MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown

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I finished Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik. I liked her standalones, and decided to try one of her series. (Her new standalone The Summer War is coming out in September!). It’s an interesting second book, because it pulls back on a he military focus/stakes of the first book and becomes a diplomatic intrigue with personal stakes while still keeping the fish-out-of-water/curiosity themes. And it still manages to slip in a few dragon fights and action scenes as gripping, if not more so, than in first.

Then I picked up Wild Seed by Octavia Butler. Very different vibe. Good so far.

Haha. There might be a lag in federation between instances.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought that might be the case so I googled a handful of states and they were all Departments of Human Services

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 51 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The fact CPS is part of the Department of Human Resources seems about on par for Alabama

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I was gonna say the same thing. Advanced calc was the baseline for Engineering when I went to school.

The real math folks got into some crazy shit! Where’s the topology‽ Where’s the knot theory‽ Set Theory? Fractals and Chaos theory? Hierarchy of infinities? Where’s the Schwartzfeldt nonlinear matrix transcendence or whatever madness those beautiful nerds have cooked up‽

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are also allowed to shit on the floor, pick it up with your bare hands and smear it all over your face and hair. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t do it (That’s almost a surefire way to get him to actually follow through with something), but it might not be the best look.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They made more than 1 season? Damn! I missed the boat on that one. I loved it and wished there was more of it…

Kind of annoying when a service that so often puts “new episodes” banners on things just slips it mannerless into your recommends like it was a rewatch. And you only find out once it’s been cancelled.

Ummm… I’m pretty sure that’s a B1plane.

the reason being "too socialist" and "not in ~~America's~~ Meta’s best interests".

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