E meu! ❤️
E como ele é pouco ou nada conhecido no Brasil ninguém acredita da importância dele MESMO quando nosso querido Neil Gaiman a declara a plenos pulmões. Ele até escreveu um conto em sua homenagem!
Para mim, o Michael é o último dos gigantes escritores de ficção científica da Era de Ouro ainda vivo. #neilgaiman#michaelmoorcock
And many someones in overlapping layers of responsibility ENABLED this infection.
This linguistic shift from the passive to active voice might seem irrelevant but, instead of just echoing the framing we see in the headlines — that Neil Gaiman got COVID-19— it’s time to own that somebody has infected Neil.
The passive voice has served a macabre purpose in this pandemic. The passive voice, by erasing the subject of the sentence, neatly obscures accountability, and with it our own role in unmitigated infections. Moreover, it has prevented us from identifying the layers of responsibility in enabling infections on a mass scale. This mental block is the first obstacle to advocating for effective mitigations and constructive solutions. It stops us from preventing infections. But that is changing now.
It is time to own the damage that we are causing by infecting others with COVID-19. I believe that we all know, deep inside, that we are causing harm. And many of us are suffering from the cognitive dissonance of pretending that we aren’t. Because, in a pandemic, this is serious and large-scale harm.
This harm that, according to estimates, has killed over 25 million people and disabled at least 65 million and counting. The sooner we face the harm we are causing by infecting other people, the less damage we will cause to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community, to strangers on the other side of the world. And to people who entertain and inspire us, like speculative fiction author and TV creator Neil Gaiman. And inspiration is necessary when we are facing so many challenges. It’s that simple.
¿Y yo ahora cómo recupero la alegría después del final de la segunda temporada de #GoodOmens?
Menuda seriaza, cómo se comen la pantalla #DavidTennant y #MichaelSheen. Qué puntazo crítico tiene contra los dogmas cristianos y qué recuerdos preciosos de Londres me ha devuelto.
Y mención especial al tono de la serie de "sí, somos woke. Muy woke. Desvergonzadamente woke. Con la inocencia de Azipharale y con el desprecio de Crowley hacia la gente que se quejaría de lo muy woke que es esta serie".
The main theme from @neilhimself's #GoodOmens, composed by David Arnold, was one of the delights performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society at the #BBCProms this year. The concert was conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing.
📚 🎵 Think you might also enjoy @neilhimself's terrific Desert Island Discs - David Bowie, Tori Amos, Michael Nyman, Thea Gilmore and 'a Victorian accounts ledger, a fountain pen and an unlimited supply of ink'.
"Because according to my calculations, if the same object from two different times touches itself, one of two things will happen. Either the universe will cease to exist. Or three remarkable dwarfs will dance through the streets with flowerpots on their heads."
Professor Steg, 'Fortunately the Milk...', by #NeilGaiman
The Worlds of Terry Pratchett: with Neil Gaiman and Rob Wilkins at The British Library
Date: Tue 21 Nov 2023, 19:00 - 20:30 (Bar opens at 18:00)
A special celebration of the remarkable creative life of Sir Terry Pratchett, 40 years after the publication of the first Discworld novel The Colour of Magic.