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This isn't a popular genre at the moment, but you'll be back.
December 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This isn't a popular genre at the moment, but you'll be back.
A minimal plot is fairly common in literary fiction but rare in genre.
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A minimal plot is fairly common in literary fiction but rare in genre.
Hill Street Blues is someone quoted as the first show that didn't. Though you could see arcs earlier in e.g. Blake's Seven.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hill Street Blues is someone quoted as the first show that didn't. Though you could see arcs earlier in e.g. Blake's Seven.
There was a major court case fought over the argument that Holmes was a much nicer person in the latter books than in the early ones.
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There was a major court case fought over the argument that Holmes was a much nicer person in the latter books than in the early ones.
It's a bit complicated if you have a pre-existing romantic relationship: www.youtube.com/shorts/rREtn...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It's a bit complicated if you have a pre-existing romantic relationship: www.youtube.com/shorts/rREtn...
If the moon yells back then go to therapy.
December 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If the moon yells back then go to therapy.
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Later on it occurred to me that I'd recently seen an excellent play that I thought Andrew Upton had produced/directed/whatever and I could thank him for that but by then it was too far to go back.
Later on it occurred to me that I'd recently seen an excellent play that I thought Andrew Upton had produced/directed/whatever and I could thank him for that but by then it was too far to go back.
I was walking on the street, there was a bit of public space. Cate Blanchett + Andrew Upton + their kids were using it to play together. I couldn't think of anything useful to say so I kept walking.
December 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Later on it occurred to me that I'd recently seen an excellent play that I thought Andrew Upton had produced/directed/whatever and I could thank him for that but by then it was too far to go back.
Later on it occurred to me that I'd recently seen an excellent play that I thought Andrew Upton had produced/directed/whatever and I could thank him for that but by then it was too far to go back.
I found the wallet of Rodney Overby, announcer for the Sydney Kings basketball team, and arranged to meet him in the pub to return it. I don't follow basketball and had no idea who he was until drinkers in the pub started asking for his autograph. He gave me tickets.
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Swedish expats gathered near the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney to be waved at by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. They cheered, she waved, then her car took her up the road to where I happened to be. She looked unsure if I was Swedish but waved specifically to me just in case.
December 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Swedish expats gathered near the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney to be waved at by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. They cheered, she waved, then her car took her up the road to where I happened to be. She looked unsure if I was Swedish but waved specifically to me just in case.
Dune Quixote de la Mancha: Only those whose eyes are blue with spice can see him battle Sardaukar and sand worms.
December 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Dune Quixote de la Mancha: Only those whose eyes are blue with spice can see him battle Sardaukar and sand worms.
Brigadune: A rainforest paradise (poisonous to worms) appears once a century.
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Brigadune: A rainforest paradise (poisonous to worms) appears once a century.
Lorna Dune, a story of feuding families.
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Lorna Dune, a story of feuding families.
The ritual shall make us three.
December 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The ritual shall make us three.
I raise two chicken legs.
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I raise two chicken legs.
Or a composite image.
December 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Or a composite image.
What about other threats? Velociraptors, pandemics, Godzilla, ...
December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What about other threats? Velociraptors, pandemics, Godzilla, ...
Planter grows antlers, infiltrates deer herd.
December 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Planter grows antlers, infiltrates deer herd.
My impression was that Australia bowled better than England, and England batted b̷e̷t̷t̷e̷r̷ less badly than Australia.
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My impression was that Australia bowled better than England, and England batted b̷e̷t̷t̷e̷r̷ less badly than Australia.
But they're the same batters who score runs in other circumstances. It's like dinosaurs going extinct: is it coincidence they all fell down in a heap at the same time, or an environmental change?
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
But they're the same batters who score runs in other circumstances. It's like dinosaurs going extinct: is it coincidence they all fell down in a heap at the same time, or an environmental change?
Audubon's Hobbits of Eriador
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Audubon's Hobbits of Eriador
But we still need a movie set on Earth, showing the horrific consequences of not getting the unobtainium.
December 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
But we still need a movie set on Earth, showing the horrific consequences of not getting the unobtainium.
Every ten years someone has the idea of making Rogue Moon but it never happens.
December 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Every ten years someone has the idea of making Rogue Moon but it never happens.
Not easy, though. Height differences are a pain.
December 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Not easy, though. Height differences are a pain.
Supervillain's machine makes fire tornados.
December 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Supervillain's machine makes fire tornados.
When I think of capsaicin and Trump I imagine him on a toilet of fool's gold.
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
When I think of capsaicin and Trump I imagine him on a toilet of fool's gold.