Been a minute since I read that one, but isn’t that a case where FTL also breaks the universe? Because if so, bravo.

Reread House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds recently. Slower than light dramatically increases the scope of the universe, it’s great. The book ends with a 60,000 year car chase across the galaxy, which Star Wars would treat like a quick trip to Walmart.

I always liked this description of the US military in during World War II.

From a while back but... evergreen

This makes sense, I’m not required to be nice to the looters.

I don't know why everyone is bagging on this person, cinematic language is very clear: if the dead body is not explicitly shown, they are probably alive. And even if the body is shown and there's a whole funeral and everything, Llewelyn could still return as Dr Doom in the sequel.

I described it as ‘if David Cronenberg directed a Pixar movie’.

Me and the boys on the way to talk about James Garner’s drip.

I was surprised when I learned that carrotwood trees are invasive in Florida, because in SoCal the lack of rainfall keeps them in line.

Oh so now you support the carceral state.

Went on a lil Frankenstein binge after the new movie, reread the OG novel and then reread The Frankenstein Papers by Fred Saberhagen, which is a fun POV from the monster explaining how the original novel is actually all BS.

Images that live in my head rent free.