The Man in the High Castle  by Philip K. Dick was first published in 1962 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963. It was his first novel to win a major award. The story is mostly set in San Francisco, about 15 years after the end of World War II in 1947. Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan had won the war and jointly run the world. This includes the US, which has been partitioned with the East Coast under Japanese administration. The narrative is written in third-person om

As a prequel, it is different but is fitting enough to the Macross universe. Nice designs and is one of the earlier anime works to use extensive CG. It can look better but decent effort.

St Paul, MN – Re-re-reformed Lutheran Church has again excommunicated their new sound mixer, the replacement for the one they had excommunicated last month for being too slow. Jimmy reportedly laughed out loud every time the vocalist started singing. “At first, when he laughed during rehearsal, we didn’t really mind,” said Daniel, the bass guitarist. “It’s ok to have a laugh during rehearsal.” However, Jimmy laughed out loud as soon as the first song started during the servic

Struggling actor role-plays for a rental family company. Positive but not too lighthearted. Solid performances and measured pacing. Amusing and entertaining.

Geneva, Switzerland – Experts are warning of the new COVID strain detected in most countries, dubbed the “Hormuz” variant. “We’ve given up on using Greek letters or numbers, cos they don’t sound sci-fi and scary anymore,” said Professor Lenny Bollocks. Experts have named the variant “Hormuz” because they suspect the strain originated in Iran while exploding Israeli bombs made it airborne and spread it. The variant has subsequently been tracked in all continents. Countries suc

Continuation of the same strengths and weaknesses. Visually slick and well-produced. Insufficient character development and depth when there is the opportunity to do so.

The mains characters split up so this season can feel unfocused, but this is mitigated somewhat by the quick pacing. Visually, it saves the budget for set pieces in the latter half of the season.

Young cop sent to go undercover as a student. Entertaining action-comedy with good pacing and performances from Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat.

Cheesy sci-fi action like Predator (1987). But with an alien mech.

Teacher is murdered and thrown back in time to one year earlier. Well-produced with solid performances. Important themes but clumsy pacing and dialogue-heavy.

Good art, clean linework. Tight narrative with good pacing.

A study by I. Hardie et al titled “ COVID-19 public health and social measures (PHSM) and early childhood developmental concerns in Scotland: an interrupted time series analysis ” published on 25 November 2025 supports the common observation that the plandemic measures had a bad impact on young children. The paper is about 12 pages. The study examined child health reviews for children aged 13–15 months and 27–30 months in Scotland between January 2019 and August 2023. In Scot

Los Angeles, CA – A highly attractive female lecturer has discovered a method for discouraging advances from her students. Anna is a staff member in the science faculty at the university. Being a tall blonde—and clearly an actual woman—many male students look her up on social media and approach her after lectures. “Part of me is flattered but I wish these people would do some real homework,” she said. “Not to mention that I’m their teacher.” After taking some extra responsibi

A study by Laldinpuii et al titled “ Effects of exposure to nearby mobile phone base stations and mobile phone usage on human blood parameters ” published on 6 February 2026 demonstrates that mobile RF-EMF (900 and 1800 MHz) elevates white blood cell counts. Radiation having an impact on living cells is commonsense but it is interesting to come across a study that supports this. The study is admittedly small, comparing 50 people who live <60m to a mobile phone tower to 51 peo

St Paul, MN – Re-re-reformed Lutheran Church has excommunicated their new sound mixer, the replacement for the one they had excommunicated earlier for turning everyone off. It was reported that James, the new sound guy, took “way too long” to work out the levels. According to Sally, one of the vocalists in the band: “It took him two hours! And we didn’t even sound good.” Bill, a regular churchgoer, took a look at the faders afterwards. “Other than God, I’m not sure if anyone

Sydney, Australia – Due to the continuing conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, fuel prices are soaring. Airlines such as Qantas, however, have reassured travellers that they remain as efficient as ever—at increasing airfares. “Jet fuel supply is volatile, blah blah blah,” said Qantas spokesperson Will Ripov. “We love it when someone threatens the fuel even if it doesn’t directly impact us, cos we can then jack up the prices—well, as long as they don’t shoot us down like

Some things progress too quickly and too many conveniences, but still a moderately enjoyable sequel.

Macross 7 has one of the most annoying main characters ever. And this is not helped by the poor pacing, dated visuals and the same song being used over and over again. The ideas are mostly good but at 49 episodes, it simply drags. If nothing else, some of these ideas set up the premise for subsequent series.

An article by J. Cohler titled “The Father of Lies Hijacking Climate Science: Global Mean Surface Temperature Does Not Exist” was published in the Winter 2025 issue of Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons  ( Volume 30 Number 4 ). The article is about 5 pages, including the references. As the title states, it discusses the flaws of the “global mean surface temperature” (GMST) that was used to set the target of the Paris Agreement. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Clima

A Japanese study by M.P. Kapoor, A. Abe et al titled “ Dietary intervention of prebiotic partially hydrolyzed guar gum improves skin viscoelasticity, stratum corneum hydration, and ‍reduction of trans-epidermal water loss ” published in January 2025 has found that prebiotic dietary fiber intake improves the skin. The paper is about 20 pages, including acknowledgements and references. The motivation for the study is to support the hypothesis and previous studies that prebiotic

Xanten, Germany – St Viktor’s Cathedral in Xanten is hosting a giant 46-foot sculpture of a dead whale. According to the diocesan newsletter: “It is important for the church to support dead animals in the name of climate justice while suppressing a rite in a dead language.” “Of course, the piece has to be by an Israeli artist,” said Bishop Engels, “because we Germans can’t do enough to convince the world of how not racist we are. And we also love trees and whales. They’re pre