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The only reason the Mac looks like it does is because Steve Jobs dropped in on a course taught by this former monk
Matt Rosoff
Mar 9, 2016, 02:36 IST
Steve Jobs was a college dropout in 1973, but he still occasionally hung around the campus of Reed College, the Portland, Oregon, school he went to, and audited the occasional class.
One of those classes was calligraphy, and it was taught by a Trappist monk named Robert Palladino.
Palladino died last month, and his obituary in the New York Times explains that he was a huge influence on Jobs and Apple.
Jobs credited Palladino's class with teaching him about typefaces, and later boasted in a 2005 commencement address at Stanford that he designed "beautiful typography" into the Mac. Jobs said:
If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Jobs may never have met Palladino in the first place if he hadn't abandoned the Trappist monastery where he was a monk in 1968. But he'd fallen in love with a clarinetist in the Portland Symphony, Catherine Halverson, and married her after being dispensed from his priestly vows. He rejoined the priesthood in 1995, after his wife's death.
You can read Palladino's obituary here>>
And here's a video of one of his lectures.
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Twitter asks users: 'Are you psychic?'
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London, UK – Social messaging service Twitter is to conduct an experiment into remote viewing – the psychic ability to see distant locations.
Members of the UK public will be asked to tweet their impressions of a randomly chosen spot in the UK visited by a Twitter researcher. Then they will vote on which of five photographs on a website shows the spot. The test will be repeated four times with different locations. If three of the five targets are successfully identified, the researchers believe the study will give credibility to remote viewing.
The study will be conducted by psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire, who specialises in investigating psychic phenomena. He said: "Personally, I'm sceptical, but three hits would be against odds of one in 125, which would be quite impressive."
The team hopes that about 10,000 people will take part in the test, which is being conducted in collaboration with New Scientist magazine.
Professor Wiseman will travel to each target location and send a message to thousands of participants to tweet their thoughts about his surroundings.
Twenty minutes after sending this message, he will transmit another containing a website address on which participants can view photographs of the actual location and four decoys. They will then cast their votes.
Professor Wiseman has conducted a number of experiments testing psychic powers. "I have staged several mass participation studies over the years, but this is the first to use Twitter," he said. "The instant nature of Tweets allows thousands of people to take part in real time, making it perfect for an extra-sensory perception experiment. If the effect does exist then having so many people participate will help detect it."
Back in the 1970s, the CIA spent $20 million investigating remote viewing. "The Russians were doing the same thing, and there was evidence from laboratory studies that suggested there might be something going on," said Prof Wiseman.
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Poet activists from around the nation will gather at the University of Washington for a daylong conference Feb. 3 about creativity in activism — and then give full voice to that creativity in evening performances at the Seattle Public Library. All are welcome.
The conference, called "Activist Poetics: Affect and Audience in the Digital Age," sponsored by the UW Simpson Center and organized by three UW Bothell faculty members, will explore the importance of creativity in activism. It will be held in the Petersen Room of Allen Library from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Then from 7 to 10 in the evening, many of those participating will convene in the Microsoft Auditorium at the Seattle Public Library's Central Branch for a free public performances of their poetry.
"Each of our selected performers has been inspired by — and deeply engaged with — the surge of public and digitally inflected social movements," said co-organizer micha cárdenas, assistant professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences and interactive media design at UW Bothell and director of the UW Poetic Operations Collaborative.
Joining cárdenas in organizing the event are Amaranth Borsuk and Sarah Dowling, both also assistant professors of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at UW Bothell.
"Hashtags such as #Blacklivesmatter, #sayhername and #blacktranslivesmatter have become incantations — the poetic phrases that have helped mobilize social movements via social media and other digital networks, building new solidarities as they go," said Borsuk.
The day's discussions, cárdenas notes, are academic in nature, aimed at "advancing questions on a theoretical/aesthetic front," and the evening's performances are more geared toward a general audience — but press are welcome at both.
For more information, contact cárdenas at 425-352-5350 or michamc@uw.edu.


Happy Memorial Day! We've spent the long weekend planting grass, which has cut into my sewing time. Still, I've made decent progress on the Hunter's Star.
I laid it out on some leftover batting when SOMEONE kept running across it and scattering blocks. Of course, SOMEONE thinks the batting makes it even better to nap on.
On the actual wall is the iSpy. The two side rows are together and most of the two middle are pieced. I might need to cut one or two more pairs of novelties to fill it in.


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Taxiapp: London's black cab co-op alternative to Uber
'TFL's decision not to renew Uber London's operating license suggests the current trajectory of app-based taxi services needs to change'
By Co-operative News
TFL announced today (22 September) it will not be renewing Uber's licence with the ride-hailing app 'not fit and proper' to operate in London. The decision has raised questions over the future of the city's transport options, however Taxiapp London offers a new, sustainable model run solely by a group of taxi drivers.
Sean Paul Day, Taxiapp London founding member, said: "Today's decision proves that our laws have to be respected and that London's private hire industry should not dominated by multinational companies. This a crucial time for tech starts-up like Taxiapp, who continue to prove more self-sufficient, having been able to survey the horizon and grow in a more sustainable way that puts both drivers and passengers at the forefront."
The Taxiapp London team
Taxiapp is completely owned by London black cab drivers. It allows passengers to book and pay like they would through Uber, but rather than a fixed price that can be subject to huge surges, the fare is always decided by the meter. Unlike Uber, it is built on transparency and promotes fair economic growth and will be relaunched in October with a new feature to protect the ritual of hailing a cab.
Ed Mayo, Secretary general of Co-operatives UK, said: "TFL's decision not to renew Uber London's operating license suggests the current trajectory of app-based taxi services needs to change. Platform businesses are not going anywhere but they are going to evolve. We need a new wave of successful platforms with the same great user experience, but built on trust, transparency and economic fairness. It looks like TFL agrees. Ethical alternatives like driver-led Taxiapp are springing up – through the co-operation of the drivers themselves. A better platform economy is already on its way."
Taxiapp London utilises a fully licenced and officially metered service endorsed by Transport for London, which means no surge pricing for passengers. Every one of the licenced drivers has passed the world famous 'Knowledge of London' test, which has proven to result in shorter journey times and a more efficient service.
The app is non-for-profit owned directly by the drivers themselves developed with the aim of offering an honest, trustworthy service that puts customer and driver welfare at the forefront. By utilising tried and tested technology this small group from one of London's oldest surviving professions are leading the way in bringing transparency to the London transport. Taxiapp is currently in the process of applying for support through the Hive, the business support programme powered by The Co-operative Bank and delivered by Co-operatives UK.
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Sorry if I'm too late for this, belated Happy birthday to you. I'm a big fan of Bejiita-ouji, even had a scrapbook of pics... you did a great job on voicing Vegeta and you're my favorite too... I got the chance to send a message to chris sabat and he got it, answering back. I Hope u would too, I got a facebook account, please try and visit.
Aja and more power to you!
Do you have the best voice for Vejita!


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As product managers, designers and marketers, we love the clarity that comes from A/B testing. We have an idea or design of what we want to test, a theory on why and we let the users behavior determine the outcome from a controlled experiment.
Be aware of A/B testing has limitations and variabilities possibly outside of your control.
Assumes you have tested and have the right JTBD or Workflow.
Limit of two options will save time and reduce cost but minimizes insights.
Temporal effects can be seen from running the test to long or short.
Benefits may be short lived or cyclical.
Mode effect from different devices or screen sizes may skew results.
Interaction effects can amplify results.
The more tests you run, the higher the chance of error.
It may not account for all intermittent or unknown variables.
