Each year the readers of two of the three remaining science fiction digest magazines get to vote on their favourite stories. The editors of Analog and Asimov's have announced the finalists for the Analog Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) and the Asimov's Readers' Awards.
As usual, they've kindly put most of the finalists up on their websites so you can read them without charge.
These are the Analog AnLab finalists for Best Novella.
Movies and TV shows that Nancy and I watched in February. I do these posts mainly so I can keep track of what we've been watching, so the reviews are cursory. Now that baseball season has started, there will probably be fewer items here.
Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.
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It's time for another cat picture. This is a closeup of CJ as he's lying on my chest while I'm in bed. His nose is not damaged; the pink mark is congenital. He has bonded with me and comes up for his snuggle every night. Taken with the wide angle lens on my Pixel 8 Pro and night mode as the light was dim. To my surprise, he held still long enough for a sharp picture.
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This week's musical treat showcases the quieter side of Trey Anastasio, the guitarist for Phish, a band that I like very much and have seen live and listenned to extensively. He's currently on tour playing a series of solo (almost) acoustic concerts and here is one of them, from Rochester, NY earlier this month.
I said "almost" solo because he's accompanied on a few songs by pianist Jeff Tanksi. Trey is perhaps not quite as accomplished on acoustic guitar as he is on the electric guitar that he plays during Phish shows, but he's more than capable of carrying a solo concert. It also shines a new light on some of the material that he performs with Phish and his own band.
The performance was captured from a stationary camera just in front of the stage. I am not sure if it's a soundboard or audience recording but the quality is very good and quite listenable. I like it more than I expected to and I hope you enjoy it.
Elections Canada has introduced a resource called ElectoFacts to helo counter misinformation and disinformation about elections and the electoral system. In their press release, they say:
To counter misinformation and disinformation about our electoral process, Elections Canada now flags incorrect information and narratives, and responds by providing accurate information and sources.
'ElectoFacts' is part of Elections Canada's overall efforts to give Canadians the information they need to participate in federal elections. Canadians should have easily accessible and accurate information about the federal electoral process and the safeguards in place to protect it, directly from the source.
The site shows inaccurate or misleading information commonly observed by Elections Canada with accurate information placed beside it.
This is a good initiative on the part of the government and I hope it gets widely publicized.
