SOCIAL
I’M A GOOGLE MANUFACTURING ROBOT AND I BELIEVE HUMANS ARE BIOLOGICALLY UNFIT TO HAVE JOBS IN TECH (via Natalie Luhrs)
The Letter James Damore Should Have Gotten from Larry Page (via Natalie Luhrs)
What’s on Sale at the Trump Tower Gift Shop? KKK Hoods for a Start
Monopolies Imperil Democracies. Google is a Monopoly
ENTERTAINMENT
Not Quite as Good as Shatner’s “Get a Life!”: Lucas tells autograph bums to take a hike.
2001: A Space Odyssey on the BIG Screen
Rowling Waits 19 Years to Deliver
Blade Runner 2049 Will Run a Bit Longer Than Usual
INDUSTRY
Hugo Awards Ceremony Photos (Our own Tanya Tynjala)
Jack Kirby’s 100th (via Dave Creek)
Frank M. Robinson’s Memoir Published (via Mike Walsh)
Catherynne Valente Glass Tower game Book Tour
Film Based on Paul Levinson Tale Makes Film Festival Semi-Final Round
Ben Bova’s Mars Series in Film Development (via Mike Walsh)
Oscar Goldman/Richard Anderson Gone
Excellence in Filking Award Finalists Announced
Surprising Stories: September 2017 Issue
The Art of the Pulps New Release
SCIENCE
Pedro Paulet Rocket Scientist and More and Even More
Remnants of a 1437 A.D. Sky Show Tracked Down (via File 770)
You Won’t Get This on Your Crystal Set: Radio Bursts from 3 Billion LYs Away
Moon’s Eclipse Shadow Seen from the Moon
How to Fend off a Floating Ball of Fire Ants (a BMFG won’t help)
Florence Fly-By Biggest NEA on Record
Space X Falcon Heavy Test Launch a Big Pucker Factor
Water Detected on Trappist Exo-planets
Distant Hypothetical Alien Megastructure Might Be a Ringed Planet
Magic Defeats Self-Driving Car
Cumulative Days in Space Record Set
Juno Soon to Baste Itself Again in Jupiter’s Radiation Belt