Joel Shepherd Author @ShepJoel
Author of 20 Science Fiction & Fantasy novels, most recently 'The Spiral Wars'. Volunteer firefighter. International Relations, science, cool stuff. joelshepherd.com Australia Joined February 2013-
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If Russian aggression is increasingly supported and propelled by China, we might be seeing the final days of the European welfare state. The European populations will hate it, and will blame their own governments, not foreign powers. Hold onto your hats.
If Russian aggression is increasingly supported and propelled by China, we might be seeing the final days of the European welfare state. The European populations will hate it, and will blame their own governments, not foreign powers. Hold onto your hats.
I'm so glad we don't get these in Australia. You guys stay safe out there.
I'm so glad we don't get these in Australia. You guys stay safe out there.
It's a common thing in the animal world that a certain chunk of the male population don't get to breed. Female preference is not evenly distributed, and with human mating behaviours moving online, they're becoming less so. Those guys are figuring it out, and giving up.
It's a common thing in the animal world that a certain chunk of the male population don't get to breed. Female preference is not evenly distributed, and with human mating behaviours moving online, they're becoming less so. Those guys are figuring it out, and giving up.
Only the first two movies are real. The others never happened. But yes, the idea of a universe that could create xenomorphs BY ACCIDENT is far more terrifying than them being the product of some lab.
Only the first two movies are real. The others never happened. But yes, the idea of a universe that could create xenomorphs BY ACCIDENT is far more terrifying than them being the product of some lab.
I started watching #SHOGUN将軍. Two episodes in, and it's the best live action TV I've watched in ages. Completely hooked.
Not a delusion, but a creation. Humans aren't deluded fools, we're artists.
Automatically siding with the weakest in any given conflict puts you on the side of some people who deserve support, and a lot that really don't.
Automatically siding with the weakest in any given conflict puts you on the side of some people who deserve support, and a lot that really don't.
Yet another case of misplaced empathy making the problem worse rather than better. Society really needs to grapple with how empathetic impulses are being misused by interest groups to drive ideological agendas.
Yet another case of misplaced empathy making the problem worse rather than better. Society really needs to grapple with how empathetic impulses are being misused by interest groups to drive ideological agendas.
The Dirty Little Secret About Homelessness Is Also The Key To Ending It The US Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments about what cities can and cannot do to end homelessness. "What if there is a bed available in the Gospel Rescue Mission, but Ms. Johnson, a person, doesn't…
Interesting.
NASA asked for a snack and SpaceX is offering them a ten course banquet. The issue is whether NASA can actually figure out how to use all of it.
NASA asked for a snack and SpaceX is offering them a ten course banquet. The issue is whether NASA can actually figure out how to use all of it.
I gave a presentation this morning, partly about Afghanistan. On the drive home it set me thinking. My hunch is that part of the reason for Western protests about Gaza is a total failure to understand what urban war is, and what it looks like, and people are horrified to see it.…
If "social justice activism" was about helping those in need, the activists would take the time to fully understand the issues they protest about. Instead, the main purpose of "social justice activism" is to make the activists feel good about themselves. It’s moral masturbation.
Doesn't work. How about learning to synthesize new DNA from scratch? Make entirely new synthetic animals! Invent dragons! What could go wrong?
Doesn't work. How about learning to synthesize new DNA from scratch? Make entirely new synthetic animals! Invent dragons! What could go wrong?
Pure evil.
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She's funny. I like her.
If Anduril can kickstart for defence industries what SpaceX did for spaceflight, the days of American supremacy aren't over yet.
If Anduril can kickstart for defence industries what SpaceX did for spaceflight, the days of American supremacy aren't over yet.
We hear all about how China has stolen (often literally) a huge manufacturing lead on the US. Sure, at scale. But there's a group of small (for now) high tech innovators in America that I doubt Chinese manufacturing can keep up with. It's going to be interesting.
We hear all about how China has stolen (often literally) a huge manufacturing lead on the US. Sure, at scale. But there's a group of small (for now) high tech innovators in America that I doubt Chinese manufacturing can keep up with. It's going to be interesting.
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The West might be getting weaker, but as long as one has to invent fictional entities like "The Global South" or "BRICS" to challenge it, I am still hopeful for Western renewal. Especially regarding BRICS, there is not, and there will never be a Chinese Indian alliance.
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Frankly, I think the second biggest mistake in the ALIEN franchise was revealing that the xenomorphs aren't even aliens, just something knocked together by a prissy android with daddy issues. The first was killing Newt and Hicks.
@ShepJoel What show has it replaced in your hierarchy of best? :)
European social democracies amassed huge welfare systems last 30 years because they relied on someone else for security (USA), someone else for manufacturing (China), and someone else for cheap commodities (Russia). What do you think will happen to this model without all of it?
@Erdayastronaut A booster catch attempt is highly likely this year. For the ship, we need to be sure that it will survive reentry and retain aero control authority, so that means at least 2 successes landing at a precise point in the ocean.
A lot of defense analysts don’t realize the F-35 would be a lot better at within-visual-range combat if it weren’t strapped to two other aircraft. It’s a significant design flaw that can hopefully be fixed in newer versions.
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We don’t address racism by pretending white people can be black, nor is ableism solved by giving able-bodied people wheelchairs, so why are women and girls supposed to applaud their male imitators, centre them in language and hand over rights their foremothers fought for? 3/X
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Thanks to the hundreds of millions of people who watched my specials #Humanity, #SuperNature & #Armageddon on Netflix. Best fans in the world 🌍
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