Month: July 2022
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Review: Altered Carbon
{Ed. note: Another thing languishing in my Drafts for multiple years. Maybe I thought I’d be expanding it? Clearly I won’t, so here it is.} I’ve finished all of (season one?) of Altered Carbon, and have reached the conclusion that it is decidedly … adequate. It’s so-so cyberpunk and so-so noir, desperately trying to be…
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My manifesto
{Editor’s note: This has been sitting in my Drafts since early 2017 but seems as appropriate now.} You want an ACTUAL political revolution? You want to take back our democracy or “make America great again”? Then here are the vitally important but unsexy changes you should be advocating: * minimal obstacles to voting * true,…
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Doctor Who Season 9 Episode 10: Face the Raven
Spoilers abound, so if you, like me, are watching this over a year late {ed. note: now more like seven years}, be warned.
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Family Values
{Editor’s note: Whoof, this is an oldie that’s just sat in my Drafts for — seven(!) years, for no good reason.} As predictable as the rising of the Sun, a figure on the right has assailed same-sex marriage equality as an “assault on families”. I am so tired of this. You know what undermines families?…