week in Seattle, and there's a burning question I must ask Americans: has... has something happened to your pastries? Should we send help? Some sort of culinary-military intervention for your own good?

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

הי!

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

לא משהו כזה רציני. ניסוח לא אידאלי באתר של הכנס הבא שהוציאו אותו מכל פרופורציה. האמת שבשלב זה נראה לי שאנשים מחפשים משהו להתלהם ממנו כי נוח להם לכעוס על הוורלדקון. אנשים שאני מכירה שעוסקים שם מאחורי הקלעים אומרים שזה ממש שוחק את המתנדבים ומסכן את עתיד הכנס.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, note the third book from the top: apparently there are multiple Sanditon completions (since the original fragment is long out of copyright). This one is from 1974 and by someone called Marie Dobbs (credited as "Another Lady"). I am morbidly curious about the result.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Not pictured: the second volume of My Favorite Thing is Monsters, which I wasn't going to buy because it's a beast to haul. But then I literally spotted the Fantagraphics store from the bus on my way to the Museum of Flight (which is awesome, btw) and it just seemed like a sign.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

The Worldcon/Seattle haul

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

And that means, yes, that cons should be a lot more proactive about encouraging and perhaps even enforcing mitigation measures. I am getting a bit tired of the "leave it up to attendees"/"surprised pikachu face" two-step that every con seems to go through.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not going to get into the "we should still be masking all the time" discussion. But if you're traveling to a gathering of thousands of people, most of whom are also traveling, you should take it as read that there will be mass COVID spread there. Not masking is, in my mind, an act of lunacy.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I've been to four cons since COVID. All had mass spread. In the three where I was fastidious about masking and nasal spray, I didn't get infected (this includes, so far, Seattle). In the one where I didn't, I got COVID. My conclusions on this matter are fairly straightforward.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

A few days past Worldcon, it's time for the by-now traditional "it turns out that this con, too, was a mass COVID superspreader event", and frankly at this point we should just take that result for granted, and start planning accordingly in terms of mitigation measures.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

זה ארה״ב ולא אירופה, אבל גם בעיר ליברלית ומקומות היפסטריים, במשך שבוע כל פעם שמישהו שאל אמרתי ישראל וקיבלתי תגובה נייטרלית-עד-חיובית (ואנגלית אחת שהביעה סימפטיה). אז כן, יש שלטי תמיכה בפלסטין וכדומה, אבל כשנתקלים באדם אמיתי לאף אחד אין כח לעשות סקנדלים (ועוד בטח כשמדובר בנותני שירות).

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

That one of person was always an antisemite and sees the present situation as an opportunity to recruit.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not much of a coffee fan anyway, and this was close by. But yes, not the best latte I’ve ever had.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

Gotta do this at least once before I leave, I guess.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

The live action Disney remakes are an interesting comparison point, because they have actual added value (kids apparently don’t like traditional animation) and are an easy activity to take your kids on. A HP remake show offers neither of these advantages.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

It is abundantly obvious, especially post-Wednesday, that the killer app for this franchise is a Marauder show. But that, I’m guessing, would be to give too much creative control to someone who is not Rowling. So a copycat of the movies it is!

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

This was something we got into in the Torment Nexus panel. There's a bunch of SF fans who assume projections of popular SF stories are inevitable, and all it'll take to get there is enough money/time/computing power. Doesn't occur to them that the purpose of that work wasn't to predict the future.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I assume because of the wires that run the lights.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social)

New blog post: some more coherent thoughts on winning (and losing) a Hugo last night. wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t know - you should get in touch with the Hugo nominee liaisons. They will probably know.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Right??!?!

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

Really hard not to link the refusal to accept anti-war protest because it’s happening for the wrong reason, to downplaying the danger Trump would pose to Palestinians because Harris wasn’t perfect on the subject.

Omri Marian (@omrimarian.bsky.social) reposted

Many people in the responses dismiss this because it's "aBout tHe hOstAGes, noT THe GenOCide". Idiots. 1. There is literally a "never again is now" sign in English in the video. 2. Even if most of it is about the hostages (probably the case) the chief demand of the protesters is "stop the war"...

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

העניין הוא שמה שהרפובליקנים למדו מהאירוע הזה הוא לא להודות אפילו בפרומיל של אשמה, לא לקבל את ההצגה העובדתית של המציאות, וכמובן אף פעם לא להתפטר.

Abigail Nussbaum (@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social) reply parent

I was fine with it. There were a lot of issues with the ceremony but the layout of the stage - which is partly determined by the venue and partly mandated by law - was not one of them.