# invention (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover invention. Page: Feed: --- ## [TRIZ and the Elusive Invention Machine](https://smus.com/books/and-suddenly-the-inventor-appeared-by-genrikh-altshuller) _2026-08-18 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ This book is an odd one. Is it written for children? Most of the text focuses on invention case studies that are presented like math-olympiad puzzles for precocious ten-year-olds. Altshuller eggs the reader on. A sixth grader can solve this; why can't you, dumbass? The English edition often reads like an excessively literal, amateurish translation. One problem, poorly titled "A and B Were Sitting… ## [Honest History: A Book Review of Holger Eckhertz’s ‘D-Day through German Eyes’](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/honest-history-a-book-review-of-holger) _2026-08-18 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ Holger Eckhertz’s book ‘D-Day through German Eyes’ is a refreshing read for anyone interested in the Second World War and/or the Third Reich. ## [Fake Holocaust Survivors: Helen Daniel](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/fake-holocaust-survivors-helen-daniel) _2026-08-18 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ Recently the ‘South Florida Sun Sentinel’ decided to celebrate a ‘Holocaust Survivor’ named Helen Daniel (nee Helen Hertz) for her 101st birthday in their publication with a short recounting of her life. ## [Hoax Alert: Incinerating Israeli Flags in Indiana (2026)](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/hoax-alert-incinerating-israeli-flags) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ On 10th July 2026 a so-called ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ occurred in the suburban town of Zionsville, Indiana – slightly northwest of Indianapolis - where a homeowner had decided to hang before an American flag as well as an Israeli flag on the side of his house and someone (allegedly) set fire to the Israeli flag which in turn caused the house to go up in flames as well. ## [The Myth and the Reality concerning the Death of Fr. Titus Brandsma in Dachau](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/the-myth-and-the-reality-concerning) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ I was recently asked by a reader about whether I had looked into the death of Fr. ## [Adam Neumann, Securities Fraud and WeWork](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/adam-neumann-securities-fraud-and) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ I have already covered the myth that Adam Neumann – the Israeli jewish co-creator of coworking space rental firm ‘WeWork’ alongside Miguel McKelvey – invented coworking spaces. ## [The Aryan Origins of the Atom Bomb](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/the-aryan-origins-of-the-atom-bomb) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ A Review of Carter Plymton Hydrick, 1998, ‘Critical Mass: The Real Story of the Birth of the Atom Bomb and the Atomic Age’, 1st Edition, Self-Published: USA ## [Jewish Invention Myths: Taki](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/jewish-invention-myths-taki) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ For those who don’t know Taki is a card game and is cited as a ‘jewish invention’ by Suzanne Downing. ## [The Zodiac Killer and the Jews](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/the-zodiac-killer-and-the-jews) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ I have periodically covered serial killers on Semitic Controversies with my short monograph on the ‘Jack the Ripper’ murders in Whitechapel in 1888 being my longest discussion of an individual unidentified serial killer and why Ripperologists consider it extremely likely that ## [Remarkable Holocaust Nonsense #95: Suffocating Jews with Snow at Gross-Rosen](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/remarkable-holocaust-nonsense-95) _2026-08-17 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ Recently I was made aware of yet another piece of ‘Holocaust Nonsense’ in the form of the claims made by a jewish ‘Holocaust survivor’ named Isaak Egon Ochshorn in official documentation for the ‘World Jewish Congress’ that were used as evidence in the Nuremberg Trial as document PS-2429. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/T3WorhsWWcrC) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Hoax Confirmed: Hammering Hebrews (2026)](https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/hoax-confirmed-hammering-hebrews) _2026-08-16 · Karl · Karl’s Substack_ Recently yet another so-called ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ was being reported by jews on X/Twitter that occurred in Queens, New York on 28th July 2026 where a man had run into a jewish school with a hammer. ## [Rose Island Lighthouse: Guardian of Newport Harbor](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/rose-island-lighthouse-guardian-of-newport-harbor/) _2026-08-15 · New England Historical Society_ Rose Island Lighthouse combines military history, maritime heritage and spectacular 360-degree views as one of Newport, R.I.’s most remarkable historic sites. It may not be Rhode Island’s oldest lighthouse—that distinction… The post Rose Island Lighthouse: Guardian of Newport Harbor appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Dameisha, the World’s Most Crowded Beach](https://www.odditycentral.com/travel/dameisha-the-worlds-most-crowded-beach.