I specifically bought tomboyx boxer briefs for women at target to support their lgbt inclusivity before they dropped dei. Now I won’t buy anything from them at all. I know target wasn’t perfect but I wanted there to be more options available for people that need them and target was offering that with dei. Now, fuck em. They don’t support the people that make their business possible.

Hard scifi by Greg Egan is a trip and you’ll never be the same afterwards. Permutation City and Diaspora are my favorites.

For more modern take, Children of Time is beautifully narrated and I could listen to it all day for years and never get tired of the narrator.

For a universe that keeps on going with problem solving Vorkosigan Saga is very feel good and I think in line with a book like the Martian albeit a bit less hard though solid on its approach to deduction and wit.