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This may be a slightly silly question, but I’m curious if you’ve ever been active in any fandoms, and if so, which ones? As in making/sharing fan art, reading fanfic, or even writing some. That’s all, thank you!

Sherlock Holmes Fandom, I guess. I was inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars. And I've written two Holmesian stories, A Study in Emerald and A Case of Death and Honey.

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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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Cat incubating eggs and raising chicks

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tv shows with time travel organizations/bureaus/police/agencies/whatever should have a department with instead of a tech genius eating candy, it’s a harried seamstress or fashion designer who is like

“1450 italy? does it look like I have the time to dye you wool? nO. YOU’RE GOING TO THE 1980s”

and throws shoulder pads at the hapless time agent

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What’s your favourite line from good omens?

The invisible and unbreakable one that joins Crowley and Aziraphale.

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The fact that Microsoft Word has to be a subscription is upsetting. I already paid for it why do I have to pay again

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Character Sketches | Sirius and Regulus

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Paraglider and black vulture chilling

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Doctor Who is celebrating 60 years by releasing over 800 episodes on BBC iPlayer.

The sci-fi fantasy show first premiered in 1963 and has cemented itself as a permanent fixture in pop culture history. This fall, fans will be able to stream the entire 800-plus episode series along with spin-offs like Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, and Class, and the behind-the-scenes series Doctor Who Confidential.

Each Dr Who episode will be made accessible for all Whovians, with subtitles, audio description, and sign language options available for the very first time.

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Neil Banged out his tunes today, on a train you have the comfort and relaxation to bang out your own tunes

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Eclipse of the Sun in Venice in July 8, 1842 by Ippolito Caffi.

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— On losing your language

Babel by RF Kuang // @metamorphesque // Rejecting assimilation in 'You Sound Like a White Girl' by NPR // Sir Elijah Impey with his family in Calcutta, 1783 by Johan Zoffany // Israel's Forgotten Arabic Language // Love in Translation by Lauren Collins // Lola by Camila Cabello // All That Angrezi by Kandala Singh // La Malinche by Jesús Helguera // Estrangement as a Lifestyle by Svetlana Boym // Can You Forget Your Native Language by TLD

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i hope this email finds you panting and moaning and begging for it