@boylemedia.bsky.social
Sci-fi and horror author living in a land of endless sunshine.
The substantially more interesting thesis of Andor in turn is that those smaller actors were not themselves freewheeling expressions of political will, but the mechanistic expression of systemic social pressures beyond their own understanding.
March 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The substantially more interesting thesis of Andor in turn is that those smaller actors were not themselves freewheeling expressions of political will, but the mechanistic expression of systemic social pressures beyond their own understanding.
The fairly simple thesis of Rogue 1 is that the events of EP:IV were not accomplished through the efforts of three spotless heroes, but the collective action of dozens of smaller, more compromised, but just as dedicated fighters, most of whom died in horrid ways.
March 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The fairly simple thesis of Rogue 1 is that the events of EP:IV were not accomplished through the efforts of three spotless heroes, but the collective action of dozens of smaller, more compromised, but just as dedicated fighters, most of whom died in horrid ways.
Both seem to be striving towards the end goal of rendering A New Hope an unreliable narrator. That EP:IV is at least somewhat suspect is clear from the moment Chewbacca doesn’t get a medal and seems perfectly content with that. Each of the complicating texts throws this into sharper relief.
March 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Both seem to be striving towards the end goal of rendering A New Hope an unreliable narrator. That EP:IV is at least somewhat suspect is clear from the moment Chewbacca doesn’t get a medal and seems perfectly content with that. Each of the complicating texts throws this into sharper relief.
“Sentient spaceships at the end of the world sounds like the only thing that can keep me sane for the next ten hours!” I thought, and I’ve been a devoted reader of hers ever since.
February 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Sentient spaceships at the end of the world sounds like the only thing that can keep me sane for the next ten hours!” I thought, and I’ve been a devoted reader of hers ever since.
I was in Portland on a business trip when i got the call that my wife was going into labor three months early. Went into @powells.bsky.social while waiting for my rescheduled flight home and saw Velocity Weapon by Meghan O’Keefe on a rack.
February 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was in Portland on a business trip when i got the call that my wife was going into labor three months early. Went into @powells.bsky.social while waiting for my rescheduled flight home and saw Velocity Weapon by Meghan O’Keefe on a rack.
To me the key to Masks is to put it in the same category as a DS9 Mirror Universe episode: they had to make 26 hours a year, and the actors were DESPERATE to do anything different.
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
To me the key to Masks is to put it in the same category as a DS9 Mirror Universe episode: they had to make 26 hours a year, and the actors were DESPERATE to do anything different.
“Obviously the system they had was no longer equal to the challenge if the times, how did people not see that?”
January 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“Obviously the system they had was no longer equal to the challenge if the times, how did people not see that?”
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but I'm trying my best to be conscientious.
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but I'm trying my best to be conscientious.
Discord, of course, is the least centralized of all of these. The politics and content of any given Discord server are entirely up to the person(s) who run it, and I don't think we'll ever see the day when one Discord Server tries to get me to come join another (sponsored) one.
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Discord, of course, is the least centralized of all of these. The politics and content of any given Discord server are entirely up to the person(s) who run it, and I don't think we'll ever see the day when one Discord Server tries to get me to come join another (sponsored) one.
As for Reddit, that one is even more nebulous, but two points to consider. 1. Reddit is owned by shitheads. 2. Reddit is RUN by moderators. In this way it is decentralized, and it will reflect your own values in the way that you use it. (Also true of Blue Sky, if you work for it).
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
As for Reddit, that one is even more nebulous, but two points to consider. 1. Reddit is owned by shitheads. 2. Reddit is RUN by moderators. In this way it is decentralized, and it will reflect your own values in the way that you use it. (Also true of Blue Sky, if you work for it).
Two simple points here: 1. While I don't know much about the politics of the CEO, she seems like a measured and intelligent person, which in the middle years of the 21st century is all you can ask for. 2. It is a B Corp, which is no guarantee of ethical soundness, but is better than most options.
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Two simple points here: 1. While I don't know much about the politics of the CEO, she seems like a measured and intelligent person, which in the middle years of the 21st century is all you can ask for. 2. It is a B Corp, which is no guarantee of ethical soundness, but is better than most options.