George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽The military needs to understand that if it goes along with Trump’s plans, it will lose the goodwill it has worked so hard to rebuild with the U.S. public since Vietnam.
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Charlie StrossRemember that this article is shrieking about a 17% decline in European tourists visiting the USA … back in *March*, only two months into the Trump administration and six months ago.
The endless litany of news about abusive ICE behaviour since then means tourism is probably down significantly further by now.
(I know I for one cancelled all US visit plans after last November 7th. Otherwise right now I'd be in Seattle.)
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marqle (@marqle@mastodonapp.uk)
I think this story maybe missing one very big reason #Europeans don't want to visit the #usa at the moment. Of course there is some resentment, but there's a bigger portion of concern I think. We don't feel as safe going through us airports as we used to. I don't want to be treated like a suspect when I travel. In fact I won't put up with that. #America just isn't important enough to me to justify that treatment. https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/08/airports-feel-like-ghost-towns-us-tourism-reels-as-european-boycott-slashes-visitor-numbers-and-drains-billions-from-the-economy/ #tourism #travel #Airports #EU #geopolitics
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhDWatching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.
SpockoI love this mural of Harriet Tubman by artist Michael Rosato
harriettubmanmural.com
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Locus MagazineCongratulations to all of the #HugoAward finalists and winners!!
https://locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo-lodestar-and-astounding-awards-winners-2/
The #HugoAward for Best Novel goes The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape UK).
The Lodestar Award goes to Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido).
The #HugoAward for Best Novelette goes to “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”, Naomi Kritzer (Asimov's 9-10/24)
The #HugoAward for Best Short Story goes to “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is”, Nghi Vo (Uncanny 2/24).
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