The saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Dr. I. Asimov
SOCIAL
Storm Trooper Costumes Banned From Princeton U. Reunion (that’s not really the issue. The issue is the reunion organizers claiming to never have made the connection between Nazi storm troopers and the iconic gang who couldn’t shoot straight from Star Wars.)
Facebook is now going to tell you if you are a fool
Predator-in-Chief’s Known Targets
If You Are Currently Indulging, You Probably Don’t Care: A Comparison of Alcohol and Marijuana
ENTERTAINMENT
Awesome Women of NASA Lego Sets
Museum Renovations Include Homage to Amazing Stories (via Farrell McGovern)
Is Technological Growth Over-Powering Our Wisdom?
Slippery Stairs: The KInd of Gameshow Any Number of SF Authors Could Have (and should have) Invented
The Planet Express Ship Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
The Nine Circles of Writer’s Hell
See the NSFW Image Below: This Statue of a Saint Has Been Covered Up (it’s funnier if you have to scroll down to see it)
You Know How Our Tech Seems to Be Outpacing Our Wisdom? Keep That in Mind For This Next Piece: Flat Earther to Launch Aboard Steam Rocket
Everyone Wants to Pet Baby Dinosaurs
Agents of Shield Season 5 Photo Shoot
Read GotG Vol. 2 Script Online
Vintage Space Toys – Supersized!
NYRSFR Festival of Singing Friends
Why Critics Hate It and Viewers Love It: The Orville
INDUSTRY
David Brin Introduces TASAT (There’s A Story About That) Crowd-Sourced SF Think Tank
FANAC Fan History Project Updates
Patrick Rothfus on academic snobbery
Academics Have Been Snobbish Since At Least the 1950s (via Roger Christenson)
Arizona Fandom (eg fannish things in Arizona, not people gushing on the state)
NavyCon (Yes, the academy hosted a convention)
How to Cover a Rocket Launch With Just Your Phone
Interview a NASA Astronaut Pre-Flight
Some Thoughts on Literary Agents
Game of Thrones Episode Hacker Charged
N.K. Jemisin, Others on NY Times Book Review List of 100 Notable Books of 2017
SCIENCE
Peddle Faster: Earth’s Slowing Rotation Leads to More Earthquakes
Dreamchaser Glides to Test Completion
RAMA Has Entered Our Solar System
First Human Gene Editing Procedure
Dog Reviews Academic Journal Submissions
If You’ve Got a Traversable Wormhole, You Can Escape From a Black Hole
Plasma Ring Created Using High Pressure Water and a Glass Plate (Makes me wonder what’s going on inside my dishwasher!)
Must Be Hurricane Season on Jupiter (cause there’s no monoliths)
2017’s Brightest Supermoon Coming Soon
NSFW
Catholic School Statue a bit too suggestive….