I went to the beach with some friends last Friday night in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower. Unfortunately I live in a country forsaken by the sun with near-100% cloud cover most of the time, so that didn’t exactly work out.

There was also a vague plan to roast some marshmallows, but fires weren’t allowed on the beach. My friends did, however, have a collection of tea candles and a couple of lighters.

The result was this stunning example of British ingenuity:

It did not work.

Podcast Appearance: I Will Fight You

In the latest episode of I Will Fight You, our cohost Maq whips out her literature degree and takes us through the different types of satire. This includes an extended section on Historical Fuckboy John Donne and his religious gijinka waifus.

You can listen to the episode here, or wherever podcasts are found.

This Week’s Links

Former Bungie devs show fury and sorrow over layoffs, following the revelation that CEO Pete Parsons allegedly spent at least $2,414,550 on vintage cars in the past 2 years

“I remember the Friday before the first layoffs, me and another CM were in the lobby and I was literally talking about how I didn’t have enough money for groceries … Pete walked right up to us and bragged about a few new EXPENSIVE cars he bought and that we should come to his house and see them.”

Security advice – The Collections Trust

A list of documents providing advice to museums and galleries on various security measures. Very helpful for any writer who needs to plot out a museum heist.

inferiorwit on TikTok

TikTok finally decided to let me follow people, so here’s my profile if anyone wants to see that video of my cat.

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I got about 8 000 words into a new Casefile of Jay Moriarty story before I realized the emotional and relationship development involved meant it belonged much later in the series and the next installment would have to be something else. I hate it when that happens.

-K