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https://news.yahoo.com/student-loan-payments-are-starting-again-how-will-it-affect-the-economy-204151136.html?ncid=twitter_yahoonewst_sjwumo1bpf4 So for three years, nobody has had to make a student loan payment. Biden's attempt at loan forgiveness failed. Now, it's about to resume and...

The first scratch-built reactor in 30 years in the US is now producing power to three states. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/first-us-nuclear-reactor-built-scratch-decades-enters-commercial-opera-rcna97258

I think there's little doubt Hollywood is currently on the decline. Subscription-based services are on the decline, with Netflix having to make unpopular "antisharing" moves along with removing their lowest tiers and adding advertising. But this is only a band-aid as advertising is also on the...

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/04/1185919078/philadelphia-shooting-gunman Five killed, two injured. If you haven't heard about this shooting, it's a complete mystery as to why, no way to know why the Media hasn't broadly publicized this event...

https://netflixlife.com/2023/07/03/netflix-the-chronicles-of-narnia-details/ Greta Gerwig, maker of Barbie, Little Women, and Lady Bird, has just gotten a contract to produce two Narnia movies. Which ones aren't clear yet, but as a few have already been made she will probably pick things up in...

This thread is to discuss primary motivations in a society's social structure. A culture in general will always have all three of these primary motivations mixed in, but typically one is far more dominant than the other two. The United States in particular is in an interesting position in that...

ROB got irritated after seeing all the complaining about the ludicrous boondoggle of a hotel Disney made. Being a Star Wars fan, ROB has decided to do something about it, and further wants you to put up or shut up. ROB has thus sent you personally back in time to the beginning of the project...

Seems like we have a thread for funny videos but not cool ones, so here goes.

Armor by John Steakley Artificial Jelly by Dustin Graham Her Majesty's Wizard by Christopher Stasheff The glorious history of The Sietch Book Club! To date we have read:

Due to recent events my survival bag is quite at the forefront of my mind, and having gone through a bad situation I'm both looking at the options I had as well as wanting to pass on some of what I've learned for everybody else who wants to prep for an emergency. Post your tips here people and...

A trailer for Rise of the Beasts has popped up. Looks so far like typical modern Transformers stuff, probably going to be as wretched as the last few were. Though, as one of us who watched Beast Wars (and yes, even Beast Machines), I have to admit to loving seeing Optimus Prime and Optimus...

https://www.wired.com/story/brandon-sanderson-is-your-god/ Wired has thrown down a surprisingly hateful op-ed about Sanderson, emphasizing how unwoke and terribly religious he is and pouring on mountains of salt about how terrible his writing is. I'm amused to see them claiming Sanderson is...

Tomorrow every member of TS wakes up simultaneously next to a large glowing orb, your new dungeon core. A helpful set of tutorial dialogue boxes appear to inform each member of the delightful game to follow. There's also a convenient communications system that looks remarkably like The Sietch...

This fairly long essay rambles a bit on details but I found it fairly insightful. Summing up the basics: There are a set of specific thought processes called "cognitive distortions," which will cause depression if the patient isn't taught to rigorously avoid thinking that way. Some of these...

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher Illusion by Paula Volsky Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Spearhead by Adam Makos The Glorious History of the Sietch Book Club! To date we have read:

Yeah, apparently after the massive success that was Rings of Power they've decided to remake the Jackson Trilogy. There's pretty much nobody attached to this yet, no cast and the director hasn't even been chosen, but for some reason LotR fans are wary and there're already a few predictions...

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/991 Synopisis: Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses; Provides that journalist's privilege does not apply to defamation claims when defendant is professional journalist or media entity; revises provisions...

I notice that with the last update, we now have a warning box appearing on replies if the thread is a few weeks old. Previously we haven't had any bans on thread necromancy and it's not in the current rules. Is this just an artifact of the update or is thread necromancy now banned on The Sietch?

This is going down right now, reports less than an hour old are telling of an active shooter situation. The shooter is described as a black male in a mask.

All Systems Red by Martha Wells Brothers of the Snake by Dan Abnett. Illusion by Paula Volsky Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber The Glorious History of the Sietch Book Club! To date we have read: