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Linkfest 2021-05-14: Dunbar's Number

Dunbar’s number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 friendships has withstood 30 years of scrutiny Robin Dunbar defends Dunbar’s Number in the light of thirty years more research. Cavalry in the Modern Era Rob from New Jersey explains the terms used to describe cavalry in

The Voidburned Queen: Zack Lancestrom Book 2 by D. J. Bodden Book Review

The Voidburned Queen [Amazon link] is the second book in D. J. Bodden’s new Zack Lancestrom series, itself part of the larger FiveFold Universe. In the last book, Zack escaped his homeworld of Politeia in a stolen shuttle, narrowly avoiding a last minute interception by the Federal Fleet, who

Be an Interplanetary Spy!

As a kid I loved the Be an Interplanetary Spy! series. This series featured a branching story driven by reader choice, like the better known Choose Your Own Adventure books, but with a science fiction milieu, an visual style that was something like a blend of a comic book and

Those who walk away from McCarrick

I didn’t get involved in yesterday’s Twitter argument about Ursula Le Guin’s Hugo award winning short story, “Those who walk away from Omelas”. I will chime in to say that if you told me “Omelas” was the fictionalized version of the McCarrick Report, I would believe you.

The Long View: Grand New Party

John J. Reilly’s review of Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam’s Grand New Party [Amazon link] encapsulates much of his political thinking, and should be regarded as one of his key essay’s on American politics. For example, John noted that the family structure of the 1950s was historically

DIY Swing Set from Timber and Swing-N-Slide Brackets

It has been a while since I’ve done a DIY post. However, I was motivated to do one for this project as I felt I learned a few things the hard way and I wanted to share. Seven years ago, I wanted a swing set and a playhouse for

Legacies: Galaxy's Edge Season Two Book One by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach Book Review

In Legacies [Amazon link], Jason Anspach and Nick Cole return to the Galaxy’s Edge universe. Season one ended in a conclusive and quite satisfying fashion, but sufficient mysteries remained to leave us all waiting for more. Those mysteries only deepened as Cole and Anspach filled out their universe, showing