Always love to pass on news like this to the Danamaniacs–Kobo is running a special on The Harvey Girl from now until June 21st — ten days from now and the Summer Solstice, which ought to be easy enough to remember — for 99p! Such a steal, so hop on that, all you ‘maniacs from…
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Yeah. It’s been a spring. Which got here just in time for summer. Vide: The whole yard is hunched down against the ground, whimpering. I can hear all the flowers saying, “Really? It’s not going to drop below freezing again? You’re sure? You’re really, really sure?”
So Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen told everyone in a recent newsletter that we should all read at least one book a year out of our comfort zone. This one is mine, as recommended by Pat King, also of the Poisoned Pen. Short version of the plot: Aliens squish flat every structure on the…
Read more “And once I do have eyes on me, I might get a loot box with toilet paper in it.”
Wow! Definitely the year to visit Canada. Assuming they’re still letting us in. (h/t Kottke) Grid batteries are growing even faster than solar did at the same stage. The world installed 112 GW of grid batteries in 2025, a record total and ten times more than in 2021. China built more than half the total,…
Only not so random these days.
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For those of you who have asked, “Where did the idea for Wash Gowan’s mansion come from?” Behold. I takes my ideas where I finds ’em. This time it was on Laughing Squid.
Around about 2005 expat British author Richard Grant decides to drive the 900-mile stretch of the Sierra Madre Mountains in northern Mexico. The Sierra Madres, a rugged, comfortless and dangerous place, are home to drunks, druggies, marijuana growers, meth cookers, drug lords, bandits, rapists, murderers, Mormons, mestizos, cave-dwelling Indians and entire companies of corrupt Mexican…
Read more The type of men who pride themselves on their willingness to kill.
Quote: “DARO: We were told this was about keeping the galaxy safe from extremists who don’t share our values. Alderaan isn’t that. We’re peaceful. We comply. But seeing that thing’s massive dish warming up like that, it certainly doesn’t feel like protection. It feels like something else.MODERATOR: Have you felt this way for a while?DARO:…
