I feel an incredible amount of contempt for people who watch a video of a violent confrontation, make up in their heads what they would totally have done if they were there, and start condemning the guy who was actually there and actually heroically stepped in for not doing that.
@CloneHat@GoldwagNathan This. I've been reading science fiction my whole life and I still don't understand people who look at a place where every breath of air and sip of water would have to be carefully recycled and think "WOOHOO TOTAL MINARCHY!"
#NovemberThrills “That’s the real secret of their wisdom. That’s why the Constitution has lasted as long as it has. That’s why we remember our Founding Fathers as immortal geniuses. Their finest hour wasn’t when they made their dreams come true—it was when they woke up.”
#TimeTravelAuthors There's a scene in Book 3 where a villain says something dismissive to a character who then wonders if it's because she's black, she's female, or he's just an asshole.
If you are turned away at the polls, your response [verbatim] should be as follows: “Give me a provisional ballot with a receipt, as required by law.” Pass it on.
#NovemberThrills Isabel (who thinks of herself as the family wallflower) is very surprised when Sandy asks her to model next spring's line of synthetic diamonds.
#TimeTravelAuthors There's the escape from Project White Room in Book 3.
(Even before I told him I was a writer, the tattoo parlor guy was weirdly calm when I asked him if a lip piercing could be taken out and used to pick a lock.)
#TimeTravelAuthors It's pretty straightforward, as long as you keep both ends of the portal oriented the same way relative to gravity. Or wear padded clothing.
(Also, try not to drop the portal in the river. That would ruin everyone's day.)
For the record if Harris had 34 felonies, 3 failed marriages due to her cheating, didn’t know what a tariff was, blamed everything on immigrants, lied about FEMA assistance during a hurricane, admired Hitler, and was running against Mitt Romney, I would GLADLY vote for Romney.
#Thurds Just after five, Carrie got a call. Her phone said “It’s Mama.”
It also made the three sharp chimes that meant *emergency*.
Carrie’s fingers fumbled a little before they hit the right button.
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