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@fehrtrade Interesting. I have loved Christian Slater in everything he's done, from Heathers and Pump Up the Volume in the 80s all the way to Mr. Robot a few years ago. Brad PItt has been up and down: masterful in 12 Monkeys, for example. But yeah, I dig all the new guys, too.

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@fehrtrade Interesting. I have loved Christian Slater in everything he's done, from Heathers and Pump Up the Volume in the 80s all the way to Mr. Robot a few years ago. Brad PItt has been up and down: masterful in 12 Monkeys, for example. But yeah, I dig all the new guys, too.

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Having just finished watching the latest season of #InterviewWithTheVampire, time for comparison to the classic movie. Louis de Point du Lac: Jacob Anderson or Brad Pitt? Eric Bogosian or Christian Slater? Sam Reid or Tom Cruise?

Sorry, limits to tech keep me from asking about the other characters.

#AnneRice #Vampires #Vampire #Lestat #Armand #ThéatreDesVampires

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Having just finished watching the latest season of #InterviewWithTheVampire, time for comparison to the classic movie. Louis de Point du Lac: Jacob Anderson or Brad Pitt? Eric Bogosian or Christian Slater? Sam Reid or Tom Cruise?

Sorry, limits to tech keep me from asking about the other characters.

#AnneRice #Vampires #Vampire #Lestat #Armand #ThéatreDesVampires

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Tom Cruise sucks, but Christian and Brad for sure

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Another #ShortStory sale, this time to a hot new pro-rate market: Small Wonders!

"The Six Clues That Tipped Me Off That You Were An Assassin From The Future Coming To Kill Me" will likely run in their October or November issue. This one will be a free link, so I will certainly be sharing that when it is available.

A bittersweet relationship story--I can't wait to share it with you.

#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#TimeTravel
#AmWriting
#AmWritingFiction
#WritingCommunity

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Another #ShortStory sale, this time to a hot new pro-rate market: Small Wonders!

"The Six Clues That Tipped Me Off That You Were An Assassin From The Future Coming To Kill Me" will likely run in their October or November issue. This one will be a free link, so I will certainly be sharing that when it is available.

A bittersweet relationship story--I can't wait to share it with you.

#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#TimeTravel
#AmWriting
#AmWritingFiction
#WritingCommunity

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@noam I also thought Dot and Bubble was the best of the season--either that or Boom. The former was way more subtle than Doctor Who usually is; the latter, pretty explicit in its politics, but I didn't expect the twist in either case. A twist works really well with me if I'm not expecting it.

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@noam I also thought Dot and Bubble was the best of the season--either that or Boom. The former was way more subtle than Doctor Who usually is; the latter, pretty explicit in its politics, but I didn't expect the twist in either case. A twist works really well with me if I'm not expecting it.

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Finished watching this Season's #DoctorWho. Verdict: Episodes 3-6 were great. 3 and 5 will stand with some of the best episodes ever in the series. 2 had some interesting features. #NcutiGatwa was terrific in the role. #MelBush exceeded anything she ever did (that I've seen) with doctors 6 and 7. But the ending was awful. A villain will bring death, death reverts death, with all tension defeated by our knowing the series will continue? Seriously? Ruby's mother being a nobody? And who's Flood?

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Finished watching this Season's #DoctorWho. Verdict: Episodes 3-6 were great. 3 and 5 will stand with some of the best episodes ever in the series. 2 had some interesting features. #NcutiGatwa was terrific in the role. #MelBush exceeded anything she ever did (that I've seen) with doctors 6 and 7. But the ending was awful. A villain will bring death, death reverts death, with all tension defeated by our knowing the series will continue? Seriously? Ruby's mother being a nobody? And who's Flood?

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I am currently reading #InfiniteJest by#DavidFosterWallace. I got to the point where he is describing Eschaton, the world’s most complex board game, over many dozen pages. I wonder if Elon Musk read this book. #SpaceX sounds suspiciously like SPASEX, which in-game means spasm exchanges, a low-level release of missiles in a controlled fashion—dead tennis balls, as this occurs in a tennis academy played by juvenile males. Footnotes use calculus to explain how to calculate arsenal size. Very Musky.

