Harry Turtledove
@hntdove.bsky.social
Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
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The future we were promised: Flying cars The future we got: Pervert glasses with an app that can undress women in real time.
Ne'er once have I seen a "limits of the right" headline. Not a single one.
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 6h agoA reminder that the media is not liberal or objective. Notice the editorialization in the headline and deck. Why is it "stunning"? etc This is both agenda setting and manufactured confrontation, designed, over time, to make readers think a certain way. Also never see "limits of the Right" frames
Someone may hit all three. The adverb count would suggest as much.
ered@ered.bsky.social · 3w agoSeen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take
TMZ just opened a DC office, i think. Frankly, i dont think Washington has quite realized what's about to happen. this is a pregnant rat washing ashore on one of those remote islands with colonies of sluggish flightless birds
Organizers of a major forum for Russian military drone operators have postponed this year’s event, citing alleged intelligence that Ukraine was preparing an attack involving ballistic missiles and what they described as “terrorist bio-drones.”
Russian Combat Drone Forum Postponed Over Fears of Ukrainian Attack - The Moscow Times
Organizers of a major forum for Russian military drone operators have postponed this year’s event, citing intelligence that Ukraine was preparing an attack involving ballistic missiles and what they d...
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David Crowley: "I especially want to thank Rep. Francesca Hong. Her campaign reminded people across Wisconsin that there are no long shots when it comes to believing in a better future and fighting to expand opportunities to every family ... the real opponent has always been Tom Tiffany."
OK, my assignment for every one of you who can afford it - get a dashcam. Keep it running. The life you save may be your own.
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 22h agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure raping children is an impeachable offense.
The wisdom of crowds is what lets people who run gambling companies become multimillionaires.
AndyC@andyc300.bsky.social · 5h agoYou would think that maybe one season of participating in fantasy football would disabuse these people from their 'wisdom of the crowds - gambling edition' narrative, but here we are, ass deep in Polymarket and Kalshi.
IEA slashes 2026 supply forecast as Hormuz reopening remains elusive reut.rs/45Hmjlz
IEA slashes 2026 supply forecast as Hormuz reopening remains elusive
Global oil supply will fall by 4.3 million barrels per day, or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in the Middle East are set to plunge the world deeper into an oil-market deficit.
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This El Niño really is something else. Temperatures in the eastern Pacific are now widely 5°C above average, peaking at 6°C. Forecasts continue to push us deeper into Super El Niño territory. This event will re-write the history books on the impacts of events at this scale.
I couldn’t make this up if I tried.🤬 “An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.“
Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American Prospect
The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.
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Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"
💜The embracing emperors💜 Diocletian and Maximian are shown in unified leadership of the Roman empire this #ReliefWednesday. Both have stepped down from their chariots to greet each. #AncientBluesky🏺
The state of the Democratic party Democrats: <SCREAMING>"BURN BILLIONAIRES AND FEAST ON THEIR BONES." Elizabeth Warren: "Did someone say, 'progressive tax structure?'" Democrats: <SCREAMING>"-BLOOD AND BONE BLOOD AND BONE. BLOOD AND-" Adam Schiff: "I think I'm hearing, 'raise the minimum wage'."
Michael Scott Rohan sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rohan_... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Tony Roberts, John Berkey, John Harris and Ian Miller):
Tremendous insight into the inner workings of the Trump administration that the NSA/SecState was allowed to go down in a fireball but the person who posts AI slop for the President qualified as needing to survive at all costs.
Dan Lamothe@danlamothe.bsky.social · 7h agoSCOOP: People on the airport catering truck used to secretly move President Trump off an Air Force One 747 in Turkey included: - Dan Scavino - Walt Nauta - Natalie Harp No Cabinet-level officials were on that truck. wapo.st/3S47ztG
THREE MILES DOWN takes place in 1974-75. It's got the Cold War, a sunken Soviet sub, the Hughes Glomar Explorer, Watergate...and the alien ship that sank the sub. www.amazon.com/Three-Miles-...
Amazon.com: Three Miles Down: A Novel: 9781250829733: Turtledove, Harry: Books
Amazon.com: Three Miles Down: A Novel: 9781250829733: Turtledove, Harry: Books
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I do want to note that THE WAGES OF SIN is out in trade paperback. If you're looking for dead trees but don't want to pay hardcover prices... It's set in 1850s England in a universe where HIV got loose in the early 1500s and, mm, screwed up social patterns worldwide. www.amazon.com/Wages-Sin-Ha...
The Wages of Sin
Amazon.com: The Wages of Sin: 9781649731722: Turtledove, Harry: Books
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RULED BRITANNIA takes place in a late-16th-century England where the Armada won. Shakespeare is recruited to help an uprising against the occpiers. Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, who really was on the Armada, is trying to stop him. Forsooth! Verily! www.amazon.com/Ruled-Britan...
Ruled Britannia
Ruled Britannia - Kindle edition by Turtledove, Harry. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ruled Britannia.
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Things being as they are, I'll mention IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES, too. It's set in early 21st-century Berlin in a world where the Nazis won...And the last hidden Jews are trying to survive as fascism is starting to break down under its own weight. www.amazon.com/Presence-Min...
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies - Kindle edition by Turtledove, Harry. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading In the Presence of Mine Enemies.
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HOW FEW REMAIN is the first of an 11-book series that runs from the 1880s to the 1940s and entangles the USA and CSA in the European alliance system. I talk a little bit about race and fascism. Just a little bit. www.amazon.com/How-Few-Rema...
Amazon.com: How Few Remain (Southern Victory): 9780345406149: Turtledove, Harry: Books
Amazon.com: How Few Remain (Southern Victory): 9780345406149: Turtledove, Harry: Books
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As long as I'm trying to sell books here, how about JOE STEELE. Based on a short story I did in 2002, it imagines Joe Steele becoming President in 1932. "Joe Steele" in Russian would be...Yeah. Him. Relevant right now, dammit. www.amazon.com/Joe-Steele-H...
Joe Steele: Turtledove, Harry: 9780451472199: Amazon.com: Books
Joe Steele [Turtledove, Harry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Joe Steele
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AND THE LAST TRUMP SHALL SOUND has 3 near-novellas, one each by me, James Morrow, and @catrambo.bsky.social, about the West Coast seceding from a Trumpist USA and forming the freer, looser nation of Pacifica. www.amazon.com/Last-Trump-S...
And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America: Turtledove, Harry, Morrow, James, Rambo, Cat: 9781647100056: Amazon.com: Books
And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America [Turtledove, Harry, Morrow, James, Rambo, Cat] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America
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THE BROADWAY MUSICAL QUIZ BOOK, by Laura Frankos, is aimed at people who love Broadway musicals--and at their friends and relatives who are looking for something to get for them. www.amazon.com/Broadway-Mus...
The Broadway Musical Quiz Book (Applause Books): Frankos, Laura: 9781423492757: Amazon.com: Books
The Broadway Musical Quiz Book (Applause Books) [Frankos, Laura] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Broadway Musical Quiz Book (Applause Books)
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