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I also very much would like to know if some of the book's martian strains of Sufism have any basis in reality; and might have to reread those bits later to look for clues on what they might map to here in the real world.

I don't know if I like some of the characterizations. One of the female protagonists, Maya feels painted a bit unfairly for most of the book so far. (Though perhaps that will change.)

I also think some of the portrayals of Islamic communities lack a little bit of imagination, but concede much of that must have been well researched and had been very generous portrayals from the book's 1992 vantage point.

Some thoughts on Red Mars.

About 3/4ths of the way through the book. It is intensely political, spiritual and ecological with an utter commitment to hard scifi. It's been quite a joy.

It's also interesting to watch the book's cast explore the notion of what ecology even means in an utter hostile alien environment.

Watching the opening episode of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina season 3 with my mom and little brother almost launched the whole family into a theology debate.

Fun night with fam. Tired now.

Family over for dinner. My little brother is still an amazingly picky eater. Basically putting together a plain veggie-beef-crumbles pizza together, with no other toppings save for the mozzarella; in the hopes we could all eat off the same pie.

Got my mom and little brother dropping in for dinner tonight. Got the second pizza crust in the breadmaker. 🎶

Finished Star Wars: Aftermath. Enjoyed it. It had perhaps too many points of view that took too long to coalesce for my taste, but once it did the book really clicked. Its got some things the films sorely lack. Like lgbt representation.

#StarWars #lgbt

@fdroidorg what is the delay on the new builds of Newpipe?

Kinda digging old spidey on this cover.

I wish if the electric company was going to do work on a neighboring apartment, and cut my electricity for 30 minutes. They would knock on my door and tell me first. *sigh*

Used Jitsi meet to help my friend with Dresden Files character creation. He's the last one who needed to be brought up to speed.

First game next week. This one is going to be wholly online via Jitsi Meet. Kinda an excuse to connect people who used to be in a local gaming group.

Kinda cool we can do it with #FLOSS tooling. #rpg