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This. So much this.
Heinlein wrote to pay off his mortgage…and then he did it cos he enjoyed it.
I mean, c’mon:
“Starship Troopers” (Heinlein’s a fascist!!) - 1959
“Stranger In A Strange Land” (Heinlein’s a Hippie free sex freak!) - 1961
@… Knows of which he speaks.

John Scalzi (@jscalzi) on Threads
Saw another whiny right-wing dweeb assert that Robert Heinlein couldn't get published today, presumably because of "woke," and I'm all, motherfucker, you don't think that the most commercially savvy science fiction writer of his era wouldn't understand how to read the room in 2026 and then write to it? No, of course you don't, because your Heinlein is some weird fetish object instead of an actual working writer who liked money AND telling stories. Heinlein understood commercial storytelling...

“Britain has been telling itself wildly inaccurate stories about itself for decades. The further those stories have drifted from reality, the worse their ability to govern has become”
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-britain-the-ungoverned-country/

Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why https://www.404media.co/elias-thorne-chatbots-llms-chatgpt-lighthouse-keeper-story/

Funny how so many mistake SilentSunday as a time for telling stories. That’s what all the other days are for, sillies.

We're having lunch at Gdanska.
https://gdanska.de/
The menu is really nice, designed like a newspaper, telling stories about the restaurant and featuring the music played here sometimes.
I ordered pierogi a la Gdanska and zupa ogórkowa. 🥒

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tracy Chapman:
🎵 Telling Stories
#NowPlaying #TracyChapman
https://open.spotify.com/track/27gojdSDBhEb86r7svM6oG

I have enjoyed listening to Blair Braverman on #YoureWrongAbout podcast telling detailed survival and disaster stories. I'm subscribed to her new podcast #WhatToCarryWhatToBurn. I'm waiting for the story of Ada to finish and plan to listen to the episodes all at once.…

One neat thing is the floor of the cathedral is almost entirely intricate marble tombstones for knights buried underneath. With fascinating graphic design, also inscriptions telling poignant stories. You can browse them in this map view.