Matthew Stienberg

It's always funny to me that going back in time has become such a problem that the Federation has a department specifically to address those problems as of DS9.

When people ask me why I'm anti AI, I point to things like this.

No, this isn't some thinking machine, it's a tool designed to drive optimal engagement and create a captive audience so techbros can make billions and live in a fantasy where they're making science fiction real.

Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.

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The recent episodes of Hazbin Hotel are awesome and gut wrenching. The depths of demagoguery the villains are willing to sink to and how they cheerfully abuse others for their own ends show how well the show is handling these themes!

If you're openly sympathetic to fascist ideas then I'll admit, I have no qualms about calling you out.

In BEERS OF WAR the two mail villains are The Baron and his captain Keenan.

The Baron is a land hungry strongman who believes he is entitled to rule based on strength. Keenan supports this, and believes that he is better than Rumin because he is distinguished, not an up jumped bandit.

Even with local light pollution, I'm catching some sights from the aurora. Helps to use my phone camera as a filter!

Alien: Earth In space, no one can hear you scream. What happens when the most horrifying species from the darkness of space is brought into the atmosphere of Earth? The answer is screams that echo for miles! Th…

Generally I had no complaints, but the final episodes had some plotting problems I think. That is part of why I'm excited for Season 2 to see how it all plays out.

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The first season of Alien: Earth was extremely aesthetically pleasing, with amazing visuals and great acting.

The plot was a little all over the place I found, but overall it did excite me for a second season. 1/2

a digital drawing of a gray cat with a capped eye and studded collar, leaning forward and bleeding from the nose. It looks at the viewer with defiance or determination. Text around it says “get killed eight times/ come back nine”. The red border around the image has two cars, arrows, knives, and poison bottles, numbered to match its deaths.

Keep Trying
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BOOK REVIEW: Ducks TITLE: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands AUTHOR: Kate Beaton PUBLISHER: Drawn and Quarterly DATE: 2022 I don’t usually review graphic novels on here, and I’m pretty sure I’ve neve…

Great review from @goldwagnathan.bsky.social on a story which is still deeply impacting Canada. Definitely check out this if you haven't read it! Even if you have!

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I can only seen it as an issue if they're forcing him to incorporate things from that specific film universe.

“They issued you a license to kill, Mr. Bond. Nobody gave you permission to die.”

Some evenings half a dozen words after edits feels like a victory.

Quite a bit of my fantasy Western novel "Beers of War" is inspired by is the idea of Western range wars, but also the cattle rustling of the Border Reivers in of the English-Scottish border from the 13th-17th centuries. The loss of cows becomes a major plot point as the story goes on!

It is simply untrue that there is an Earth Mars Coalition. No matter what Belter media and its OPA terrorist affiliates say on their feeds.

Earth and the United Nations stand for all of humanity, even the breakaway Martian Congressional Republic.

“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
-Plutarch

Whenever I read about "government department reveals plan for sustainable business model" I imagine someone proposing such a statement for a police department or the military and just laugh and laugh.

As ever, the first snowfall comes and catches me by complete surprise!

Really seems like the expansion of sports betting is a bad idea.

Who could have seen that coming?

This afternoon consider supporting a new indie author with some hard hitting military science fiction. I intend to give more in 2026 and will - I hope - have another round of military science fiction for 2027!

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Even up to the 1950s, for most people, life was harder and came with few modern conveniences.

It is unbelievable how great modern life is for people. There's a lot that could get improved, but for so much of the world, cyclical fears of things like famine and plague are a thing of the past.

Clint Eastwood has a depth of acting and directing credits that always surprises me.

Dang, I was completely unaware there was a series about Catherine Medici called The Serpent Queen. I'm about to end up obsessed with some 16th century French history.

The Trent War On this day, one hundred and sixty years ago, the United States warship, the USS San Jacinto , fired a warning shot across the bow of the Br...

Today we remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of the Victorian Era, where the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over a diplomatic incident in 1861! This is a war that never was, and thank God for that!
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Getting over a nasty case of something miserable and painful.

Good time to remind people @BattlebornMag is open to submissions until Midnight on Veterans Day, November 11.

Some good heroic fantasy to boost my spirits would be appreciated.

A shot I can take only once a year.

I think that Alberta is starting to reach the point where the legality of striking is "we'll strike if we want to and try to stop us!"

I understand that feeling all too well 😅