John Day

Why take off the dust jacket?

Today is the 75th anniversary of Alan’s Turing’s paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" published in journal Mind where he proposed the question, "Can machines think?" – the Turing Test

He is certainly remembered by those of us who were teenagers in the 60s. Thanks for posting!

The Subterranean edition of Absolution Gap is beautiful (as well as an excellent read).

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Childhood’s End. One of first SF I read 67 years ago.

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October Country

Black and white photograph of married artistic partners, Diane and Leo Dillon. They both gaze off into the distance but appear to be looking at the same thing. Diane and Leo met at Parsons School of Design in 1954. Before dating, they were fans of each other's work and this admiration started a life-long collaboration of illustrating books. They have received many awards, including the 1971 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction For Fantasy Artist and the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977. More about this husband and wife team can be found at R. Michelson Galleries.

This is an illustration titled Spirit of the Reef that appeared in Spectrum Magazine Issue 21 (Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Covers) Original illustration by Leo and Diane Dillon. The painting features a female underwater entity amidst fish and aquatic plants. The colors are aqua blue and turquoise.

"We could look at ourselves as one artist rather than two individuals, and that third artist was doing something neither one of us would do." - Diane and Leo Dillon. Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. #artoftheday

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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.

THIS is good trouble!

Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

Keep the stories coming. The series is fantastic!

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Two interacting galaxies, one with a prominent spiral form on top and a smaller one on the bottom. The arms appear red and blue, with the centre being really bright. Many stars of our galaxy can be seen everywhere, just like many background galaxies.

A Hubble classic for Valentine's Day! 🔭🌹

This is the Arp 273 couple, located 300 million light years away. This is the most magnificient rose there is if you ask me!

I processed that observation like 4 times already, but I just can't get enough of that beauty ngl

HD: flic.kr/p/2qLCncH

Photo thru an airplane window of of Denali, the highest mountain in the US, mostly cloaked in clouds with the peak piercing through the top.

It's Denali.

Many conversations lately have emphasized the need to continue to seek joy. In this view I see the sunlit trees surrounded by shade as the joy we can find in this uncertainty and insanity.

Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.

Bishop Tells Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.

“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Life Is More Than an Engineering Problem | Los Angeles Review of Books Julien Crockett speaks with Ted Chiang about the search for a perfect language, the state of AI, and the future direction of technology.

Ted Chiang is one of the few sf writers who is wise.
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P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first | CBC News A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.

P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of #meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first
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There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Only 5 more days left to get your hands on this amazing Wallace and Gromit prize bundle!

Enter now: bit.ly/4iJTutS (US only)

Artist Chesley Bonestell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonest... was born on this day, so here's some of his artwork. 2nd a Martian canal; 3rd "stone architecture on mars, demonstrating mars' two-thirds less gravity than earth"; 4th New York hit by an atomic bomb, from Colliers (early 1950s):

Happy New Year. 11/11

Spectators dressed in colorful costumes with the headline: How Darts Has Become a Must-Watch Sport for Britons at Christmas

From @theathletic.bsky.social: This is the best atmosphere in sport. This is undiluted carnage. This is the World Darts Championship, which has become a Christmas tradition in the UK. Tickets for this year's tournament sold out in 15 minutes. nyti.ms/41KNefd

The landscape of alien planet Altair IV with a flying saucer wearing a Santa hat, a robot, and a Christmas tree

Merry Christmas from the Forbidden Planet
#PulpSabotage

Looking Back at Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions Trilogy - Reactor Considering the groundbreaking anthology series, long delayed and finally completed.

After more than 50 years, the final volume of Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions trilogy was completed, edited by J. Michael Straczynski. Let's discuss the series' history, the three anthologies, and the stand-out stories in each!

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Cartoon caption "You ever wake up and just think what the f***?" says one guard to another standing next to a cross-eyed goofy clown sitting on a throne.

This resonated.