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The Ivory Bluffs Police Station thrusts into the clear blue sky, white and ramrod straight, gleaming under the Arizona sun. I always stand a little taller walking up these steps. At home, I’m just another schlub—mowing the lawn, folding the laundry, sweating over the grill. But here, I don’t carry…
In China, censorship relates to red lines. You cannot cross some red lines. It’s about state policy and discussions (about) state power. It’s also related to what they would call minority or religious issues, which can be very sensitive, so people would not touch those topics. If touched, it…
Meanwhile, in China…
This isn’t a “count your blessings” moment. It’s a preview.
Fun FAKE NEWS Fact: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln curbed freedom of speech by suspending habeaus corpus.
The last thing I need right now is hope in the Cubs chances…
The device had already been on the market for about three years. Until then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had received unconfirmed reports of seven instances in which the device malfunctioned and another report of a patient injury. Since AI was added to the device, the FDA has…
I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones!”
—Albert Einstein
Those goddamn aliens ruined everything. We had everything lined up, from artillery and nukes to a few experimental weapons that would’ve made one hell…
Of course they’re using bots to play D&D. Who wants to have fun with their own imagination? We’re only on this rock to track metrics, increase productivity, and shape our blobby flesh into copyrighted bionic cogs.
Key phrase in the article: “The simulations focused on combat: players battling monsters…
Quick reminder our second novelette came out on the first! Go get it! Or you'll have bad luck for seven years.
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This weeks story from Gio Clairval captures the feeling of self-isolation—whether due to living a solitary life of an…
When you're reading this, you may already know what has happened at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Hopefully, the Patriots lose and ICE doesn't do anything idiotic like try to detain Bad Bunny—or anyone at the game... but they are just crazy enough to try some stupid shit like that...
Man is a good man.
Calls his parents once a week.
Let a stranger use his metrocard.
Got his doorman a gift card to Macys.
He isn’t even rich.
But he’s comfortable.
Gives to charities he believes in.
On the board of a not-for-profit. A good one too.
Volunteers at…
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