12 My short story, “Season of the Long Now,” is included in the forthcoming double issue of Electric Velocipede as is shunn‘s “Timesink.”
You can pre-order the double issue (and back issues) at Electric Velocipede online.
#vaccination https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1450154100885164034
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
