WarGames: the only winning move is still not to play - reflection on the iconic movie by Jamie Kingston. I was particularly struck by the commentary on the contrast between the nuanced presentation of masculinity, and the hackneyed presentation of all the female characters.

Emmys allows non-binary start to choose category for their nomination - I disagree with the last statement though, that 'actor' is a non-gendered term. It is getting there, but when explicitly contrasted with 'actress' is isn't quite. But I think that the actor in question picking that is a really interesting choice, and good on them. [And I actively use actor for all people who act, and I do that for a lot of roles where there is an'-ess' variant, and I find the struggle with male-as-default annoying, along with the males terms are more 'credible'. But this is meant to be a links list, not a rant...]

Everything you want to now about the 5:2 diet - some what of a misleading title, because some of what I read as reportedly by 'experts' sounds like they haven't read any of the actual publications on this particular 'diet' (the 'and then people eat more afterwards' is actually covered in the scientific reports, as are some of the other criticisms, such as 'whatever you want doesn't just mean junk food'). But there are a lot of useful points in there.

(and I have many more tabs to close - I've managed 17 in the process of making this post, while opening another 6 (of which this one I'm typing in counts) so I'm going to go and do something else for a while)