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[nellasbookplanet]

Book recs: the evil fungi did it

We all know of The Last of Us, but that franchise isn't the only example of fungal invasions. We've got zombies and apocalypses, we've got gothic horror, we've got fantasy, we've got romance, we've got space - no genre is safe from having their characters become the home of fungal organisms.

For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!

If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!

The Girl with all the Gifts (The Girl with All the Gifts series) by M.R. Carey

Want another fungal zombie apocalypse? Then I come bearing great news! The Girl with All the Gifts is a post apocalyptic novel following a group of characters fleeing across an infested wasteland, trying to stay alive and hoping to find a cure. One of the characters is Melanie, a young girl who carries the contagion inside of her and hungers for flesh, but like many children of the apocalypse has kept her humanity. Is she and children like her the answer to the cure we are looking for? Or are they the start of something entirely new? This book has also been adapted as a movie!

Cold Storage by David Koepp*

Years ago, a quickly growing fungal organism capable of wiping out humanity came dangerously close to spreading. It was contained and kept in cold storage underneath a military repository. Since then, a larger storage facility has been built on top, the dangers on the lower floor being largely forgotten. That is, until it makes a new attempt at escape. Now, two unsuspecting security guards might be all that stands in the way of complete extermination. This book is both funny and genuine in its characters, and genuinely creepy in its portrayal of body horror.

Salvaged by Madeline Roux

Rosalyn Devar is on the run from her famous family, and has run so far she ended up in space. Now she works as a "space janitor", being sent off to clean up the remains of failed research expeditions. But in trying to cope with her problems, she has fucked up on her job multiple times, and is now close to losing her position. Her last chance is the Brigantine: a research vessel gone silent, all crew presumed dead. But when she arrives to salvage it, Rosalyn discovers the crew isn't as dead as presumed. But are they still human - and will Rosalyn be able to keep her own humanity?

The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

Novella. Reid is a young woman living in a small community after a climate collapse. Resources are scarce, but Reid's biggest problem is Cad, a mind-altering fungal parasite that lives inside her body. When she is offered a rare chance at attending a far-away university in a secluded dome community, Reid must decide whether to leave or stay to help support her community.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia*

Noemí Taboada is a glamorous and well-off young woman, but when she receives a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin, Noemí must leave her glamorous life and travel to find out what is wrong. As she arrives at High Place, a mansion on the Mexican countryside, Noemí is met with mysteries and her cousin's new English family. As she tries to find out the truth behind High Place and its inhabitants, Noemí's only ally is the youngest son of the family. But will she be able to find out what so scared her cousin before it's too late for all of them?

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

A young pregnant woman flees a cult that left her body strange and changing in terrifying ways. Hiding from both a world wanting to oppress her and the cult seeking to force her back, she does her best to raise her children while trying to find out the truth of the cult and being pursued by a hunter in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Bleak and scary, Sorrowland is a book that will creep under your skin with horrors both fantastical and very, very real.

What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier duology) by T. Kingfisher

Novella. Alex Easton, retired soldier, travels to visit their childhood friends, siblings Madeline and Roderick Usher, after finding out that Madeline is dying. In the siblings' rural, ancestral home, Madeline walks in her sleep and looks to be fading away, while around it wildlife seems to be possessed by a strange force. With the help of a mycologist and an American doctor, Alex attempts to save Madeline and reveal the truth of her illness.

Wanderers (Wanderers duology) by Chuck Wendig

A strange illness has struck the United States: with no warning, random people with seemingly no connection simply get up and start walking. They do not eat, do not sleep, do not communicate, and they do not stop - and if you try to force them, they literally explode from the inside. Teenaged Shana isn't one of these sleepwalkers, but her little sister is. Unwilling to leave her sister on her own, Shana accompanies the growing flock of walkers, protecting them as one of many "shepherds". And this protection proves necessary, as the sleepwalkers is only the first step toward what might very well be the extinction of the human race. An 800 page epic, Wanderers is a slowburn apocalypse story with a multitude pov characters and plot threads, from fungal pandemics and all-knowing AI to the all too real portrayal of radicalization and bigotry.