It's not multivariate, mixed method or qualitative research.


I wrote this post about four years back while doing my MBA at Columbia Business School. For some reason (don't remember why), didn't publish it. So putting it out now.
This week reinforced my belief in the reach and impact of technology. It's across industries and continents. It spans different walks of life and touches people in different ways. But the common element is that it has more impact than ever before. Here's a recap of four events/cases this week shed light on how technology is playing a critical role in various industries.
Paul Calello, CEO of Credit Suisse investment banking division gave a talk on leadership and state of financial markets. He was asked what is the next big thing that will influence the market. His one word answer was technology. He went on to explain how technology can increase transparency, make it more practical to put forth checks in place and help make better decisions than ever before.
In supply chain management class, the case study for the week was Zara success story. One sentence reasoning behind Zara's success is its heavy investments in information technology and automated infrastructure. The amazing infrastructure Zara has put in place to have a rapid inventory update every six weeks (less than half the time taken by a typical competitor in the space) is heavily dependent on connectivity and automation in supply chain management.
Next was a simulations exercise for Statistics class to find out a bond which is more profitable and less risky than a bunch of specified stocks. In other words, statistical regression using computing power to solve an otherwise a complex looking problem.
Lastly, a talk on Google's impact on creating the massive digital library. Very interesting to see two contradicting sides of impact technology was having on an industry. On the brighter side, the knowledge was going to be universally available to anyone interested in leveraging it. On the darker side, activities like piracy will grow and the revenue hit on publishers will in turn have an impact on authors motivation.
I have always been a believer in technology and its power. I strongly believe in the idea that it's the application of technology in innovative ways that is going to have a lasting impact for many years to come.
This old saying states in very clear words the importance of trust in decision-making process. Whether you are making a personal decision or a business decision, knowingly or unknowingly, trust has a say in it. It is a confidence building factor which helps you make a decision and defend it when something goes wrong.
In case of a business, trust has multiple impact areas. Your sales efforts get a big shot in the arm if your prospective customers trust you. You get the best talent to work with you and the best advisers to guide you. It is one thing that can have an amazing ripple effect in everything from valuation of your company to your reputation in the industry to your success.
The importance of trust highlights a very important thing about businesses that we often overlook. Businesses are often treated as entities. But this puts the human element of businesses front and center. You are a human being and you deal with other human beings. By nature there is skepticism in trying new things, in believing in new technology and in relying on new people. But when you do go for it and get results as expected (or better than expected), an amazing thing happens. You feel good about making the right decision and eventually develop trust for what was back in the day a new thing.
Trust has three very important properties. It is contagious, it reciprocates and it is fragile. In order to be successful, you need to work on all of them. You need an initial set of mavens who trust you and are willing to vouch for you. You need to have an open enough mindset to trust others, partner with them and work with them. And most important, you should be careful about not breaking the trust of others. It's something that takes a lifetime to build and seconds to destroy!


When updating Proclaim, you may receive a message Error writing to file which prevents the update from installing. This error can occur if the permissions or ownership for Proclaim files have been changed. This may be caused by certain PC "Cleaning" or security software. To fix this issue, you'll need to repair the ownership settings on the Proclaim folder and files (recommended), or elevate the process temporarily.
This error message is caused by a problem in your Windows configuration. We strongly recommend fixing the configuration issue as the long-term solution, by resetting the ownership of the Proclaim directory, and applying that change to all subcontainers and files.
Warning: Modifying ownership and permissions in the Windows Users folder can be dangerous and may prevent access to other files if not done correctly. Because you are modifying your Windows configuration, we may be unable to assist you. If you need help, please contact a tech-savvy friend, Microsoft technician or your computer manufacturer for assistance. You can still follow the temporary workaround in the meantime.
Follow along with this animation, or read the steps below to restore administrator access to the Proclaim directory.
To begin, access the Proclaim data folder in Windows Explorer by navigating to the %LOCALAPPDATA% directory.
Note: these directions are for Windows 10 and may not fully apply to older versions of Windows. If you're running Proclaim on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, visit this page to receive directions.
Right click the Proclaim directory and select Properties from the right-click menu.
In the Security tab, click the Advanced button at the bottom of the dialog.
At the top of the advanced settings dialog, click Change button.
Select Locations on the right side of the dialog that pops up and confirm your local computer is selected.
On the right side of the dialog that appears, select Find Now from the list.
Select your user name from the list and click OK.
Check the box to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.
Network logins: if you log into your computer through an office network, these steps may be slightly different. In step 4, you will need to select your network, instead of your computer. If you're unsure, consult your Network Administrator before making any changes.
You can now retry the Proclaim update. It should work if you selected the correct user account. If not, please use the temporary work around below and ask a tech-savvy friend, your network administrator, computer manufacturer or a certified Microsoft technician to assist you with the steps above.
Note: if the above does not resolve the problem it is likely the source of the problem resides elsewhere in the user directory and should be handled by your network administrator, computer manufacturer or a certified Microsoft technician.
Right-click the Proclaim icon on the desktop, and choose Run as Administrator. (If Proclaim is pinned to the taskbar, right click, then in the menu, right click again on Proclaim, and choose Run as Adminstrator.).
When the User Account Control prompts "Do you want to allow...", click Yes.
When Proclaim prompts to install the update, click Yes again.
This will "elevate" the process, and should allow the update to install, but this does not resolve the root issue and will require administrator authentication every time Proclaim prompts to update.


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Founded in 2001, AVOXI combines international virtual number services with cloud communications solutions to power more than 2,400 corporate contact centres worldwide. The Company operates from facilities in Atlanta as well as from its Charleston innovation hub.
AVOXI provides toll free virtual numbers from more countries than any other communications service provider in the industry. The Company also offers local virtual phone numbers which give businesses a professional presence in markets where a physical location does not exist. In addition, AVOXI's cloud contact centre solutions give clients predictive technology and tools to help them operate more efficiently.
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Dragged from the car, threatened and abused. This was what a 22 year old, Pune based woman, encountered when travelling in the car with her two male friends.
She was returning home after a Sangeet rehearsal, in the early parts of the morning.
"How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two males at such a time ? In Pune, this is not allowed". These are the words spoken by the accused. Isn't it horrifying to know that even in these modern times, women are targeted for dressing in a short skirt and roaming with male friends in a cosmopolitan city like Pune. Astonishing.
Cops here to support whom?
Turning to the police for help was the wisest decision to make. However, it came to light that the police took a week to register the case. When such incidents take place, we turn to the police for support. But when action is not taken fast enough, it's truly disappointing. We tend to lose our faith in the the system.
Can a woman not dress as she desires, in a modern city like Pune? She was hanging out with two male friends. Was that such a grave crime in a country where we seem to be constantly discussing about gender equality and feminism?
What is a cosmopolitan city?
We are well aware that Pune is known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra. It's also a major educational hub where students from several parts of India and the world come to study. It's popular for its arts, music and theatre. It has a high percentage of educated people. But incidents like these, only goes to prove that only education is not sufficient, to stop crimes against women.
It's obvious that these men have wrong mindsets and archaic notions about women. Probably they were not taught to respect women in their own homes. They were probably taught that women have to dress in a certain way whereas men can dress as they desire. Education should not only mean attaining high degrees. Teaching boys to respect women must be the goal of every parent. It all begins at home.
Take the example of Reuben and Keenan's case. They fought the local thugs to protect their women friends. Unfortunately, they fought the battle all alone as no one intervened. They were real heroes who were brought up with proper moral values.
