I just finished T Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call, and it is the best book I have read so far this year. Folk tale and horror, with some very likeable people and one very excellent villain.
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We watched Predator: Killer VS Killer and I think it was the best media to come out of the Predator universe in a long time. Intense and beautifully animated.
The Conversation U.S.Redefining "harm" in the Endangered Species Act could undo decades of habitat protection for threatened species. The public has until May 19 to comment on the Trump Administration proposal to exclude habitat destruction from the definition. An ecologist and a law professor explain: https://buff.ly/Lguz0su
Stephanie BurgisA random conversation with my teen made me suddenly remember one of my favorite @naomikritzer short stories, "The Dragon Project," which of course then led to a re-read that made me very happy, so I'm sharing it here, too: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_03_22/
I am so excited for Murderbot. The casting looks perfect, and the feel of the show is how I imagine the books to be, at least from the trailer.
I have recommended Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green a dozen times now. I listened to the audio book which John narrated himself, and it was beautiful and enraging. So good!
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Mega wealthy people will not just "be OK" during an economic crash. They will make *more* money.
They buy stuff at fire sale prices, and when value returns to normal, they make a killing.
Poor people lost half a trillion dollars during the pandemic shock. Billionaires gained half a trillion.
🙂🙃
The McLaren F1 was over $1 million when it was introduced, and the value has only gone up since then. Some classic McLaren F1s have sold for as much as $20M.
During times of market turmoil, you can buy one for as cheap as $3 million!
This info is of no value *to you*. You can't use it to make $17M. Because you don't have $3M extra dollars to drop like it's nothing.
If a mega wealthy person finds 5 of these types of deals in a year, they will make almost a hundred million dollars. In a single year.
If you have the cash, crashed economies create a target rich environment for these types of deals. By "The cash," I mean "Almost all of the cash."
👩🏼"My business relied on Canadian lumber! But I can't survive these tariffs. I'm bankrupt.
We were doing great! $4M a year in revenue! But I can't make payroll, and my house is collateral for my SBA loan. I would have lost everything.
The business was worth $20M! It just sold for $3M."
If you're thinking,
👩🏽"Wait... Your examples of people who are losing value, are the owner of a $20M business, and the owner of a McLaren?!"
Yes.
👩🏽"I'm supposed to feel sorry for them? Because I don't."
Fair. Those are the people that push for the economic policies that caused these crashes.
When the dust settles, people that anxiously click reload on their 401ks, will be about as rich as before.🤷🏿♂️
People that can't afford to own any retirement accounts, will be much poorer.
And people that say things like "I should spend $20 million on this election!" Will be almost twice as wealthy.
RJB / MallacoreI've been playing Hoa and I'm finding it challenging and beautiful. The music is very much Studio Ghibli. Highly recommend
Catherine LundoffJust ran across this nice #review of DIVERGENT TERRORS: AT THE CROSSROADS OF QUEERNESS AND HORROR, with a shoutout for my essay “Gothic Queer, Edward Gorey and Me” 🖤🦇 https://www.hearusscream.com/reviews/divergent-terrors-at-the-crossroads-of-queerness-and-horror
[REVIEW] Divergent Terrors: At the Crossroads of Queerness and Horror — Hear Us Scream
While society stereotypes us as moody, depraved individuals, horror fans are as diverse as they come. What I love about horror fans is despite how someone might appear, I can almost never guess what their favorite horror film is. In one instance, I was particularly taken aback when a woman decked ou