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Some articles on democracy (pluralist and feminist) among Syrian Kurds: NYTimes, FT, scribd copy of FT.
If we kept DST all year, or got rid of it.
A Madoka fanfic I'm reading. It's like Starship Troopers or Old Man's War crossed with Madoka crossed with transhumanism and Culture ship Minds. Kyubey said we'd go to the stars, and we did. Many fans think magical girls are potentially immortal, and here they are. I've been enjoying it a lot. Could have used some more editing passes, but generally fun to read, often funny, I'm engaged with the show characters and the original one. Downside: it's longer than Lord of the Rings and still ongoing, last update Oct 6. I've read 34 chapters out of 44 and am thinking I should pace myself, maybe go read Ancillary Mercy while I still sort of remember what happened in Ancillary Sword.
Funny panel from the Fate/zero manga.
Japan is actually doing quite well per capita: low unemployment, very high employment to working-age-population ratio, inflation is back. Abenomics, and Keynesianism, works. GDP is shriking... because the population is, especially the working-age population.
James notes that Heinlein's first story is closer to Dickens' last novel than it is to us. This will be more interesting when his *last* book is closer to Dickens than to us, but still.
Polio is judged to be even closer to eradication.
Portugal's Left Bloc, a party run by women.
Secret gardens and numinous fantasy
SF written in 1666 by Margaret Cavendish
If we kept DST all year, or got rid of it.
A Madoka fanfic I'm reading. It's like Starship Troopers or Old Man's War crossed with Madoka crossed with transhumanism and Culture ship Minds. Kyubey said we'd go to the stars, and we did. Many fans think magical girls are potentially immortal, and here they are. I've been enjoying it a lot. Could have used some more editing passes, but generally fun to read, often funny, I'm engaged with the show characters and the original one. Downside: it's longer than Lord of the Rings and still ongoing, last update Oct 6. I've read 34 chapters out of 44 and am thinking I should pace myself, maybe go read Ancillary Mercy while I still sort of remember what happened in Ancillary Sword.
Funny panel from the Fate/zero manga.
Japan is actually doing quite well per capita: low unemployment, very high employment to working-age-population ratio, inflation is back. Abenomics, and Keynesianism, works. GDP is shriking... because the population is, especially the working-age population.
James notes that Heinlein's first story is closer to Dickens' last novel than it is to us. This will be more interesting when his *last* book is closer to Dickens than to us, but still.
Polio is judged to be even closer to eradication.
Portugal's Left Bloc, a party run by women.
Secret gardens and numinous fantasy
SF written in 1666 by Margaret Cavendish