Fortunately this woman's life was saved because of the intervention of her male friends. Like Keenan and Reuben, they proved to be real heroes. It was commendable of the woman to file an FIR. She didn't buckle under the fear of the influential perpetrators. Will that help? If history is anything to go by, we are in for a long wait.


"It was a good first performance." I love the idea of looking at recipes this way. These biscuits look delicious.
Thanks so much! Let us know if you bake them.
You didn't mention the amount of time you beat the eggs, and then the dough. Since these are biskets that have no leavening in them, the 18th century remedy for this is beating such mixtures for at least an hour, and often longer. That is what your recipes tells you to do. Did you try that? You'll find there is a significant difference, as the biskets will be lighter.
Thanks for this suggestion, Mercy. I mixed the eggs and rosewater for about five minutes. With the yolks and the whites, I wasn't getting the fluffiness that I normally get from whisking egg whites on their own. I'm sure that an hour of mixing would make a difference.


Now a working artists' community, Tubac, Arizona is an ancient Spanish presidio, or fort, and cultural small town. Tubac was one of the first stops on the Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico to its settlements in California. This community in the high desert of Arizona is extremely scenic and offers exceptional recreational opportunities. The streets of the town are lined with old adobe homes and many interesting shops.
There are several good restaurants here, even though the town's population is only about 950 people. There is a community center and a small library. Outdoor activities like golf, birding, hiking, and mountain biking are world class. Peña Blanca Lake is about 30 miles away. The Tubac Festival of the Arts is an annual affair that is not to be missed. Tubac is located in Santa Cruz County.
There are several active adult communities in the affluent Tubac area. They tend to be upscale and expensive, reflecting the desirability of living in this idyllic community. All the homes are in the southwestern adobe style. At 62, the median age of the population is older than in most places (indicating it is a popular retirement location). As of mid 2014, the median list price of a home varied between $150,000 and $300,000 (due to the small size of this community, any reporting is quite volatile). Zillow reported the median list price was $385,000 in early 2019.
The summer heat is oppressive, even at 3800 feet. Other than Tucson, it is very far away from the rest of the U.S. It is a very small town and the average age is old. Unemployment is very high.
Tubac is located on the Santa Cruz River on the southern border of Arizona. It has an altitude of 3857 feet, which keeps it slightly cooler than Phoenix or Tucson in summer. Tucson is 42 miles away.
Tubac has been an artist's colony for the last 50 years. There is an annual Arts Festival and more than 30 art galleries. The Tubac Historical Society is here and worth a visit. Every February, the Tubac Chamber of Commerce is proud to sponsor the Tubac Festival of the Arts. The major event of the year for Tubac showcases the work of hundreds of visiting artists, craft persons and musicians from around the country and Canada. While the show is juried for quality, it is not pretentious. Serious paintings share exhibits with whimsical sculptures.
Crime in Tubac tends to hover around the national average.
Carondelet Saint Joseph's Hospital in Tucson is 45 miles; Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales is 20 miles.


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7 Things You May Not Know About Sally Field On Her 70th Birthday
What's not to love about the actress who makes us both laugh and cry?
Shelley Emling
What's not to love about actress Sally Field? The Hollywood veteran is beautiful, talented, able to make us both laugh and cry, and not afraid of aging. "I've gathered strength behind my years, I owned them, I've earned them, I've deserved them, I have a right to have them," Field said earlier this year.
Indeed, the grandmother of five turns 70 on Sunday and we wanted to find some way of marking the occasion. While oodles of ink and pixels have been devoted to chronicling the career of the two-time Academy Award-winning star, we did uncover a few tidbits about her that might come as a surprise. Here are seven of them:
1. Sally Field landed her first big role when she was only 18.
Fresh out of high school, Field nabbed the lead in the TV series "Gidget," which debuted in 1965. The show was canceled after only one season. But by then Field was so popular with TV audiences that a new sitcom was created for her, "The Flying Nun." Initially she didn't want to take the role of Sister Bertrille, as she believed she'd never be considered a serious actress. But her stepfather wouldn't have it, telling her that if she didn't, she may never work again.
2. Of all the things she's accomplished, Field is most proud of her sons, Peter, Eli and Sam.
Friends say
Field never even goes out to dinner
without keeping her phone on the table as she never wants to miss a call from one of her boys.
In 2014, Field
released a passionate open letter
about her youngest son, who is gay. Here's one part of it:
"One of the great privileges of my life to have been allowed to be a part of Sam's journey.
There are people out there ― organizations and politicians, strangers who have never even met Sam ― who would rather devote themselves to denying his happiness.
Why would anyone want to prevent my son― or anyone's son or daughter ― from having basic legal safeguards like family medical leave, Social Security survivors benefits, or health insurance? It doesn't make any sense ― but it won't change until people speak out. I'm proud to stand with HRC [Human Rights Campaign] to add my voice. Will you join me?"
3. Despite two divorces, Field hasn't soured on romance.
Since divorcing her second husband, producer Alan Greisman, in 1993, Field has remained single. But she told People earlier this year that she'd be up for dating. "If I knew anyone I wanted to be with, I would hope I would have the gumption to bang on his door," she says. "I just don't know who that is."
4. Field was cast as Tom Hanks' love interest ― then his mother.
In 1988, Field played Hanks' love interest in
"Punchline."
Six years later, she played Hanks' mother in
"Forrest Gump."
She was around 48 when that movie came out; Hanks was 10 years younger.
5. Field's memorable Academy Award acceptance speech for the 1984 film "Places in the Heart" is still often misquoted.
Upon accepting her Best Actress award for her role as a 1930s southern widow trying to save her family farm, Field said: "I can't deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me." That's what she actually said. Unfortunately, she's often misquoted as having said this instead: "You like me. You really like me."
Over the years, many celebrities have parodied the misquoted speech, including actor Albert Brooks, who tweeted the following after he found out he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his role in "Drive" in 2012: "And to the Academy: 'You don't like me. You really don't like me."
6. While playing Norma Rae, Field fought so hard in one scene not to be loaded into the police car that she actually broke the rib of an actor playing one of the policemen.
Field won widespread praise from critics for her portrayal of the feisty mill worker in North Carolina who seeks to unionize the mill. The role ― turned down by Marsha Mason, Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway and Jill Clayburgh ― won Field an Academy Award for best actress.
7. Although she's landed many meaty roles throughout her career, Field still laments the lack of substantial parts for older women.
Field told AARP The Magazine earlier this year that most of the roles she's offered these days are far from challenging. "I'm in a place in my life where the stuff that comes to me is just so generic, and you're like, 'Oh-kay.' It's the mother with all the kids, and story is really about all the kids, and the mother is just there." She recalled that when she played the matriarch, Nora, on the TV series "Brothers and Sisters," from 2006 to 2011, she pushed the network to allow her character to evolve and grow. But the network, she says, wasn't having it.
Today her goal is to play complex characters her own age.
"I'm an aging actor, and my face and body — I have to be able to play what I am," she adds. "If I play a character who is attractive, I want to be attractive, but I'm also on my way to being 70, so my face is drooping and falling, and my body isn't what it was."
Well, you look pretty good to us. Happy birthday, Ms. Field. Here's hoping you have many many more.
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1. Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder recently spoke to Interview magazine's editor-in-chief Stephen Mooallem about the discouraging comments one casting director made early on in her career: I was in the middle of auditioning, and I was mid-sentence when the casting director said, "Listen, kid. You should not be an actress. You are not pretty enough. You should go back to where you came from and you should go to school. You don't have it."


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Top 3 DTs Worth Pursuing In 2021 NFL Free Agency
By Kaiyo Funaki
Defensive tackles play a largely unheralded position.
Their impact does not always show up on the stat sheet, and they are usually overshadowed by pass rushers with big sack numbers.
