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Genius!

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , on October 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

This year’s Genius Grants were announced this week. I love this award, not just for the secrecy and drama, or because deserving artists and innovators are being rewarded (monetarily, even!) for their work, but because the scope and creativity of their ideas helps us all think more expansively.

Here’s the 2024 MacArthur Fellows list – NPR

This year’s Fellows include performing and visual artists, writers, scientists, historians, activists and one filmmaker, Sterlin Harjo. The MacArthur Foundation considers these grants as investments in people whose “ideas, experiments, and solutions expand our expectations of what’s possible.”

Here’s to genius, whatever form it may take.

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The Revolution is Today

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Just a quick reminder that the Technology Revolution panel is today at 11 am Eastern!

Here’s the info:

I’ll be part of a discussion with fellow writers Jason Palmatier, John W. Maly, and Brad C. Anderson about the influence of AI and other technologies on characters and plots in sci-fi.

If you’re interested in such topics (and really, who isn’t? :), join us today at 11 am Eastern / 8 am Pacific to discuss

The Future of Sci-Fi Characters and Plots + AI.

Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham.

WATCH Live-stream and On-demand: Linkedin and Facebook and YouTube

LISTEN Live: Technology Revolution Radio and Later: On-Demand

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Well and Truly Fall

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on October 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

— L.M. Montgomery

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Shenanigan Alert

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , on September 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Sadly, today’s post is not about the fun kind of shenanigans, but the type of under-the-radar data grab that companies so often try to perpetrate upon us. Today’s alert is about PayPal, and this post from Ellen Datlow sets up the problem and happily, also provides a solution:

These options may differ depending on your location, but this push to share your data is very much an issue for anyone using PayPal US. I suggest you check your settings to be sure.

Thanks, Ellen!

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Appreciating the Moment

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on September 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life’s quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result―eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly―in you.”

― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

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Sky Blue Day

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , on September 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Memories kept close

Sky blue days of me and you

In the warmth of fall.

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Counting Down to the Technology Revolution!

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m pleased to announce that next week I’ll be part of a discussion panel talking about the influence of AI and other technologies on characters and plots in sci-fi!

The event will be hosted by Bonnie D. Graham and include a roster of other authors who write and think about science, fiction, and the future of technology. 

If you’re interested in topics like this (and really, who isn’t? :), join us next Wednesday at 11 am Eastern as we consult our Magic 8 Balls discuss The Future of Sci-Fi Characters and Plots + AI!

Technology Revolution: The Future of Sci-Fi Worlds + AI Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham

Welcome, global audience, to Technology Revolution: The Future of Now Radio, “The Future of Sci-Fi Characters and Plots + AI” we want to know, Bonnie D. on her Scarlett Mic, your predictions host and guide, Engages savvy Futurists on her into-the-future ride, Jason Palmatier, John W. Maly, J.R. Johnson and Brad C. Anderson, too, Watch or listen, we’re envisioning Sci-Fi + AI for you!

Listen LIVE on VoiceAmerica Business: Technology Revolution Radio

Watch Live-stream: Linkedin + Facebook + YouTube 

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One One Two

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

This lovely story from Eleanor R. Wood on Flash Fiction Online is just what I needed to brighten my day.

I hope it cheers you too.

Fibonacci

One sample of DNA.

One chance to prove herself and silence her peers.

And if you’d like to know more about some of the science behind the story, check out these links.

Nautilus

What’s special about the shape of a Nautilus shell? Find out.

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We Can

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on September 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“You can write. You can. Almost any damned fool can, and many of them do. If I can do it, believe me, you can too.”

— Algis Budrys

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Magic, Magic Everywhere

Posted in Science!, tagged , , , , , , , on September 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Sometimes you might look at the world and see only the meh, the drab, the muddy exteriors of your surroundings. It’s Tuesday, I get it.

But when the light is just right or you’re a little less tired and you take an extra moment to look deeper, you may find magic just waiting to be discovered.

Here’s one example; click through for photos, which are amazing.

Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter

Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia’s First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park’s bald cypress swamp.

I ran across this article and immediately wanted to know more. You too? Here you go!

An Array of Colors at First Landing State Park – State Parks Blogs

If you happen to visit First Landing State Park at just the right time, you might see people transfixed at the edge of one of the cypress swamps. I’ve been there and excitedly said aloud, “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!” to no one in particular, while wearing a very silly grin. Why you ask? Because I saw this rainbow water for the first time.

What an incredible world.

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