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Does it go into how a lot of them are just really weird anti-Semites? Because a lot of them are.

The doc kind of skirts around that. There is mention that once the flat earthers  start believing in the “round earth conspiracy” that it’s not hard for them to begin to accept other conspiracies. One guy that didn’t get a lot of screen time listed off some of his beliefs which included  some anti-Semitic conspiracies.

I still need to commission a watercolor. I've got a really nice pen and ink commission (and several framed sketches) but I want to pick up a painting sooner rather than later.

No BS, I saw this posted on FB and started to tag you but then figured "nah, she'll see it on her own". I guess I was right ;)

Nightcrawler by JakeEkiss (tumblr )

I dont know if I shared this before, but this is probably one of the first Nightcrawler images I favorited on DA back in the day heh. I made a plushie like that one.

Oh! Somebody mentioned Murakami. On the off chance the other poster doesn’t mention them, “1Q84” is probably the best of his recent stuff. Of his short story collections I’d recommend “The Elephant Vanishes” and for other novels “Wild Sheep Chase”.

jakeekiss replied to your post:desdeotromar replied to your post: I love to read...

Murakami also has some good nonfiction under his belt as well. “Underground” is all about the Tokyo subway gas attacks. Very interesting stuff.

i think it can be a lot of fun to let go of logic/science and try creating your own sort of system that explains how things work. i feel like Murakami and Steven King do this a lot - they really mix up fantasy and sci-fi and myths

I'm not familiar with Murakami.  Can you recommend something?

I definitely feel blending fantasy and science can lead to awesome stories.  I tend to err on the side fantasy more often just because it's easier for me to let go of logic if I've already said there  is magic in the world.

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When I do sci-fi my rule is I do just enough research to know what I’m deliberately going to ignore because it’s too complicated (or bad drama). Also, when possible, I just refuse to divulge specifics. “Did you factor in Jupiter?” “I did.” “Good”

I try to avoid research cause I end feeling constrained too much by what I know is possible.  When I was writing earlier, I just needed to know how big an earth killer would be and I stopped myself around the time I started looking for gravitational assist simulators.  I've had a few hours, at work, away from a computer to work out what I needed to keep in mind and what to discard.