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It is benchmarking test time! In spring, this test is used to demonstrate his learning, yes, but more importantly to generate a reading list that will engage and challenge him all summer long. And this year, there are some absolute BANGERS, so let's dive in. (xposted from bsky)
-Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi, Robert Somerville, Stephan Kuttner
-Power And Prejudice: The Politics And Diplomacy Of Racial Discrimination, Paul Gordon Lauren
-Manipulating Hegemony, Rhiannon Vickers
-Legality and Locality, Martin Loughlin
I get so many phone calls from Scam Likely that I've come to think of him as an annoying old friend, the kind that only calls when he wants something from you. Which is why I just looked at my ringing phone and said, "Oh my GOD, Scam, stop calling! I'm not giving you anything!"
You get one guess.
ALT Headline reading “There’s a big demand for affordable units in Long Beach. So why are there so few?”
Also I can now be found in bluesky: thefourthvine.bsky.social
I don’t know what I’m doing over there but it does look like Twitter!
While I can still tweet (and while a few of you can possibly still read it) -- I'm thefourthvine everywhere --AO3, Dreamwidth, Tumblr, Mastodon, Discord, etc. -- except on instagram, where I'm thefourthvine2. I would love to keep in touch with all of you! Please find me!
Does anyone out there have any links to Buffy meta, especially contemporaneous Buffy meta? The earthling’s obsession only grows
Oh, wow! reena_jenkins made a podfic for my Stranger Things story that I posted LAST NIGHT, which honestly feels like some kind of miracle speed podficcing, and it's great!
archiveofourown.org/works/47…
The earthling is in a mood today (totally fair; he had to get up early for an orthodontist appointment) and he is IRKED at all the stuff he has to watch before the Buffy DVDs will play. “You’re making me WANT to pirate, FBI!”
I saw the phrase "werewolf renaissance" on Tumblr and now I yearn for a book where werewolves aren't battling to be alpha while banging human women, but rather having a period of massive artistic and social development, creating new ways of thinking and expressing themselves
We're showing the earthling Buffy! It's a truly fascinating experience. thefourthvine.dreamwidth.org…
Still cannot read Twitter (miss you all; come back, third party apps!), but I wanted to update you on the alarming #GardenOfDoom situation. Pictured: one of what we now call the tomato mounds. The wall behind it is six feet high.
ALT A terrifying seven foot mass of tomato plant ready to take over the world
It's the last benchmarking test of the year (and possibly of the earthling's school career -- high school may not do this!), so it's once again time for: Things an Algorithm Thinks an Eighth Grader Should Read!
But I hear what you're saying: "TFV, these are all absolute bangers, yes, but they're non-fiction! Is there no fiction suitable for eighth graders?" Here is the lone fiction book on the list:
-Last December, by Matt Bream, a middle grade book about a hockey player, I think?