The Most Lethal(ly contagious) Fighting Force In The World!

Had to take a scifi break after some brain benders and listened to River Solomon's Model House.

Legit internal screaming as I got to the climax of the book.

Someone needs to tell River to calm tf down before they give me an panic attack lol

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Finished Babel 17. That was a trip, lol. Good recommendation 👍

This, warehouses on fire, Altman's house getting shot at, Vance getting dragged at every event, Trump getting called demonic by christians

Idaknow nature might be healing

Lol

Lmao

i love when all the worst people you know are fighting

Web panel with Jiang Xuequin, Aleksandr Dugin, and Sneako

I've had a niggling suspicion about Professor Jiang but seeing him do a panel with Aleksandr Dugin and Sneako is enough to confirm that he's likely a piece of shit.

Uncanny central figure of what I assume is ghosts of veterans emerging from the sky above Donald Christ in his AI slop Truth post next to a second image of what might possibly be the source AI drew from, which is what appears to be an iStock pop art image of Uncle Sam eating out Lady Liberty.

I have not seen a better explanation of what this figure is supposed to be and I'm rolling

As a dumb white guy, these stats are fucking vile and I hate it.

Current status of the Straight of Hormuz dispute with image of man holding gun to Baby Vance's head who is also pointing gun at his head

Quickly slapped this together

The long term threat posed by this administration's health policies, or lack thereof, are not contained to the US alone, and the consequences will be generational.

Everyone in this administration has brought their own destructive project to the unraveling of the US state, as it was, but the global threat created by RFK Jr's dismissal of health science for private "wellness" interests is a crime that requires exemplar punishment.

Hell yeah

It costs you exactly $0 to not say something this stupid.

Finished:
The Forever War
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Blindsight
Echopraxia

Currently:
The Parable of the Sower

Jfc I never considered how dark yet powerful Sower was going to be. I'm trying not to cry listening to an old books-on-tape rip of this book, god damn

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Book update: the world is maybe worse than last post. Somehow I've accidentally, or subconsciously, chosen a string of books with themes of empathy, explicit or in part.

For you “what have you been doing besides sitting on your phone” people

I think people are allowed to draw conclusions about the American people based on their decision to put this man in office bsky.app/profile/pear...

This is essentially a declaration of dictatorship.

I have no video editing experience but for anyone who does, there could not be an easier setup for you to smash cut to every single example of the US doing exactly what these assholes accuse other countries of doing. This is the media version of a man's foot about to step on a rake.

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I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them

In Idaho, a trans person can be sentenced to up to five years in prison if convicted of felony using-the-restroom.

By comparison, simple assault is charged as a misdemeanor (up to six months in jail), and 2 DUI convictions gets you 10 days in jail in Idaho.

Please, I am begging people: never again repeat the claim that only two people were killed in the occupation of Minnesota.

Man I love A Scanner Darkly. I thought the movie was a great adaption of it, too. I also listened to an audiobook version of Ubik about 10 years ago but I'll need to revisit it.

Yeah, I heard someone else talking about the Culture books and it sounded really interesting. I'll check it out

Oh man I forgot all about Roadside Picnic, thanks!

Oh damn, I think Electric Sheep should be on my list. I'm trying to get through all of Dick's work.

Currently working on Jurassic Park

TBR is
Earthseed 1 and 2
White Noise
The Forever War
The Expanse series
The Earthsea series (scifi enough)

Who's got recommendations?
#books #booksky #bookclub

The world is on fire and I'm filled with despair so as a comfort project I've started slamming through scifi novels. Last couple months I've finished

First 4 of The Book of the New Sun
The Man in the High Castle
The Left Hand of Darkness
Starship Troopers
Solaris