The Dawnhounds (The Endsong series) by Sascha Stronach

The Dawnhounds is a book where you just kind of have to let the story and the world wash over you. It skirts the line of scifi and fantasy, with a futuristic world of environmentally friendly mushroom houses and deadly fungi bio weapons next to literally god-given superpowers and near-immortality. It’s really cool and unlike anything else I’ve ever read, but also a bit confusing. Bonus: it’s also sapphic!

Agents of Dreamland (Tinfoil Dossier trilogy) by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Novella. A government agent known only as the Signalman; a cult preying on the young and vulnerable, promising to usher in a new age; a woman who exists outside of time, searching for a way to save humanity. Agents of Dreamland is short, but includes many spooky elements, among them an alien and possibly world-ending fungi. The narrative is non-linear and a bit strange, but also fascinating.

The Genius Plague by David Walton

Soon after landing his dream job at the NSA, things get weird for Neil Johns. His brother Paul, a mycologist, returns from a trip to the Amazon, carrying a nearly lethal fungal infection and a strangely sharpened mind. At work, Neil starts picking up mysterious messages originating out of South America, where cases similar to that of Paul starts occurring. And strangest of all: all the infected seem to be working towards the same goal. Recommended with the caveat that, while the fungal stuff is really cool, The Genius Plague is also happy to idolize American intelligent agencies and demonize environmentalism and anti-imperialism.

Little Mushroom: Judgement Day (Little Mushroom duology) by Shisi

An Zhe isn’t human. He’s a mushroom who absorbed the DNA of a dying man, allowing him to take on human guise and leave the wilderness. Entering one of the last human bases, a place struggling to keep out the mutated and dangerous creatures of the wilds, An Zhe must keep his identity secret as he searches for something which was taken from him. While not my cup of tea (frankly, I need more female characters), Little Mushroom is an undeniably unique m/m romance novel.

Bonus AKA these don't technically involve any fungi but have similar vibes of parasites and nature corrupting the human

Parasite (Parasitology trilogy) by Mira Grant*

In the near future, a great leap in medical science has improved human health by leaps and bounds: a genetically engineered tape worm. Within a few years, almost every human has their own personal parasite implanted. But now, something is happening to the parasites - they want more, whether their hosts want to share or not.

Annihilation (Southern Reach trilogy) by Jeff Vandermeer

For decades, Area X has been completely cut off from humanity. The only ones to enter are small organized expeditions, many of which never return, or return... wrong. We follow the latest expedition, its participants known only as the anthropologist, the psychologist, the surveyor, and our narrator, the biologist. As they enter into Area X to try to find out its secrets, only one thing is for sure: they will never be the same again.

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Young adult. Over a year ago, the Raxter School for Girls was hit by the Tox, a strange disease that killed off many and left the survivors' bodies slowly changing in terrifying ways. The island the school is on has been in quarantine since then, and the girls dare not leave the school grounds lest they become victims of wild animals changed by the Tox. But as they wait for the promised cure, one of the girls goes missing, and her friends are willing to do anything to find her. Unsettling, spooky, and sapphic, this is a unique read featuring body horror and messy, dangerous girls.

(Second) Bonus AKA I haven't read these yet but they seem really cool

City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris trilogy) by Jeff Vandermeer

Ambergris, a city created by a mushroom-like people, is now the home of humans, but the original inhabitants are still there, residing beneath the city.

Creatures of Want and Ruin (Diabolist's Library series) by Molly Tanzer

It’s the prohibition era, and while Ellie does fishing during the day, at night she bootlegs moonshine in Long Island. But unbeknownst to Ellie, some of the booze she smuggles has a strange source: distilled from mushrooms by a cult, it causes those who drink it to see terrible things, such as the the destruction of Long Island.

Bloom by Wil McCarthy

The inner solar system has been overtaken by fast-reproducing, fast-mutating technogenic life. Humanity has fled to the outer solar system, hiding beneath the ice of Jupiter's moon, but even here they aren't safe from possible incursion of mycospores, which lead to deadly blooms. Now a group of astronauts venture back to an infected Earth.

