Institutional Racism: Fact or Fiction?
The wrong answer has resulted in the wrong public policies. A popular narrative is that institutional racism explains why African Americans, as a group, on average, experience higher poverty rates, lower test scores, fewer advancement opportunities, worse health outcomes, higher arrest rates, longer prison sentences, fewer housing options, and higher rates of being victims […]
Science Fiction Magazine Stops Taking Submissions amid Flood of AI-Generated Stories
Clarks Worlda well-known science fiction and fantasy magazine, temporarily closed its doors to new submissions due to an influx of AI-generated articles. NPR report that Clarks World The proliferation of content that appeared to be AI-generated forced the magazine to suspend all new submissions from writers. Neil Clark, the magazine’s publisher and editor-in-chief, revealed that […]
Vince McMahon calls sexual misconduct allegations against him ‘pure fiction’
Former WWE manager Vince McMahon refuted allegations of sexual abuse and sex trafficking against him in a court filing Tuesday, calling them “completely fictional.” Mr. McMahon’s response was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.Janelle Grant filed a lawsuit In January, she filed a lawsuit against McMahon and former WWE executive […]
100 Times Worse Than Covid? Fact Or Fiction
The following content is The Wellness Company. Like clockwork, heading into the upcoming election season, medical institutions and mainstream media are sounding the alarm about another potential pandemic: avian influenza. Not only are they comparing it to COVID-19, but they also claim that bird flu can be 100 times more deadly. According to Gateway Fundit, […]
Ben Crump signs 7-figure deal to write fiction novel of Black civil rights attorney
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump has signed a seven-figure deal with Bantam Books to write a series of crime novels featuring black civil rights lawyers. The series will follow Bo Lee Cooper, a black civil rights lawyer not unlike Crump, as he “tackles cases of corruption and injustice while celebrating black love and resilience.” […]
The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas review – fiendishly gripping | Fiction
BBefore the reader begins reading Scarlett Thomas’s wonderfully captivating new book, it is clear that this is a story of disaster, of which there are actually several versions, and the contents page is the documentary evidence. Letters, audio transcriptions, drawings, photographs, pages torn from hotel guestbooks, and confessions. “The Sleepwalker” is a scrapbook of disaster, […]
‘Turning science fiction into reality’
This is not the act of a magician. British startup Invisibility Shield Co. says it has developed a 6-foot-tall “megashield” and is selling it for $828. The company says it can make multiple people invisible, just like something out of the Harry Potter movies. The shields use a super-large, precision-engineered lens array that forms the […]
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood review – a quiet novel of immense power | Fiction
WWhat are we going to do about global warming, mass extinctions, and rivers? What ability do we have to change things now that so much of the power is in the hands of unaccountable corporations and shameless demagogues? Is there any point in trying it? The narrator of The Stone Yard Devotional, who has worked […]
Georgi Gospodinov: âThere was a culture of silence â it was safer not to say what you thinkâ | Fiction
BBulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov, 56, won last year’s International Booker Prize (along with translator Angela Rodel) for his dystopian comedy. time shelter, about an innovative dementia clinic that recreates the past. his previous novels, physics of sadnessThe unconventional coming-of-age story, which draws on Greek mythology and the history of communist Europe, will be published for […]
China Blacklists Pro-Democracy Writers from Science Fiction Hugo Awards
On Thursday, a major scandal rocked the world of science fiction and fantasy writing. Leaked emails reveal that writers can be quietly stripped of winning the prestigious Hugo Prize if their work displeases the Chinese Communist Party. of hugo award is one of the oldest and most prestigious science fiction and fantasy literature awards. They […]