LIKE A VIRUS TO THE SOFTWARE HUMANITY RUNS ON: More Powerful Than a Bomb.  A bomb levels the trappings of civilization.  Marxism deconstructs civilization itself.

A DILEMMA COMING SOON TO OUR OWN NATION? In Venezuela, the army must decide whether it is “with the constitution or with Maduro.”

AND STILL ON THE CULTURE WARS: Zero.

And then some bright spark leaked the Facebook ‘trending news methodology’ to Gizmodo. Which was the same story (oddly led by a fellow called ‘Stocky’ — no, his name isn’t Story and his first name is not ‘Tall’ either) as the Hugo one, as the Nebula one, as the traditional publishing in general one: ideological bias – specifically left wing bias, effectively censoring any news they didn’t like and promoting news they did. Censoring trends from basically anything but left wing sources.

CAUGHT WITH HIS TABS HANGING OUT: Congressional Candidate Tweets Porn Browser Tabs.

SO ARE THEY ALL, HONORABLE MEN: Panel: how to protect science fiction awards from Bad People™.

KEEPING US SAFE TO DEATH: Who Killed Prince? Restrictions on Buprenorphine.

EAST OF THE SUN: Why US companies have started fleeing China.

FLAKS AND FAILED NOVELISTS: Quote of the day.

BECAUSE OUR ELITES ARE “YES MEN” AND FANBOYS: Why Is The World So Dangerous, The Sequel.

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S “MEN”: Cotton: Rhodes Is a ‘Chump,’ Obama’s National Security Team Consists of ‘Yes Men and Fan Boys’.

YEP: Japanese 3D Galaxy Map Confirms Einstein Was One Smart Dude.

I’VE BEEN RUNNING INTO A LOT OF FALSE DICHOTOMIES: Cake or Death, the Grudge Match.

NOT ENOUGH REPORTING ON VENEZUELA: Millennials Embrace Socialism, but Do They Know What It Is?  If they went to public school their teachers just told them how wonderful it is.  The kids will grow out of it, but before or after they take all of us screaming down to Venezuela?

I FOR ONE WELCOME… A Major Law Firm Will Soon Be Using A Robotic Lawyer.

FROM JOHN VAN STRY: Portals of Infinity: Kaiju.

END STAGE SOCIALISM: Dying Infants and No Medicine: Inside Venezuela’s Failing Hospitals.

FROM MARY CATELLI: Winter’s Curse.

AND RUMORS OF WAR: Pentagon: China Restructures for War.

FROM ALMA BOYKIN: Alexi, Ivan, and the Hidden Heart.

BEFORE WE GO VENEZUELA: Reflections on Venezuela’s “Economic Miracle”.

WHAT PART OF FIRST AMENDMENT DON’T THEY UNDERSTAND? Environmentalist Group Warned Against Federal Charges for ‘Deniers’

SJWs THAT WHICH SUCKS JOY OUT OF LIFE: Ghost In The Shell, Again.

LOOK, IN MY DAY WE SHOT FOR “SENTIENT” BUT IF YOU’RE THAT DESPERATE FOR A DATE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, DIRT CAN’T RUN AWAY: You Can Have Sex With The Environment Now, Y’all.  (aka, what feminism hath wroth.)

END STAGE SOCIALISM: Maduro in crackdown under Venezuela emergency decree.  (I am amused by odd things.  Such as the fact that his name translates as both “mature” and “ripe.”  Rope ripe is more like it.)

INDEFENSIBLE: Facebook defends trending topics following leak.