Today, the 10th underground school has opened in Kharkiv . How many there are in Ukraine? Already more than 100 , and another 100 is being built right now. Somehow, it’s hopeful , but also horrifying - that we need to do this at all.

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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers Character-driven sci fi in the Firefly tradition, was nice to read some science fiction that wasn't a crushing dystopia for a change. Stakes felt low though even for the "there and back again" genre. 29/

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Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card Can't say I knew I was getting into kiddie Starship Troopers when I added it to my classic sci fi list, but the bits about using inflammatory fake identities to rile up geopolitics sure aged well since the 70s. 48/

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Your periodic reminder that one in 300 Americans died of COVID, and mostly because they didn't get the miracle vaccine our scientists produced in record time.

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No one will even remember Roger Taney by the time Roberts is done.

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