Rogier Polak
rpolak.bsky.social
Rogier Polak
@rpolak.bsky.social
Father, Husband, Entrepreneurial Aerospace Engineer, trying to catch up with Hugo Awards.
I am the Dragon Reborn... or if you do not consider that an actual profession; a shepard.
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"Sooner or later 'different' scares people"

Ok, maybe they're on to something anyway.
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
That earns you a First Beer where I am from.
December 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Companies will just appoint another strawman. The only way to make companies do what you want is fines at the global turnover level.

It is working so well in tech that the billionaires are using all their resources to have individuals in other governments prosecuted.
December 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I find that only books give me that fulfilled feeling of having consumed a complete work*

*Except; A song of ice and fire
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
You haven't seen The Last of Us yet?
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
That's a 35 year old photo. They may have remodeled since then.
Hell, the place could be a methlab now.
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Oh and the writer is not a bigot because the hero has a black friend he helped learn to read (who dies on page 5).
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've read it already; Against the odds, convention, and the expectation of his parents, our 'hero' destroys the evil queen who had brainwashed all women to reject the natural rule of man and thereby our hero restores order to the universe and receives the recognition of his peers (men).
December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I liked The Watch, I don't think the 5.5 does it justice. (It's more a 7)
m.imdb.com/title/tt8080...
The Watch (TV Series 2020–2021) ⭐ 5.5 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
| TV-14
m.imdb.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
But... How?
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
And Bluesky will only let me heart and retweet once...
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I always liked Canada better anyway.
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Unfortunately EU fines are based on a percentage of turnover.
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Use it and be turned to evil. Palantir must be the most aptly named evil company ever.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I came for the Discworld quotes, I stayed for the thoughtful and eloquently expressed views (and more Discworld quotes)...
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Once again Scalzi shows himself to be one of the great literary minds of our time. Surely, our progeny will liken him to Shakespeare, Shelly né Godwin, or Updike. ;)
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dat moet je ons nog eens uitleggen ;)
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM