"Screw Covid, I'm going to Sturgis!" The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, held in August 2020, was the epitome of the individual choice mindset. Of course it spread cases outward and caused infections, illness, and death. A new research paper allows us to watch the Sturgis Covid wave spread across the US.
It's $5 in California ...
Back in my day, we said Paul is dead. Hilariously, most of the people who said that are gone while Macca is still doing concerts!
Noted!
No, Black Stone Heart
The one Michael Fletcher book I read went pretty far over the grimdark line for me so this is a helpful review.
SFF people here ...
Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Tyrant Philosophers is anti-epic fantasy. Similar scope, bizarre magic systems - Gods, wizards and demons all over the place - and he resolutely focuses on the little people 4.5 books all equally disturbing. I say check it out
My feat of strength will be turning off the TV before this Festivus starts
Well there's some 1984 vibes for you all
Isaac Asimov called out this very behavior in the 1940s in I, Robot
Absolutely - all AI generated content should be watermarked -> it's the easiest and least discouraging legislation that we can pass to start giving the public control over AI technology
The Trump administration are wannabe Mafiosi. All their violence is just a shakedown.
I think it's as crazy as thinking we can terraform Mars when we can't terraform Bakersfield ...
There is no spasm like a taxonomic spasm ...
How are you going to read it at 2X?
We (American citizens) need to feel the consequences of our actions. I may have voted against Trump as many times as the law allowed, but I still share the responsibility with my country
That's what the Fast forward button is for ...
I was going to answer in a snarky way, but I thought that your question ought to be a warning ...
Or we could wait and sign the 3d round kicker when he's cut by the team that drafted him ...
GNU Sir Terry!
Instrumentalities of the Night had so much promise but sort of petered out ...
John, if you are a Sara Niemietz fan (and who isn't?) join her fans Wednesdays at 1 pm PST on YouTube for Weekly Wacky Wednesday.
I thought this was the Simpsons' clip where the French class laughs in French
It can be annoying - I prefer your solution. And there's an opportunity to get creative with the recap
He says things this bad all the time, but rarely with such terrible timing. He gives humanity a bad name.
Obligatory GNU Terry Pratchett!
Very realistic for a fantasy ...
It's rare that a very good movie still isn't as good as the books, but that's the power of Aubrey-Maturin. As an individual entry the movie may be better than Master and Commander the book, but the series grows very quickly
