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Rich Horton says good things about several of my stories in DAW anthologies — Also gives a shout out to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
calendula_witch.
Announcing Ken Scholes! — Cascade Writers confirms that Ken Scholes is taking over my slot at this summer’s workshop. There are still a few registrations open.
Science fiction author begins war of the books worlds — Stephen Hunt has grown so tired of the marginal status of his chosen genre that he has begun campaigning for equal genre rights. Really. Who reads that Stephen King stuff, anyway? Or J.K. Rowling?
The Ashtray: The Ultimatum (Part 1) — A fascinating article about Thomas Kuhn, among others. (Snurched from susansugarspun.)
How the Internet Tried to Kill Me —This is funny. (Via Dad.)
Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge — (Via Emily Siskin.)
Language Log on the history of the word ‘tsunami’ in English — When I was a kid, I swear we still called them ‘tidal waves’.
This photo from Japan is beautiful and heartbreaking — Yes, it is miscaptioned, and it appears to date from a 2006 earthquake. It’s still a powerful image.
pecunium with some links to before-and-after images of Japan — (Via lt260.)
cathshaffer is sensible about Japan’s current post-tsunami nuclear issues, and the coverage thereof
?otD: Daylight savings time: threat or menace?
3/14/2011
Writing time yesterday: 1.75 hours (2,800 words on Sunspin)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 7.5 hours (solid)
Weight: 253.0
Currently reading: Between books
Posted: 5:29 am Mon March 14 2011 |
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March 14th, 2011 at 6:47 amCath Schaffer’s post is among the best takes on the post-Earthquake and tsunami nuclear issues facing Japan I’ve seen from a US POV.
As a matter of fact, I am stunned how many Americans are still in favour of nuclear power even after what happened in Japan (not to mention Chernobyl and Three Mils Island and any number of smaller incidents). In Germany, nuclear power has been highly controversial for more than thirty years and all our nuclear reactors were scheduled to be switched off until 2022 and no new ones will be built. Recently they extended the runtime until 2034 against a lot of protest, but in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan even more most fervently pro-nuclear power politicians are rethinking their stand. Which would be about the only good thing to come from this.