This is a joke though. Dönitz was the follow-up act to a certain other right-wing world leader.

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Hey Alasdair, this might appeal…

Our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec

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We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.

Thank you and best wishes

Requested. Can't wait to read it.

In 2023, the Royal Mail issued Discworld stamps, so I sent like ... 50 post cards with those stamps to my friends who love Discworld.

Almost certainly not. The venue isn’t set up for that.

Gonna take a few potshots at Newt Gingrich.

I try to read works by authors who are potential Hugo finalists, even if I'm not fond of them as people.

What I find interesting is that of the three adaptations of "Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal," each has used a different title and different names for all the characters.

Also, none of them have engaged with the criticism of antisemitism in the 1907 original...

Exactly. Warhol (having worked in advertising and graphic design) recognized the work that had been put into the design of a box of Brillo.

Now, to be fair James Harvey (who designed the original Brillo box) wasn't a fan of Warhol.

But at least Warhol actually gave Harvey credit when asked.

No plagiarism here, amiright?

LOL!

The thing is that when I was in my 20s, I was an enormous admirer of Lichtenstein.

But his dismissal of comic book artists who weren't respected by "high culture," and actively trying to diminish their work and legacy is unforgivable.

You can't "recontextualize" if you deny the original context.

Depends on the person blurbing.

There's some authors whose blurbs I've found to be good predictors of what I'll enjoy, but whose own work I don't enjoy.

There's authors who are good predictors of what I'll *dislike.*

Elon Musk is the sort of person who pays people to make sure he has a "premium experience" at Burning Man.