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Gorgeous pic of the Highlands!

/me waves to my home town!

Look who has joined Bluesky ...

Yes, please! Pre-ordered Book 3!

Did ADHD meds write this?

Start with the number of printers you've owned. Then add from there.

Picture of a lamppost with a torn flyer that reads IT'S SPI [tear in the paper] THAT'S MODERN FUN AND ACTUALLY [the bottom of the flyer is torn off]

when someone asks my favorite communication protocol for embedded systems

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Great googly moogly, Python is annoying at times.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Also "Christmas Chronicles". Jack Burton as Santa Claus.

The greatest advance in software technology in the last decade is the ability to copy/paste whole images.

The backbone of Internet security (public/private key cryptography) was first published in 1979 but already known by GCHQ in 1969.

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Have been reading this since Day #1 and it's wonderful.

PANEL 1: THE MACHITO descends through clouds, snow lightly falling. CAPTAIN (from inside the ship): You sure you don’t want to come to dinner, Nosh? It’s only a 400-meter walk through the snow. NOSH (from inside the ship): In Moscow, I learn to stay inside, except for three glorious days of summer. …I will stay here with Vehari pals. PANEL 2: NOSH, a large humanoid reptilian alien with huge eyes, hits a button with a “BAP!”, next to it is a sign reading “WARNING: Gangway hatch release”. THE CAPTAIN stands next to him, an older woman with glasses, wears a winter jacket with a fur-lined hood. NOSH: You crazy kids have fun. Say I to captain lady for us. CAPTAIN: We’ll bring you back a Grasskan dessert. PANEL 3: NOSH calls down as snow swirls in front of him. CUDDOW, an alien with 6 eyes, also wearing a winter coat with a fur lined hood, stands next to NOSH. NOSH: CAPTAIN! That is my love language! CUDDOW: Mine is “High Production Value Musicals,” so I get it. PANEL 4: CAPH, a Grasskan (a very large dinosaur-like alien, with a ring in his nose), wears a similar winter coat with fur-lined hood. CAPH: CAN I STAY TOO, CAPTAIN? I’m nervous to meet her. What if she blames me for what happened to my ship? Or for running away? PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN walks down the gangway into a bright white snowy environment. CAPTAIN: Cash, you were drafted into an impossible situation. You fought to stay alive when your leadership went suicidal. You’re a pure heart doing your best in an impure world. So let me do the talking, and don’t you worry. PANEL 6: THE MACHITO sits in deep snow, against a white landscape with mountains in the background. A deep trench extends from the gangway. The CAPTAIN walks through the trench that goes up to her head. CAPH follows behind her. No text. Same panel as previous, CAPH is further down the walkway, the CAPTAIN is off panel. CAPH: You’re a good person! NOSH, peaking out from the ship: ONLY IF SHE BRING DESSERT!

Bluesky pals! I have a long-form sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, and it's my favorite thing I've ever done!

If you need a long, escapist read at the moment, I highly, highly recommend a deep-dive! The entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com

BONUS TODAY: Snow planet! :)

I like sharing a story about David Brin. I met him at a Montana sci-fi con and fanboi'd all over him. He was very nice and gracious in spite of my cringe.

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Milo is a lucky lizard!

A cat with a curl ear and an annoyed expression sitting on a brown carpet.

Emily's bed-head.

Such an amazing show. So glad it was renewed for a Season 2.

My favorite thing is that's a real image (not modified). :-D itd.idaho.gov/wp-content/u... Landslide blocking a US highway in Idaho.

Post a warning.

... and exhaling as much as I can

Shout out to my fellow Second-row-ers.