Excuse for…?

Or, it explains why mutually-assured destruction is the only theory staving off our annihilation of the whole biosphere since 1953.

Or, it explains how a radio shock-jock and an airplane assassination can lead to 800 000 dead humans in one month in 1994.

Or, it explains how in one generation of humans we have gone from wireless telecommunications (1992) to web co-dependency (2022).

But, sure, let’s turn the words of a world-renowned biologist and world-class humanist into a cheap political wedge.

S01 and S02. After that, questionable.

This, I believe, is one of the least controversial positions in the 21st century. A masterpiece.

Pagers and phone booths stay in.

My first full run of DS9 is going so well. What’s amazing is the amount of single fatherhood in the show.

Unsaid so far: Samurai Jack.

Best finale of any series.

One of the most emotional moments I’ve had with a TV show, let alone an animated TV show, came during S01E06. Needless to say, spoiler alert.

You know the one I mean.

The song, by Sol Seppy, is a salve for hard times now.

I will also read the finale of the Final Space saga.

Take it from a die-hard cynical realist, Ted Lasso is heartwarming and inspiring in just the right measure without being terribly saccharine or campy. Very well written as well. The third season faltered a bit in the beginning, I thought, but it ended well.

From the TV adaptation of Asimov’s Foundation

Cleon XIII: Orders the deaths of 1551 innocent people to make an example of one person.

Cleon XVI: Oversees the destruction of the Foundation in truly spectacular fashion.

I’d like to know if there is a sci-fi source for this; I’ve wanted — what I call — infinifabric for a long time. Basically a cross between:

• the microbots in Big Hero 6,

• the symbiote from Spider-Man (sans sentience), and

• programmable matter from Star Trek: Discovery

One fabric layer that can reshape itself into any and every conceivable article of clothing. Perfectly regulates body temperature, water loss, and environmental challenges.

From Altered Carbon: an Oni. Built-in telecommunications. Seems way closer to fruition than DHF stacks. Though, is the stack worn so much as is part of oneself? In universe, it seems that the stack IS the person.

From Dune, Foundation, and that one episode of Star Trek: TNG: a personal shield.

This topic makes me wonder if prosthetic devices count as “wearables”, per se, or not. If anyone out there is in the know — you or someone you’re close to have (has)/wear(s) a prosthesis — please let me know.