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Tim Ferriss has been many things over his career, but since 2014 he has hosted a weekly interview podcast that has over one billion downloads. He has had five New York Times bestsellers. His guests are very successful in their chosen fields which cover a wide range of professions. He has an easy, relatable, and upbeat interview style and the podcasts are fun to watch or listen to.

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This Mini Hexagon Twist Lamp is compact and portable. It has a fun shape and soft ambient light. It has a rechargeable USB-C battery which gives 6-8 hours of use. It is made from strong durable paper and turns on with a simple twist. It is useful for desks, bedside tables, reading nooks and more. It is available in 5 colors. $39.95

The Sidewise Awards began in 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. The award takes its name from a 1934 short story by Murray Leinster called “Sidewise in Time” in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines. Another way to explain alternate historical fiction is that it explores how historical events might have unfolded differently. It asks ‘what if’? What if the Nazis had won, what if we had discovered another inhabited planet during Neil Armstrong’s spacewalk in 1965? Works must be in English and there are two awards each year. One is the Short-Form Award which are works under 60,000 words (short stories, novelettes, novellas, and poems), and the Long-Form Award which are works over 60,000 words (novels and longer works). If you like fantasy or sci-fi genres, these are well-written, ‘good read’ stories.