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2 - ... Sheri into an epic Anti-Ellison RANT (she was easy to manipulate!). Via eye-contact, Ellison quickly figured out what we were doing. As we approached the lobby where we all were heading, I then addressed Ellison, "Nice to see you Mr. Ellison!" and he just smiled. (Sheri was mortified!)

1 - Gotta share my fave Harlon Ellison true story. (long story -- several posts): Attended WorldCon in Chicago 1982 with a ditzy friend (Sheri) who HATED Ellison. Found ourselves in an elevator with him and Sheri didn't recognize him. I brought up Ellison (somewhat loudly), and triggered...

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I'm so sorry, Ced, that it has come to this. It is SO horrible. I want out of this insane hellhole.

I would love to see every Dem that attends the speech stand up, en masse, as soon as Trump begins speaking and silently leave the chamber. The constitution holds no provisions for a POTUS who envisions himself a monarch other than vague references to "enemies domestic".

AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.

Nah, the Gulf of America is that void in our national Psyche where our heart, soul, and consciousness used to reside.

If it weren't for The Watchman on HBO, I might still not know about the Tulsa Massacre. It was not taught or mentioned in any way when I was in school either.

I used to run Electric Pencil on a TRS-80.

Still screaming 😱😱😱

Of the Covenant books, its close but I still have to go with the original trilogy. Second trilogy is better written and plotted, but the first is what caused me to fall in love with the land and its characters. Third set is garbage, IMO.

However, favorite SRD is his Gap Cycle, by far.

I've never understood how the rape that starts out the Covenant series puts so many people off, yet Game of Thrones which is a rape-fest is so damn popular.

I would hope those that slammed the door on Covenant also avoided GoT for the same reason.

James, Tiberius, Kirk.

YouTube video by JumboPixel CIVILIZATION 7 MODERN AGE GAMEPLAY LOOKS AMAZING! - Railways, Air Combat & New Modern Civs!

Civ7, unlike past Civ games, does not (at least at release) go into the future. The Modern Age ends around 1950'ish after the world wars. Sadly, even our games seem to reflect our backwards-looking culture. No aspiration here!
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Yes Lyrics To Be Added To New Testament VATICAN CITY—In the first-ever union of the Word of God and the Synthesizer, the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals voted unanimously Monday to incorporate the lyrics of Yes into the New Testament...

Yes Lyrics To Be Added To New Testament — theonion.com/yes-lyrics-t...

I cancelled my LATimes and WaPo subscriptions last month due to ownership's cowardly interference with the editorial process. NYTimes is now my sole paper of record.

Having two less avenues for doomscrolling is a bit of a silver lining.