Can fandom launch a kickstarter to fund remedial astronomy classes for sci-fi writers? Just ... utterly basic stuff?

Those stupid ring explosions were added to the “special” editions of Star Wars and Jedi after the fact. They were proper spheres in the original releases. I guess Lucas got what he wanted ... there’s a couple generations now who have no idea that the original movies were altered.

$260 million is couch change to these companies.

Apple and Blizzard Slammed Over China Censorship by Top U.S. Lawmakers

Casey’s has started advertising their pizza pretty heavily recently even though they’ve had multiple locations in my area (central Illinois), but I haven’t tried it yet. I do admit to enjoying the slices at Sam’s Club, though.

There’s a documented correlation between abstinence-only programs and high rates of teen pregnancies and STDs and a documented correlation between fact-based sex education programs and *low* rates of teen pregnancies and STDs.

The Japanese version is called Spaghetti Napolitan.

Ever listen to AM radio?

>That’s all very exciting, at least until the sun explodes and demolishes your galaxy.

>Why no one has thought to put corn on a pizza before is beyond me, but it adds a nice sweetness and crispy bite to the pie.

I genuinely can’t tell if this is a joke.

Funny story - the Scholastic “novelization” (those super short books they offer for sale in the classroom - are those still a thing?) of this movie was my introduction to the term “red tape.” They kept talking about having to cut through red tape to get all of his gadgets built, so my wee brain naturally assumed it…

There’s a version of this meme that includes the Death Star.

In all seriousness, could someone point out one example of a non-white cosplayer being screamed at for cosplaying as a white character? If applied logically, this standard *ought* to mean that you are only allowed to cosplay as a character of the same ethnicity as you, which seems a wee bit limiting.

It’s the way the fabric is bunching, not chilly space weather. Look at where the seams are.

I’ve only seen Rosa Salazar in Alita, so seeing her with normal human eyeballs makes her seem... off... somehow. Thanks, Cameron.

Elie Wiesel: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. “

A shame Lucky Yates (Krieger) isn’t the ship’s chief engineer...

Reminds me of a running gag on a show called Go On a few years ago starring Matthew Perry where he kept being hit on by lesbians who mistook him for Rachel Maddow.