In the Apple TV series For All Mankind is an alternate history show that posits the What If? of a different space race, and past, if Russia landed on the moon first. One of the early episodes features the fall out as Wernher von Braun’s further Nazi associations are found out by newspapers. One of…
Canada’s reaction to being threatened? Setting itself up to be an Arctic Superpower
From reader Rob Coberly, an article that seems like it was ripped right out of the pre-worldbuilding stage of my novel Arctic Rising: Canada Just Checked Trump’s Ego: Carney’s Super-Corridor Sets Stage for a Global Power Shift Without America. “Carney’s masterstroke is a National Energy/Shipping/Travel/Digital Corridor, a coast-to-coast-to-Arctic strategy to unite the country like never…
My Long Covid brain fog beater: low-dose Naltrexone
About a year ago a student of mine who had to take a break from studies due to Long Covid sat down with me to compare what they’d learned from a Long Covid clinic. Let me back up. After I got Covid, while the worst of it faded, the fuzzy, logy, hard to focus mental…
Short story sale: ‘In the Halls of the Makeshift King’ to Asimov’s
So this is exciting for me. I signed a contract for my short story ‘In the Halls of the Makeshift King’ to Asimov’s Magazine. If you’ve paid close attention on Bluesky, you’ll know that I’ve been struggling with what seems to be Long Covid since I got Covid in summer of 2022. After almost three…
Seeking site redesign feedback: menus, or informational boxes?
As I think about how people encounter this website, I’m looking at the menu vs the 3 info boxes I have at the top. I think contextually the info boxes are a little more interesting that levels of folders, and what would you think if I deleted the menu bar and kept the three boxes,…
Here I’m testing Autoblue, a WP plugin that shows Bluesky comments on WordPress
If I’ve done this correctly, you should see an image and a post, and if anyone replies on Bluesky, I should see it here on my WordPress install. Cross fingers?
Testing Bluesky integration on the new site
I’m in the process of updating the site (see the previous posts) and am testing the Bluesky integration of a plugin. I’m hoping to set it up so that Bluesky comments show up in the comments, but one thing at a time. I still have a lot of links and content to update here as…
The site updates continue
I’ve spent a lot of time in the guts of this theme’s design, learning the CSS, tinkering and breaking things. I’m now starting in on the changes I need to how it displays the front page. I’m pretty excited about the idea of using this place to be the center of my digital spiderweb again.
Remember Blogging?
The pandemic killed my blog, but after five years of stagnation, I am making the moves to restore it. One, a more dedicated theme that’s less picture-heavy and more text-forward. The few blogs I’ve kept up on are shorter, more link and text-focused blogs like Waxy.org, or Kottke.org. What my blog used to be. I…
The Twisted Whisk
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