With former U.S. President Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, we speak with Pakistani author and columnist Fatima Bhutto. Bhutto is an award-winning author and writes a monthly column for Zeteo on world affairs. She criticizes Kamala Harris’s campaign for relying heavily on celebrity endorsements and vague appeals to “joy” while silencing dissent on Gaza as the Biden administration continues backing Israel. “You don’t need to be a man to practice toxic masculinity, and you don’t need to be white to practice white supremacy,” says Bhutto.

Young gamers in the UK can now transport themselves inside the iconic world of Doctor Who for a limited time in Nightfall, the BBC’s online multiplayer game.

According to GURPS Fourth Edition, which has an even better predictive track record than Illuminati if you pick your data points carefully, we're going to hit a milestone at midnight between December 31 and January 1:

The world will reach tech level 9! (Which is no doubt why so much Apple and Tesla stuff is being discounted right now.)

All our incomes will go up 50%!

I can hardly wait.

Thanks to Alden Loveshade for the tip.

– Steve Jackson

Warehouse 23 News: Oops, All The Pyramids!

Imagine it: over 100 issues of Pyramid – nearly 5,000 pages of gaming goodness – covering all manner of genres, power levels, and possibilities – in a bundle at a fantastic price. Your imagination must be amazing, because Pyramid Volume 3 Bundle exists and awaits your download! All 122 issues from that era are in one package, a complete collection of GURPS goodness. Download this trove from Warehouse 23!

As per sources within the Finance Ministry, the Centre is likely to maintain its original budgeted estimate of ₹22.07 lakh crore for direct tax collection when it revises estimates in February. ...

In our latest Special Digital Issue, Logistics Management has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the rise of automated systems and related technologies that are revolutionizing how warehouse and DC operations work.

From the discovery of new elements to the testing of novel theories of gravity, total solar eclipses have helped spark scientific progress for centuries

Katrina Ford “World On A Wire” I’ve been writing about songs most days of my life for over 20 years and one thing I’ve learned from this is that a lot of the music I love most resists description. And of course it does – music is ultimately an abstract medium, something that exists to […]

Researchers have managed to encode enormous amounts of information, including images, into DNA at a rate hundreds of times faster than was previously possible

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic field

Hinata, Veldora, Milim join cast of game

Election Day is upon but let's review something truly scary.

Continue reading The Time Wars: Something other than the Election at The Wild Hunt.

I know we've all been tempted sometimes, minions, but these people actually did it.

UP TOP!

ON THE TRAY!

IN THE FLAY!

Er, flag. She meant flag. But I guess this works.

And extra credit to the teacher who did NOT tell her baker where to stick it, but instead handed over a notepad with all her kids' names on it, so the baker could just copy them on to the cake.

Sadly, the baker stuck it anyway:

Right where the sun won't shine!

(You know, because they're inside.)

Thanks to Annie, Trinity L., Kaye P., & Molly H. for teaching us all a lesson on following directions.

Also teachers, if you're looking for a new notepad, I'm really liking these:

Everything Is Fine Notepads

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the glorious  ads and features for the October/November 1988 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Amy M. for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  If you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and absorb all … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: October 1988 Ads & Features →

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