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SOCIAL
In Support of Black History Month – Shows you should watch
Morgan Freeman on the Russian Hacks (This is how a real president speaks, and Morgan ought to know, he’s played one in film)
Black Panther Advance Ticket Sales Outpace all other previous Superhero films
Gender Neutral National Anthem from Canada (and they have universal healthcare too!)
Monopoly Cheater’s Edition (new edition tries to refocus attention on game’s original intent)
NASA Launches Anti-Harassment Campaign (’cause, you know, who needs that shit in space!?!)
Lou Antonelli Apologizes (kinda) to Foz Meadows and Camestros Felapton for erroneously claiming Foz’s Husband is Felapton. Fellow Travelers Yet to Offer Their Own Apologies and Some Double Down with more hate and vitriol (guess who?)
ENTERTAINMENT
…Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear…and GW Thomas has a few things to say… about Space Opera (to the tune of Science Fiction Double Feature)
Dumarest of Terra Comes to the Small Screen
Fighting Giant Lizard People? Let Captain Kirk Give You Some Tips
Westworld Season 2 Trailer To Air During Superbowl
American Gods Season 2 Gets New Showrunner
TWD Season 8 Mid-Season Trailer
INDUSTRY
Hugo Awards Nominations for 2017 Open (retros too)
Black SF Authors Attending Boskone Get Some Special Attention
Boskone Guest Mini-Interviews and More Mini-Interviews
Robert Sawyer Appointed to Order of Ontario (the guy’s gonna need a dinner jacket to display all those medals!)
NYRSFR: Van Gelder Presents 5 Authors Reading from Welcome to Dystopia
Arthur C Clarke Center for Human Imagination Podcast
Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List
Rocket Stack Rank Hugo Awards Nominations Help
Rocket Stack Rank Annotated Locus Reading List
SCIENCE
Killer Whale Learns to Speak Human (Do you think it said “Fa loves Pa”?
Latest SETI Estimates of Technological Civilizations
LIDAR Reveals Ginormous Mayan City (via File 770)
Fast Asteroid Will Pass Close To Earth Today
Hologram Prince Will Appear in Superbowl Half-time Show
