Five Extremely Convincing Reasons We Should Build Armed Bases on the Moon
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I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Five Extremely Convincing Reasons We Should Build Armed Bases on the Moon
james_davis_nicollI mean, what could possibly go wrong?
Five Extremely Convincing Reasons We Should Build Armed Bases on the Moon
Roll For Initiative (The Last Session, volume 1) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws
Oct. 10th, 2025 08:47 amjames_davis_nicoll
Old friends unite for one last adventure without fully understanding the implications of the group's latest recruit.
Roll For Initiative (The Last Session, volume 1) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws
Interesting Links for 10-10-2025
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- 2. British people don't want to leave the ECHR
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- 3. Where are Reform's Scottish votes coming from?
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- 4. How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel's 3D propaganda
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Life with two parents: Just about
Oct. 10th, 2025 08:51 amandrewduckerMy mum had a heart attack yesterday afternoon, followed by an angioplasty.
She was sitting up in bed and drinking coffee by 9pm last night, and seems to be fine now. They're keeping her in until Monday to make sure, but panic over.
Turns out that an angioplasty is nowadays an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic, with over 97% success rate. Modern medicine is awesome. And thank fuck for the NHS!
She was sitting up in bed and drinking coffee by 9pm last night, and seems to be fine now. They're keeping her in until Monday to make sure, but panic over.
Turns out that an angioplasty is nowadays an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic, with over 97% success rate. Modern medicine is awesome. And thank fuck for the NHS!
The Friday Five for 10 October 2025
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5. ... items in your purse/backpack/on your desk.
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angelicid.Name five…
1. ... things you can't live without.
2. ... of the best moments in your life.
3. ... celebrities you can't stand.
4. ... books you enjoy(ed) reading.
5. ... items in your purse/backpack/on your desk.
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Strasbourg fortifications
Oct. 9th, 2025 12:13 pmcmcmckThe City was fortified by the great military designer Sebastien le Prestre, Marquis de Vauban.
It was always a frontier city with the results you might expect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Le_Prestre,_Marquis_of_Vauban
Not an awful lot survives but what is left is pretty impressive.
One of the several remaining fortified towers designed to protect bridging points:
( Here be pics! )
It was always a frontier city with the results you might expect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Le_Prestre,_Marquis_of_Vauban
Not an awful lot survives but what is left is pretty impressive.
One of the several remaining fortified towers designed to protect bridging points:
( Here be pics! )
Bundle of Holding: Mystery Flesh Pit
Oct. 8th, 2025 02:15 pmjames_davis_nicoll
Welcome, visitor, to Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG, the Cypher System tabletop roleplaying game rulebook from Ganza Gaming about the Permian Basin Superorganism.
Bundle of Holding: Mystery Flesh Pit
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- 3. England's Green Party comes out in favour of drug legalisation
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Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh
Oct. 7th, 2025 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Union technocrats had a plan for Gehenna, a plan that failed to take into account local conditions.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh
Interesting Links for 07-10-2025
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Clarke Award Finalists 2017
Oct. 6th, 2025 12:12 pmjames_davis_nicoll2017: The Royal College of Nursing’s alarming description of conditions in the NHS inspires the government to do worse, the Tories succeed in freezing British lifespans after a century of progress, and the UK begins that political equivalent of autoerotic asphyxiation known as Brexit.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
After Atlas by Emma Newman
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
Poll #33694 Clarke Award Finalists 2017
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 61
Which 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
6 (9.8%)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
42 (68.9%)
After Atlas by Emma Newman
10 (16.4%)
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
9 (14.8%)
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
47 (77.0%)
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
4 (6.6%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
After Atlas by Emma Newman
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
Interesting Links for 06-10-2025
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- 3. Disastrous South Korean data centre fire is connected to North Korean hacking
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Destinies, February-March 1980 (Destinies, # 6) edited by Jim Baen
Oct. 5th, 2025 08:59 amjames_davis_nicoll
Pacifist Dorsai, space forts, duelling reviews, a rant about that mean Mr. Einstein and more in this issue of Destinies.
Destinies, February-March 1980 (Destinies, # 6) edited by Jim Baen