Emily Gertenbach

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My Year Without Amazon

My dalliance with Amazon started around 2014. Even though I worked in e-commerce at the time,I didn’t do much online shopping. But 2014 was the year I got a Kindle-and the Amazon account that went along with it. I got Prime, I tried Kindle Unlimited, and

· 2 min · Big tech breakup

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Book Review: Ties of Power

Ties of Power is the second book in the Clan Chronicles trilogy, all of which takes place inside of Julie Czerneda’s Trade Pact Universe. The book follows the characters and storyline introduced in its predecessor, A Thousand Words for Stranger. I very much enjoyed A Thousand Words for Stranger

· Readings

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Community Zines

Last year I started to make small, single-page zines that could be folded into an eight-page booklet. I made these zines in both full pages on my iPad (using procreate) and in single panels using my Supernote. They are a mix of: * Typing * Handwriting * Collage (icons, an old

· Projects

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Elizabeth Moon

Review: Remnant Population

Remnant Population has the unlikeliest of science fiction book heroines: an elderly woman. Sera Ofelia has lived much of her adult life on the company-town planet where she and her remaining family work. When the Company decides to shut down their town, everyone goes into cryo-sleep for a

· Readings

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The Data Center Near My House Can Suck It

I live half a mile from a data center. Sometimes I can hear it; usually when it’s very hot or very cold and they (I assume) have to turn on the extra generator banks. I lived in my house for years before I figured out that the sound I

· 2 min · AI

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This is Not My Face.

Even though I created a list of (and use) YouTube replacements in my personal life, I haven’t fully been able to shake it for work purposes. People just don’t browse apps like Vimeo in the same way, and I gotta market my business. So I’ve started planning

· 4 min · AI