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U=(N/T)M*G: Meltdown

October 16, 2022 by T.A. Creech

I guess Google had a meltdown? It lasted long enough for people to notice? I must have been at the day job when that happened and missed it. It’s pretty funny how weird that sounds. I first jumped online as a wee teenager back when AOL and Netscape were the major players, when dial up was the only way to get online. When the first Diablo game was super popular. If something like Google crashed back then, we’d collectively shrug and find a different search engine. No big deal. Not to get political about this, but this is why monopolies … Read more

Boogieman In Lavender: Ban This Book!!!!! (Now That I Have Your Attention…)

October 19, 2022October 13, 2022 by Jeff Baker

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I had planned on running something for Halloween (in fact had it already been written.) But disturbing trends call for something else for this, the October of our discontent. October is in the air. Halloween, falling leaves, football. And book bans and challenges are roaring into high gear. A decade or so ago, Conservative talk radio would grumble about “The American Library Association and their Banned Book Week,” claiming that “no books are being banned” even as they slyly attempted to remove books from libraries and bookstores. Now, with more conservative-friendly judges and organizations energized we see supposed … Read more

U=(N/T)M*G: ISS

August 28, 2022 by T.A. Creech

International Space Station floating right above curved edge of Earth.

I saw this in the news a few weeks ago and only got around to reading what was going on in the last couple of days. I gotta say, I’m pretty damned sad its come to this. Russia has decided it will no longer participate in the ISS after 2024. This ISS is an amazing triumph for humanity, not just the US and Russia. It was a symbol of hope for a lot of people, that no matter what drama was happening on the political stage, those who could actually do good for our world were still working together without … Read more

FOR WRITERS: How Political Are You As a Writer?

December 14, 2017 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: Politics. What’s your approach in regard to your professional life? I’ll break this down a little. 1) Are you open about your politics on your writer profiles, social media, etc or do you keep it under wraps? 2) Do your political views inform your writing? Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Writing Politically

April 13, 2017 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Trevor Barton: Do you avoid politics in your stories to skip these danger zones at the risk of never making important points? Or do you get political in your stories and risk disagreement (or worse)? Join the chat