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dameisha-the-worlds-most-crowded-beach) _2026-08-14 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ Dameisha Beach is just 1.8 kilmeters long, but it can sometimes host crowds of around 200,000 beachgoers, making it the world's most crowded beach, by far. ## [Nine Lives, the Legendary Feral Cat That Feasted on Endangered Birds and Eluded Capture for 3 Years](https://www.odditycentral.com/animals/nine-lives-the-legendary-feral-cat-that-feasted-on-endangered-birds-and-eluded-capture-for-3-years.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-lives-the-legendary-feral-cat-that-feasted-on-endangered-birds-and-eluded-capture-for-3-years) _2026-08-14 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ A feral cat dubbed "Nine Lives" by New Zealand conservationists was responsible for the killing of dozens of endangered birds and avoided capture for three years. ## [Wealthy Woman Bankrolls Drama Series So She Can Star in It and Kiss Male Lead More Than 60 Times](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/wealthy-woman-bankrolls-drama-series-so-she-can-star-in-it-and-kiss-male-lead-more-than-60-times.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wealthy-woman-bankrolls-drama-series-so-she-can-star-in-it-and-kiss-male-lead-more-than-60-times) _2026-08-12 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ A Chinese woman is being accused of financing a short-format drama series just so she could star in it and make out with the young lead actor more than 60 times. ## [Pastry Chef Spends Four Months Creating Awe-Inspiring 500-Kilogram Wedding Cake](https://www.odditycentral.com/art/pastry-chef-spends-four-months-creating-awe-inspiring-500-kilogram-wedding-cake.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pastry-chef-spends-four-months-creating-awe-inspiring-500-kilogram-wedding-cake) _2026-08-10 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ Catalan pastry chef Marc Suárez recently unveiled his most impressive wedding cake yet, a masterpiece featuring tens of thousands of sugar paste petals and weighing half a ton. ## [Woman Arrested For Placing Over 2,000 Fake Orders on Online Manga Store in Less Than a Year](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/woman-arrested-for-placing-over-2000-fake-orders-on-online-manga-store-in-less-than-a-year.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-arrested-for-placing-over-2000-fake-orders-on-online-manga-store-in-less-than-a-year) _2026-08-10 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ A young Japanese woman was recently arrested after placing nearly 2,100 orders on an online manga store and refusing to accept the products when they arrived. ## [The New “Impossible” Engine](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/08/10/the-new-impossible-engine/) _2026-08-10 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ Electric motors are in almost everything these days. From electric cars to robots to generators, the list goes on. Each of these requires expensive and heavy materials like copper and rare earth elements, all of which are resource-limited and will only get more expensive over time. But scientists have come up with a new design \[…\] The post The New “Impossible” Engine appeared first on That Joe… ## [Teenage Boy Suffers Temporary Hearing Loss After Listening to Cicadas for Four Hours](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/teenage-boy-suffers-temporary-hearing-loss-after-listening-to-cicadas-for-four-hours.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teenage-boy-suffers-temporary-hearing-loss-after-listening-to-cicadas-for-four-hours) _2026-08-07 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ An 18-year-old boy in China suffered temporary hearing loss and required medical treatment after being exposed to high-pitched cicada sounds for over four hours. ## [Russia’s “Black Widows” Marry Vulnerable Men Before Sending Them Off to War for Profit](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/russias-black-widows-marry-vulnerable-men-before-sending-them-off-to-war-for-profit.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russias-black-widows-marry-vulnerable-men-before-sending-them-off-to-war-for-profit) _2026-08-07 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ Materialistic women in Russia are allegedly tricking gullible men into sham marriages before sending them to be killed on the front lines of the Russia - Ukraine conflict. ## [Open coordination for humans & AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MNt5JTKFHc8p) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Shared schemas and CLI tooling to validate, route, and audit human-agent workflows. ## [Animals That Were Clearly Designed By Satan](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/08/07/animals-that-were-clearly-designed-by-satan/) _2026-08-07 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ There are some animal features that just put the heebie-jeebies in us. Even though some of those animals are totally harmless. Did nature evolve “scary” features for a reason? Or is it just the work of the devil? Let’s take a look and see. TRANSCRIPT: Whether something is scary-looking or not depends largely on design \[…\] The