[kiburebuc]

factory reset my phone for the first time in yearss, and it's so fast, woaw

[bobus]

I've migrated from magma to Krita, celebratory MK doodle

[pc-98s]

i want to host a bluesky personal data server on the same machine as my plex server but i’d have to migrate it to ubuntu since only ubuntu/debian is supported. hm.

[waugh-bao]

[marscats37]

I think one thing that Bluesky and all the other new social medias are missing is that element of just. Casual blogging. Like even when I was actively sharing my art 24/7 I felt like something was missing and that I’m in my “art block era” I’m like. What do I even share on there ? Like not to sound like a simpleton, but are there, like, memes on there ?

[whetstonefires]

note that i found uninstalling onedrive so it'd leave me alone pretty straightforward; the tricky bit was that in windows 11 the default layout of your file system is that everything is indexed under 'libraries' like in windows 10, but these libraries now live inside of Onedrive.

and the computer will therefore put all your files in the cloud by default, and get very confused and distressed and hard to navigate if Onedrive is not there, if you don't get into some rather buried menus and start reorganizing the defaults to follow sane file paths, to your actual storage in your actual computer.

I swear to fucking god. I would claw out OneDrive from my computer if I could. I would burn down their servers if I could. I would run down their stocks to the ground if I could. I hope every single one of their workers gets a better offer from a competitor in the next 24 hours. I hope every single one of their light bulbs explodes at the same time. I hope every single carton of milk in their fridge will always be expired.

Stop backing up my fucking files.

Stop asking me to back up my fucking files.

Stop taking my fucking files off my fucking computer.

I don't want a fucking reminder in three fucking days. Let me fucking say no.

Fuckers.

[ameliakeli]

Import Outlook to Gmail to Maximize Business Email Storage

[midnightwind]

perhaps unreasonably annoyed that I need save data in World to get the stupid palico armor in Wilds that I won't even be using, but what am I gonna do, not get the free stuff?

[smartcitysystem]

AWS Cloud Migration: Why Dubai Businesses Are Making the Shift

Introduction

Dubai, a global business hub known for its rapid innovation and futuristic vision, has been at the forefront of digital transformation. With enterprises striving to stay competitive and agile, cloud migration has become a strategic imperative. Among the leading cloud platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Dubai has emerged as the go-to solution for businesses. But why are so many companies in the region shifting to AWS? This article delves into the key drivers, benefits, and strategies behind this transformative move.

Understanding Cloud Migration with AWS

Cloud migration involves moving digital operations from on-premises servers to cloud-based infrastructure. AWS, a pioneer in cloud computing, provides scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions that cater to businesses of all sizes. AWS migration services simplify the process by offering tools, frameworks, and support to ensure a seamless transition.

For Dubai's businesses, cloud migration isn't just a technological upgrade—it's a fundamental step toward embracing innovation and scalability in an increasingly digital economy.

Why Dubai Businesses Are Choosing AWS for Cloud Migration

Cost Efficiency One of the primary reasons businesses in Dubai migrate to AWS is cost savings. Maintaining on-premises IT infrastructure involves significant capital expenditures (CapEx) on hardware, software, and ongoing maintenance. AWS operates on a pay-as-you-go model, converting these costs into manageable operational expenses (OpEx).

Moreover, AWS offers cost optimization tools, such as AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Budgets, allowing businesses to monitor and control their expenses effectively.

Scalability and Flexibility Dubai is home to dynamic industries like retail, hospitality, and fintech, which experience fluctuating demands. AWS provides elastic scalability, enabling businesses to adjust their resources based on demand. Whether it's a peak shopping season or launching a new service, AWS ensures that companies can scale up or down without disruptions.

Global Reach with Local Presence AWS operates a vast network of data centers globally, ensuring minimal latency and high reliability. For Dubai-based businesses, AWS’s Middle East region (UAE) ensures compliance with local data residency laws and delivers faster performance for end-users in the region.

