Close-up detail of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This image was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera and downloaded #OTD 6 August in 2014.

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Anger Over Starvation in Gaza Leaves Israel Increasingly Isolated www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...

This articule is ludicrously sympathetic to the Rogue Genocidal State and of course talks about Palestine as if it all started a few years ago, but the numbers it presents are very interesting.

A hugely interesting take from SF scholar Gary Westfahl.

“No More Worldcons in the United States?”

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Archaeological fieldwork near the Galway and Mayo border has uncovered a rare burial mound dating back 3,000 years.

The discovery was made on a site overlooking Killary Fjord near Leenane.

Perhaps there is a god.

Soviet postcard from 1959.

So! SFBC admin John Grayshaw has researched the ‘Orphan Stories’ from Harlan Ellison's Last Dangerous Visions.
What happened to the stories JMS didn't use; would any of them see the light of day or were they lost? Here is our attempt at sone answers:

amazingstories.com/2025/01/the-...

Connexions this evening - garbage.

This was a surprisingly good read; genuinely alien aliens, good writing, a curious writing history and a satisfying ending.

Brazilian police have arrested a woman facing charges of triple homicide after several members of her family were poisoned by an arsenic-laced Christmas cake

Wordle 1 297 3/6*

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I’ve already had to block someone for an agressive and ignorant reply to only my second post. Perhaps this is a mistake. 😀

'City of Peace'; Lisa Goldstein. A short, straightforward piece about visitors touring Jerusalem with two guides, one Israeli, the other Palestinian. In the background, they learn of first contact with aliens. The title is satire or sarcasm; Jerusalem is the opposite of the city of peace. Wonderful.

I'll give this a lash so. Here's a picture of a deserted bergerie in the Desert d'Agriates.