Rev. Col. C.A. Martin, PhD

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Dilettante & bon vivant | Professional historian of dope, rock'n'roll, and fucking in the streets | Amateur 'pataphysicien

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

This is the expected, and dumbest, outcome. Passing over Georgia (the obvious choice for an early state) to pick South Carolina is not about empowering Black voters. It’s about keeping the Old Guard of the party in charge and marginalizing the left of the party.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats select South Carolina to lead off their party's 2028 presidential nominating schedule.

AOC: Ask Peter Thiel. Ask Elon Musk. Ask Mark Zuckerberg if they want one of these data centers in their own backyard. Ask any one of us here on this committee. If anyone wants to live right next to one of these centers, please raise your hand.

Coltrane, gone 59 years ago today — at the age of 40. “.. I want to be a force for real good,” he said. “I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force.” #RIP

120 Minutes introduced me to a lot of great music, when MTV was otherwise a wasteland. I still have some old VHS tapes I made on those late Sunday nights in high school, waiting for Camper Van Beethoven or the Replacements to pop up. RIP Dave Kendall www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Dave Kendall, Creator and Host of MTV's '120 Minutes,' Has Died

Dave Kendall, the creator and longtime host of MTV’s highly influential show '120 Minutes,' has died.

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No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."