post Animals That Were Clearly Designed By Satan appeared first on That… ## [Could We See Into Our Own Past? (And Other Questions)](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/08/07/could-we-see-into-our-own-past-and-other-questions/) _2026-08-07 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ Let’s just say we could build an Alcubierre warp drive and travel faster than light. Would that give us the ability to see into our own past? We explore that thought experiment, plus AI data centers, the growing socialist movement, and a heaping dose of existential dread. All on today’s Lightning Round video. The post Could We See Into Our Own Past? (And Other Questions) appeared first on That Joe… ## [Female Cyclists Accused of Using Bra Paddding to Increase Bust Size and Improve Aerodynamics](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/female-cyclists-accused-of-using-bra-paddding-to-increase-bust-size-and-improve-aerodynamics.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=female-cyclists-accused-of-using-bra-paddding-to-increase-bust-size-and-improve-aerodynamics) _2026-08-04 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ Cyclists in the women's Tour de France are allegedly using padding in their bras to gain an aerodynamic advantage during the race. ## [Clothing Brand Sells T-Shirt That Doesn’t Require Wasing for Up to a Month of Daily Wear](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/clothing-brand-sells-t-shirt-that-doesnt-require-wasing-for-up-to-a-month-of-daily-wear.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clothing-brand-sells-t-shirt-that-doesnt-require-wasing-for-up-to-a-month-of-daily-wear) _2026-08-03 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ American clothing company HercLeon recently released the HercShirt V5.0, a t-shirt that can allegedly remain odour-free for over 30 days. ## [UK-Based Startup Launches World’s First Painless Permanent Tattoo System](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/uk-based-startup-launches-worlds-first-painless-permanent-tattoo-system.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-based-startup-launches-worlds-first-painless-permanent-tattoo-system) _2026-08-03 · Spooky · Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities_ British startup Cipher X claims to have created the world's first painless permanent tattoo system, a technology based on microscopic needles that barely penetrate the skin. ## [Paul Revere Helped Organize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/paul-revere-helped-organize-the-massachusetts-charitable-mechanic-association/) _2026-07-31 · New England Historical Society_ The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association is traceable to the late 18th century. It was formed to promote the diversity of crafts in the Boston area. When necessary, it offered mutual… The post Paul Revere Helped Organize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Samuel Morey Invented the Steamboat. Then Watched Robert Fulton Steal His Ideas.](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/samuel-morey-invented-the-steamboat-then-watched-robert-fulton-steal-his-ideas/) _2026-07-25 · New England Historical Society_ A virtual unknown from Northern New England invented both the steamboat and the internal combustion engine. Sometime before his death in 1843, Samuel Morey even built a primitive automobile. Throughout… The post Samuel Morey Invented the Steamboat. Then Watched Robert Fulton Steal His Ideas. appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Defying Financial Gravity](https://smus.com/books/incorruptible-by-eric-ries) _2026-07-22 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ When a bridge collapses, blaming gravity is a non-answer. Engineers are supposed to design for gravity, and people who design companies should similarly design for financial gravity. This book is about how to do that. Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup", spent most of his career advising early stage startups, but unlike most of the rest of the venture class, he seems to have become… ## [The Pyramids Were Easy To Build, Actually](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/07/20/the-pyramids-were-easy-to-build-actually/) _2026-07-20 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ The pyramids of Giza are old. Insanely old. They reigned as the tallest human-made structures on Earth for the majority of recorded history. Because of this, there have been countless theories as to how they were built, everything from water systems to aliens. But today, I’m going to make the argument that the pyramids were, \[…\] The post The Pyramids Were Easy To Build, Actually appeared first on… ## [How Lovell General Hospital Helped Transform Civil War Medicine](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/how-lovell-general-hospital-helped-transform-civil-war-medicine/) _2026-07-18 · New England Historical Society_ Although no Civil War battles were fought in Rhode Island, one of the Union’s largest military hospitals stood in Portsmouth. Lovell General Hospital cared for more than 10,500 wounded and… The post How Lovell General Hospital Helped Transform Civil War Medicine appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O1PEBpqdMO4u) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Hundreds Of These Have Been Found Across