Nine Crocodile Heads

Mikko Lagerstedt photo gallery. I do love a bit of Nordic photography. Good morning.

An old web tradition: Bruce Sterling’s State Of The World conference on The Well.

In 02023, people are becoming poorer, their lifespans are shorter;
food costs more, and housing is worse.   You'd think there would be
more focussed, radical indignation about such an obvious bad scene
-- a culture in visible decline -- but the temper of the times seems
to welcome it, somehow.  

Events are indeed pretty bad, yet it doesn't feel like any collapse
is near at hand; there's a mood almost of public penitence, like,
"Man, we've got this punishment coming, but it could have been so
much worse, considering what we deserved!" 

Best headline I’ve seen today: Archaeologists Find Nine Mysterious Crocodile Heads Hidden in Egyptian Tomb

Magculture did a round-up of 2022 in magazines that I need to return to for an in-depth read later. Magculture’s shop is excellent, by the way.

Finally today, a new Bad Space comic short.