Launching my first #zinequest #ttrpg is nerve wracking!

But it's nothing compared to the experiences of the tail gunners in WW2.

Please come and back Tail-End Charlie, and think about the brave souls of Bomber Command who made it, and those who didn't.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plane-sailing-games/tail-end-charlie

Patrick McGoohan was one of the most interesting actors of the 1960s, with The Prisoner being his iconic series. All Night Long, a British film, b+w, 1962 is worth watching too. The story unfolds in one building over the course of a night. McGoohan plays a jazz drummer - a liar, a manipulator, a man incapable of giving or receiving love. The story highlights how destructive such people can be.

#Films #Movies #SocialHistory #History #1960s #Music #Jazz

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Perhaps unadvisably, I'm following up a read of THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER with Poe's short story "The Masque of The Red Death," just to cover Climate Crisis, Dystopia, *and* Plague.

What are the Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, or Climate Fiction novels that have had the most impact on you?

Here are my suggestions, and I'd love to hear yours:

🔹️LARK ASCENDING, Silas House. Devastating emotional depth for this genre, and a painfully beautiful lesson: the love that breaks us is the same love that mends us.

🔹️QUALITYLAND, Marc-Uwe Kling. Described as "darkly comic dystopian satire," this book is about the limits of rebranding, and the unforeseen consequences of data mining, propaganda, and our increasing dependence on technology. 

🔹️HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER, Jeff VanderMeer. What if the canary in the coal mine to warn us about the tipping point for climate change is something small, something we might overlook?

🔹️ ZED, Joanna Kavenna. This is a wry satirical take on the very real dangers of giving corporations and the government way too much power, while the public ends up receiving less and less accountability. In this story, one must beware the algorithm.

🔹️I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF, Marisa Crane. How about some whip-smart writing, a precocious truth-telling child, and Queer resistance to the Surveillance State that keeps defining them as "non-standard?" Seems timely.

🔹️HARROW, Joy Williams. This author writes on another level, just a stunning, intelligent, and reflective dissection of the nature of humanity in the midst of environmental collapse.

🔹️THE LIGHT PIRATE, Lily Brooks-Dunn. Pure Climate Fiction which explores not just the physical effects of catastrophe, but also the emotional chaos it creates.

No, not going to post on Bluesky.

Lately been getting encouragement to cross post or create a #Bluesky account. Thought a lot about it and the answer is no for the following reasons:

1. Corporate ownership, VC investment, operating at a huge loss.

2. Centalized platform, with misleading 'distributed' and 'open' network marketing.

3. No editing, 300 char limit.

When people are ready for truly non-corporate, open, distributed, and honest social media they can find us here.