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‘Bob’s Burgers’ Character Designer Dave Creek Dead at 42 After Skydiving Accident

Animator had worked on the hit series since its premiere in 2011

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Woman who wrongly accused Black teen is arrested apologizes

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him while being filmed at a New York City hotel apologized but defended her actions in a television…

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THE LOSER

Duck

Thanks, Boo

Some random dude in DC right now

STAR TREK

KISS

a little help

Harambe the White

GUITAR

AOC’s seat

Azan the Archer by Florian Devos aka Grosnez

Twitter Says It Banned Trump for Life

The social-media giant pulled the plug after he kept inciting violence and lying about the election following the attack on the Capitol.

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Democrats Ask GOP Congresswoman Who Cited Hitler To Resign

Illinois Rep. Mary Miller told a rally earlier this week, “Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ’Whoever has the youth has the future.’”

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Wonder Woman by Jan Unolt

Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos submits resignation

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has submitted her resignation, making her the second Cabinet member to resign over President Donald Trump’s response to the mob breaching the US Capitol on Wednesday, according to an official.

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A Memory Called Empire

 

Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel

Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire is one of the hottest science fiction debuts around. For those who loved Ann Leckie’s epic space opera Ancillary Justice, Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth and Iain M. Banks’s Culture novels.

Shortlisted for the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Shortlisted for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards.

In a war of lies she seeks the truth . . .

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire’s interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no one will admit his death wasn’t accidental – and she might be next.

Now Mahit must navigate the capital’s enticing yet deadly halls of power, to discover dangerous truths. And while she hunts for the killer, Mahit must somehow prevent the rapacious Empire from annexing her home: a small, fiercely independent mining station.

As she sinks deeper into an alien culture that is all too seductive, Mahit engages in intrigues of her own. For she’s hiding an extraordinary technological secret, one which might destroy her station and its way of life. Or it might save them from annihilation.

A Memory Called Empire is followed by A Desolation Called Peace in the Teixcalaan duology.

‘A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All-round brilliant space opera, I absolutely loved it’ – Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice

‘Contender for debut of the year’ – SFX Magazine

 

I desperately wanted to like this book, but alas it was not in the cards for me. There’s a fine story in here somewhere, but I just couldn’t find it behind all the endless posturing about perfect prose and the poetry of a nebulous galactic empire that was ill defined and barely described. Even the main character lacked any kind of description, same for their originating space station. Other than the fact that it was a “Station” of some sort, we know nothing. How big is it? How many people? Are they in good shape or not? Who knows! Let’s talk about the poetry of a purple rose instead!

I know there’s a market out there for these types of stories and god bless the people that enjoy them, but if you’re looking for palace intrigue, action, adventure, or even a well build imaginative universe, this ain’t the place for you.

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WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal a smaller encrypted messaging app

WhatsApp is changing its terms of service to force users to share personal data including phone numbers and locations with its parent company, Facebook.Some

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Mage Against the Machine

Harry Potter meets The Terminator in this action-packed adventure about a young man who discovers that everything he believed about his world is a lie.

The year is 2120. The humans are dead. The mages have retreated from the world after a madman blew up civilization with weaponized magical technology. Safe within domes that protect them from the nuclear wasteland on the other side, the mages have spent the last century putting their lives back together.

Nikolai is obsessed with artifacts from twentieth-century human life: mage-crafted replica Chuck Taylors on his feet, Schwarzenegger posters on his walls, Beatlemania still alive and well in his head. But he’s also tasked with a higher calling—to maintain the Veils that protect mage-kind from the hazards of the wastes beyond. As a cadet in the Mage King’s army, Nik has finally found what he always wanted—a purpose. But when confronted by one of his former instructors gone rogue, Nik tumbles into a dark secret. The humans weren’t nuked into oblivion—they’re still alive. Not only that, outside the domes a war rages between the last enclaves of free humans and vast machine intelligences.

Outside the dome, unprepared and on the run, Nik finds Jem. Jem is a Runner for the Human Resistance. A ballerina-turned-soldier by the circumstances of war, Jem is more than just a human—her cybernetic enhancement mods make her faster, smarter, and are the only things that give her a fighting chance against the artificial beings bent on humanity’s eradication.

Now Nik faces an impossible decision: side with the mages and let humanity die out? Or stand with Jem and the humans—and risk endangering everything he knows and loves?

This has been on my wishlist since it came out, it’s finally down to just $2 on amazon. I’m likely going to read this one next since I only have like 300 other books on my kindle waiting to be read!

Buy On Amazon!

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US education secretary Betsy DeVos resigns blaming Trump ‘rhetoric’ for violence

Transportation secretary Elaine Chao, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also quit

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Army Secretary Says A ‘Non-Scalable’ 7-Foot Fence Is Going Up Around US Capitol

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the fence will be in place for at least the next 30 days. He added that 6,200 members of the National Guard will be in the region by this weekend.

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Fantasy Castle Mood by Su Jung

Pompous Albert

American Airlines bans alcohol on DC flights after pro-Trump mob storms Capitol

No alcohol would be provided on flights to and from Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

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The Watch

Created by Simon Allen. With Richard Dormer, Samuel Adewunmi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett. Based on the characters from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.

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Photos of alleged Trump rioters released by DC police

Suspects include Holocaust deniers, White supremacists, and conspiracy theorists

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Kingpin

Lilith redesign by Autumn Almeida

A QAnon promoter stormed the Capitol Now he’s upset people are saying he’s ‘antifa’

A well-known QAnon promoter has learned first-hand what it feels like to be accused of…

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MUSTANG

OUCH

the boy who cried antifa

Alpha – Sometime Later The best song ever made

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Iran issues Interpol arrest warrant for Trump

Interpol rejected previous warrant issued for Mr Trump and other officials in June

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The End of 2020 vs 2021

JUST FOR CONSIDERATION

Steampunk Minotaur by Stefan Kopinski Xpost rImaginaryMinotaurs

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The War Rig – Mad Max – 3D Resin Print 172 – Truck Model

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