#5yrsago #MandalayBay to #MassShooting survivors: we’ll donate $500 to charity if you stipulate that we’re suing you https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mgm-las-vegas-lawsuit-donation-20180911-story.html
#5yrsago This is the golden age of #ChineseScienceFiction https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2093892/science-fictions-new-golden-age-china-what-it-says-about-social
#5yrsago Europe just voted to wreck the internet, spying on everything and censoring vast swathes of our communications https://memex.craphound.com/2018/09/12/europe-just-voted-to-wreck-the-internet-spying-on-everything-and-censoring-vast-swathes-of-our-communications/
#5yrsago Sony: OK, OK, we don’t own Bach https://www.eff.org/takedowns/sony-finally-admits-it-doesnt-own-bach-and-it-only-took-public-pressure
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An unprecedented legal move by MGM Resorts International to sue surviving victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting took another unusual turn Tuesday when the casino-operator offered to make $500 charitable donations for each person who waives or has their lawyer accept legal notice of the lawsuits.
The Three-Body Problem, by Ken Liu, is a very cool example of Chinese science fiction. It's a little more current than Li Bai, anyhow!
I talked to a Chinese person recently that says he likes our funky lizard-bat dragons better than the snake thing dragons they call longs.
Hurray for lizard-bats! And great sci-fi.
#scifi #Literature #Chinese #ChineseScienceFiction #Book #JustDownloadTheBookAndReadItWhenYouGetToItTrustMeItsCool
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