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I know I'm LTTP on this one, but is now available on PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, and I just have to encourage everyone to skip this huge pile of dullness. Even the fisticuffs are boring. Wow.
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We shouldn't have to still be pointing things like this out in hopes of getting others to realize Trump is a piece of shit. We should be at the point where we're saying things like, "Remember when that piece of shit did this? What a piece of shit."

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Though far from the best version, "Borderlands 3: Ultimate Edition" does a mostly good job of bringing this snarky sci fi shooter to the Switch. Here's the link to my review: paulsemel.com/borderlands-3-ul
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Finished reading Elisa Gonzalez's "Grand Tour: Poems."
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Super good; really hope this is just the first of many.

Though not as well known as some of her contemporaries, pulp writer Greye La Spina is starting to get recognized thanks to such books as "Fettered And Other Tales Of Terror." To learn more, here's my Q&A with "Fettered" editor Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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With "Earth Retrograde," writer R.W.W. Greene is concluding his alt-history duology, "The First Planets." In this exclusive Q&A, Greene discusses what inspired and influenced this series, as well as why his main character isn't named New Jersey.
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Started reading Kemi Ashing-Giwa's "The Splinter In The Sky."
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Really interesitng so far; kind of "Dune"-ish, kind of silkpunk-y...

Read Jeremy O. Harris' play "Daddy" tonight.
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This was super good.
Gave me some serious Brett Easton Ellis vibes.
Ordering his other book stat.

Started reading the anthology "Star Wars: The High Republic: Tales Of Light And Life."
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Here's hoping the other are as good as the second one.

Started reading Elisa Gonzalez's "Grand Tour: Poems."
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Really good so far; especially liking the longer ones.

My fellow jazz fans, we now have the answers we've been seeking: saxophonist Ivo Perelman and trumpeter Nate Wooley have released "Polarity 2," the sequel to their free jazz adjacent 2021 album "Polarity." And it's good. Click here to read my review.
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Finished reading Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories."
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Lot of good ones in this, especially towards the end.

Finished reading Megan Fernandes' "I Do Everything I'm Told: Poems."
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Super good, both in what she wrote about, and how she wrote about them. Really hope she writes more.

Our congratulations to Grimsby, a witch in writer James J. Butcher's urban fantasy series, "The Unorthodox Chronicles." In the new book, " Long Past Dues," he's gotten a job working...oh, for"The Man." To find out how, and why, check out this Q&A.
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Started reading Hugh Howey's "Across The Sand."
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Enjoying my second trip to this post-apocalyptic dustbowl.

Started reading Megan Fernandes' "I Do Everything I'm Told: Poems" during lunch.
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I'm thinking this title might not be truthful... 😬

While some science fiction authors set their books in the near future or the far future, author Dwain Morrell set his military sci-fI and then some novel "Androne" in the "here-future." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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We've all wondered: What does Pikachu taste like? Well, now we know — a tropical cupcake — thanks to Jarrett Melendez, writer of "My Pokémon Baking Book." To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Finished reading Jessie Mihalik's "Capture The Sun: The Starlight's Shadow Trilogy."
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An exciting and fititng end to this super good (and rather spicy) series.

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Paul Semel

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.