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I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!
By driftglass — August 29, 2022

On this date in 1991 DJ Kurt St. Thomas from radio station WFNX in Boston gave Nirvana's album Nevermind its world premiere by playing the album from start to finish. Nirvana, Breed (see above.)

Chicon: For all my fellow SF nerds out there, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention is coming to Chicago this week. I was at Worldcon 58 in Chicago in 2000. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

Back2Stonewall: Violence Breaks Out at California “Straight Pride” Protest Organized by Racist Don Grundmann.

Language Log: Old-timey contractions!

Attention space nerds! Today we head back to the Moon. Here's how you can watch! . [UPDATE: The launch has been scrubbed until Friday. - eds.]

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University.

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