Joseph Halden

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A wizard in search of magic, an astronaut in need of space, and a hopeless enthusiast of frivolity. I write SF&F in western Canada.

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Summer nights are meant for chills 'n' thrills. Find out what's in the dark... Don't miss out: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...

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computer scientists: we have invented a virtual dumbass who is constantly wrong tech CEOs: let's add it to every product

I'm honoured to be a part of this fantastic anthology! Everyone was a joy to work with, and truly brought out the best.

🚨Cover Reveal!🚨 We are thrilled to share the cover for the anthology Carpe Noctem! Edited by Megan Fennel and Leslie Van Zwol, Carpe Noctem will be out this summer! Cover design is by @skyladawn.ca !

I asked my 5yo nephew what Daft Punk song he's excited to hear at the laser light show. Him, with side-eye: "I know ALL of it."

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They deserved better than this...

Why are Intel's project codenames stripper names? Sapphire Rapids Breeds Hill Cactus Ridge Providence Sandy Canal

And the executioner said unto Jesus, "Who do I have to kill to get into heaven?"

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Police being very rude these days to Time magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year

"Doctor, please help me, I'm shrinking." "Calm down. You're just going to have to be a little patient."

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UBI is not about giving free money to the poor. UBI is about creating a social structure so that your life and the lives of your loved ones won't be destroyed if misfortune should befall you. THIS is the framing that needs to be used.

#faces #endlessfaces

Mike's hard ants on a log

mike's hard bagel and lox

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The most considerate of all saws is the reciprocating saw

The GOAT acronym may be the GOAT.

A book on procrastination sat in my cart for weeks before I finally checked out.

#doggo #treato

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have they ever moved this quickly to fire a sexual harasser or abuser?

Google fires 28 employees after protest against contract with Israeli government

Google fires 28 employees after protest against contract with Israeli governmentwww.cbsnews.com Nine workers arrested after demonstrations at the tech giant's offices n New York and California.

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If you ever think that tech CEOs deserve their ridiculous pay because of ineffable qualities like Future Vision, please keep in mind that they all got together and said "you know what the Internet needs? More content, but specifically a giant glut of nonsense so the true stuff is harder to find."

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No, this shows the challenges of picking a jury for a defendant who has a history of intimidation campaigns against jurors and court officers and also organizing political violence. This is not about polarization.

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I love the posters in my therapy doctors room

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mako moods

When you start getting old, you no longer get injuries. Instead, you get to discover new chronic biomechanically-activated illnesses you're just going to have to deal with from now on.

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longitudinal work like this helps drive the point home about basic income, but I think also supports the kind of point abolitionists make (particularly the Gilmore school within prison abolition, but I think largely applies to the police abolition rationale) for largely the same reasons

A natural basic income experiment began in the mid-1990s and how the kids — now in their 30s and 40s — are doing is incredible. As adults, they have fewer drug problems and their average IQ is higher. By age 26, the benefits of the UBI exceeded its cost by 3-to-1. academicminute.org/2014/06/jane...

Feelings are SCARY.

Men will literally band together with six other wandering samurai to defend a village of poor farmers beset by raiders instead of going to therapy.

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I'll get my bombs

If video games have taught me anything, there's a secret room behind this wall

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I don't entirely disagree with this sort of take but it's so telling that they never offer solutions like investing in parks or sidewalks or loosely organized after school programs, they just shit on today's parents for having more safety-conscious norms.

Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book 'The Anxious Generation' argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helpswww.npr.org Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.

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Sitting in a Tree xkcd.com/2919

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‘Some exciting new literary genres’ My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

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“Mars will always be much worse place to live than Earth even if we experience a horrific planetary apocalypse” is a true statement but it’s only an argument against humans ever going there if you’ve been listening to some deeply unserious people

People like Musk try to pitch Mars as a backup planet, presumably because they think it’ll get more investment, but it’s always been a ridiculous notion. Humans will go to Mars for the same reasons they go to Antarctica, and in the same spirit. Exploration, science, not a “better life”.