Though they may not get all of the glory, teams understand just how crucial it is to have a stout interior defensive line.
Most defensive tackles have to excel in the run game, but the elite players can also generate pressure up the middle.
Leonard Williams was the top option, but the New York Giants ensured he stayed with the team by placing the franchise tag on him.
The #Giants are expected to franchise tag standout DL Leonard Williams, source said. It's viewed as a placeholder for a long-term deal, which the two sides will continue to work towards. On the heels of a career year with 11.5 sacks, Leo is back with NYG.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2021
So while the free agent pool at the position is shallow, there are quality players available.
Here are three tackles teams should pursue to revamp their defensive line.
Dalvin Tomlinson
At 6'3″ and 317 pounds, Dalvin Tomlinson is a mammoth of a man who clogs up running lanes.
He is just 27 years old and the best combination of talent and youth on the open market.
Dalvin Tomlinson wears that "C" for a reason. He's not just the Giants best run stopper & a workhorse but he's also a leader of men. Hope the Giants figure out their capspace $ workout a long term deal w/ their Cap. It's nice to add shiny new toys but dont forget about your Andys pic.twitter.com/7w6Kbfdqfh
— LPG – NYG (@LicensePlateGuy) March 12, 2021
Tomlinson is also durable, never once missing a game in his four-year career with the Giants.
He has averaged almost 620 defensive snaps per year and has never fallen below 580 snaps in a single season.
Along with Williams, Tomlinson helped form one of the best interior defensive lines in the league.
His ability to singlehandedly disrupt the ground game was crucial to the Giants' success against running backs.
He lacks the versatility of an elite interior defensive lineman, but he did record a career-best 28 pressures this past year.
The Giants may not be able to retain his services, but any team looking for help against the run should send an offer to Tomlinson.
Shelby Harris
Shelby Harris offers a different type of skill set than a prototypical defensive tackle.
While he is more than adequate against the run, his ability to get after the quarterback is what makes him unique.
Harris finished tied for fifth amongst defensive tackles with at least 400 snaps in pass-rushing grade.
Shelby Harris has been a monster all season
🔸 88.3 grade
🔸 83.5 pass rushing grade (career high)
🔸 6 games with an 85.0 grade or higher pic.twitter.com/M07f5pcxVS
— PFF DEN Broncos (@PFF_Broncos) December 30, 2020
However, his toolbox is not simply limited to getting after the quarterback.
With a wingspan of over 82 inches, Harris has the uncanny ability to swat passes out of the air.
He has led the league in each of the last two seasons in batted passes with a combined total of 15 deflections.
If there is a knock against his game, it is that he has surpassed 500 snaps in just two of his six seasons.
Harris also missed five games last year from a multitude of various dings and dents.
Regardless, Harris has been a valuable contributor for the Denver Broncos and will bolster the pass rush for the next team that signs him.
Kawann Short
Of the listed players, Kawann Short is the biggest wild card of them of all.
He has been limited to just five games over the past two seasons, dealing with various foot and shoulder ailments.
And at 32 years old, there is no telling how much football he has left in the tank after consecutive season-ending injuries.
Because of this, he will likely sign at a severely discounted price.
Any team that is willing to take that risk, though, might end up with the steal of the offseason.
Before injuries plagued his career, Short was amongst the most dominant forces at defensive tackle.
The Panthers are releasing DT Kawann Short today, per @AdamSchefter
91.6 career PFF Grade (2013-2020)
6th among interior DL pic.twitter.com/QPtj15Brqp
— PFF (@PFF) February 16, 2021
Short was a complete player and a key cog in the Carolina Panthers' defense.
Even if he can not recapture his former glory, he can still serve as a rotational piece.
At the right price, he is a low-risk, high-upside player that is worth signing.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #680 – READALONG: The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
The SFFaudio Podcast #680 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, Maissa Bessada, and Will Emmons talk about The Man Who Sold The Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
Talked about on today's show:
published in a book, Heinlein almost always renewed his copyrights, no great interior art, boardrooms and offices, spacecrafts and diamonds, Pike's Peak, Harriman pointing and winking, underground bunker wife, dissemble to his wife (again), the covers, Jesse is not a philatelist, numismatics, Paul's not keeping up with philately, Brewster's Millions (1985), Charade (1963), forever stamps, "here's the extras from my collection, son", Canada Post, Star Trek, Superman, Captain Canuck, Archibald Lampman, Lawrence Block, when not killing people, grandpas working on it, a moment of history that's captured, the Apollo 11 launch, here at the blast-off, then you become a famous serial killer, acquires value, a first day cover is infinite cachet, mail fraud, legit fraud, shading the truth, 6+ button, Moka Cola, x-fuel, bribing judges left and right, philatelic stores are done through the mail, a license to print money, has government value, its almost you could pay your taxes in stamps, mostly selling intangibles, TV advertising rights, the actual physical object, it plays an important role, they also forget to put him in, meta-framing, there are no intentions its all Heinlein, Harriman is the stamps, an excuse for him to go to the Moon, he's been defrauded, he knew what he was doing, Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein, The Man Who Sold The Moon is a prequel to Requiem, his heart is bad, a spit and gumball guy, barnstormers, he gets to the moon and dies on the Moon, maudlin and schmaltz, they bury him on the Moon, an oxygen bottle is his headstones, Robert Louis Stevenson's grave in Samoa, glad did I live and gladly dive, the hunter home from the hill, TIA (pre-heart attack), Job: A Comedy Of Justice, long pig, Farah Mendlesohn, Home Is The Hunter by Henry Kuttner, Weird Al Yankovic, poingiant, The Green Hills Of Earth, sentimental vs. excessively sentimental, hear the voice of Robert A. Heinlein, what does his voice sound like?, Heinlein with Arthur C. Clarke commenting on Apollo 11, so excited, change the date of humanity, today is the year zero, a Moonbase, Mars, off to the solar system, it did not work out how he wanted, how Elon Musk would like Space X to be, a private space program (not subsidized by the government), why we're doing this show, billionaires going to so called space, Musk doesn't go up with his rockets, aptain Kirk in space, a fascinating footnote to history, "I don't wish any harm to William Shatner", clapping for celebrities, on the backs of poor people, the government's involvement is nil, the regulation agency for the fuel and the stamps, the real reason we have space exploration (is military expenditure), commerce and bootstrapping and loans, Space X, their one and oly client (uther than Musk's side-business) is the government, NASA being defunded, capitalism eating itself, me too companies, Blue Origin/Virgin, not even orbital, extended vomit comet stuff, checkboxing, things to do, a conga-line of people up to Mt. Everest, I went to space, save Maissa's sensibilities, dickswining, putting Musk at the back of the guillotine line, we will coup whoever we want, he wants to do what he wants to do, Jeff Bezos and the Virgin Guy [Richard Branson], what's different about the D.D. Harriman like figure of Elon Musk, his wild dreams, he put a car in space, the product that is Elon Musk, you get the product that is him, when you buy a Tesla you buy into a piece of musk, Chevrolet Volt, Teslas everywhere, these other kinds of cars are stupid, electric cars are cooler, D.D. Harriman is not an engineer, dirty tricks, fucks over his wife and partners, right up to mail fraud, the most prosecutable crime, you're crossing the biggest baddest bitch in the room (the government), people standing around, 12 Angry Men-style, do it in black and white, don't put out this manifesto in the world, Elon Musk reads this story, he is this story, I got my own emerald mine, PayPal, I'm gonna go to the fuckin' Moon, that single-mindedness, who do I have to fuck to get this to happen, something deeply sick, a sociopath, who did they get to the American Moon program [Wernher von Braun], the Soviet space program, The Chief Designer by Andy Duncan, Sergei Korolev, Comrade we're doing Moon program, the sociopath that is the American government, certified denazified, SS tattoos, when NASA had his own rocket program, come look, we're going to name this one Enterprise, Desilu Studios in the 1960s, Galaxy Quest (1999), you thought Idiocracy (2006) wasnt a true story, Red Plenty, Ascent by Jed Mercurio, a secret history of the Soviet Moon Program, Stalingrad, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, he's got a camera, he dies on the Moon, that struggle, technical problems that need to be solved, Pike's Peak is not ideal, Panama or