Category Archives: history

Amoeba’s Lorica: 1-H

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Amoeba

They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: 14 March ICYMI

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Amoeba

This post was written on the 14th of March, Common Era year 2023. The date is sometimes written 3.14.2023, or (if the year is assumed) 3.14. The number 3.14 is the most common two-decimal-place approximation of the irrational number that … Continue reading →

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AI: The Hero of the Hour

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Amoeba

A work of fiction in the alternative-history mode. Alexander Fleming sat, or, rather, sprawled, on a chair in the second-floor room of his country cottage, the white face under its silver hair a talisman of misery. “The Dhoon” was on … Continue reading →

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