Enhanced Security Cybersecurity is a top priority for Dubai businesses, especially with the rise of cyber threats. AWS offers a robust security framework, including features like encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and continuous monitoring through tools like AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config. These ensure that sensitive data and applications remain protected.

Support for Innovation AWS fosters innovation by providing cutting-edge services in areas like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), and analytics. Dubai's businesses, especially in smart city initiatives and e-commerce, leverage these tools to stay ahead of the curve.

Key Benefits of AWS Cloud Migration

Improved Operational Efficiency By migrating to AWS, businesses can automate routine tasks, optimize workflows, and reduce the burden on IT teams. Tools like AWS Lambda and AWS Step Functions allow businesses to build serverless architectures, streamlining operations.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery AWS ensures high availability and disaster recovery with services like Amazon S3 for storage, Amazon RDS for managed databases, and AWS Backup. These solutions minimize downtime and protect critical business data, which is crucial for Dubai’s fast-paced markets.

Accelerated Time to Market The agility of AWS helps Dubai businesses launch products and services faster. AWS CloudFormation, for instance, automates infrastructure provisioning, enabling rapid deployment and iteration.

Sustainability Goals Dubai’s focus on sustainability aligns with AWS’s commitment to renewable energy. AWS data centers are designed for energy efficiency, helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint while achieving their green goals.

Industries Driving AWS Cloud Adoption in Dubai

E-commerce Dubai’s booming e-commerce sector benefits significantly from AWS's scalable and secure infrastructure. Services like Amazon CloudFront ensure faster content delivery, while AWS Marketplace provides easy access to pre-configured solutions.

Finance The financial sector in Dubai, driven by fintech innovation, leverages AWS for secure transaction processing and data analytics. AWS services like Amazon Athena and Amazon Redshift help financial institutions make data-driven decisions.

Healthcare Healthcare providers in Dubai are adopting AWS for secure patient data storage, telemedicine solutions, and AI-driven diagnostics. AWS HealthLake and Amazon SageMaker are popular tools in this domain.

Hospitality Dubai's world-renowned hospitality industry utilizes AWS for personalized guest experiences, booking system optimization, and real-time analytics.

Challenges and Solutions in AWS Cloud Migration

While the benefits of AWS cloud migration are evident, businesses must address certain challenges:

Skill Gaps Many organizations face a lack of skilled personnel to manage cloud infrastructure. AWS solves this with extensive training programs like AWS Training and Certification, as well as a global network of AWS-certified consulting partners.

Migration Complexity Moving legacy systems to the cloud can be complex. AWS Migration Hub simplifies the process by providing a centralized dashboard to track and manage migrations.

Cost Management Businesses must monitor cloud spending to avoid unnecessary expenses. AWS tools like Trusted Advisor and Reserved Instances help in optimizing costs.

Steps for a Successful AWS Cloud Migration

Assess and Plan Conduct a detailed assessment of existing infrastructure and identify workloads for migration. Use AWS tools like AWS Application Discovery Service for insights.

Choose the Right Migration Strategy AWS outlines six common strategies, known as the "6 Rs"—Rehost, Replatform, Repurchase, Refactor, Retire, and Retain. Select the strategy that best suits your business needs.

Leverage AWS Support Engage with AWS consulting partners in Dubai to navigate the migration journey. These experts bring local insights and technical expertise.

Optimize Post-Migration Continuously monitor and optimize workloads to maximize efficiency. Use services like AWS CloudWatch and AWS Auto Scaling for ongoing management.

Conclusion

Dubai’s businesses are embracing AWS cloud migration as a catalyst for innovation, agility, and growth. With its robust infrastructure, cost-effective solutions, and commitment to security, AWS empowers organizations to thrive in a competitive landscape. By overcoming migration challenges and leveraging AWS's advanced tools and services, Dubai-based enterprises can position themselves as leaders in the digital economy.

As Dubai continues its journey toward becoming a global tech hub, the shift to AWS is not just a trend but a strategic move that aligns with the city’s ambitious vision for the future.

