The starships arrived overnight. We knew they were coming.
I discovered that subliminal programming had been teaching us their language for months.
A thoughtful gesture to cushion our surprise? Making communication easy from the start?
Does
The starships arrived overnight. We knew they were coming.
I discovered that subliminal programming had been teaching us their language for months.
A thoughtful gesture to cushion our surprise? Making communication easy from the start?
Does
The world devoted itself to building faster, smarter and better AI. More factories, more cubicles, more servers, more chips.
It was a testament to the greatness of humankind.
For when the seas surged and the
Parker stepped off the ladder and onto the Martian surface. “Houston,” she began, “we—”
“Finally, after millennia of struggling,” a voice interrupted, “the humans leave their backwater planet and stand triumphantly on another. Aaaaand
I watch his mouth open and close like a Kohaku koi
while a tsunami of red caps worship their charismatic leader.
My son and I head out into the sun.
Unironically, he buys a copy of
It’s a skill I have, unlike most people. Take Sayers yesterday. Didn’t know me, or even his own name, poor old thing. Insisted he was called Phillips. Sad when people lose it like
708 - Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies
1844 - Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant and leader of the protestant Réveil movement, dies at 49
1905 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor, dies at 63
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