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HowToPhil (Phillip R)@glynmoody
#SciFi Clarke suggested we need 3 communication satellites. #GEO
#MurrayLeinster wrote "Space station" suggesting one would be launched in #LEO
#StanleyKubrick showed us one big wheel in #2001
#Computronium is a #trope A solar system becoming concentric shells and rejecting waste heat as infrared.
#KenMacleod posited a green tinge spreading from a point as stars were surrounded by orbiting habitats, bubbles with airtrees.
I think Bezos may be premature and excessive.
TatiMitStiftCan we please kill the movie trope of "tragic fate-ridden man who lost all hope, finds something new to live for and then dies"? It is so immensely bleak and I don't like that men around the world are taught that they only find happiness when they are willing to accept, that it will be brutally taken from them, one way or another.
Just f***ing kill this trope! Burn it, pour molten lead over it and drown it in the deepest ocean, ugh!!!!
scottymarinaraugh this #startrek book is only getting 4 stars the author leans heavily on that old garbage #trope of thhe "bitter"barren" woman" yuuuuck and yikes! its the federation in like 2400 CE! yeetus that feetus and get a surrogate! next plotline plzzzzz ugh it was written before 2012 so things have come a looooong way for #scifi in 14+ years! #books #bookstodon i'm a cis male and i accept a cis woman may not be so cavalier about abortion but the context is making it yikes!
🅰️ndrzej
Line MarsanMon #vendredilecture avec un peu d'avance...
𝐉'𝐚𝐢 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭é 𝐥𝐚 #𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !
Je me suis promis de tester pour sortir de mes habitudes de #lecture .
𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧:
👉 Un début agréable. De l'humour. Le #trope est le #fakedating ( les deux protagonistes font croire qu'ils sont ensemble et se prennent finalement au jeu). Une ambiance bien construite de comédie romantique.
👉 C'est certes caricatural, mais je l'ai lu très vite et avec plaisir. Un genre léger, parfois drôle, avec des personnages charmants.
#amour #TheLoveHypothesis #livres #RomanceContemporaine #romance
WIST QuotationsA quotation from Terry Pratchett
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.** This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny noises in attics, and mowing lawns can eventually reduce even the strongest constitution.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #eric #amazons #battleofthesexes #chores #genderroles #household #males #masculinity #men #trope #women #jungle
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990) | WIST Quotations
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.* * This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny…
דער קערפער פֿון השםOh boy... we've crossed some kinda threshold here. 👀
"At a political event in #SanFrancisco on Wednesday afternoon, individuals present chanting “tax the rich” switched their chant to “tax the #Jews,” San Francisco Mayor #DanielLurie stated.
“This was an event I put on with [District Five] Supervisor [Bilal] #Mahmood, labor leaders, and dozens of workers to announce a plan that creates more jobs for those workers and housing for #SanFranciscans,” #Lurie said of the event in a post to X/Twitter.
“Suggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired #trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly #antisemitic,” the Democratic mayor added."
'Tax the Jews' chants ring out at San Francisco event | The Jerusalem Post
“Suggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly antisemitic,” Mayor Lurie said.