Did dinosaurs and unicorns get dragged from their seats? Read more
Did dinosaurs and unicorns get dragged from their seats? Read more
Look closely at the icon… HT Bob Cargill on Facebook. Read more
Hemant Mehta and Ian Paul both blogged about the statistic (which the BBC also reported on) indicating the percentage of Christians who do not believe Jesus rose from the dead. The former thinks these individuals are confused, while the latter thinks they are non-active Christians. This is probably true of at least some of them. It is indeed possible for people to hold beliefs on one level and yet deny them in practice on another level – as a recent New York... Read more
Ten seasons into the revival of a show that is now more than 50 years old, and now they make “The Pilot”?! But in fact, the first episode of the new season does echo the very first episode – as well as many others. Bill Potts is introduced right from the beginning of the episode. She works in the canteen at a university in Bristol where the Doctor lectures, and she has been attending his lectures even though she is... Read more
I am long overdue to share the two overlapping trailers that have appeared in recent weeks and days for the upcoming season of Doctor Who, which begins with a new episode later today! You can read more about them on Blastr, IO9 (three times), the BBC Doctor Who blog (twice), and elsewhere. And if you yearn for still more, there is a teaser video with more details about the upcoming season. See also IO9’s post about the details from that. ... Read more
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Through this call for papers, I became aware of this journal that explores the intersection of science fiction and the humanities. https://relcfp.tumblr.com/post/159218734977 Read more
This is an old joke, and not a particularly funny one, since it misses the key ideas in the story entirely. But I was still struck by the different impact the meme makes by weaving a map app into the picture, complete with estimated travel time. Read more
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