9 This just in: I’ll be doing a fiction reading, with fiction writer and SF academic John Langan, at the Melville Gallery of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport on Tuesday, January 2, as part of the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series.
The doors open at 6:30 p.m., and complete details can be found on the NYRSF page. The series is curated by Jim Freund, host of Hour of the Wolf, broadcast on WBAI radio.
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FUN FACT: Seat belts reduce the risk of death by 45%, and cut the risk of serious injury by 50%.
So, not 100% effective.
But everyone uses them.
It's mandatory.
Some months ago, a dear friend asked me for a favor. Her former boarding school, Middlesex, wanted me to come speak as part of BHM. Speaking at this type of school is not something I typically do, but she’s my friend. I said yes. I just learned the Pres & board canceled my talk.
What https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1450381224330022916
After more than two decades, the official wizard of Christchurch, New Zealand, has lost his job. He was believed to be the world's only wizard on a government payroll, paid $10,000 annually by the city for "acts of wizardry and other wizard-like services." https://nyti.ms/3FWr3p8
Marc Maron came for Dave Chappelle in opening remarks on recent podcast ep:
“Everybody is free to speak their truth.
But truth be told in the world of the fragile & vulnerable minorities, there are ppl whose truths—bcuz they want to live them—have to take tremendous risks.
I watched Colin Powell on Meet The Press a few years ago expressing sincere outrage over Trump's birther nonsense; Powell said w/much passion: "and so what if Obama were Muslim?" As many have also pointed out, he also was a key player in orchestrating the war in Iraq. /1
