Grievous Angel

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• Commented on London Bridge
  Re: shiny: my 11pro is arguably due for replacement. Although it works great, I am very tempted by better cameras, always on display etc. similarly my S3 watch is fine but my wife has expressed an interest and I do...
• Commented on Abolish the monarchy!
  I agree with Greg at 43. We have much more pressing issues to deal with. No issue is more likely to make “progressives” deeply unpopular than threatening to upend the our national identity. Clearly, fuck the monarchy and the have...
• Commented on Roe v Wade v Sanity
  Is there mileage in speculating about timing of the leak with regard to the wider context, I.e. the other big patriarchal / petro-wealth battle which is happening right now, in Ukraine? We have speculated here that Putin is driven by...
• Commented on Roe v Wade v Sanity
  A very depressing day. I guess where this is going is “states’ rights” to make the list of Supreme Court-backed freedoms OGH stated in the original post illegal in red states. So this is the start of the “No choice”...
• Commented on Holding pattern 2022 ...
  Re: way back at 591: “Hope punk” This is news to me and it sounds great. I could really use an alternative to grimdark sff. More books at a Scalzi or Aaronovitch level of fun and entertainment would be most...
• Commented on Bad news day
  Early days yet, but it looks like Germany may be coming back around to nuclear power. https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1498005296299622408 There’s also a rumour that if they can’t get their own, they’ll buy electricity from a new set of French reactors. Could change...
• Commented on Bad news day
  Quite. Putin / Russian ruling class’ aim is to project the small amount of power they have for maximum national and class interest benefit. And they transparently have zero interest in the rule of international law and human rights, and...
• Commented on Invisible Sun: signed copies and author events
  Re-read Empire Games, and just restarting Dark State, in preparation for Invisible Sun. I do adore Kurt and his tradecraft. I am hoping against hope that there’ll be a happy conclusion to the series....
• Commented on Yet another novel I will no longer write
  Re: wolfram’s new theory of everything: Here’s an entertaining takedown of one of his Previous efforts http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/...
• Commented on Yet another novel I will no longer write
  “ Just flat our weird. Weird? Imagine being a French exchange student (70-71) plunked in the middle of nowhere (Durand, Michigan, a sunset town), going to high school, learning to shoot, going to hayrides, playing football, etc... Weird doesn't begin...
• Commented on Update to Public Appearances in a time of pandemic
  One of the scientists from that Netflix documentary on pandemics claims to have made at least some progress with a vaccine: https://www.centivax.com/monoclonals Would be interested in what people here think of this - I don’t know how hopeful this really...
• Commented on Infomercial Interlude
  I can’t wait!...
• Commented on Crawling from the wreckage
  I distinctly remember that at least one novel that included a comment about the lack of wisdom in burning petrochemicals that would be better used for plastics was in Roger Zelzany’s Damnation Alley....
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Nightmare Stacks
  Still hoping for a happy ending for Mo and Bob here. forlorn...
• Commented on How to get a signed copy of The Delirium Brief
  W00T. :) IIRC you mentioned that first day sales from pre-orders is important to you, Charlie. Any preference about where we pre-order in terms of earnings or data? Amazon OK?...
• Commented on Crying fire in a crowded theatre for pleasure and profit
  Wow, troll versus troll here and we're not even past 300. Must be the solstice. Quick comment on Corbyn's Brexiteer credentials. My opinion (and only that) is that he was telling the truth during the campaign - he's lukewarm about...
• Commented on Catching Up
  Re: farms and PV: Over on the Navitron forums there are quite a few farmers converting a bunch of fields to dual-use agro-farming and PV-farming. One common technique is to put the panels on frames and put sheep in the...
• Commented on Catching Up
  I was a huge skeptic of both Corbyn and Momentum for a long time. I'm on the right of the Labour party. But his performance improved and I started to think he might not be so bad. Then about three...
• Commented on Policy change: future US visits
  Me too. Re: Could the current developments be actually aimed at the gigadeath described previously in the thread intentionally? AJP Taylor's judgement of Hitler and the Holocaust was that he wasn't planning it per se in the late 30s, but...
• Commented on Policy change: future US visits
  Re: that message of hope mentioned by OGH and Greg: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/02/electric-cars-cheap-solar-power-halt-fossil-fuel-growth-2020 This is WHY Trump exists - to protect the carbon bubble and enable a fat exit from negative NPV oil and coal investments before economically rational sustainable energy puts...
• Commented on The dog ate my homework
  I remember Word 5.1 on Mac. Lovely piece of software. Word on Windows really is vastly better. Might even be worth having a cheap PC laptop around just to do novel edits twice a year....
• Commented on Busy busy busy
  Re: tmm I too look forward to the return of DSS Angleton. Complete with giving Bob a frosty stare and a comment along the lines of "Well? I said we'd talk later, boy." as Bob gasps. yes exactly :)...
• Commented on Busy busy busy
  I always took CANDID's dissatisfaction with Bob was largely due to to PTSD and there was likely to be a rapprochement. Mahogany Row suggested taking time out to fix her relationship with him. So I have hope. But then, I...
• Commented on Busy busy busy
  IRIS! I thought she was still on extended leave in Cumbria? I do hope we get Bob back as a character even in a supporting role. (And I am still holding out for a happy ending - including offspring -...
• Commented on Playtime is over
  I gain huge value and enjoyment from the comments threads here. I have learnt so much. When there is literally only one person who ruins the discourse here, it would be a dreadful shame if this amazing resource were switched...
• Commented on Playtime is over
  I also find CD / NN/ HB / CT / Snu an annoying distraction. Despite being asked by OGH to moderate hir tone and actually explain hirself on this thread, the comments still seem to be the usual combination of...
• Commented on Playtime is over
  As Nick says, this feels more like a "rise of authoritarianism" as opposed to being a coordinated move which is "happening all over and I no longer think this is a coincidence". I think the Russians would love to put...
• Commented on What are you reading this summer?
  Thanks for picking up on my Twitter request Charlie, very kind of you. My list so far is: Empire Games - for obvious reasons - probably preceded by re-reading the revised trilogy The Nightmare Stacks - again for obvious reasons,...
• Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  Re: the (understandable) vehemence of the EU that there will be no negotiation. No doubt it is authentic at present. I do wonder if it will really survive when they look at the reality of losing our (currently) big economy....
• Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  I'd love this to be true. However, if Scotland (and Wales?) have veto over exit from the EU, and t's in the parliamentary rule book, surely someone would have talked about this by now? Not least among the SNP? Plus...