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Exciting that this is happening in my lifetime, and during Theo's formative years. I still think they should do Mars Direct and plan for a one-way trip.

It's hard to notice what you don't experience.

Great piece on how this isn't about one shooting, but all terrorizing of black lives.

I'm certain I'm angrier because I'm a parent now, and a parent who knows this isn't something he has to worry about.

The subtler form of racism, combined with my history education and my own privilege, certainly masked from me how bad the US remains.

A difficult read, and a reminder that the ivory tower is not very accepting of ebony either, in spite of its liberal reputation.

It's funny how the existence of a tool that just keeps someone out of one's Twitter timeline gets inflated into censorship.

I think it's not really shrinking the scifi market (if anything, games help introduce), it's just growing much faster than the novel market ever was.

I think this policy is the way to go.

The media is there to check the powerful, in part.

The precautions black men (and boys) have to take around police is just depressing.

Violence works. Nonviolence does too.

I don't agree with much of this, but it makes some interesting points.

Interesting real data - but that they got close enough to make the loss worth it.

The area north of Central Square was always strikingly different from most of the rest of Cambridge.

Not encouraging.

I saw much of this go down live on Twitter, and it psychologically impacted me a little just being caught up in it.

Confirms what I've been hearing.

Sad news, but appreciated that they're so open about it. Also worth noting that what they did is probably illegal now in some states.

Seems about right, but frustrating. Glad to see The Couve is near the midpoint.

This is weird, but not quite Too Many Cooks weird. Howard being an AI was predictable.

I love how we don't know how it works, just that it does. Embodied AI!

Some great points about people taking past eachother in how they talk about games.

The service needs new policies and tools, but they have little incentive to make that happen.

Neat. Oscillations in the magnetic field, sped up for human hearing.

Mostly this is just a description of the short, but some fun theories of the symbolism, defining the various references, and pointing out how early Bill shows up in the background.

No surprises here. Algorithmic redistricting plx.

Those are some nice ephemerides.

Pretty good parody about GamerGate being awful. Of course it's being downvoted.

I saw the inspiration for this piece start on Twitter yesterday.