Wandering Adventure Party

@sundogplanets

The world's most heartbreaking six-word stories:

1906: For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

2026: Orbital data centers for artificial intelligence.

@rogerb @cstross "Take back control! (and give it to a few of our rich mates on the other side of the Atlantic)”

@bruce Coming soon to a @cstross novel near you: “Undead cyborg Admiral Nelson commanding Her Majesty's warships Caledonia and Hibernia at the re-taking of Hong Kong and Kowloon: Chinese robot defenders sorely discomfited by brisk volley of grapeshot fired by stout-hearted tars of the Royal Navy.”

@cstross Ah yes, it's “The reason why Brexit didn't work is because it wasn't REAL Brexit." It's the right-wing version of the continually-moving-the-goalposts logic that has a certain class of tankie telling you that the reason the Soviet Union wasn't paradise on Earth is because it wasn't REAL Communism (that part at least is true, but …)

I assume the Real Brexiteers won't be happy until the British Empire is restored. Or not even then, because of course it won't be the REAL British Empire …

@susankayequinn @cstross I misspoke earlier when I said that “George Soros Bought Me a Handwarmer” was the name of my new band.

After careful consideration, the name of my new band is now "Clearance-Bin Dildos”.

@AaronDavid @cstross

"The National Mid-Life Crisis: A New Political Model of the Decline of Democracies in the Early 21st Century”

@robindlaws @cstross It’s all fun and games until someone proposes reintroducing drop crocs to control the exploding drop bear population, and then it’s pretty much over as far as human habitation of Australia is concerned.

@badastro Moving on, how much work would you need to put in to render Sgr B2 drinkable? A nice shot of Sagittarian space alcohol with a few cubes of Saturnian ice would certainly make for a novel cocktail.