(The narrator, Marrik, had heard some of the history of how the Fuolbhe (Fulani) people had come to be transported to the planet he found himself to be newly removed to, and asked what had happened to the related people … Continue reading →
(Teofin tse Qomoqush) Part 1. Foreword In my early adult decades, I was extremely busy being a budding scientist as well as, of necessity, a gay activist. As someone who wished to have a loving relationship, and then, later, as … Continue reading →
Review of: Vatnik Soup. The Ultimate Guide to Russian Disinformation by Pekka Kallioniemi and Morten Hammeken I first became alarmed by what I now think of as Putin propaganda in 2016, when a previously relatively sane environment – believe it … Continue reading →
A Dangerous Story (Joins The Muscularium as a story on how challenging the human race finds it to live with its own members.) Hey, guys, I’ve set my channel to private, forever, so I can tell you trusted few about … Continue reading →
White #MAGA QAnon Jesus image carried during the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol. Photo by Tyler Merbler/Flickr/Creative Commons Richard Summerbell, Dec. 24, 2022 Just before I went back for fourth year university, the bobsled run into my adult … Continue reading →
Indoor mould colonizations vs. normal background mould exposures Anyone reading about mould-related problems in homes will soon encounter the phrase ‘mould is ubiquitous,’ meaning ‘mould is everywhere.’ Many moulds produce spores that are airborne. Thus, in fungal studies, at least … Continue reading →
The Philosophy of Opportunity (a Branch of Lectics) Applied to Biology. (Excerpt from Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2016. Conidiogenesis: its evolutionary aspects in the context of a philosophy of opportunity [lectics]. In Biology of Microfungi, edited by DW Li, Springer … Continue reading →
This upcoming November, Americans are approaching their first significant national election since a ramshackle coup attempt revealed profound vulnerabilities in their systems of electoral integrity. There’s been much analysis of dirty tricks the unscrupulous fanatics of Trumpism might use to … Continue reading →
Review of A Particular Friendship by Paul Van Der Spiegel Jul 18, 2022 · edit One of the running quasi-witticisms that I trot out in would-be clever conversations is that mainstream American cinema in the last couple of decades recognizes three principal tropes … Continue reading →
This is an excerpt from the novel ‘This Moonless Sky’ credited to my pseudonym, Mark Rogerson. See previous posts in this blog for more context about what planet we’re on here and who’s who there. Here, two young gay guys … Continue reading →