Link dump 4/20

Download All 4 Murderbot Books For Free (Before Network Effect Arrives!) https://www.tor.com/2020/04/20/download-all-4-murderbot-books-for-free-before-network-effect-arrives/
(I hardly need to post this to DW, though, because at least half of my reading list already posted about it. That makes me happy!)

An artist designed an art exhibit for her guinea pig, with guinea-pig–themed versions of famous human artworks. (My favorite piece is "The Wheet")
https://www.boredpanda.com/the-piggenheim-museum-guinea-pig-maisie-teresa-mistretta/

( covid-19–related )

Gendered language meme

This is going around over on Facebook.

Meme: Pronoun/title/adjective check!
As in, "what I think of these pronouns/titles/adjectives as applied to me"
[Disclaimer: I don't expect anyone to remember all of this. A few of them matter to me more than others and I've starred ** them.]
It/its: No
She/her: Not my pronouns currently, but people who don't know me, or who knew me when I was younger, tend to assume they are. I flinch a little.
He/him: Not my pronouns, but they don't bother me.
**They/them: One of my preferred sets of pronouns
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