Way IMPORTANT Note: Dr. Stephen Hawking – we need more than one planetary home for humans because we’re both greedy AND stupid
Special Note: The WCSFA is hosting their annual summer auction. Lots of cool genre stuff
Futurescope: Trump Forever (ugh!)
SOCIAL
Inside the TX Warehouse Concentration Camp for Children
Will the 2020 Election be “Fair”?
If you’re going to send ‘dick-pics’ (to someone who said it’s ok) – do it the right way
Organ-Legging Redux – Chinese Government Edition
Conspiracy Mongers Beware: There Are Consequences for Spewing Hate & BS. They’re called Lawsuits
Black Panther Author Excoriates McConnell in Public Testimony
Thousands Protest Good Omens Show – and Protest the WRONG Broadcaster (This is why it would help to watch the thing you are protesting FIRST)
Trevor Noah Explains Reparations (no, you do not get a cookie just for being poor and white)
ENTERTAINMENT
Gahan Wilson Produces a New Cartoon (we love Gahan and wish him all the best!)
Stranger Things Trailer (woohoo!)
F&SF Produces Gallery of Bhen Covers (David A. Hardy illustrations)
What can you say about chocolate covered manhole covers? How about “tiny hats for toads?”
Well, NOW we know how that whole Princess Leia “cinnamon bun” hair style came from (Cast photo)
More Jo Walton – RAH’s Double Star
Monks in Space Becoming SF Cliche
Art: From the State of Black Science Fiction
Robert J Sawyer to Headline Screening of Last Episodes of Star Trek Continues
Barbara Bain to Appear at Space: 1999 Con
INDUSTRY
Mueller Report to Become Graphic Novel
Irene Gallo Promoted to VP at TOR
Star Trek for the WIN! Star Fleet symbol on Mars has SW fans and Mark Hamil all verklempt
Fanzine covers the first Corflu (and other scanned ‘zines)
Milton Davis to Present at Decatur Book Festival
Walton Takes a Look at the 1956 Hugo Ballot
Fan History – Samuel Russell
Boskone (2020) Announces Guest LIne Up
Kimberly Unger Announces Release Info for Her Debut SF Novel (Kimbery writes for Amazing)
Jack Clemons (who also writes for Amazing) visits with a spacesuit
Commentary on the Author’s Guild
A First Edition of Hugo Gernsback’s Ralph124C41+ brought over $9000 at auction. (An ‘execrable info dump’ commanded nearly 10k?) Also see Ansible’s books and freebies
SCIENCE
Mars Farted and Scientists are Excited
You know that guy who defied his father to make rockets in the movie October Sky? He says Mars Missions are a crock
Two Terrestrial Exo Planets, 12.5 Light Years Away Discovered
Robocop Deployed. Looks Vaguely Daleky, but doesn’t say “exterminate”
Mexicanx Giant Squid Caught on Film It was a young squid, ‘only’ about 14 feet long – maybe a quarter of its full-grown size
The Singing Seals: Seals Learn to sing Twinkle Twinkle
Costa Rica Setting Standards for Wildlife Preservation
NASA Plans Risky Manuever for Mars Probe
