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I keep hoping for more human space exploration, but the pace is slow.

I haven't seen the show, but this makes some great points about work/life balance.

This makes some good points, but I think like that socialist piece expects too much End of History from the genre.

I need to work on my interruption skills. Can't just jump in as easily when I'm on the phone.

Cool background on the ruins used for Luke's hiding place on Rakata Prime.

A sad story. A streamline immigration process would help, but everyone is worried about national identity.

Fascinating discussion, not just the specific plant science but the greater metaquestion of how to choose terms in science, and the applicability of plant networks that have evolved over millions of years to our designed human networks.

Nerd ascendancy may not last forever. I already feel old about certain things, but I also see all the options I can share with Theo.

Good broad points about the extinction burst in cis white male dominated storytelling.

Hopeful, but I don't feel the Overton Window is shifting much in the leftward direction except on marriage rights. Maybe it's because the right is so loud right now.

Yet another example of why we need to leave it in the ground.

Great points about erasure even as actors are making casting strides.

Trolling fans at its finest, wrapped in philosophical language.

Good points about why law can't keep up but tech is simultaneously testing boundaries dangerously.

Good points. I first felt it as the watch was coming, but I had been without a laptop for some time. It's really only the phone that I've upgraded very regularly, and with the end of contracts I hope to slow that down.

Good points about pragmatism, but I feel like it's often not the message that appeals to activists.

"it’s time to secure this low-threat world" This; we don't need giant military expense to protect ourselves or even our allies.

So it's just tradition. Great.

This clarifies several things. I think people generally took the correct actions, but the rhetoric around it was really bad.

An example where grandfather laws hurt people yet again.

I'm impressed the linkages stay together, and that there's not too much friction to get it started — I guess that's why they space out the engines?

Cool. Looks like they actually sanded it down layer by layer?

I was expecting that to go a cliché way and then it didn't.

Predictable but still amusing.

This would be fascinating to watch in person.

Not sure what to make of this one.

I did not expect the twist; I was initially annoyed that everyone was playing VR versions of the same boring FPS.

Of course he's getting death threats from gun owners who are afraid of sex.

I think they advocate for a vaguely Trekkie liberal democratic future, and tilt against Trump and his ilk.

Wow. Pervasive cheating. They even cheated with the urea system!