Scotland](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/07/15/hundreds-of-these-have-been-found-across-scotland/) _2026-07-15 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ All across Scotland, neolithic stone balls have been found with specific designs and bumps on them that have perplexed archeologists for decades. Were they some kind of toy? A religious artifact? A status symbol? Today we look at these mystery objects and examine the theories to get an idea of just what these ancient people \[…\] The post Hundreds Of These Have Been Found Across Scotland appeared… ## [Charles Stearns Wheeler: Emerson’s Forgotten Collaborator](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/charles-stearns-wheeler-emersons-forgotten-collaborator/) _2026-07-11 · New England Historical Society_ Ralph Waldo Emerson supplied the ideas. Charles Stearns Wheeler helped put them into practice. From 1836 to 1842, Wheeler edited Emerson’s manuscripts, prepared publications and contributed his classical scholarship to… The post Charles Stearns Wheeler: Emerson’s Forgotten Collaborator appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Project Chariot: The US Government’s Plan To Nuke Alaska SIX Times](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/07/08/project-chariot-the-us-governments-plan-to-nuke-alaska-six-times/) _2026-07-08 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ Operation Plowshare was a US Government program in the 1950s that had the goal of finding peaceful uses for nuclear weapons. And yes, you read that right. It was partly a sincere effort to find practical uses for the most awesome power humanity had ever harnessed, and partly a cynical attempt to justify stockpiling nukes. \[…\] The post Project Chariot: The US Government’s Plan To Nuke Alaska SIX… ## [The Connecticut Serial Killer Who Was Finally Caught at Age 73](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-connecticut-serial-killer-who-was-finally-caught-at-age-73/) _2026-07-04 · New England Historical Society_ Gershon Marx went to the gallows at Connecticut’s Wethersfield State Prison no May 18, 1905 at the age of 73, leaving behind a wife, children and what the sheriff described… The post The Connecticut Serial Killer Who Was Finally Caught at Age 73 appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Are We Due For Another One? | Lightning Round](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/06/29/are-we-due-for-another-one-lightning-round/) _2026-06-29 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ In today’s Lightning Round video, we talk about the world’s history of extinction events and ask how long do we – statistically – have before it happens again. Also do some YouTube talk, debate why aliens would come here, and look at a megatsunami that rippled across the Earth for 9 days. In 2023. The post Are We Due For Another One? | Lightning Round appeared first on That Joe Scott . ## [In Gloria’s Living Room](https://mother-of-invention.net/2026/06/29/gloria-steinems-living-room/) _2026-06-29 · Kathryn Guarini · Mother of Invention_ I almost didn't go. Then I spent two hours in Gloria Steinem's living room, talking about AI with twenty remarkable women. At 92, she's still convening the conversations that matter. Here's what the afternoon taught me, and the commitment it left me with. The post In Gloria s Living Room appeared first on Mother of Invention . ## [Matthew Calbraith Perry Opened Japan — and Changed the World](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/matthew-calbraith-perry-opened-japan-and-changed-the-world/) _2026-06-27 · New England Historical Society_ On July 8, 1853, four American warships steamed into Japan’s Edo Bay, their black hulls and smoking funnels announcing the arrival of a new age. For more than 200 years,… The post Matthew Calbraith Perry Opened Japan — and Changed the World appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Last Next](https://www.letterspace.org/2026/06/26/last-next) _2026-06-26 · Last Next · (fleeting)_ Last, next. 116: XOXO 2024 117 : Brasher (Cardinal) ## [5 Space Misconceptions Most People Still Believe](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/06/23/5-space-misconceptions-most-people-still-believe/) _2026-06-23 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ After Artemis II brought out the moon joy in people, I found that a lot of newbies to space travel had some questions about what they were seeing. This video is meant to help explain some of the basics of space travel that most people don’t know. Things like how orbital mechanics work, how gravity \[…\] The post 5 Space Misconceptions Most People Still Believe appeared first on That Joe Scott . ## [Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman](https://smus.com/books/moral-ambition-by-rutger-bregman) _2026-06-22 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ Without moral ambition, argues Bregman, you just end up as a money maximizing consultant. Or working for big tech on the trend du jour. Overall I found this book to be not especially groundbreaking, perhaps in part because I've been stewing in EA adjacent circles for over a decade. That said it's a good reminder for me as I think about what's next and there were plenty of interesting stories that… ## [The Kennebec Proprietors’ Conspiracy: Did a Maine Land Dispute Spark the Stamp Act