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I am currently reading #InfiniteJest by#DavidFosterWallace. I got to the point where he is describing Eschaton, the world’s most complex board game, over many dozen pages. I wonder if Elon Musk read this book. #SpaceX sounds suspiciously like SPASEX, which in-game means spasm exchanges, a low-level release of missiles in a controlled fashion—dead tennis balls, as this occurs in a tennis academy played by juvenile males. Footnotes use calculus to explain how to calculate arsenal size. Very Musky.

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@Johannab I just signed the contract today. I don’t know when it is coming out, but I will post when I have that info. Thank you for the kind words!

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@Johannab I just signed the contract today. I don’t know when it is coming out, but I will post when I have that info. Thank you for the kind words!

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My science fiction #humor story of a time-traveling #HeavyMetal band, “Scam Likely and the Future Desperados,” just sold to Translunar Travelers Lounge!! Very excited to share it with you.

#TimeTravel #WritersOfMastodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #SciFi #WritersLife #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #AmWritingSciFi #AmWritingScienceFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #FlashFiction #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction

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My science fiction #humor story of a time-traveling #HeavyMetal band, “Scam Likely and the Future Desperados,” just sold to Translunar Travelers Lounge!! Very excited to share it with you.

#TimeTravel #WritersOfMastodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #SciFi #WritersLife #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #AmWritingSciFi #AmWritingScienceFiction #ShortStory #ShortStories #FlashFiction #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction

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If you do #KindleUnlimited, this is now free. It has my #cyberpunk #ShortStory “Caliban’s Cameras.” Educational #dystopia set in Florida with the state legislators and the contractors that own them as villains.

#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#AmWriting
#AmWritingFiction

https://www. amazon.com/dp/B0CH1ND4MM

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If you do #KindleUnlimited, this is now free. It has my #cyberpunk #ShortStory “Caliban’s Cameras.” Educational #dystopia set in Florida with the state legislators and the contractors that own them as villains.

#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#AmWriting
#AmWritingFiction

https://www. amazon.com/dp/B0CH1ND4MM

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@dchansen @grumpybozo Wow--I totally missed that. I'll have to look for it if I rewatch.

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@dchansen @grumpybozo Wow--I totally missed that. I'll have to look for it if I rewatch.

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@timelordiroh I almost got it then. Not quite. The writing intentionally misleading me still had me somewhat in it's sway. It allowed the end to hit harder. Brilliant writing.

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@timelordiroh I almost got it then. Not quite. The writing intentionally misleading me still had me somewhat in it's sway. It allowed the end to hit harder. Brilliant writing.

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@noam They were eliminated because they were vapid and awful. The AI running the dot decided they were horrible. The twenty-somethings were too absorbed in their echo chamber to even realize how racist they were until push really came to shove at the end. It dawned on Lindy that she might be a racist. She decided she didn't care enough to not go with the flow. The genius of this episode is that it looked like a goofy parody of Gen Z phone addiction until it didn't.

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@noam They were eliminated because they were vapid and awful. The AI running the dot decided they were horrible. The twenty-somethings were too absorbed in their echo chamber to even realize how racist they were until push really came to shove at the end. It dawned on Lindy that she might be a racist. She decided she didn't care enough to not go with the flow. The genius of this episode is that it looked like a goofy parody of Gen Z phone addiction until it didn't.

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@odo2063 stemmed from insecurity in the Trump era. Neither the boy's comment nor the girls' anger would have happened a few months before. To be clear, the girl's were angry about a kid trying to get out of doing their work by claiming racism with no justification. They didn't want to be lumped in with him. They both would have been fine with calling out actual racism.

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@odo2063 stemmed from insecurity in the Trump era. Neither the boy's comment nor the girls' anger would have happened a few months before. To be clear, the girl's were angry about a kid trying to get out of doing their work by claiming racism with no justification. They didn't want to be lumped in with him. They both would have been fine with calling out actual racism.

