Michael

@kprk.bsky.social

Web developer currently learning react and node.js. Comics, baseball and pro wrestling fan.

Babylon 5 is being uploaded to the official youtube page. They're up to episode 3 of season 1. It's one the best sci-fi shows and worth a watch is you've never seen it. Season 1 is a little rough but sets up a lot of stories and gets better when Bruce Boxleitner comes on season 2.

Babylon 5

You’ve arrived at Babylon 5, the last, best hope for peace. A neutral station standing at the crossroads of galactic powers, where ambassadors, soldiers, traders, and dreamers all have a stake in the ...

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If you live near Spokane, please consider your yard a wildlife corridor for animals pushed out of the forest by wildfire. Give them space and place large water bowls or buckets or a baby pool on your property for them. This photo was taken by my friend Stephani near Colville National Forest.

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Interior artwork from Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992, for authors without a SFE entry: 1. Tony Russo, 2. Dean Whitlock, 3. Joseph Kosiewska, 4. Denise Lopes Heald (Artist: Charles Lang, Larry Blamire, Charles Lang and Peter Peebles):

Interior artwork from Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992, for 'Sid Dex: Once a Classic, Always a Classic' by Tony Russo [as by Anthony P Russo]Interior artwork from Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992, for 'Sliding the Edge' by Dean WhitlockInterior artwork from Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992, for 'The Secret Nature of Space and Time' by Joseph Kosiewska
Interior artwork from Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992, for 'Riffles' by Denise Lopes Heald [as by D Lopes Heald]

In her portrayal of a female scientist, Moira MacTaggert operates against the grain of media norms of the time that have been said to restrict women’s access to the STEM fields by perpetuating perceptual barriers about femininity and the hard sciences. #xmen 1/6

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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was buried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle.

The Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg is a 9,000-year-old archaeological discovery of a 25-35 year old woman buried in Germany with an extraordinary animal-bone headdress.Headdress Materials: The ritual garment included bones and teeth from various animals, including deer, wild boar, crane, and turtle.Archaeological Status: As one of the oldest burials in Central Germany, her grave goods—including painting implements and clay—indicate she held a special social status, likely as a shaman.Reconstruction: The image on the right is a modern reconstruction based on the remains found on the left.