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SFULTRA #39 - His Master's Voice - Stanislaw Lem | SFULTRA Get more from SFULTRA on Patreon

www.patreon.com/posts/151985... Today is the three year anniversary of SFULTRA. I appreciate all the support. Between the patreon and the public episodes, I've put out 300+ hours of show. Today I discuss a truly great work of SF: His Master's Voice by Stanisław Lem. Listen here now (pod places soon)

criterion channel rn has a collection called YEARNING and a collection called STUNTS! and between them exits the entire spectrum of human art and emotion

listened to it this afternoon. fantastic. made me cry.

Saint Elizabeth, by ella guro 10 track album

the day is today, the time is now

my album Saint Elizabeth is out now
ellaguro.bandcamp.com/album/saint-...

A concept sketch of "Sisko's Bajoran Sailer" depicts a small spacecraft with several large, translucent tan sails radiating outward like wings against a black, starry backdrop.

A small, ornate spacecraft with several large, glowing orange solar sails resembling wings glides through the dark expanse of deep space.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999): Sisko's Solar sailer, art by Jim Martin

weird how whenever the US is like these people need us to bring democracy the democracy is always dead children

Stephen J. Larper

ha! a former roommate had a copy of this.

what book is this from?

Cover picture of +doc.10, featuring a picture of Taco Bell Mild sauce

The latest issue of my little magazine, +doc, is now available! Featuring four longer poems by @unionherald.bsky.social, Leela Raj-Sankar, and Maggie Chirdo.

For more info or to order a copy: nullpointerpress.blogspot.com/2026/02/doc1...

floffy dowg

ah, its guardian international, which is pretty dominated by US news and style

opened up the guardian on my computer and it’s auto playing a looping montage of various bomb strikes like a highlights reel or something. utterly miserable.

New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reportedly outlined a first draft of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which includes a sub-clause limi...

New Canadian trade deal with India only allows for 1 assassination per year

just a reminder that you can RSVP for the album listening party today (at 7pm EST/4pm PST) right on the bandcamp page and it'll email you a link, which will be active 30 minutes before the listening party begins. hope to see some of you there!

We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists

It makes me really, really angry that governments are doing this stuff!

One of those in the CAQ leadership race (party in power here in Québec) is the Minister for Education, and he said that (paraphrasing) Muslim women who wear hijab "made their choice" to lose work. It's discriminatory!

chronic pain can make each day feel boring in a fascinating new way compared to the last one. longing for what ached yesterday to ache again if it meant relief from the aches i have today.

as my cell phone ages, & can no longer keep up with the ad tech that’s going on online, i find myself spending less time checking websites. i miss it, but the negative reinforcement of my browser crashing several times every time is difficult to escape. gotta retrain around my rss reader.

David Lynch saying “We never get any time to experiment. We never get any time to, you know, go dreamy.”

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

this place really pisses me off sometimes

having government language police yes but also the pathetic snitches who report social media feeds of local to them purely as harassment

government sanctioned and enabled harassment

for the first time after noticing it is accessible, i’m seriously considering hijacking the cafe’s bluetooth speaker system in order to stop it playing the beatles.

i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.

The Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia University in Montréal had a substantial library the last time I was there, a couple of years ago. genderadvocacy.org

Do campus queer/gendery resource centers still exist?? And do i know anyone who works at one who would like a free copy of ALOCASIA: 99 Queer Writers on Plants and Nature for theirs????

The Predator Pomeranian

TOKYO JUNGLE
CRISPY'S/PLAYSTATION C.A.M.P. / SCE JAPAN 2012
PLAYSTATION 3

wow they seem to have turned off comments on gocomics. i will miss reading each morning all of the old men commenting on nancy evaluating whether caroline cash has drawn aunt fritzi hot enough.

2025 Critical Distance Status Once again, it’s time to check in on the finances for Critical Distance.   Last year, I said the finances were on the brink of stability. We never actually achieved that stability: we are unli…

CD is 100 dollars or so short of sustainability. Incredibly valuable resource for anyone who cares about games, whether for research or just casual reading. Also like... look lmao, web's as fractured as it's ever been. Having the roundup gather a bunch of cool stuff you'd never see otherwise is good