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@odo2063 Real-world experience: at this stage of my career, I'm a high-school teacher. As of 2015, when I was at a racially/ethnically diverse school (not economically, all were poor), I was thrilled to see socialization across all lines. I felt Gen Z so much less racist than my generation. Then the Trump campaign started: instant tribalization. And resistance to it. I recall a Black boy accusing me of racism and Black girls screaming at him about being an asshole. The vitriole toward him

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@odo2063 Real-world experience: at this stage of my career, I'm a high-school teacher. As of 2015, when I was at a racially/ethnically diverse school (not economically, all were poor), I was thrilled to see socialization across all lines. I felt Gen Z so much less racist than my generation. Then the Trump campaign started: instant tribalization. And resistance to it. I recall a Black boy accusing me of racism and Black girls screaming at him about being an asshole. The vitriole toward him

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@odo2063 @noam Yeah, that was my thought, too. The racism angle hadn't yet crystallized for me, I think, because the Doctor hadn't realized it yet and was still thinking about it as a matter of capitalism and bubble culture. If the Doctor is missing it, I don't feel that stupid for also missing it at that point. It was the writer manipulating me and doing a great job at it.

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@odo2063 @noam Yeah, that was my thought, too. The racism angle hadn't yet crystallized for me, I think, because the Doctor hadn't realized it yet and was still thinking about it as a matter of capitalism and bubble culture. If the Doctor is missing it, I don't feel that stupid for also missing it at that point. It was the writer manipulating me and doing a great job at it.

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@noam Well, when the pop star character tried to communicate and noticed all the people had been killed, I took it as happening that day (or perhaps in slightly more time, but only since his last call to the parent world). That would have made the Doctor and Ruby preoccupied with the planet they were on. So, I didn't have a problem with this point. Nevertheless, had they thought along the lines you proposed, it could have been excellent, but I think a double-episode.

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@noam Well, when the pop star character tried to communicate and noticed all the people had been killed, I took it as happening that day (or perhaps in slightly more time, but only since his last call to the parent world). That would have made the Doctor and Ruby preoccupied with the planet they were on. So, I didn't have a problem with this point. Nevertheless, had they thought along the lines you proposed, it could have been excellent, but I think a double-episode.

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@grumpybozo Yeah, I noticed both, but Mastodon polls only give you four choices. I absolutely agree with what you are saying.

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@grumpybozo Yeah, I noticed both, but Mastodon polls only give you four choices. I absolutely agree with what you are saying.

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Okay. If you haven't yet seen the latest Doctor Who episode, "Dot and Bubble," stop reading right now because

SPOILERS

Wow. Choosing to have The Doctor be oblivious to the actual meaning of the episode until near the end as a way of distracting the audience from what was going on even though it should have been obvious--brilliant!

So, how long did it take you to figure out that this episode was really about #racism

#DoctorWho
#NcutiGatwa
#DotAndBubble

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Okay. If you haven't yet seen the latest Doctor Who episode, "Dot and Bubble," stop reading right now because

SPOILERS

Wow. Choosing to have The Doctor be oblivious to the actual meaning of the episode until near the end as a way of distracting the audience from what was going on even though it should have been obvious--brilliant!

So, how long did it take you to figure out that this episode was really about #racism

#DoctorWho
#NcutiGatwa
#DotAndBubble

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Got it when she questioned Ruby being in same room

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When Doctor couldn't figure out commonality

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At the end, when Lindy said couldn't be w/Doctor

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Wait, I thought this was about Gen Z cell phones

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Season 2 of #WeAreLadyParts dropped today! I'm watching Episode 1 right now. The meta stuff is hysterical. It was cute when the smoke from their daydream blew into the real-time actors faces. I burst out laughing at the follow-up. The timing is impeccable--the gags come so fast at points you don't get to settle down until the director wants you to. Excellent television!

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Season 2 of #WeAreLadyParts dropped today! I'm watching Episode 1 right now. The meta stuff is hysterical. It was cute when the smoke from their daydream blew into the real-time actors faces. I burst out laughing at the follow-up. The timing is impeccable--the gags come so fast at points you don't get to settle down until the director wants you to. Excellent television!

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I texted my wife, and she responded with a question mark. I had used texting lingo: BTW, for by the way. I texted back, "BTW = by the way. Gotta keep with the time. Be a hep cat. 23 skidoo and all." Then I noticed autocorrect had indeed messed up my text. AITA? (Don't answer, rhetorical question, I know it's yes, but my wife wouldn't know what AITA stands for.)

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I texted my wife, and she responded with a question mark. I had used texting lingo: BTW, for by the way. I texted back, "BTW = by the way. Gotta keep with the time. Be a hep cat. 23 skidoo and all." Then I noticed autocorrect had indeed messed up my text. AITA? (Don't answer, rhetorical question, I know it's yes, but my wife wouldn't know what AITA stands for.)