Riot?](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/kennebec-proprietors-conspiracy/) _2026-06-20 · New England Historical Society_ Ever since a mob destroyed Thomas Hutchinson’s house in 1765, a dark rumor has persisted that the Stamp Act riot wasn’t about the Stamp Act. Contemporaries thought a group of… The post The Kennebec Proprietors’ Conspiracy: Did a Maine Land Dispute Spark the Stamp Act Riot? appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Good Inside by Becky Kennedy](https://smus.com/books/good-inside-by-becky-kennedy) _2026-06-17 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ I’m not actually going to recommend this book, but I figured I might as well post a quick review anyway. Becky's pitch of the book is highly attractive: I don't believe in trade-offs. You can have it all, and everyone is good inside. Of course this is a bestseller. It tells highly anxious, guilt-ridden, burnt-out parents exactly what they want to hear, interspersed with heavy-handed cheerleading:… ## [The Pukwudgies of the Bridgewater Triangle](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-pukwudgies-of-the-bridgewater-triangle/) _2026-06-12 · New England Historical Society_ The Pukwudgies still haunt the Bridgewater Triangle. At least that’s what generations of people in southeastern Massachusetts have believed. Long before reports of strange events and sightings made the Triangle… The post The Pukwudgies of the Bridgewater Triangle appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [Elizabeth Greenleaf: America’s First Female Pharmacist](https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/elizabeth-greenleaf-americas-first-female-pharmacist/) _2026-06-12 · New England Historical Society_ When Elizabeth Greenleaf (1681-1762) opened her shop in Boston in 1727, she became the first female pharmacist in New England and colonial America. After her death in 1762, the Greenleaf… The post Elizabeth Greenleaf: America’s First Female Pharmacist appeared first on New England Historical Society . ## [We Pretty Much Know Who Jack The Ripper Was](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/06/09/we-pretty-much-know-who-jack-the-ripper-was/) _2026-06-09 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ The Autumn of 1888 is known as the Autumn of Terror in London. Because over three months, from August to November, some of the most notorious murders in history took place in the poverty-stricken Whitechapel district. The culprit – the infamous Jack the Ripper. The identity of Jack the Ripper is a rabbit hole like \[…\] The post We Pretty Much Know Who Jack The Ripper Was appeared first on That Joe… ## [This Is The Cheapest Way To Reverse Climate Change. It Could Also End The World](https://thatjoescott.com/2026/06/02/this-is-the-cheapest-way-to-reverse-climate-change-it-could-also-end-the-world/) _2026-06-02 · Jeff Espiritu · That Joe Scott_ We’ve seen through volcanic eruptions that we can cool the planet significantly by pumping particulate aerosols into the stratosphere. But there’s a major catch. We talk about that in today’s Lightning Round video, along with discussing the nature of computer intelligence, which extinct animal I would eat, and whether or not anything can actually be \[…\] The post This Is The Cheapest Way To Reverse… ## [The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley](https://smus.com/books/the-immense-journey-by-loren-eiseley) _2026-06-02 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ Loren Eiseley's The Immense Journey is a collection of personal naturalist story-essays from the 1940s and 1950s. It's hard to classify, but I would describe it as a highly imaginative intersection of natural history, poetic memoir, and evolutionary philosophy. I especially loved "The Slit", "The Flow of the River", "The Deeps", "How Flowers Changed the World", and "The Bird and the Machine". Best… ## [Invention Cards 3.0: Stories](https://smus.com/invention-cards-3-stories) _2026-05-20 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ Last month, after a long hiatus, I showed invention.cards to a friend in SF and came away unsatisfied. Indeed, the work was not yet done . Three things drove this revision: It felt incomplete. The experience was built around T-shaped navigation, focusing on a specific card and showing only their ancestors and descendants. It was hard to see where you were in time, hard to feel the shape of… ## [Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman](https://smus.com/books/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman) _2026-05-18 · Boris Smus · Boris Smus_ It’s definitely pulp, but is it fiction? McLuhan would have a heart attack. Am I listening to a game? Am I playing a book? Dinniman bizarrely splices a traditional narrative with literal video game interfaces. While entertaining, it feels like cheating because it borrows the dopamine loops of a different medium rather than offering literary depth. But underneath the veneer of juvenile humor, the… ## [Sexist general](https://bookmaniac.org/2026/05/17/sexist-general/) _2026-05-17 · Liz Henry · Composite_ I have been extremely busy in a good way and will be able to talk about my new project soon! In my down time I have been tearing through the Sector General books, which are just amazing! The growing Galactic Federation realized that a huge space hospital would be a great way to prevent wars Continue reading "Sexist general"