weekend open thread – May 30-31 2026

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Book recommendation of the week: The sequel to Hench is out — Villain, by Natalie Zina Walschots. If you haven’t read Hench, read that first: it’s about a woman who works very boring temp jobs for supervillains. In Villain, she has ascended to a sort of second-in-command position and is working to destroy the organization that manages the world’s superheroes. Once again, there is an incredible hilarity in juxtaposing the mundanity of office work against a backdrop of working for supervillains … but it’s much, much more than that. I loved it. (Also, someone made an Ask a Manager/Hench mash-up!)

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