“The Wire” creator David Simon won’t be filming an upcoming HBO series in Texas due to a controversial abortion law passed in the state, he announced on Twitter. Via
The new emergency rule covers the changes to the state’s emergency rules in school settings and addresses mitigation methods for COVID-19. The rule also allows mask policies, as long as paren… Via
A Texas public health doctor fired earlier this year for using leftover doses of Covid-19 vaccine on eligible individuals is suing Harris County for $1 million, saying he was fired for giving “the vaccine to too many individuals with ‘Indian’ sounding names.” Via
South of Heaven: Directed by Aharon Keshales. With Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Shea Whigham, Mike Colter. Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life – unfortunately it’s not […]
The Doctor arrives in a sleepy seaside town in 1986 – and realises he’s not the extraterrestrial there… Daniel Blythe’s tale for Jacob Dudman’s 11th Doctor has an interesting structure, with “diary entries” from one of the principal characters running throughout. This gives us a subjective view of the Time Lord as well as dropping… […]
Django Unchained: Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington. With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi. I believe this was one of the last films I got through Fandago’s coupon program, where you got […]
Intel, Qualcomm try to wean auto companies from dependence on obsolete technology Via
The Red Planet was doomed from the start, a new study finds Via
Trek.fm has added a new review for Michael A. Martin‘s “Star Trek: Titan: Fallen Gods”: In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Bruce Gibson talk about the Titan novel, Fallen Gods. We discuss political separation, fear, Ta’ith, One One Six, the Andorian/Tholian plan, our ratings and final thoughts. Buy on Amazon.com Buy […]
For 2021, KRAD COVID readings is covering the only short fiction I didn’t read in 2020: my novellas for the Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers series, a monthly series of eBooks that ran from 2000-2007. I’ll have a new reading every #TrekTuesday. This week, we kick off Security, which juggles several different plotlines. In Part 2, Gomez confronts Tev… […]
The Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC) and Netflix are joining forces to bring some of the world’s most loved stories to current and future fans in creative new ways. Via
Published: 2000 Acquired: January 2021 Read: March 2021 Doctor Who: Father Time by Lance Parkin Reading this shortly after another “caugh… Via
Womenatwarp.com has added a new review for McCormack‘s “The Autobiography of Mr. Spock”: The Autobiography of Mr. Spock, “edited” by Una McCormack, is presented as being Spock’s own words, addressed to his good friend Jean-Luc. It covers his life from his childhood on Vulcan until just before he departs to save Romulus from a supernova. […]