SantaCon founder arrested as the feds label popular holiday event a ‘con’

It’s literally in the name

The culprit? Bacteria that has also infected shellfish, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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Now that scientists know the cause, they have a better shot at intervening to help sea stars.

He said “Cuba”

Oh good, I’m sure just telling them will work

I love how they choose a lead picture that shows millimetres of snow 😂

How do we persuade our elected politicians to stop trying to speedrun authoritarianism and fascism?

For more than two decades, Sergey Lavrov has been Russia’s top foreign diplomat, representing the Kremlin regime around the world.

And then, he was gone.

Mr Lavrov, 75, has been the country’s foreign minister since 2004, and is widely rated as being among President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.

But it has been three weeks since his last official appearance, sparking speculation he has fallen foul of Russia’s ruthless leader.

Arthur C Clarke is an excellent author and the Rama series is one of my all-time favourites. I’d recommend anything by Philip K Dick, though honestly I think a good reference would be to pick works listed in the SF Masterworks collection, it’s how I found many of my favourite SF novels.

If you fancy venturing into modern SF classics, my favourites are by Peter F Hamilton, Iain M Banks and William Gibson; though does Gibson count? He doesn’t even have a middle initial 😄