The salvage starships entered Earth orbit.
"We're sorry to alarm you," they broadcast. "We were led to believe your planet would be in nuclear winter now, with all sentients extinct."
There was a pause.
"Well done, avoiding that."
Another pause.
"We'll check back in fifty years."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
We should burn Silicon Valley to the ground with Elon Musk et. al. trapped there while the place goes up in flames
The first management sim with a theme/narrative was The Sumerian Game (1963). Itβs kind of like an edutainment King of Dragon Pass.
It was written and designed by Mabel Addis (With this game, the first female game designer and game writer). IBMβs William McKay programmed it.
http://www.acriticalhit.com/sumerian-game-most-important-video-game-youve-never-heard/
Laurie Penny has a new essay out in Wired about stories, fanfic and culture. It's a very good read (but then, she always writes well IMO).
https://www.wired.com/story/culture-fan-tastic-planet-fanfic/?BottomRelatedStories_CulturePackage
Two years ago, Swedish cycling star Jenny Rissveds was suffering from depression and with an eating disorder. Now she's back and fronting a team named for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 31 that promotes childrens rights
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rissveds-two-years-ago-i-didnt-want-to-be-alive/
Pi is almost sociable. He's wandering around the house and talking to me now and then - it's only been 4 weeks. The catch is that his dad comes back from holiday tomorrow π
20 years ago: I wanna live in the big city!
10 years ago: Maybe somewhere on the outskirts will do?
today: Do they have a cabin in the woods with high-speed Internet?
Pi sitting at the top of the stairs... he's gradually becoming more friendly but likes some distance between us unless I am holding food
@Andrea it certainly had promise and I wish it had continued. What I liked was the more explicit focus on being young adult focused. That's how I remember the first episodes of Dr. Who
