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Beware the happy person with power tools.
There was a sign over the door to the maker-space. Warning: Happy people with power tools inside.
Shayde thought it was a joke until she stepped in. Sure, it had been a few years since she got together with fellow nerds and a bunch of tools to create something. At least, in subjective terms.
In real-time terms it had been closer to five hundred years.
The very concept of maker-spaces had changed while she was
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How is it learned and executed?
How is it accessed?
Does it have a will of its own?
Is it restricted in space and time?
What does available magic do?
How does it relate to the character, plot and theme of the book?
What is the cost of magic?
What can it not do?
How long does it last?
Who can use it?
How do others react to it?
Why haven’t people with this power taken over the world?
Read more »REGARDING THE “FLOW HIVE”
Now, I’m sorry this is different content than what is normal, but this desperately has to be said and it has to be spread.
- The Flow Hive advertises being a more hands-off approach than regular beekeeping, but in the long run, that may very well not be the case. The plastic frames that make the hive, well, flow, are not only unnatural (no good beekeeper wants plastic in their hive), but also aren’t the natural
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THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION MARY DOYLE KEEFE, AKA “ROSIE THE RIVETER”
Model for Norman Rockwell’s ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dies at 92
“You know Mary Doyle Keefe, but maybe not by that name. In 1943, the then-19-year-old telephone operator had been called upon to provide a unique kind of service during the war effort: Become the face of dedicated patriotism from the home front.
Norman Rockwell painted Keefe as “Rosie the Riveter,” an image that graced an iconic
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett | Waterstones.com
Read more »So the final Discworld title has been announced; it is going to be The Shepherd's Crown and will be the fifth installment in the Tiffany Aching series.
While I am delighted at another foray into Tiffany's life, I am also heartbroken that this will be the last new words we will get to read.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Read more »my parents aren’t teaching me life lessons.
I’m an adult.
Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:
- even if you get along great with your family you will get along even better with them after moving out
- generic is almost always just as good as name brand. But there are some things you never buy generic, including: peanut butter, ketchup, liquid
So this is happening on my mobile RN
davidmichaelbennett did everything…
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Read more »Humans are encountered by a race who has cyclical breeding seasons rather than humanlike sex-at-anytime urges. Both are baffled by the other’s views on sexuality.
I imagine the human idea of sex being something that is always a possibility, a low level cultural background radiation, would be insane for a race that had naturally-regimented behavior where such urges are only really a noteworthy thing for a few weeks a year (though during that time, it’s a BIG deal).
It’d
Read more »FDA approves pill to prevent HIV infections
The drug, Truvada, is the first medication intended to prevent HIV infections in people having sex with infected individuals.
(JEFF CHIU/AP)
IT JUST GOT REAL
What good news for the world.
Remember when this made the news weeks ago and US news outlets didn’t find it worth reporting?
BLESS THIS
This should have like, 1,000% more notes.
This is amazing.
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A new comic is up at The Nib.
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A zombie apocalypse story where a vaccine is developed but anti vac moms refuse to inoculate their children because the zombie vaccine causes gay autism
In the right hands, this could be an epic work of satire.
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That’s actually the start (and cause) of the zombie virus in my current WIP: Kung Fu Zombies.
Keep an eye out for it. I’m going to try getting it published on paper, this time.
Abbott Warns Solar Power Will Destroy Sun | Liberal Times
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned that excessive use of solar power will destroy the sun.
We don't need commedians in Australia. We have a joke for a PM.
“..The warmest place by the fire was reserved for the Storyteller.” You might recognize this from the opening of the Jim Henson series (beautiful!). See what you can do with it.
They called her a foul shade. And, having finally seen what she had for a face, now, Katie could believe it. They thought she was a demon. They had her in shackles that even the best of her knowledge couldn’t crack. Not even her secret gift could do anything to
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