Poll & Sunday Six brought to you by tea and strawberries

The weather is good (it's been under 20°C for a few weeks and looks to remain so! \o/), the days are getting shorter, strawberry season is still going strong, and my tea set arrived! I got it in Ji Blue (the darker of the options), and the glazing color gradient is sublime. I'm currently sipping gongfu-brewed Long Jing, and yup, tastes better like this than from a teapot. (Note: the black teas I've tried don't seem to work as well.) Earlier today, I finished the 13 stories of Invisible Planets: 13 Visions of the Future from China (ed. and tr. Ken Liu); there's still some nonfiction essays for me to read, and then I'll post my thoughts.

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