Good afternoon everyone,

How is it going? I hope you have an incredibly chill weekend planned. I do, and to add to that chill sitch, here is an old fashioned Fem Fri of links you might like.

Firstly, did you know that friend of Fem Fri E. Saxey has a book out? You absoloutely need to get on this train because I have read it and here are some of the things you will love about it:

• Saxey is a fantastic writer
• Their stories are full of warm, rich insights about love
• Their stories also have this incredible quality of taking a mundane situation and just turning it inside out. I don't know how else to describe it, I suppose I spend a lot of time thinking, what would Saxey think about this and with their book, so can you!

Couple of other things: it's not just me that thinks this book rules, check out the pullquote from Publishers Weekly; also I hope to do an interview with them soon so you can find out more how they think and work. <3 You can buy their book here:

https://www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p640/Lost_in_the_Archives.html#/

Speaking of the mundane turned inside out, here's a Janelle Shane article on AI weirdness in the wild:

The Orioles are a professional baseball team in Baltimore, Maryland. They are a member of the American League East division. The team has won two pennants and three championships. Jellybeans are a type of food that is often eaten by the Orioles. Ants are also often eaten by the Orioles. The term “jellybeans” and “antoids” are used interchangeably to describe the two types of food.

https://www.aiweirdness.com/baltimore-orioles-effect/

I don't think you need a gloss from me to enjoy this:

In a peculiar story coming out of Tacoma, WA, 23-year-old Adeela Williams stopped her friend Krys while she was explaining how Bitcoin works to tell her that she didn’t understand what she said because she’s “more of a visual learner,” even though she just wasn’t really listening.

https://reductress.com/post/im-more-of-a-visual-learner-says-woman-who-wasnt-listening/

Love,

Alex.