The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
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james_davis_nicoll
New Dawn requires only that people conform without exception or face memory erasure and worse. Yet, a minority insists on being individuals.
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
Interesting Links for 11-07-2025
Jul. 11th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Everything tech giants will hate about the EU's new AI rules
- (tags:ai technology regulation Europe )
- 2. Photos: The Scale of China's Solar Power Projects
- (tags:solarpower photos china )
- 3. What kind of video games do different fantasy races make?
- (tags:games funny fantasy )
- 4. Fake signs and graffiti, frequently science-fiction related, from Glasgow
- (tags:Glasgow scifi graffiti sign art funny viaSwampers )
- 5. The Marks & Spencer hack was down to TCS having *terrible* security processed on their helpdesk.
- (tags:security epicfail OhForFucksSake incompetence )
Tags:
- ai,
- art,
- china,
- epicfail,
- europe,
- fantasy,
- funny,
- games,
- glasgow,
- graffiti,
- incompetence,
- links,
- ohforfuckssake,
- photos,
- regulation,
- scifi,
- security,
- sign,
- solarpower,
- technology,
- viaswampers
It ain't no good if you're in the jungle.
Jul. 11th, 2025 07:40 amandrewduckerRight now (7:30am) it is 14 degrees outside.
It is 24 degrees in our bedroom, despite the windows being open all night. Humidity is 92%.
This afternoon it will rise to 26 degrees. I'm glad the office has air conditioning. I'm not looking forward to tonight.
It is 24 degrees in our bedroom, despite the windows being open all night. Humidity is 92%.
This afternoon it will rise to 26 degrees. I'm glad the office has air conditioning. I'm not looking forward to tonight.
They Fight Crime!
Jul. 10th, 2025 09:17 amelfI'd forgotten how much I love https://theyfightcrime.org.
( something-something fic prompts )
He's a lonely skateboarding shaman with a winning smile and a way with the ladies. She's a bloodthirsty wisecracking wrestler who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime!
He's an unconventional soccer-playing grifter in a wheelchair. She's an orphaned foul-mouthed socialite from out of town. They fight crime!
He's an oversexed ninja werewolf fleeing from a secret government programme. She's an enchanted snooty advertising executive with a knack for trouble. They fight crime!
( something-something fic prompts )
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Jul. 10th, 2025 08:53 amjames_davis_nicoll
Desperate to pay her brother Jasper's way out of Muhlenberg County, Opal accepts a job at an infamously cursed mansion.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Interesting Links for 10-07-2025
Jul. 10th, 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Let Kids Be Loud
- (tags:children noise )
- 2. Fascinating essay on photography lighting techniques that predate AI and why they are confused for it (amongst other things)
- (tags:lighting photography )
- 3. What if you Threw a Paper Airplane from the Space Station?
- (tags:space paper airplanes viaPatrickHadfield )
- 4. Cellos totally belong in rock bands
- (tags:music video awesome )
- 5. Time keeps on slipping - literally. Why today might have been the shortest day you'll ever experience
- (tags:time earth )
Bundle of Holding: Pyramid 2
Jul. 9th, 2025 03:46 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The latter half of Pyramid's ten-year run, the issues published from November 2013 to December 2018, sixty-two issues in all.
Bundle of Holding: Pyramid 2
Five Books About Aliens Who Are Fed Up With Humans
Jul. 9th, 2025 10:01 amjames_davis_nicoll
Yelling "Get off my lawn!" on an interplanetary scale...
Five Books About Aliens Who Are Fed Up With Humans
Kowloon Generic Romance, volume 1 by Jun Mayuzuki (Translated by Amanda Haley)
Jul. 9th, 2025 08:55 amjames_davis_nicoll
In a city with over a million people per square kilometre, real estate firms will never lack for clients. Good news for the employees of the Wong Loi Realty Company!
Kowloon Generic Romance, volume 1 by Jun Mayuzuki (Translated by Amanda Haley)
The Squares of the City by John Brunner
Jul. 8th, 2025 09:00 amjames_davis_nicoll
Arrogant traffic analyst Boyd Hakluyt is just a pawn in the struggle for Ciudad de Vados' future.
The Squares of the City by John Brunner