On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM Jo Pattabiraman via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
> The FT has a list of the best writing from other publications, chosen by > FT writers. > > https://www.ft.com/content/72d0c559-3d04-44b9-8acc-86d858aab4c6 > > I clicked on a scathing review of a book - always good for laffs when > you're not a writer - and about half way down, realised why I don't read > any more. I'm just too scared I'll run into revolting, scarring or > terrifying stuff like this. Give me my kdramas where I can predict the > entire 133-episode series from the opening shot. > You may find the 'Comfort Reads' or 'Competence Porn' genre of books interesting. Like _The Martian_ or _The Murderbot_ series by Martha Welles. Thaths > > If anyone wants to see a series that's so bad it's bad, try "The Last > Empress" on Netflix. It is truly awful but the cast appears to be enjoying > itself to the teeth. > > Best, > > Jo > > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM Huda Masood via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The most interesting thing I’ve done this year is pick olives by hand. >> >> I spent 8 days in Trapani, Sicily (caught ringworm from a farm kitten >> but that’s another story) hand picking olives with 9 other people. >> I spent the days climbing, testing the boundaries of how strong olive >> branches can be (very strong) and picking olives by hand while having deep, >> multilingual conversations with strangers that I learned a lot from. >> >> And windsurfing on branches, when I climbed high enough to poke my head >> out of the canopy and the wind blew ahead of the storm. >> >> Olive oil that is fresh out of the mill is a completely different >> creature on your tongue. >> I highly recommend it if you have the chance. >> >> It’s slow, non tech and hard physical work. >> The end result is radioactive green olive oil and a lot of memories and >> dreams collected from others. Everyone talks to each other when we’re all >> up in one tree. >> >> Huda Masood >> >> >> >> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 at 08:13, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm expanding my TBR/TBW further. :) >>> >>> Please share the interesting things (that are not books) you read/saw >>> this year. Articles, videos, films, talks, concerts... >>> >>> Udhay >>> -- >>> Silklist mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >>> >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
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