Monthly Archives: August 2021

witness on Whidbey

Posted on Thursday, 2021 August 26 by Anton

I watched Behind the Curve (2018), a documentary about the Flat Earth movement. In the beginning, Mark Sargent says (I paraphrase), “I know the Earth is not round because I can see Seattle from here [Whidbey Island].” If I knew … Continue reading →

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escapism within escapism

Posted on Saturday, 2021 August 14 by Anton

I recently read the Long Earth saga by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The story begins in the near future when an eccentric engineer anonymously publishes plans for a “stepper box” which takes the user to a parallel world, adjacent … Continue reading →

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