Children on their daddy's shoulders.

Celebrate 75 years of this timeless journey for only $2.99 with Amazon on February 10!

Celebrate 75 years of this timeless journey for only $2.99 with Amazon on February 10 at bit.ly/TTS-75

“Space is deep, man is small, and time is his relentless enemy.” With this opening line from To the Stars, L. Ron Hubbard’s masterpiece has captivated readers worldwide for the past 75 years.

Sauron and Morgoth - More Different than You Think YouTube video by Realms Unravelled

I don't think it's possible to consider Sauron and Morgoth without thinking of Musk and Trump. Give it a try. youtu.be/DUqEIyg38Ok?...

Self deleting is painless. It brings on many changes...

The Post Offics will no longer accept packages from China and Hong Kong. How many SF novels predicted this event?

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

Perfectly captured.

2024 Recommended Reading List Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! This list is compiled by the Locus editor…

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Fun Story. The #UIL state policy #Debate competition in Texas was open to all in one division. It was never a problem...until a team of 2 girls won in 1920.

The following year, they created gendered divisions.

when you watch the movie with all the exposition removed YouTube video by CinemaStix

The Bourne Identity as a single character point of view film? Yes, please! youtu.be/RdcSFsQRsnc?...

We need people to stop being MAGAts.

When I was a lad there was nothing more exciting than getting that next SFBC book in the mail! My brother and I would rock, paper, scissors for the glory of reading the book first.

The Science Fiction Book Club Will Be Greatly Missed - Reactor If reports are true, we bid a fond farewell to an SF institution.

The venerable SFBC is shutting down?! bit.ly/3CHGB38

The BIGGEST wargaming board in YouTube History! Helms Deep Lord of the Rings Warhammer Scenery YouTube video by Zorpazorp

This guy should be working in Hollywood. His gaming builds are on another level for detail and scale. youtu.be/JSjIfDW-RzY?...

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Muons

Muons xkcd.com/3043/

When Your Favourite Author Is A Monster YouTube video by Library of a Viking

This is not something folks like to talk about but this is where we are. Over 1,000, surprisingly constructive, comments shows how many people are trying to deal with the allegations against Gaiman... youtu.be/Dshg249w1uo?...

Benedict Cumberbatch reads a letter to a man blow-drying his balls at the gym YouTube video by Letters Live

And now, for something completely different.... youtu.be/YHT39XcYVDk?...

NESFA Science Fiction Small Press #nesfa #sciencefiction #smallpress #newengland YouTube video by Vintage SF

Vintage SF shines a light on NESFA -- the long-standing SF club and Press. youtu.be/B-tcEdkgUZI?...

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RIP: Longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90, the team announced (via ESPN)

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad

Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Kurt Vonnegut's letter to the future YouTube video by Letters Live

youtu.be/KhhTr8wH2P4?...

Martha Wells's MURDERBOT DIARIES series gets omnibus editions Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries  has been one of the most critically-acclaimed science fiction series of the past eight years, winning t...

Martha Wells's MURDERBOT DIARIES series gets omnibus editions thewertzone.blogspot.com/2025/01/mart...

Radon

Radon xkcd.com/3037/

Gab peaked at 100,000 active users;
Parler peaked much higher at 4 million;
Truth Social, at its peak, was 2 million;
Post hit 1 million and stalled there;
Bluesky is at 6.4 million active users and growing.

I think Bluesky crosses 27 million accounts tomorrow and 30 million by next month.

30 million by next month, I think.