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Amoeba’s Lorica: 1-H
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
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, current events, history, We the People
Tagged anti-war hypocrisy, draft deferments, frivolous holidays, The Things They Carried, Vietnam War Veterans Day
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Amoeba’s Lorica: 14 March ICYMI
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
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, history, humor, language, We the People
Tagged junior high school math class, Pi Day, puns, wordplay
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AI: The Hero of the Hour
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
Posted in AI, Amoeba's Lorica, fiction, history, science, We the People
Tagged Alexa Health Services, Alexander Fleming, alternative history, human population pressure, penicillin, Surplus Humanity Service, what if
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