Florida, he lives there, you should launch from near the equator, its not all about the engineering, the technical problems will not happen unless I get the sizzle, leveraging the government, people get inspired to do stuff, 1950/1949, seventy years for that vision to start to come true, a failure of Heinlein's imagination, an ideology, space might become a frontier in the Cold War, he goes into the newspaper with a hammer and sickle on, that's the media, the ideology is government is not the solution, purposely bypass, the only purpose of the government is the stamps, government is in the way, let me loose, Musk will not get to space without a contract to service the ISS, the Chinese Russian International space station, oh please private business, not a good Chinese accent, not good to do either accent, fail better, release all of your failures, greatness out of badness, Chris Hadfield, Marc Garneau, The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield, he sings/writes/takes picture, never a Mountie, F-16 fighter pilot, Heinlein's future history, wildly wrong, seventy years later, Canada was created out of a railroad scheme, if we build this railroad, it makes more sense to be late, it makes more sense to be overbudget, government expenditure is the best way to make money always, Contact (1997), Carl Sagan was a bit naive, his big problem in that book was the religious figure, communication from aliens would languish for hundreds of years, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, leaving government out in an ideological way, squid-like vampire sucking, bribes most judges, why it has hate, powerful and therefore important, this manifesto turned into a movie, The Turner Diaries [by William Luther Pierce], Pallas by L. Neil Smith, corporations colonizing an asteroid, the government is evil bad an corrupt, that's "freedom", For All Mankind, Skylab was a sideshow, the alternative to GPS [is "GLONASS"], Russia has a very small GDP and yet they somehow seem to keep their rocket and GPS programs going, tax breaks for the 1%, we're selling seats on this thing, selling seats on Russian launches, sell-outs, now NASA focuses on probes, what's cape Canaveral, Maissa saw a Falcon Heavy launch, like a fireball going up into the sky, it was like a sword of the archangel Gabriel, Chris Hadfield's Wikipedia entry, government propaganda, Canada has plastic money, you can wash your money in the sink, when the government is in control, tests, skills, loyal, I'm gonna hand pick my son, comparatively, I'm going and my brother, did the cowboy hat go up with him, I found these in the stratosphere, 10th birthday party, we're going to make two corporations, put all the debts onto that company and keep all the assets in this company, to bilk the investors, defraud collectors, defrauds the boy scouts, always be honest, when it really counts fuck anybody, not bragging as much as stating facts, its a real sad thing, the naked horror, going to Mars, ginning up a war with the Martians, another song reference, not much of a Rocket Man, the Moon can control the Earth, Musk's dream of Mars, Musk has made a big dent in the world, the guillotine party, give him some ice cream, somewhat mitigated badness, an earnest desire for extension, the Moses reference was telling and touching, dialing in the prophecy, Moses is denied the promised land, the Post Office was God, a very strange interpretation, it kinda fits, Butler, Missouri, religious fanaticism, a more sympathetic character, Musk is all me me me but he still hasn't gone to space, a one way mission to Mars, The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth, a lot of dummies, depressive and pessimistic, not good in two ways, a lot of people think it is real, Beggars In Spain by Nancy Kress is a troubling book, like Ayn Rand but more current, super-evil, people who are just better than you, a "Fans are Slans" style story, special people, this mass of black or white people who need to die, Hitler's manifesto book, the argument that it makes is what makes it evil, what's cool about the X-Men, Magneto and The League Of Evil Mutants, its a fantasy, if you have brain you need to sleep, they're more elite than you, they studied harder than you, Justin Trudeau's 1.2 million dollar trust fund, face-painting costume, gets to be prime minister when his dad dies, novels vs. novellas, Our Opinions Are Correct: "Heinlein is turgid", this novel, you should just read Scalzi, women would be present, Harriman's wife, couldn't give Harriman a baby, lives in Colorado, just the Heinlein story, Heinlein's infertility, Friday, To Sail Beyond The Sunset, ret-con, I'm not really sexist, standard Heinlein, very incestuous, rehabilitates Harriman's story, she's not important to this story, how important the Post Office, don't go against the government interest, you can use the Soviets as a whipping tool to et the media, a military industrial complex vs. a space industrial complex, Ospreys and F-22s, "defense", you can sell people on fear, the commies in Russia today, China wants to take Taiwan, the Alpha Centurians are stealing our precious bodily fluids, space fear, the Coca Cola corporation, Dr. Strangelove (1964), another novel, Firestar by Michael Flynn, female entrepreneur capitalist, Elon Musk but not as evil, Flynn's views on education, a shooting star, the comet would be good at this point, a dinosaur apocalypse is needed, digitize it and get it up to the moon, NFTs, bitcoin is currency, pre-orders equal love, the character's supposed to be sympathetic, space space space, fighting in the Balkans, quasi-libertarian is (mostly) evil, in the 90s Paul's politics were not as enlightened as now, public schools vs. private schools, save a few, no offense, some offense, slap in the face no offense, we need to face facts, this has been a blueprint for people, echoes with what's going on, what other books are lurking effecting people's reality, some phenomenon happening on the earth, Asimovs and Heinleins, Bezos vs. Musk, I gotta focus on my plan, set up a Foundation somewhere, Paul Krugman thinks he's Hari Seldon, I'm a psycho (historian), too good for Jesse, Sir there's somebody waiting to see you, a historical setting, Overlord (2018), tell me a lie story, who has women in their space program?, the Soviets, part of their ideology is women ARE equal, team human, Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut series, the Mercury 13, what if we weren't super sexist?, a country that has to turn less sexist, Luke Burrage's SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEW PODCAST review of The Calculating Stars, the Nazis didn't want women fighting, making strudel and soldiers, not caring about certain facts about ballistics, how many stages the rockets needs to be, recycling the capsule from a previous rocket, designing the capsule for the lifting device, Musk's plan, a fuel tank with a little spaceship on the end, get this, this story was written before the actual Moon program, whether the fuel will ignite from gamma rays, how can we not care about those details, Heinlein cared so much he kinda made it happen, John F. Kennedy was trying to direct the military industrial complex into an Olympics style competition, for all mankind, now there's a Space Force, the instincts to restrain insanity have gone away, more and more in the Harriman situation, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the Law Of The Seas, the Americans never ratify, a Dutchman named Hugo Grotius, why don't we just be tolerant?, no torturing people, that's all gone now, public schools are terrible, Jesse a nihilist, human civilization, asteroid/meteor/comet, When Worlds Collide, Rogue Planet, not focusing on the ballistics?, Jesse prefers to read books that are out of print?, public domain, [is Jesse an obscurantist?], gotta winnow, Will's initial Heinlein journey, a deathmarch?, stop doing that, he's got the goods, The Star Beast, would D.D. Harriman sell N.F.T.s, what wouldn't he do to get to the Moon?, he wouldn't break his word to a person, personal loan, personal honor, down the slippery slope lying road, skirting that line, NFTs are a scam, Tulipmania, Odo and Quark, Jesse doesn't Grok what its about, you should sell some SFFaudio listener NFT, Philip K. Dick drawings NFTs?, the motivation is the mistake, an artificial scarcity, not for hateful means, the Kingdom of Redonda, M.P. Shiel was crowned King of Rednoda as a boy, this rapist plagiarist, its a scam that has legs, pretty sure these are NFTs, Vincent Price as a lord of Redonda, basically NFTs could be anything, software license keys, why do we want that?, infinitely replicable, why do we want to make it scarce, Substack will integrate NFTs, a technology that we don't have a use for, your password for your account, the jpegs are largely useless proof of concepts, etherium wallet, software should be free, digital clothing for their avatars, PUBG, a book takes paper, sewing, glue, and trucks, stupid and wrong and evil, Elon Musk needs lithium for his car batteries not because he likes couping people, the purity of the goal, Bezos's pure goal is *ME*, the people climbing Everest, me shaking Obama's hand, flying back to Kathmandu, helicopter rides for everybody, why Shatner going to space is a marker as a society, government control of how we spend and communicate, the jpg thing is ridiculous.
