(1) 2027 BUSINESS MEETING. As we reported yesterday, “Montréal 2027 Worldcon Will Hold Virtual Business Meetings”. And we’ve now learned Kayla Allen will be the business meeting chair. (2) WHO’D OF…

When Professor Farnsworth in Futurama says "Good news everyone!" it's rarely good news for his Planet Express crew. But in this case, the ne

🚨 Daily settler harassment of Palestinians in Duma, West Bank

The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.

This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display.

STILL COUNTING It has now been 268 days since Renee Good was murdered and 251 days since Alex Pretti was murdered. Time passing is the strategy. Silence is what they’re counting on. The deaths have...

(1) SHARP CRITICS. [Item by Steven French.] Russell T Davies is interviewed in the Guardian and talks about stepping away from Doctor Who: “’One person turned up at my house’: Russell T Davies on f…

(1) READERS REACT TO NYT LIST OF BEST TV SHOWS. [Item by Frank Catalano.] The New York Times has heard from its readers about its original “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century” li…

This week, we notched another win for free speech

Norway's foreign minister stood up at the UN, read the rap sheet out loud, and never once had to say that POFS name.

“Besides, what bad, un-conservative things could Democrats do? I mean, are they going to start another forever war in the Middle East? Start socializing industries? Raise the national debt to $40 tril...

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association has announced the winners of its 2025 Poetry Contest. The contest offered prizes in three divisions: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines [prose poems 0…

(1) TRUE GRIT. The LA Times says “An immersive ‘Dune’ experience is coming to downtown L.A.”.  Direct link here: “Dune: The Experience Los Angeles”. … In one centerpiece of the exh…

Nancy Mace has rushed to defend the posts, telling her critics they are only boosting attention on her.

A year after Republicans pushed “Arctic Frost” hysterics to the fore, the Tennessean filed a civil suit that’s all but certain to fail.

The “West Wing” cast jokingly blocks Bradley Whitford’s photos at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) was reportedly warned that the evidence behind his disastrous attempt to corner former special counsel Jack Smith had not been verified — but he chose to use it during Tuesday...

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

‘That’s absurd no one caught that typo,’ wrote one critic, while another added: ‘If this is Super Intelligence, I'll pass’

MY REACTION 5 MINUTES AFTER WATCHING NAZA Watch 👇🏼

When should you stop respecting a court's rulings?

It took a couple of days for the internet to notice File 770’s report of the LAcon V WSFS business meeting, which then went viral. Resolutions had been passed to censure and impose bans on two co-c…

Why I Will Never Use A.I.

Number 9 even suprised me!

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the filmmakers of "NAZA," a documentary that features interviews with Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers who describe targeting Palestinians in Gaza.

(1) ELINOR BUSBY’S 102ND BIRTHDAY IS TODAY! [Item by Linda Deneroff.] Elinor Busby has reached the ripe old age of 102! This may make her the currently oldest living fan (but someone othe…

Stellar hard sci-fi books like Children of Time and The Three-Body Problem announce themselves as proper masterpieces of the genre in just 10 pages.

He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.

A Usa Army went to Gaza and saw the idf targeting children he tells you everything.

“I was very successful since I was a kid,” Cruise told a packed Academy Museum screening. With his latest film, the actor, and Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, are putting that star power...

Kimya Holmes’ police report over a news segment on a real-estate transaction invokes law that no longer exists

It says something about the current state of the Republican caucus in the Senate that the dumbest person on that committee wasn't Darline Graham.

GOP senator embarrassed in Jack Smith hearing, ex-Trump official predicts subpoenas over taxpayer-funded ads, Rubio granted contract to Russian-owned company

(1) MURDERBOT GRAPHIC NOVEL KICKSTARTER. Those who have signed up for pre-launch news about the “Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel” Kickstarter today received this foretaste of things to come. Som…

Key takeaways from Jack Smith's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee: Republicans scrutinize the former special counsel's handling of two Trump investigations

A new study shows the simple math of why — absent radical measures — America's racial wealth gap won't be closing anytime soon.