Wonderful combo. Egoiste and Santal Majuscule come to mind - both gorgeous.
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Wonderful combo. Egoiste and Santal Majuscule come to mind - both gorgeous.
I love how all this leads to someone like Steven Erikson and the Malazan series - which kicks off only a few years after ASOIAF. He’s more capable and even more ambitious, and he pounds through all 10 books over a decade or so, but they’re so much more dense and punishing to read. Insane
Sounds ridiculous, but we had 3 strollers for different purposes and used all 3 until they fell apart. YMMV depending on terrain and walking habits, but we had (1) a larger off-road stroller, (2) a sturdy but decently portable mid-sized one, and (3) an ultralight one (went through several of these).
Yes, a close family member with rosacea was recently prescribed the cream version (Soolantra) by her dermatologist. First thing that’s worked for her, oddly enough.
I know there’s no hope of getting a malicious prosecution suit to stick, but we need ethics complaints filed with the DC bar and serious sanctions for every attorney involved. There’s no excuse
Who do they think is the hypothetical paying audience for endless piles of slop fiction? Anyone on earth can now generate this stuff in 1-to-1 interactive fashion for free using existing chatbots. Setting aside whether that’s better or worse, what she’s proposing is slop no one wants
All the affiliated bands are sick - Three Mile Pilot best of all, but also Black Heart Procession and Rob Crow’s projects. But of course Drive Like Jehu are still the best of the SD bands.
I think it's come up in some of the early chatbot defamation cases, which were always silly, but I'm not aware of specific decisions that dig into the 230 issues. (Caveat: i'm not a 230 lawyer). We'll see what happens with the bigger chatbot liability cases.
indoor drying rack rules. everything lasts 20x longer and barely shrinks
well done - seriously, that’s a killer score. law school isn’t as bad as some make it sound, but it’s good to go in with a clear outcome in mind. I went later in life and now work in biglaw. definitely not for everyone, but it’s better than my old career. happy to chat if helpful (feel free to DM)
I mostly read in translation this year:
The Minotaur's Daughter by Eva Luka (tr. James Sutherland-Smith)
Aase's Death by Aase Berg (tr. Johannes Goransson)
Exercises 1950-1960 by Yannis Ritsos (tr. Spring Ulmer)
Fifty Poems by Rilke (new rhyming translations by Geoffrey Lehmann)
Agreed it’s terrible all around. I grew up rural and knew a ton of folks who died that way, including good friends. Later saw it often in cities - LA was awful, though Uber eventually made a difference. Still see it when driving home late in DC. OP of the other thread is insanely misguided
No bueno. You shouldn’t have to do it, but I’d probably check firm bios and hit up other partners / counsel / senior associates until you get someone competent to help.
Oof, sorry that happened. People can be shit sometimes. If it‘s any small comfort, they’re wrong about your writing. I read Come Tomorrow almost 5 years ago and it’s stuck with me.
Well deserved.
Agreed. Two are stationed outside my office full time (few blocks from the shooting). They're just kids in their early 20s, tasked with standing around. Occasionally see them at McDonalds on a break, but there's nothing to do downtown besides stand around and draw attention. Awful to see this.
there are days I convince myself this is their best song. definitely my favorite Cure bass line to play. unreal
Still can't bring myself to switch from Goodreads, which I've been using for almost 20 years. It's bad, and it feels like the developers / owners are trying to starve it until it finally dies, but everything else seems worse or just not usable for the core personal logging function.
we've seen so many entranced by the wolfshook
been planning a renovation for several years - impossible to budget at this point, but we assume our starting number will jump somewhere between 30-75% between tariffs, inflation, and lack of construction labor. now cabinets, furniture, lumber on top. shit aint happening
Such a gorgeous copy! weirdly enough, my dad got me this one when I was 5 - different illustrated version, also gorgeous - and read it to me shortly after. (I read it to my daughter last year!)
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Such a miserable, dying site. Yet I’ll never leave
Had a lovely chat with Brian Cox about Guy de Maupassant, randomly, and how much he was enjoying prestige TV work over film (this was circa Deadwood). Still kicking myself for not asking about Super Troopers
Not arguing with the sentiment of your post, but the article is explicit that this is NOT billable hours. Billable requirement is 1950, fairly standard. This is 2400 "productive hours", so billables + admin, BD, pro bono, firm events, etc. (still gross)
Realistically this is just how they're going to trim headcount as we head into a recession. Other firms are doing more aggressive back to office initiatives. Goal is the same: thin the herd, cull the less invested, survive the bad times to come
Still seems aggressive to make this mandatory. The 2400 number sounds like the "all in" requirements lots of firms have for partners - but partners have much lower billable requirements (and have the potential to make $$$), so it sort of balances out
Just to be clear this is not 2400 "billable" hours as the quoted post suggests. They require a baseline 1950 billable hours, in line with other firms (but still means you work constantly). Associates are supposed to hit 2400 "productive" hours, meaning admin time, BD, pro bono, firm activities, etc.
Started the audiobook yesterday!
week one tribunals
somehow big firms have entirely different pressures but lead to the same types of saturdays :-/