Avatarbernice scheetz1 day agoMars Is 'Irrelevant to Us' If Earth Is Doomed, Author of Legendary Mars Trilogy Saysverified_publisherVICE Asia - Edward Ongweso JrKim Stanley Robertson wrote an optimistic trilogy about humans living on Mars, but in 2022 Earth is way too messed up. In the 1990s, science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson wrote the Mars trilogy—a chronicle of humanity's attempts to turn Mars into a colony, and then a terraformed world, and …
Avatarbernice scheetz3 days agoMedieval Coin Stashes by the Black Sea Hint at Prosperity Between InvasionsHaaretz - Ruth SchusterHow well-off were the people of medieval Phanagoria, betwixt and between invasions? Inquiring minds want to know. Actually the people may have been …
Avatarbernice scheetz5 days agoWhat America’s Great Unwinding Would Mean for the Worldverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Tom McTagueThe conundrum facing America’s allies is how to cope with a great imperial power in decline that is still a great imperial power. A peculiar cognitive dissonance seems to have taken hold in the world. The Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—led and propped up by the United States—has …
Avatarbernice scheetz6 days agoAt 107, this Connecticut gentleman still plays bocce with the boys at the club, and he’s ‘not just living, he’s thriving’courant.com - Ed StannardAt 107, Frank Sacco could be the oldest man in Connecticut. It’s hard to know for sure. “It doesn’t matter, because no one’s playing bocce” at that …
Avatarbernice scheetzWho Were the Warrior Women of Dahomey?verified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Line Sidonie Talla MafotsingThe only documented all-female army in history inspired the Dora Milaje. In Atlas Obscura’s Q&A series She Was There, we talk to female scholars who …
Avatarbernice scheetzUkrainian soldier thanks eight-year-old from Wales for buying him a new helmetwalesonline.co.uk - Molly DowrickThis is the incredible moment a Ukrainian man fighting in the war against Russia thanks an eight-year-old girl from Swansea for the gift of a helmet. …
