{"id":7366,"date":"2022-04-28T12:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2023-09-11T01:06:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T01:06:17","slug":"good-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2022\/04\/28\/good-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Good trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Just to clarify: the above phrase isn&#8217;t used here in the far more important sense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/stories\/blog\/2021\/artists-reflect-what-it-means-make-good-trouble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in which John Lewis used it&#8230; <\/a>but for something that&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; as we sometimes define it around here.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;So I was minding my own business the other day (insofar as it&#8217;s possible to use that phrase when you&#8217;re talking about being on Twitter&#8230;) and this happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xiaoyingtai\/status\/1513834918337515523\">Over on Twitter&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-width=\"1186\" data-orig-height=\"946\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/09e98e801ebb636d0a5bee949536a78b\/b83d07dc96a934ca-f0\/s540x810\/97382c4e323e5c02e8a41db08beb755bc98613fe.png\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"1186\" data-orig-height=\"946\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;And can she keep her big yap shut? As we say over here, \u201c<i>Can<\/i> she feck.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-width=\"1184\" data-orig-height=\"610\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/e6f4e227df920cb908eb7d1cf8d5b2e5\/b83d07dc96a934ca-18\/s540x810\/c48fe0196237eed3a98305b6173bea7c82532a93.png\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"1184\" data-orig-height=\"610\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And then, so belatedly, the penny drops.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-width=\"1206\" data-orig-height=\"474\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/19633134b2c427500d74e42d927e1114\/b83d07dc96a934ca-89\/s540x810\/62d882bd031708d0623f43a39aa647b27a7c42e7.png\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"1206\" data-orig-height=\"474\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-width=\"1280\" data-orig-height=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/db764f021754bc9a3e51dd64904f8571\/b83d07dc96a934ca-89\/s540x810\/bcc4f5d1a8389b271e5ef75979f4d8d16e4335a9.png\" alt=\"image\" data-orig-width=\"1280\" data-orig-height=\"720\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(with the tags: The Giant Rat of Sumatra<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>space cats<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>space cats probably with blasters and starships<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>and sabertooths<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>probably I should go to bed now<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>ideally before CJ Cherryh comes after me<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>\ud83d\ude42<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>and as for the Sherlock Holmes connection<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>I can just see Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke running down Baker Street at the head of a pack of space sabertooths<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>Make sure you have your blaster Watson!<span class=\"taghead\">, <\/span>&#8230;sweet Thoth on his e-scooter but 2023 is starting to look crowded&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;When will I learn. 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