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The SFFaudio Podcast #665 – READALONG: Revival by Stephen King
The SFFaudio Podcast #665 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, Marissa VU, and Evan Lampe talk about Revival by Stephen King
2014, pushing it, the Lovecraft connection, the dedication, I was already seduced from before, the dedication:
"This is for the people who built my house: Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Donald Wandrei, Fritz Leiber, August Derleth, Shirley Jackson, Robert Bloch, Peter Straub, and ARTHUR MACHEN, whose short novel 'The Great God Pan' has haunted me all my life"
literally responsible for building this book, Shelley, Stoker, Bloch, the fake Latin title, works the psychological horror mindset, slightly misremembering what that book has in it, the mad scientist, what's beyond the veil, planting the seeds and the seeds don't fully grow, more Shelley than Machen, if the pastor were the viewpoint character, it takes forever, teases the cosmic horror, W.W. Jacobs, W.F. Harvey, August Heat, Guy de Maupassant, Edward D. Hoch, mystery magazines, Startling Mystery Stories, Health And Knowledge, the "mysteries" of the worm, religious stlye mysteries, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, is reality as we think it is?, weird fiction from before Weird Tales, The Faceless Thing, the old house, the collapsing house, an old woman, the horror of childhood becomes a lifescar, he thinks he killed her, he was the one that killed her, guilt, ghost, setting the stage, worth the journey, personal horror vs. cosmic horror, the terrible sermon, I've been lying to you, a crisis of faith (a revelation of the reality of the Earth), the visions at the end, the ants, the human connections, that downer ending, opening argument, the audiobook, a few moments, all guitarists have a limp fish handshake, putting your brain in the characters brain, pretty good, therapy vs. an asylum, a flubbed ending, a psychic shockwave, The Call Of Cthulhu, an inevitability, not strong enough, the gun with five bullets shot out, one bullet left in Chekhov's gun, a very Lovecraftian homage, that weird long pacing, hypnotized by the autobiography stuff, more horror, waiting for the other shoe to drop, the car accident, such a cool moment, ghoulishly enjoying the description, he needs to grow up, evil villains, a heroic moment, The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, an evil alchemist, Victor Frankenstein, the mysteries of Joseph Curwen, a mini list, Beyond The Wall Of Sleep, a curious case, an insane asylum, back country folk, The Lurking Fear, From Beyond, become super-thin, the servants have left, the pastor and the 6 year old boy, Herbert West–Reanimator, The Statement Of Randolph Carter, fear -> follow, fractured himself, Hypnos, pulsars, black holes to the true reality, all up in Hypnos, Ex Oblivione, the key, from nothing into nothing, to the null, plays towards, life is the only way to escape the horror that death will bring (and drugs), escorted to the Other Gods, become a lich, Cool Air, life is punctuated by puppies and butterflies and nice sandwiches, feeling pain all the time and everything's horrible, a blasted wasteland, The Black Hole (1979), Bloodborne, the protagonists are old, Pet Semetary, death is better, a side effect, "you brought me back it's fucking horrible, I've seen beyond!", you fucking monster!, he doesn't share his research, root childhood trauma, symbolic lightning strike, a conventional morality play, why his wife is punished, red herring, the alcohol in the glove compartment, ideas of addiction, from what we see of her life, I drank because you hit me or I was a lesbian or whatever, being a lesbian in the end, Imma woke now!, small towns and rumors, symbolic mirroring, to avoid the nightmares, an electrical storm in the brain, the problem of evil, tornadoes, True Detective, Rustin Cohle is Thomas Ligotti, a truth that makes me feel bad, talkin to boomers, John Brennan is a monster, terrible truth, where's the lie?, deluded the whole time, people over there are dying, that original cosmic horror is 100% real, why his wife could be drinking, the lies that everyone lives in small towns, a way of lashing out, you're making me feel bad, rye or bourbon, too painful, The Devil's Advocate (1997), Al Pacino's monologue (God is a sadist), the unvarnished character, where did the secret come from to begin with?, how and why, he's not menacing, the narrator's memory, a more menacing light, the shotgun method, 2013, a lot of this could be unreliable, he found himself doing this, murder, where is this document going?, a creation of the creative process, still thinking about the magic, professional reviewers talking about the ending being screwed up, the actual ending, visiting his brother in Hawaii, becoming the next Jacobs, left with an unfinished story, its weird, they don't know what he's referencing here, Elizabeth Hand, Quatermass And The Pit, the funeral shading of Arthur Miller's tragedy, atavistic pleasure, don't look behind you, "a bit odd", "a turn for the ridiculous", "a little silly", a slow build, a shaggy dog story, sprawling voice, a leisurely stroll towards eventual horror, such a cool idea, this stormcloud full of horror, Wayne June was a musician forever, limp handshakes, they're all Innsmouth look guys, that opioid crisis, pain management gone wrong, the fifth business, The Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, story construction tropes, why Jesse thinks he's a super-genius, green doors are magic doors, The Door In The Wall by H.G. Wells, a beautiful garden, a nice lady sitting on a throne, tigers and lions and wolves [actually just two panthers], a book with his life, popped out outside the wall, the point of the story is mysterious, what lies beyond, connected to childhood and personal obsession, when he's constructing the hill for his soldiers to fight on, a footlocker, his sister kisses him, his favourite present, the krauts can hide in there, the crumbling house, the lightning rod, the cave of shadows, the house of shadows, Skull Mountain, Goat Mountain, the interleaving of themes, the ants, he's having sex with her on the mattress and there's a black ant crawling over the mattress, we're all just like ants, a more subversive way of reading, being drones in our lives, Earth and existence is Hell, Null and Beyond as Hell, an afterlife, not everybody sees the same thing, heroin addiction, "something happened", his hand is raised up, naked with one sock on stabbing a fork into his arm, post-hypnotic suggestion, gives him a glimpse through the keyhole, brain surgery, the witness, we're going to see via her what lies beyond, prions up in her brain, a window to that alternate reality, the black paper sky, a long line of marching soldiers, what he's been programming himself to believe, Kult (RPG), a scary fundamental truth people don't want to really talk about, there is no immorality or horror on Mars, all the other planets with no life, no pain, feral kittens, a beautiful murderer, we're going vegan, I don't want to contribute to the pain of this world, tigers are compelled to have babies, we are the demons of Hell, trying to mitigate some of the horror, trying to make the cat vegan, there is no real escape, we are deluding ourselves, do as little harm as a conscious being, its wrong for me to murder people, that gift of knowledge thing, Marissa found her cat's diary, she's a bad person but she doesn't know that, let the cat out of the bag, we never think about it, we are so versed in the horror of reality, having kids is a horrible responsibility, even worse you'll give pain, The Place Of Pain by M.P. Shiel [is a rip-off of The Moon Stricken by Bernard Capes], he enjoys hikes, there's a waterfall, a natural telescope, what was going on on the moon, the Moon is dead and just a mirror for looking at Earth, a headless squirrel, enjoying its nuts, hoping it doesn't rot under there, the beauty of the babies, Stephen King always avoids talking about the real issues, not really a problem in this world, Ray Bradbury's carnies, oatmeal cookies, nowhere in this book is a demand for healthcare, comfort food, the major business of the fifth business is health care, Oral Roberts, fake medicine, Trump rallies, revival meetings, electricity bleach same difference, Nyarlathotep, like Tesla, Menlo Park, 14 hours, maybe Tesla isn't a thing, he's asking us to do google searches, he's inviting us to say this is real, the narrator is apolitical, music and girls and army men and cars, in the heroin and oxycontin crisis, everybody is independent, boomer obsessions, meant