Nkiru Anaya

“When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can’t eat money.” - Alanis Obomsawin

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Cake day: August 6th, 2023

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  • Saw it today. It could have been so much more. Lots of inconsistencies regarding what the child can do.

    Pretty much a blow everything up, action, special effects type of movie. Story was okay. Somewhat original. A few emotional manipulation tricks towards the end.

    I’d give it a B-.

    Update: wanted to add the cinematography was really good. Very inspiring scenery. That was the best part. The child actor was very good too. Those were the best parts of the movie. The US Army General was one dimensional, shallow, and just a bad stereotype. Very poorly done. That was the stupidest/worse parts of the movie.















  • I second Octavia Butler.

    On my list to read, but haven’t yet, is N.K. Jemisin.

    A fairly new author is Malcom Turnbull. He was on a radio interview a while back and the book (The Lesson) sounded interesting so I gor it and read it.

    A lot of the sci-fi books I’ve been reading lately have black [main] characters. I don’t know if those authors are black though. I have to look into it.



  • Just another take, smoking and sky diving aren’t things that you are. These are things you do. Statistics shows us these things can be dangerous. What of statistics for dangers of surgery, something the individual may do. Sure, you bet. Medicine needs? Could be.

    What of objective metrics for the danger(s) of transitioning children under age of consent? Some think this is a bad thing and some think it’s a good thing. Is it overall good or bad for the individual? This is an opportunity to use the tool of the scientific method to reveal truths to all. It should be studied, the whole thing. All aspects. The more this is studied, we’ll eventually uncover some indisputable facts. We’ll no longer have to rely on what individuals (with lots of biases) think. We’ll actually know. I think the community would like everyone to know, also.

    We may find there is good and there is bad. We can assign the ratios of good and bad, to levels of risk. Which then can be used as helpful information for the individual, caretakers, and their healthcare professionals in making decisions.