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M. Dot Christian announces Cosmos Corps – modular 3D files for making SF rockets and spaceships!
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Adam-Troy Castro shares some interesting and disturbing thoughts
Fandom
The Heritage Foundation is Gunning for the Furries
Awards
The 2023-2024 Dragon Awards are now open for nominations
Space
Galactic Collision caught by Webb
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Science
Turns out chromosomes CAN become fossilized
Three more poultry workers diagnosed with bird flu
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Industry
Hacktavistgs release tons of inside data from the Heritage Foundation
Film & TV
Apparently the remake of The Toxic Avenger is unable to find a distributor
J. Michael Straczynski shares a link to the first episode of his animated Watchmen series.
Social Commentary
An AI program now re-creates the creation process for artwork. “See!? I TOLD you it wasn’t AI!”
Just For Fun
The trials of owning a time machine
Mini-Editorial
When I first saw video coverage of the attempted assassination of Trump, I immediately thought “set-up”. It appeared that no one else in the crowd had been affected, Trump is well aware of the razorblade between the fingers trick used in “professional” wrestling and, if nothing else, a staged attempt is something I believe Putin might suggest and even offer assistance with. Not to mention what appeared to be the Secret Service’s take on the Keystone Cops during the incident.
Subsequent reporting has revealed that one person in the audience was killed and that two others were injured, that there was an actual shooter and that he was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
All of that detail (with, of course, much more yet unknown) still leaves much in the dark, and does not entirely remove the possibility of this having been some kind of bizarre staged attempt. (We’ll kill your entire family if you don’t take a shot at Trump. Whether Trump is killed, injured or missed doesn’t matter – any result will boost the Right Wing’s efforts to take over the country…C’mon Mikey P., you know he deserves it!), though it certainly does mitigate against that.
Regardless, the Right now has its Martyr, and there will no doubt be much verbiage spilled in the name of conspiracy theories linking this incident to the Left and Biden (I’m already seeing them).
I fear further political violence, first in attempted retribution, then more generalized. These may have been the opening shots of the next civil war.
I still believe that the Democrats and their supporters can over come this, but it will make the job more difficult.
In the Future
Monday: Free Story – Luck by Diogo Taurinho Prado
Excerpt: Kiva, Issue 1
Tuesday: The Big Idea: Dave Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
Wednesday: Unexpected Questions with Markus Heitz
Thursday: What the FRACK Happened to GALACTICA 1980?
Friday: Matt’s Reviews: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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