[ajmishra]

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[transienturl]

kind of sucks to work on a problem that

is hard,

doesn't have a great solution, and

isn't in high demand to be solved

I loaded SO much information into my head to enumerate every possible way I knew of to cleanly deal with modifying or sunsetting "new xkit" for the extension changes in chrome/edge/vivaldi/etc, and I'm probably like 75% of the way to proof-of-concept implementing them all.

when you do that kind of thing and are in that position it's hard to think about much of anything else, particularly when there isn't one good solution so there are pros and cons you can be weighing all the time. this is kind of fine when solving the problem is at least somewhat urgent and you want to devote that much mindspace to solving it in a timely fashion!

but, look, I'm gonna say it: the old version of xkit is fucking dead regardless of whether it vanishes suddenly off of every non-firefox browser one day or keeps working exactly as it does now or an intermediate thing I'm working on where the UI still functions so you can see your settings and export them to firefox.

whatever philosophical reasons people have for not killing it obviously haven't panned out, and I haven't seen any interest in my just fixing it, which I could have done years ago. the 5 or so things that still work in it continuing to work generate more user confusion and post corruption than value, nobody let me patch out everything else in it so you could at least find those 5 things, like 3 of them are just xkit rewritten features with different UI, one barely works and the other one is a cat. its unique feature is the ability to make custom scripts with its tooling, but its tooling hasn't worked for years so any user that would be doing that is copy-pasting xkit rewritten code into a userscript these days.

I could save the thing for sentimental value, in theory. I mean, I dunno, I could do a lot of things in theory. but if I'm not saving the thing because I recommend people use it at all or because it improves the user experience of modifying tumblr as a whole—which in my mind, in large part, means consolidating by cloning features to kill badly coded projects' mindshare—then I don't benefit much by doing anything besides putting a huge "move to firefox if you want to keep this" banner up. making the whole thing run on MV3 is for the most part a fun technical problem (that I solved; suck it, bitches). too bad I can't stop thinking about implementation details

[it-system-engineer]

Cluster Arası VM Migration

Merhaba, bu yazımda sizlere Cluster arası VM Migration işleminden bahsedeceğim. VMware ortamında, bir cluster’dan başka bir cluster’a VM (Virtual Machine) taşımak için kullanılan birkaç yöntem vardır. Bu işlemler genellikle VMware vSphere ortamında gerçekleştirilir ve vMotion teknolojisi kullanılır. İşte adım adım bir VM migration işlemi: Bu konu hakkında daha önce yazmış olduğum yazılara…

[genericpuff]

Tbh at this point you should just make your own webcomic app/website because it would probably be 100 times better than whatever going on with webtoon right now.

hahaha it wouldn't tho, sorry 💀

Here's the fundamental issue with webcomic platforms that a lot of people just don't realize (and why they're so difficult to run successfully):

Storage costs are incredibly expensive, it's why so many sites have limitations on file sizes / page sizes / etc. because all of those images and site info have to be stored somewhere, which costs $$$.

Maintenance costs are expensive and get more so as you grow, you need people who are capable of fixing bugs ASAP and managing the servers and site itself

Financially speaking, webcomics are in a state of high supply, low demand. Loads of artists are willing to create their passion projects, but getting people to read them and pay for them is a whole other issue. Demand is high in the general sense that once people get attached to a webtoon they'll demand more, but many people aren't actually willing to go looking for new stuff to read and depend more on what sites feed them (and what they already like). There are a lot of comics to go around and thus a lot of competition with a limited audience of people willing to actually pay for them.

Trying to build a new platform from the ground up is incredibly difficult and a majority of sites fail within their first year. Not only do you have to convince artists to take a chance on your platform, you have to convince readers to come. Readers won't come if there isn't work on the platform to read, but artists won't come if they don't think the site will be worth it due to low traffic numbers. This is why the artists with large followings who are willing to take chances on the smaller sites are crucial, but that's only if you can convince them to use the site in favor of (or alongside) whatever platform they're using already where the majority of their audience lies. For many creators it's just not worth the time, energy, or risk.

