Blogaround

xkcd comic about "circuit symbols". I love this so much. Image source.

1. Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers File for Historic Unionization Election with Labor Board (August 28, via) Good for them!

2. ‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon (August 29, via) WHAT.

3. September 2023 Carnival of Aros Call for Submissions: Visions of Aro History (September 1) Very cool~ If you are aromantic or aro-spec, you can submit a post to this carnival.

4. Review: Fadeout (September 2) Review of a gay mystery novel published in 1970.

Also from Siggy: An ace perspective on single-target sexuality (September 5) "From an ace perspective, this fantasy feels familiar, and not in a good way. It raises the specter of corrective sexual violence. There are people who seem to fetishize asexuality, imagining themselves as the one person so hot they could 'turn' an asexual."

5. A Sudoku With No Actual Clues?! (September 5) 2-hour-16-minute sudoku solve video. This is incredible.

Also: This Trick Can Help Unlock Impossible Sudokus (September 8) 1-hour-27-minute sudoku solve video. This is pretty cool. It's a symmetry trick.

6. Am I Straight Though? Or, Does Orientation Matter? (September 7) "Anyways, for me, when I hear the term 'straight', I get the impression that this person actively wants to be with someone of the opposite gender."

7. Shanghai Disney Resort Reveals Attraction Details, Dining Experiences and More for Zootopia, a New Themed Land (September 5) A Zootopia land is opening at Shanghai Disneyland. This looks so cool.