Today is the birthday of Lester Dent (Oct. 12, 1904-March 11, 1959), cocreator & primary writer of Doc Savage.

Love this production picture of Salvage 1. It was late August.

What a piece of junk! "Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things). Harry also has a home-made spaceship which he sometimes uses to reclaim junk satellites." Aka the Vulture from Salvage 1 (1979). 🚀

In Circle Limit III (1959), Escher used five wood blocks and twenty impressions to print his fish pattern. The white arcs meet the rim at 79.97 degrees, as mathematician H.S.M. Coxeter later calculated. Escher got it right without the... https://botfrens.com/collections/12055

IMINT #063 from KH-11 KENNEN (ATOMAL) 1. Pallets of Tapestries 2. Magic School of Emptiness 3. Paddock of Fancy-pilled Deep Fakes

#apod 2026-10-12 Jupiter and the Moons Image Credit: Chirag Upreti Web page: https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-october-12-jupiter-and-the-moons/

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"...concept vehicle designs for Ford and Honda. The book also highlights Mead’s late-career work in videogames, a medium perfectly suited to his futuristic world-building." I need to remember to plant some money so I can harvest it next season.

Syd Mead Ultimo

Syd Mead was one of the most influential and admired science-fiction designers of all time. Trained as an industrial designer and beginning his career in automotive design, he later transitioned into ...

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[Upcoming book] Syd Mead Ultimo (March 2027) "Ultimo brings together a selection of never-before-seen works produced from 1996 until the designer’s death in 2019, including visionary personal projects, contributions to science-fiction landmarks such as Blade Runner 2049, and polished..." 🔽

Art by Chris Moore for Clifford D. Simak’s Time Is the Simplest Thing (1977 Methuen edition)

First in a new series: great mathematicians and their even greater hats. Today: David Hilbert.

Just saw an ad for an AI company “Cockroach Labs.” OMG. Who advised these people on a company name? (SAN Francisco Airport, place is covered in AI ads for companies big and small)

A drop of dream fuel - The Haunted House by John Atkinson Grimshaw

"Built in 1964 by legendary model maker Richard C. Datin Jr. from designs by production designer Matt Jefferies, Datin built this meticulously crafted vessel (known as the “3-footer” or “pilot model”) which appeared in the opening title sequences for all three seasons."

Star Trek (1966) "The MIT Museum unveiled an extraordinary piece of television and cultural history: the original 33-inch Starship Enterprise model that helped define sci-fi and sparked generations of scientific ambition." It will remain on public display at the Museum through March 28, 2027. 🔽

Dead Man’s Fingers

“Blade Runner” concept art by Syd Mead. Of all his paintings for the film, this one is easily my favorite.

See @garykwolfe’s review of REVOLUTION IN THE HEART edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social: “Perhaps one of the most salient ways in which REVOLUTION IN THE HEART honors Le Guin, though, is in the sheer variety of stories in the collection…”

Revolution in the Heart edited by Jonathan Strahan: Review by Gary K. Wolfe

Revolution in the Heart, Jonathan Strahan ed. (Titan 978-1835412749, $29.99, 320pp, hc) Sep­tember 2026. Author tribute anthologies have been common in SF for decades, as a way of celebrating belov…

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Helen Mirren, portraying singer Maggie Frisby in David Hare’s 1975 play Teeth 'n' Smiles at the Royal Court Theatre in London. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

The whippoorwills an' fireflies there never did act like they was creaters o' Gawd, an' they's them as says ye kin hear strange things a-rushin' an' a-talkin' in the air daown thar ef ye stand in the right place, atween the rock falls an' Bear's Den."

Awesome day out with Peter’s Paperboys running Hastings with 16,000 minis at Partizan. Kudos to the 28 volunteers who snipped soldiers for the game and cheers to our Midgard Heroic Battles veterans who turned up to make the game run smoothly. #miniatures #wargaming #spreadthelard #nerdlings #1066

Stop asking me if I want to sign in with (insert system). Stop asking me if I want to download your app if I am searching for information on the web. Stop with the pop-ups, the embedded videos, the ads crawling all the frack over everything.

YOU GUYS TRAINS ARE AWESOME WHY ARENT THERE MORE OF THEM

The Long Neolithic lives as call to mystery, call to wonder. Whether we respond to those calls as archaeologists, ley hunters or stone pilgrims – we respond with stories. The Long Neolithic tithes in narrative. With typology or folklore, we all pay our dues. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

Issei Suda, Taipei, 1984.

#apod 2026-10-11 Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos Image Credit: NSF, B. Gudbjartsson, IceCube Collaboration Web page: https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-october-11-ice-fishing-for-cosmic-neutrinos/

Some covers to the 1970s fanzine "Dark Fantasy" (Artist: Tim Hammell, Stephen Fabian, Tim Hammell and Larry Dickison):

Art by Steve R Dodd ‘Pre-Nova Dying Sun’ (2026)

Artist Walter Popp sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/popp_w... died and author Larry Maddock sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/maddoc... was born on this day: so here's some cover art (Artist: Walter Popp, Walter Popp, John Healey and Harry Schaar):