Do you need a post-election pick-me-up? Are you a fan of free fiction? This new online novella by Jessie Mihalik might be just the thing!
When a mysterious, well dressed new neighbor moves in next door, a potion witch’s life is about to get a lot more interesting.
A cozy, romantic story for fall.
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“Go! Confront the problem! Fight! Win! And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits.”
— Edna Mode, The Incredibles
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I’m waiting
to rememberthat there is more to today than a headline
that the lump in my throat is not forever
that my fellow Americans are still that
and when they (we) lose their health care and disasters go unrelieved and preventable disease is not prevented and wells are poisoned and two plus two no longer equals four
I will not rejoicebecause
today is more than a headline, and
the lump in my throat is concentrated fuel, and
my fellow Americans are just that, and
we will still fight for health care and disaster relief and disease prevention and clean soil air water and reality in all its forms, andthis timeline is the only one we have, so
I’m waiting.
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“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
― Barack Obama
Today, that’s voting. Go forth, citizen, and make good things happen!
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It’s finally election week! That’s right, tomorrow is Election Day in the US, and if you haven’t already voted, it’s time to make your voice heard.
To find your voting and drop-off locations:
For my fellow Pennsylvania voters, here’s how to find your polling place, what to expect if you are a first-time voter, and more info.
(I’ve already voted absentee because I’m out of the country, but if you are in line tomorrow, I hope the Pizza to the Polls people find you!)
Do I think it’s ridiculous that voting takes place on a Tuesday and / or that it isn’t already a national holiday? I do! Still, it could be more complicated.
Do Astronauts Actually Vote from Space? Election Officials Explain
Astronauts do not have to miss out on voting just because they are on a mission on Election Day—they can do it from space! It happens with the help of a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system….
Believe it or not, voting from space has been a thing for nearly three decades. According to NASA, “astronauts have voted in U.S. elections since 1997, when the Texas Legislature passed a bill that allowed NASA astronauts to cast ballots from orbit.”
My absentee ballot was also a bit of a to-do, but hassle or not, it is an honor and privilege to share this democracy with you.
We matter. Vote!
“Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
— Larry Sabato
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If you are in the US, the coming week promises to be a bit stressful. Here’s a bit of cuteness to start you off on a positive note.
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Today is all about cake baking and other kitchen stuff. We needed a few ingredients like apples and eggs, which required a trip to the store, which in turn led to that age-old question: Why is our checkout line so slooooow? What is queuing theory anyway? And, inevitably, how would this affect procedure at a transdimensional transit hub?
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Typing monkey would be unable to produce ‘Hamlet’ within the lifetime of the universe, study finds
“It is not plausible that, even with improved typing speeds or an increase in chimpanzee populations, monkey labor will ever be a viable tool for developing non-trivial written works,” the authors muse.
So human writer monkeys can rest easy. In case you were worried!
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“Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you’ve been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.”
— H.G. Wells
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Funny how something can play a big role in your life without you knowing all the details behind it.
My childhood bookshelves were filled with science fiction and fantasy, and a lot of those books were published by Del Rey.
I’m not sure I knew what was behind the publishing house name, or that it was a she, or that she was instrumental in promoting speculative fiction that did not feature hobbits or Conan. Reading through the list of Del Rey books is a walk through some of the classics. The Sword of Shannara, the reissued The Princess Bride, Foster, Heinlein, Hambly, Clarke, McCaffrey, Anthony and many more.
The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
In publishing, the people who work behind the scenes rarely get their due. But on Oct. 1, 2024, at least, one industry pioneer got the limelight. On that day, PBS aired “Judy-Lynn del Rey: The Galaxy Gal,” the first episode of its new documentary series “Renegades,” which highlights little-known historical figures with disabilities.
A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey was best known for founding Del Rey Books, a science fiction and fantasy imprint that turned fantasy in particular into a major publishing category.
Read the article or watch the PBS episode for more of the work she did to move this form of fiction into the mainstream.
Here’s the episode:
(Also, as a somewhat related aside, how did I never have a Star Wars Intergalactic Passport?!)
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