almost caused a panic attack for myself by breathing manually this week

I can say for a fact that some of them do, but it's definitely a lower percentage of the total when compared to average working class folk that support socialism.

I try not to be that guy, but I have a lot of friends like this (will literally venmo charge you in the moment). It just makes the relationship feel transactional.

I love a slow burn but 3BP (the book) isn't a slow burn. Would be odd to make a TV show version that is.

It's worth reading Messiah to (mostly) conclude Paul's character arc.

Hearing family members in privileged positions scoff at the idea of using their position to help those less fortunate. It made me take a step back and think about why they might feel that way when I had previously assumed humans would always want to work together and support one another. It really shattered the whole "Kumbaya" aspects of my childhood as I realized capitalism encouraged profit and personal success over the welfare of the whole. It made me want to learn more about our economic system and how we could improve it. I was probably 14-15 at the time and by the time I hit college I was a full blown Marxist.

The last planetary science decadal survey mentioned a desire to send a dedicated Orbiter to Uranus, so likely to happen in the next 10-20 years.

caught up!

I recently read Starship Troopers and oof was that painful. Just page after page of Heinlein frothing out the mouth about his ideal militarized society. Needed a big time palette cleanser after that one.

They Broke

Yea it's a premise that doesn't hold up to the most basic scrutiny. Like sure, they use human shields, so you keep firing anyway???

good luck with primer! better break out those timelines (spoilers): https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/the-projector/incredibly-detailed-primer-timeline-210027548.html