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I’ll start off this review by saying that in terms of fiction the last 15-20 years have really felt like a drought, and The Turquoise Serpent was like a cool and refreshing cantaloupe agua fresca to my parched lips. It is written very much in the vein of 1970’s pulp fantasy, particularly Robert E. Howard, the author responsible for Conan The Barbarian which should come as no surprise considering the author is none other than @conan_esq on twitter.

Star Trek: Voyager is home to two of the worst tragedies in the franchise, one which spilled over on-screen and the other, which didn't. The mishap which could be seen on-screen was in the development of the alien, Ocampan character of Kes, while the off-screen bad fortune involves the actor who played her. Thank you for reading Subspace Chatter. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share

Original formatting preserved1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES  2. What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter.  3. The “Twitter Files” tell an incredible story from inside one of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out [of] the control of its designer.  4. Twitter in its conception was a brilliant tool for enabling instant mass communication, making a true real-time global conversation possible for the first time.

Pamela Anderson attended the British Fashion Awards last week and made headlines for not wearing makeup. A celebrity not wearing makeup at a highly photographed red-carpet event shouldn’t be a story, but it is because most women in the same position wouldn’t think of it. “I have no glam team or anything here,” Anderson told Vogue. “I was just like, ‘Why am I putting so much effort into this? Why am I in a makeup chair for three hours?

The United States of America is blessed with two systems to measure crime whereas many countries on this planet only have one. Those two systems are the Uniform Crime Report — run by the FBI — and the National Crime Victimization Survey — run by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. UCR — through the National Incident-Based Reporting System — records crimes that were reported to law enforcement while NCVS is a survey which allows for the estimation of crimes that may have occurred but were not successfully reported to police.

I love milk punch! This relatively old recipe is one that never seems to lose its intrigue and in my mind is a too often overlooked staple of the holiday season. I'd had it many times, but had forgotten about it over the course of many years as delicious organic eggnog became so readily available in the stores. However my good friend Justin taunted me one day with the promise of a homemade milk punch that would swear me off of eggnog forever.

“You should consider doing drama, Mister Middle.” It’s always a bit jarring to see someone from the outside world walking the streets of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Philadelphia. The Gang lives in our world, certainly—after all, what would Dee, Dennis, Mac, Frank, and Charlie do without real-world stimuli to get “hot” about? But the Always Sunny ecosystem is a necessarily closed one, one where any interaction the Gang has with those able to function outside the fetid Paddy’s bubble feels more akin to alien contact.

Welcome to the first annual WTC holiday menu spectacular! It’s a fresh spin, without straying too far from a classic holiday feast. Most importantly, it’s designed to not send you into an anxiety spiral! The recipes are all written in What To Cook style — minimal fuss, big flavor. This entire menu requires only about an hour of active cook time, plus marinating time and oven time. Also, every single recipe requires only ONE dish to make it.

Welcome to The Ultimate Insider, with Anthony Evans. You may not be familiar with Ant’s name, but you know his work. After starting off as a noted boxing journalist and promoter, he spent 12 years with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as head of media relations, fighter development and, finally, the content chief for UFC Fight Pass. During his time with the UFC, Ant worked hand in glove with the greatest mixed martial artists in history, helping tell their stories and become bigger stars.