I'm in the middle of reading The Revisionaries by A.R. Moxon and it's an interesting read. indiebound.org/book/9781612197

I've started to follow him on tw, and would recommend.

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(This is the only award I pay attention to in S.F. or Fantasy)

The Nebula Awards
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the finalists for the 2019 Nebula Awards.

tor.com/2020/02/20/announcing-

Haha, we live very close to each other, I'm a bit north and west of you in Franklin County. 😆

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Megan Mineiro is live tweeting from the Stone sentencing

@MMineiro_CNS via bird site

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@westerling You might enjoy.

This is a fantastic web site !
Dedicated to reading Speculative Fiction.
One could spend years here.

Free Speculative Fiction Online

freesfonline.net/NewAdditions.

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A spookily good sensor

Scientists from the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at The University of Tokyo demonstrated a method for coupling a magnetic sphere with a sensor via the strange power of quantum entanglement.

phys.org/news/2020-02-spookily

Watched "The Grand Budapest Hotel" last night and enjoyed it very much.

I'm not sure about the efficacy of online petitions in general, but this particular one has gotten a lot of retweets from ethics/legal folks

Want Bill Barr to feel pressured to resign? Here is a petition for ordinary citizens. It's being circulated by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/at

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Stonekettle Station: Those Who Forget History. Please take time to read this. I didn’t realize how ignorant I was regarding our own constitution. Stonekettle puts this in layman terms and this will remind you what we are fighting for. ⁦
stonekettle.com/2020/02/those-

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Secure Your Digital Life in 7 Days

Day:
1 - Set Up a Password Manager
2 - Check Your Smartphone’s Privacy Settings
3 - Protect Your Browsing
4 - Protect Your Laptop
5 - Vaccinate Your Computer
6 - Get All the Updates
7 - Lock Down Your Most Important Accounts

Find the entire week's instructions here in one ZIP file

share.counter.social/s/6f1997
Find the day's instructions here

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I have not listened to this myself yet, but Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram usually create an analysis worth listening to. This is a special episode that they released today about what's going on with the Roger Stone sentencing fiasco.
cafe.com/stay-tuned-special-st

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let us not go gently
to the endless winter night

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