The Big Idea: Rob Wilkins

Rob Wilkins was close enough to beloved author Terry Pratchett that the two of them shared the same Twitter account. From that vantage point Wilkins was able to see Pratchett as a friend, as a writ…

On the Matter of the New Twitter Boss and Other Things | Whatever

Elon Musk is buying Twitter, apparently mostly just because he can, and people are — strangely! — worried about whether a thin-skinned ego monster of a billionaire who has problems rela…

And Now, A New Short Story: The Origin of the Flow

Back around my birthday, I ran a fundraiser for RIP Medical Debt, which buys up the medical debt of Americans for pennies on the dollar, and having done so, erases it -- meaning those people, previously despairing of the cost of their medical care, just didn't have to worry about it anymore. I noted that…

The Big Idea: Sean Carroll

I've been aware of the "Many Worlds" interpretation of physics for some time -- longtime readers of mine know it's intimately connected with space travel in my "Old Man's War" series of novels. But in the real world, how does it connect to the actual physics we know and (profess to) understand? Actual physicist Sean…

My piece earlier this week on Clinton and Sanders blew up a bit, with roughly 75,000 views over two days. This gave me an excuse to check my referrers and ego…