Even if you find short-term success, in the long-term there are always going to be profit margins to maintain. The more users you pull in, the more storage is used by incoming artists, the more you have to spend on storage and server maintenance costs, and that means either taking the risk at crowdfunding (ex. ComicFury) or having to resort to outsider investments (ex. Tapas). Look at SmackJeeves, it used to be a titan in the independent webcomic hosting community, until it folded over to a buyout by NHN and then was pretty much immediately shuttered due to NHN basically turning it into a manwha scanlation site and driving away its entire userbase. And if you don't get bought out and try your hand at crowdfunding, you may just wind up living on a lifeline that could cut out at any moment, like what happened to Inkblazers (fun fact, the death of Inkblazers was what kicked off the cultural shift in Tapas around 2015-16 when all of IB's users migrated over and brought their work with them which was more aimed towards the BL and romancee drama community, rather than the comedy / gag-a-day culture that Tapas had made itself known for... now you deadass can't tell Tapas apart from a lot of scanlation sites because it got bought out by Kakao and kept putting all of its eggs into the isekai/romance drama basket.)

Right now the mindset in which artists and readers are operating is that they're trying way, way too hard to find a "one size fits all" site. Readers want a place where they can find all their favorite webtoons without much effort, artists wants a place where they can post to an audience of thousands, and both sides want a community that will feel tight-knit. But the reality is that you can't really have all three of those things, not on one site. Something always winds up having to be sacrificed - if a site grows big enough, it'll have to start seeking more funding while also cutting costs which will result in features becoming paywall'd, intrusive ads, creators losing their freedom, and/or outsider support which often results in the platform losing its core identity and alienating its tight-knit community.

If I had to describe what I'm talking about in a "pick one" graphic, it would look something like this:

(*note: this is mostly based on my own observations from using all of these sites at some point or another, they're not necessarily entirely accurate to the statistical performance of each site, I can only glean so much from experience and traffic trackers LMAO that said I did ask some comic pals for input and they were very helpful in helping me adjust it with their own takes <3).

The homogenization of the Internet has really whipped people into submission for the "big sites" that offer "everything", but that's never been the Internet, it relies on being multi-faceted and offering different spaces for different purposes. And we're seeing that ideology falter through the enshittification of sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. where users are at odds with the platforms because the platforms are gutting features in an attempt to satisfy shareholders whom without the platforms would not exist. Like, most of us aren't paying money to use social media sites / comic platform sites, so where else are they gonna make the necessary funds to keep these sites running? Selling ad space and locking features behind paywalls.

And this is especially true for a lot of budding sites that don't have the audience to support them via crowdfunding but also don't have the leverage to ask for investments - so unless they get really REALLY lucky in EITHER of those departments, they're gonna be operating at a loss, and even once they do achieve either of those things there are gonna be issues in the site's longevity, whether it be dying from lack of growing crowdfunding support or dying from shareholder meddling.

So what can we do?

We can learn how to take our independence back. We don't have to stop using these big platforms altogether as they do have things to offer in their own way, particularly their large audience sizes and dipping into other demographics that might not be reachable from certain sites - but we gotta learn that no single site is going to satisfy every wish we have and we have to be willing to learn the skills necessary to running our own spaces again. Pick up HTML/CSS, get to know other people who know HTML/CSS if you can't grasp it (it's me, I can't grasp it LOL), be willing to take a chance on those "smaller sites" and don't write them off entirely as spaces that can be beneficial to you just because they don't have large numbers or because they don't offer rewards programs. And if you have a really polished piece of work in your hands, look into agencies and publishing houses that specialize in indie comics / graphic novels, don't settle for the first Originals contract that gets sent your way.

For the last decade corporations have been convincing us that our worth is tied to the eyes we can bring to them. Instead of serving ourselves, we've begun serving the big guys, insisting that it has to be worth something eventually and that it'll "payoff" simply by the virtue of gambler's fallacy. Ask yourself what site is right for you and your work rather than asking yourself if your work is good enough for them. Most of us are broke trying to make it work on these sites anyways, may as well be broke and fulfilled by posting in places that actually suit us and our work if we can. Don't define your success by what sites like Webtoons are enforcing - that definition only benefits them, not you.

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