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🧵 When authoritarian leaders attack judges as "enemies," history shows us exactly where this leads. Trump's assault on "USA HATING JUDGES" isn't just inflammatory rhetoric—it's following a script written by strongmen worldwide. But other countries show us how to fight back.

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On #Patreon, it's a fun heist plot with logic holes as #Blakes7 go after a fortune in black gold (but not Texas tea), yet their resident thief Vila is inexplicably sidelined. Subscribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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Learn about the History of Graphic Audio! www.graphicaudio.net/history What was the first title you listened to?

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On the blog: remembering Peter David. I've been a fan of his for 40 years and a friend of his for 35 years, and I have a lot of great memories........ decandido.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/p...

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At long last, ALEYARA’S DESCENT is nearly here! It's been almost exactly a year since the start of the Kickstarter campaign that included my story collection Aleyara's Descent and Other Stories, which we'd hoped would come out last July in time for that year's Shore Leave Convention. But eSpec's…

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Minor bits of good news I've been feeling frustrated waiting for news about a couple of work things, so I decided to go for a long walk on this sunny day, in hopes of improving my mood and hopefully getting some ideas for a story I'm trying to work out. I decided to go to Fairview Park, the…

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On #Patreon, Tanith Lee returns to #Blakes7 to write one of the show's most compelling episodes, a poetic and moody love story giving long-overdue depth to the archvillain Servalan. Subscribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On #Patreon, it's a battle of wits between #Blakes7 and a game-playing adversary whose embezzled fortune they're trying to steal, in an entertaining story that loses coherence in the climax. Subscribe to read all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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ANALOG takes “Aleyara’s Flight” It's been a couple of years since I last had a story in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, with the cover story "Aleyara's Descent" in the May/June 2023 issue. But I can now announce that I've signed a contract for its sequel, "Aleyara's Flight." I've been told it's…

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 take on a mysterious assassin, and Avon shows surprising kindness toward a character played by Richard Hurndall, who I was tempted to imagine was the First #DoctorWho until... well. Subscribe to get my #classictv #reviews for $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 get their Ichabod Crane on, or maybe their Sarah Connor, in an effective if occasionally silly story about a headless killer android. Subscribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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@clbennettauthor.bsky.social I recall you naming a starship in "The Captain's Oath" after her, yes?

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 meets Doctor Moreau in a storythat has sizeable logic flaws and plot holes, but is still an improvement on the past few episodes. Subscribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo, original short #sciencefiction for $3/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 pursue a new stardrive in an episode that starts off promising but degenerates into camp once the space bikers show up, and Avon becomes a ruthless caricature of himself. Subscribe to get my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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If you are using AI to "co-write" your story/novel, you are not writing, you are using a PLAGIARIZATION SYSTEM that has stolen the work from others without their permission or remuneration.

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On @Patreon, a fairly effective #Blakes7 episode about a rebellion on an occupied planet is marred by the debut of a nonsensical new secret-identity storyline for ex-President Servalan. Subscribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On my blog, little luck with my computer repairs: christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/c...

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Computer repair — or not The repair shop to which I took my mini-PC a couple of weeks ago said to give them 7-10 business days to report back, and this was the 11th business day, so I called for an update, only to find that the repair guy hadn't been able to make the PC crash and thus couldn't…

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 spends an hour setting up obstacles to keep the crew from getting through a door, including a battle-of-the-sexes conflict told by the show's most misogynistic writer. Subcribe to get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 starts its final season with a new producer, new directors, a new ship, a new home base, and a new status quo, but the story's a clumsy riff on an old literary classic. Subscribers get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 trash their ship by driving through a space puddle, in a forced and clumsy finale to an uneven and directionless season. Subscribe to read all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo, original #sciencefiction for $3/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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Ok, so, I made a promise to myself to post less and get locally engaged more but I have some things to say about RFK Jr. and his specifically anti-Autism, ableist, eugenicist, grotesquerie. Because people need to stay aware of how bad this going to get.

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April 18, 2025

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On #Patreon, I look at one of #Blakes7's finest episodes, a tense drama about a duel to resolve an interplanetary war, which is also an immersive spectator sport, anticipating VR and reality TV. Subscribers get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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Computer substitution christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/c...

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Computer substitution Ever since I got my desktop mini-PC in July 2023, it's had occasional problems with freezing up when left idle too long, or occasionally during shutdown -- it would appear to turn off, but the power light would stay on and there was no way to turn it on again without hitting…

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In my #Blakes7 rewatch, Avon suddenly cares about fighting the Federation for some reason and chases Servalan to a remote planet ruled by a misogynistic puppet, in a silly and rather sleazy episode. #Patreon subscribers get all my #reviews for $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.)

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On #Patreon, #Blakes7 encounter bald silver aliens called Ultras, but they don't fight giant kaiju. The story is dumb, but the show's cheesy miniature effects get much, much better from now on. Subscribers get all my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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Thoughts on Toho's ZONE FIGHTER (1973) christopherlbennett.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/t...

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Thoughts on Toho’s ZONE FIGHTER (1973) Over a decade ago, in my overview of the Shōwa-era Godzilla movies, I mentioned that Toho produced a short-lived TV series known as Zone Fighter in which Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and Gigan made guest appearances, making it officially part of the Shōwa…

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