Here’s a good rant

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May 252021
 

Amazon spent half a billion dollars getting the right to and producing a Tolkein series. And as more information creeps out about it, the more it seems likely to be a mess. I’d *love* to see a fantastic series set in Numenor, with the designs of props, locations and character true to the source *and* coherent with the Peter Jackson films. I’d *love* to see a series set in Numenor that has intriguing characters and good plots. But it’s starting to look like what we’ll actually get is woke nonsense skewed towards raking in that sweet, sweet Chinese money. If that is indeed what happens… I hope that Amazon loses money on a vast unprecedented scale.

Just Some Guy rips some of the recent nonsense about trying to mangle what Tolkein clearly described.

 Posted by at 9:45 pm

Funniest thing you’ll read today

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May 242021
 

From the color-value reversed Stormfront:

It Turns Out, All Those ‘Woke’ White Allies Were Lying

Right off the bat, consider that they seem surprised that “woke” anybody turned out to be shallow performative causeheads. The rest of us have known that for *decades.* But their real problem is this:

Recent polling numbers show that the support for Black Lives Matter has severely declined. …  However, white people’s support has declined to levels lower than they were a year ago.

The author seems to believe that the cause of a decline in trust in the BLM movement is that white people are inherently evil. Allow me to retort:

 Posted by at 7:42 pm

Someone built the BIS Moon Suit

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May 242021
 

The British Interplanetary Society famously proposed manned missions to the moon both before and after World War II. These designs would *not* have worked, but that’s not the point. The “Collier’s” series space program vehicles would not have worked either, but they all served the purpose of showing that the physics supported the notion of manned space flight, that it *could* and *should* be done. And anythign that actually happens had to start somewhere.

 Posted by at 3:52 pm

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Origins & Evolution: Preview

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May 242021
 

Mortons has posted a preview “sampler” of my “Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird” bookazine. You can take a look and see if it’s for you.

It is available directly through the publisher for £8.99 (Approx $12.41 or €10.34). It is also available through Amazon for pre-order for $12.99. Direct from the publisher should be available sooner; from Amazon, lower mailing cost if you’re in the US.

 Posted by at 11:04 am

That’s not how this works

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May 222021
 

If you want something warm and fluffy to cuddle with, a cat can be a good choice (depending, of course, on the cat). And if you want a cat, there is no substitute for an actual cat. So this… thing confuses me to no end.

You’re Supposed to Be Comforted by This Faceless Robotic Vibrating Cat, Not Horrified

Cats are not hard to come by. The world is full to overflowing with shelters and pounds with unwanted cats that can be had for a few bucks, or a donation, or for the asking. So… why an expensive robotic Martian flatcat/tribble hybrid?

 Posted by at 3:15 pm
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