to feel real, other connections to King things, Joyland, Dark Tower connections, the unfound door, Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, doors in the Dark Tower, move people between worlds, portals, a door that lets you go where you want, a universal door, Salem's Lot, a horrible monologue, shattered faith, confronting the Dracula, enter into Roland's world, the fallen preacher redeeming himself, There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe, a novel of obsession, green doors, like memory of Dinosaurs, the bottomless ocean of a magic forest, the irradiate refuge of sleep, under strange stars, what's cool about reading weird fiction is its almost like the promise of the secrets of the universe, then…, we're tapping into our own psychology, why do people fly when they're in dreams, flying dreams, Paul's dreams, Samuel R. Delany, a keyword search of a thousand dreams, combining real life interests and real life worries with symbolic universal, what is important about green?, how people depict it on the cover, always a church with a steeple, their church had no steeple, lightning is very important, before the novel started, near the resort where the rich people live, the only politics is all about distribution, a lot of the covers have crosses, the crucifix, not really a Christian book, praising God, praising Jesus, little toy Jesus, a red desert, the telephone poles that look like the cross, there's no people, artists tasked with giving this book a cover, Marissa wishes it wasn't true, deluxe versions with beautiful interior art, a nice book cover, had not Evan been pushing it with the magic words, where's the climax of the story, in the Catskills, The Lurking Fear, the Martense's old mansion was repurposed, resorts in the Catskills, weird joy, Paul skiing, speaking of Paul, that name is not an accident, Daniel, peripheral characters, Astrid Soderbergh, the fundamental mistake of not putting people in the scene, a family walking towards the church, connecting to our realities, changing colours, Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown, a Stonehenge style pagan temple, the prologue, there's a secret that will be revealed, more SF than the opening might lead you to believe, based on a weird story, the Binding of Isaac, God says: realllly?, God says: jk, sky god with his electrical bolts, an electrical aspect, the stuff about the eels, the transfiguration, skull mountain (Golgotha), Marissa's favourite review, atheists should be terrified of this novel, a trend on Twitter, hey and check out my Instagram, be seen, the latest Stephen King book is out John 11:12, why Evan likes to go to baseball games, John 3:16, how the Mormons send their kids off, preach the word, all your eyeballs are looking this way?, photoboming, N by Stephen King, an experience that leads to OCD, The Music Of Erich Zann, That is not dead which…, he remembered it, the quote is about Cthulhu, Paul would say Astrid was bisexual (not a lesbian), she loves cigarettes more than anything, aging, hey you're bald now, you got really fat, did *I* change that much?, really good, really talented, a downer, always was bi, his sister kisses him, he loves his mother, discomfort, life pain, it could have been a greater novel, background life, the null mother, his visions of his family and the cake and the ant, this is The House On The Borderlands I am forever mindblown, better on the second read, such a wonderful villain, many many searches, most people don't read, the amount ink spilled on whether the movie is going to get made or not, pages and pages, what's about the actual book, certain scenes, the lightning rod, the terrible sermon, life slices, the mystery, he hadn't done any research, fake surgeries, little Bradbury, too much play on the term itself: "revival", playing to the title, its a metaphor, to condense it, the letter about Astrid brings him to Tempest Mountain, a TV series about Jacob, they'll fuck it up, The Troop by Nick Cutter.
Reading, Short And Deep #091 – The Place Of Pain by M.P. Shiel
Reading, Short And Deep #091
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss The Place Of Pain by M.P. Shiel
The Place Of Pain was published in The Red Magazine, May 1, 1914
Here's a link to a PDF of the story.
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Neil Austin's Masters Of Fantasy (from Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1947 – 1950) DESKTOP WALLPAPER
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Jesse Willis 3 Comments
I made this desktop wallpaper for my new computer's desktop – that's what I did yesterday instead of actually unpacking and setting up the computer itself. Click through to get the full size version. The images were drawn by Neil Austin for issues of Famous Fantastic Mysteries from 1947 to 1950.
Pictured are H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Robert W. Chambers, Sydney Fowler Wright, Algernon Blackwood, H.G. Wells, Stephen Vincent Benét, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Machen, M.P. Shiel, John Taine, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, Olaf Stapledon, and M.R. James.
SFFaudio Challenge #6
Friday, November 11, 2011 Jesse Willis 8 Comments
This is our 6th Annual SFFaudio Challenge. Every November 11th, for the last six years, we've offered the following challenge to SFFaudio readers:
"We'll give you an audiobook if you make one for everyone else."
That deal still holds. We'll get you an audiobook if you make make an audiobook out of one of the public domain etexts we suggest. All you'll need to do is claim a title (by email), record the audiobook, using your own human voice (sorry no robots), and follow the rules (see the first comment of this post for the rules). Some titles will not be public domain in all countries, but this is a global challenge. We've also added, for the very first time, a French language title!
Still feeling a little unclear on how it all works? Then have a look at our past SFFaudio CHALLENGES:
|OUR FIRST CHALLENGE|
|OUR SECOND CHALLENGE|
|OUR THIRD CHALLENGE|
|OUR FOURTH CHALLENGE|
|OUR FIFTH CHALLENGE|
This year we're doing something a bit different with prizes, something better. Instead of offering those unwieldy physical copies we've got DRM-FREE MP3 downloads for you! This not only saves us on postage it also allows for a much greater selection of audiobooks! For each audiobook you complete, you can choose one of more than 1,300 titles available! All prizes this year come courtesy of Tantor Media.
CHALLENGE TITLES:
The Friendly Demon (aka The Devil Frolics With A Butler) by Daniel Defoe |HORRORMASTERS|PDF| (short story)
Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley |PDF| (short story)*
CLAIMED BY CAINE DORR NOVEMBER 12, 2011
Untouched By Human Hands (aka One Man's Poison) by Robert Sheckley |PDF| (short story)*
Writing Class by Robert Sheckley |RTF| (short story)*
CLAIMED AND COMPLETED BY WILLIAM COON (of Elquoent Voice) ON NOVEMBER 13, 2011
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel |GUTENBERG| (novel)
City At World's End by Edmond Hamilton |ARCHIVE.ORG| (novel)
The Common Man by Mack Reynolds |GUTENBERG| (short story)
The Ship Of Ishtar by A. Merritt |GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA| (novel)
Supernatural Horror In Literature by H.P. Lovecraft |WIKISOURCE|GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA| (essay)
Almuric by Robert E. Howard |WIKILIVRES|GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA| (novel)
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA| (novel)
Animal Farm by George Orwell |GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA| (novel)
Empire by Clifford D. Simak |GUTENBERG| (novel)**
CLAIMED BY BILL KIRBY ON JANUARY 3, 2012
The Great Potlatch Riots by Allen Kim Lang |GUTENEBERG| (short story)
The Dominion In 1983 by Ralph Centennius |GUTENBERG| (30 pages)
Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman |GUTENBERG| (novel)
CLAIMED BY KAREN SAVAGE ON NOVEMBER 11, 2011
No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber |GUTENBERG| (short story)
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The Syndic by C.M. Kornbluth |RTF| (novel)*
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Our first French audiobook:
La Vie Électrique by Albert Robida |GUTENBERG| (novel)
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[*With special thanks to Rick Jackson of Wonder Publishing for selection advice **This etext was part of SFFaudio Challenge #2, but wasn't completed]
The SFFaudio Podcast #111
The SFFaudio Podcast #111 – Scott and Jesse talk with Luke Burrage and Tamahome about the latest releases.
name order??, James Powell's Last Laugh In Flugal Park, Greg Bear's Halo: Cryptum book, game tie-ins with popular authors, Tobias Buckell's The Cole Protocol (Halo, #6), Peter Watts Crysis: Legion, Larry Niven's Ringworld, Hull Zero Three, "in spaaace", Tim Powers's The Stress Of Her Regard, "short books", towel on Luke's head, George Alec Effinger's When Gravity Fails, no ebook to speak of, published in 198x?, the game Circuits Edge, Infocom, Beneath A Steel Sky, "comic book look", comic book artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), more game tie-ins, Terry (Monty Python) Jones's Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic, Jeff Vandermeer's Halo story Mona Lisa, from the Halo: Evolutions anthology, motion comic adaption, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter's First Born (A Time Odyssey, #3), Civilization/Evolution, The Light Of Other Days, Bob Shaw, loss of privacy, "slow glass", spoiler alert!, Poul Anderson's Broken Sword, Yggrdsil (hear it pronounced), contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship Of The Ring, Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies, the audiobook cover, David Friedman on Luke's new podcast, "everything comes back to zombies", Alden Bell's The Reapers Are The Angels discussed on Scott and Julie's podcast, Luke's feedback, "email you when I'm dead", Daniel Suarez's Daemon, Mark Russinovich's Zero Day, Edward Wellen's Mind Slash Matter, |OUR REVIEW|, P.D. James's Children Of Men, |READ OUR REVIEW|, Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud, "sciency", John Brunner's The Crucible Of Time, M.P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud, it's not about Prince, the Songbird audiodrama from the Radio Repertory Company of America, Harlan Ellison's The Voice From The Edge #4 & #5 on sale, includes this year's award winner How Interesting A Tiny Man, John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation, H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy, a 2-fer, Old Man's War, which 1/3 do you like?, "I'm a sucker for new bodies", Albert Brooks's 2030: The Real Story Of What Happens To America, the film Defending Your Life, Will McIntosh's Soft Apocalypse, George R. Stewart's Earth Abides is also soft, Brent Weeks's short Perfect Shadow is on Graphicaudio too, Valley Of The Dead: The Truth Behind Dante's Inferno by Kim Paffenroth, Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven's Inferno — sf writer tries to explain hell, the remix generation, Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines, "I Am Legend with superheroes", A. Lee Martinez's oeuvre, Sleeper: Season One the comic book, Mark Millar's Trouble, Edgar Rice Burroughs, "the estate works for their money", Luke talks to a comic book artist, SF Keyword Bingo
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BC School Trustee's Anti-Trans Facebook Rant Urges Distrust of WHO Doctors May 22, 2020 Val Wilde
BC School Trustee's Anti-Trans Facebook Rant Urges Distrust of WHO Doctors
British Columbians are petitioning for the resignation of Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld after he posted a wild conspiracy theory on Facebook, proclaiming his distrust for the World Health Organization (WHO) based on their support for reproductive choice, comprehensive sex education, and trans acceptance.
He even went so far as to argue that Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada and official advisor to the WHO's emergency COVID-19 committee, can't be trusted — and the reasoning behind that claim is truly terrible on multiple levels.
Here's what Neufeld posted on his now-defunct Facebook page:
It just dawned on me! Who is perpetrating all this fear over the dreaded Corona Virus [sic]? Why it is the World Health Organization, the same outfit that claims easy access to abortion is a human right, and is promoting mandated comprehensive sexuality education for little kids that gender is NOT binary: pre pubescent children should be allowed to choose their gender and sterilize themselves. And Dr. Theresa Tam, Canadian Head of Public Health is suspected by Wikipedia of being Transgender! If this person, who has spent a major portion of their life deceiving people as to who she/he truly is and is now a major player in the corrupt World Health Organization, why should we believe anything he/she says?
There's no evidence whatsoever that Dr. Tam is actually trans, not that it would matter, but it's truly awful to perpetuate the idea that a trans person is someone who "has spent a major portion of their life deceiving people as to who she/he truly is" and is therefore, by virtue of being trans, inherently untrustworthy.
Or perhaps the worst part is that an elected official urged his community to distrust the international body that governs health initiatives in the middle of a pandemic.
That was the objection BC's Minister of Education Rob Fleming raised, denouncing the claim as "the height of irresponsibility."
At this point, though, Neufeld is no stranger to the sensation of landing in hot water. He's well known for his vociferous opposition to British Columbia schools' inclusive SOGI (that's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) curriculum and "the LGBTQ lobby" in general.
In 2017 he came under fire for saying that transition care for transgender youth — even the mere fact of letting children identify their gender for themselves — was "gaslighting" and "child abuse." He also opined that questioning one's gender identity is a "sexual addiction."
Those comments led to human rights complaints being filed against Neufeld on behalf of the British Columbia Teachers Federation and CUPE Local 411, which represents non-teaching support staff in Chilliwack schools. Then, when the school board decided it was best to keep this particular trustee out of classrooms, Neufeld argued that he was a victim of workplace discrimination.
As a consequence, the man was described by local news outlet The Chilliwack Progress as "a likely choice for newsmaker of the year" for 2019.
The self-styled anti-LGBTQ "prophet" has even predicted that the government will take children from their families to put them in homes that push them "to explore homosexuality and gender fluidity."
Oh, and just for fun, he's also been called out for repeating anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, speaking up against LGBTQ-tolerant "pink Christianity" churches, recommending semen as a cure for female depression, and generally aligning himself with the far-right at every turn. It's no wonder left-leaning media outlet Press Progress called him "probably the worst school trustee in British Columbia."
Most recently, in roughly the same time frame as the WHO controversy, he posted a web cartoon blaming feminist women for falling birth rates among white people, as well as a similarly birth-oriented quote from YouTube personality Stefan Molyneux. (The Southern Policy Law Center describes Molyneux as a promoter of eugenics, scientific racism, and other far-right views.) The backlash led Neufeld to delete his Facebook account.
Within days of the original anti-trans post, Neufeld issued an apology to his colleagues on the school board during their regular Zoom meeting:
I deeply regret and apologize for my comments on social media. I will be addressing them more in the near future.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, a lot of people in Chilliwack are finding that apology doesn't cut it. It's a perfunctory effort at best from a man who has found himself in the same situation over and over again, yet still continues to publicly espouse hateful views. Calls for his removal from the school board are everywhere, and as of this writing, nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for his ouster.
Meanwhile the Faith Dominion Church petition calling for Neufeld to be retained on the board as a voice for "the rights of the traditional family" and against "the atrocities of the same sex movement" has scraped up a whopping eight signatures.
Neufeld may have the right to say whatever he pleases on Facebook, but the people around him are exercising their right to show him the door.
(Screenshot via YouTube)
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