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FBI Spied on Libertarian Sci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge In 'Espionage' Case
The late friend of Reason, who coined the term "technological singularity," landed on the feds' radar for his association with a foreign policy dissident.
https://reason.com/2025/09/03/fbi-spi...

Charting Cosmic Otherness

From Aeon: The grammar of a god-ocean.
To truly explore alien languages, linguists must open themselves to the maximum conceivable degree of cosmic otherness
https://aeon.co/essays/is-it-time-to-...

Spinal Weapons are Just Awesome

From Spacedock: Giant Fixed Cannons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZEbI...

I'm Skeptical of This Fusion Space Tug

From Spacedock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJy6P...

The Opposite of Cosmic Horror

Tale Foundry looks at the POV of the Eldritch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv22g...

The Myth of the Nameless hero

From Tale Foundry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zykvn...

Why Do Spaceships "Sink"?

From Spacedock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W0sr...

A History of Forgotten Moonbases

From Hackaday https://hackaday.com/2025/06/16/histo...

How To Build the Structure of a Spaceship

From Spacedock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyHbH...

How to GROW an SF setting

New video from Spacedock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JKp...