But it's not surprising. Elon sees other people as NPCs. Trump sees them as marks. I'm glad the outcry forced a reversal (they're blaming each other now). But it'll happen again. Or worse. What country buys Starlink now?

Trump once said he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and not lose voters. Now it could be: "I could let Ukrainians die and no one would care." The move to throttle Starlink/Starshield speeds for the Ukrainian army — to force them into surrendering land — is aggressively amoral.

If you like Brazil or Dr. Strangelove, you may 'dig' this movie. I was glad I knew nothing about it, other than seeing the trailer. My only complaint is that it felt a little long. But that could be my prostate talking. There were three people in total in the theatre, so, uh, see it soon.

For some orange reason people are just discovering that dumb has a b. But do they know dummy does not have a b? It's not dumby! Clearly the deep state has done this! What are your conspiracy theories about the missing b?

ditches--they soak up sun from the sky and light reflecting off the snow. Or between train tracks as Switzerland did on their rail lines in 2024. Rant done. I'm out of energy. : )

concerns my other worry is the amount of green we are spending for more expensive power. I am not suggesting covering farm fields. Rooftops of all buildings and parking lots would be a good start or run bifacial panels along the

Or how about this: Regina has as much sunlight as Sydney, Australia. And about the whole brownout worry: 43% of Australia's grid is renewable power and is reliable. Though I worry about "green"

attitude and misinformation is widespread in our province. So much so that our SK government will spend billions on a more expensive technology that will take many years to build. Did you know that wind-driven power is the cheapest available in SK?

"Great that you don't have any stupid solar panels that cause brownouts," the guy said. This is a paraphrased (and swear-free) quote from one of the prospective buyers for our ranch. As someone who has rooftop solar and saves about $150 a month I didn't argue. I wanted the ranch to sell. But this

This is Ihor Malchevskyi, a 69-year-old scientist at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, escaping the flames after a Russian attack. I could also write, "the whole world watched this live," but we can see that news from Ukraine has long been out of focus. 📹: DW

Can you stop the future? That is one of the questions in Robert Charles Wilson's The Chronoliths. Yes, I'm on a Canadian SF kick lately. I do love all the details of the science in this novel that don't overwhelm the story. And the fact that the characters all feel so absolutely real is a bonus.

Imagine if a giant monolith from the future arrived from the future, completely destroying a nearby city. And on that "chronolith" is a celebration of the victory of a future dictator, warning you of the reign to come in the future. And what if more and more of these chronoliths appear? ...

It’s Bartman to you!

IT WAS NOT A DREAM.

An excellent duology (at least I think it's a duology!) by Robert J. Sawyer. His works always make me think about both our modern times and our future days and the situations and answers to complex problems are never easy.

One of the many things I loved about the Journey concert was that they had a giant drummer playing a tiny drum kit.

Russia bombs Ukrainian civilians on purpose. Russia aids Iran in bombing American soldiers. Russia pays for part of the president's son's wedding. It's like a Russian stacking doll of destruction and payoffs.