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1. I'm NOT the sort of SF/F nerd who thinks everyone needs to read a "canon" of older works in genre like they're homework before they get to call themselves a fan, nevertheless the book I'm always mildly surprised when people say they haven't read it is "Snow Crash," which to me is era-defining...
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Winter Weather Advisory issued January 20 at 11:04PM EST until January 21 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Gaylord MI
Additional Details Here.
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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December 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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This should be illegal. It makes me want to fucking scream:

www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...
36% Of Job Adverts Are Fake—How To Spot Them In 2024
More than a third of job adverts posted online are fake—known as "ghost" jobs. So how do you spot them and avoid wasting your time? Here are some tips for 2024.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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I don’t want to alarm anyone but, there’s an ill omen on the wind
December 23, 2023 at 5:39 PM
My dear friend and dog Alfie passed away after 11 wonderful years…

Tonight while watching the geminids meteor shower my partner looks at me and says:

“ and I bet she was one hell of a shooting star”. ~ From Old Man’s War

I’m still wiping away the tears

@scalzi.com thanks for the beautiful words
December 15, 2023 at 6:21 AM
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Happy Washington Post Strike Day, reminder not to open the site or links to the site, or pick up that old-fashioned thing called a newspaper, because you don't want to be a scab reader today

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/b...
Washington Post Journalists Go on One-Day Strike
The 24-hour strike is the first walkout at The Post since the 1970s, union leaders said.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2023 at 3:17 PM
“Officials say they have recovered the 23rd and last body of a climber from a volcano that erupted last weekend” ~NPR

This guy had 23 bodies? Did he take his body collection with him climbing? Was he body snatching? I need to know more about this man and his 23 bodies! Come on NPR tell me more!
December 6, 2023 at 4:42 PM
It’s intimidating starting a new social media profile. I keep having flashbacks to all the cringe worthy moments from past platforms… and don’t even get me started on how anxiety inducing it is to pick who to follow(is that the correct term?).
December 4, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Headlands, Emmet County, Michigan
December 4, 2023 at 5:40 PM