Haven't read or heard of the book before, but I'm retweeting because I know a disproportionate number of people who will read that description and be like TAKE MY MONEY.
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RT @feliciaday@twitter.com
Guys the new book "Gideon the Ninth" is so weird and wonderful I didn't sleep last night cause I couldn't stop. If you like space necromancer lesbian stuff...well, why wouldn't you like that stuff?! PICK IT UP!
https://twitter.com/feliciaday/status/1171825388240003073
RT @HeidiStevens13@twitter.com
When is a girl simply learning chemistry? Or running/swimming/volleyballing her heart out? When is a girl just walking through the world, not the least bit interested in attracting the male gaze?
Never, in the minds of some grown-ups. Like this swim ref. https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-wednesday-swimmer-disqualified-suit-wedgie-0911-20190911-eginoua4ifhr5emhkxel6ky3ey-story.html
RT @sadanduseless@twitter.com
Simple But Clever Cartoons by Shanghai Tango https://www.sadanduseless.com/simple-but-clever-cartoons-gallery/
RT @GenjitsuUsagi@twitter.com
@UrsulaV@twitter.com (See also: how the lady who sued over McDonald's coffee actually had a legitimate case, as she was hospitalized for over a week, needed skin grafts due to the burns, and was one of over 700 other coffee burn victims between '82-'92, with previous settlements of over $500k)
RT @thedndbags@twitter.com
DM: "Ok, this mission requires stealth. How are you approaching?"
#DnD Players:
RT @AlexNBCNews@twitter.com
Rep @AOC@twitter.com asked if worried impeachment would fail in Senate: "if they want to fail it then I want to see every Republican go on the record and knowingly vote against impeachment, knowing his corruption, so that they can have that stain on their careers the rest of their lives."
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RT @glennbick@twitter.com
ACM Meet The TEAm https://acm.watzek.cloud/index.php/2019/09/09/acm-meet-the-team/
https://twitter.com/glennbick/status/1171196378795532288
RT @adamconover@twitter.com
Cool! Will one of those female trailblazers be Lizzie Magie, the inventor of Monopoly you tried to erase from history? 🤔 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/10/lizzie-magie-invented-monopoly-landlords-game https://twitter.com/Hasbro/status/1171378766838411265
RT @katewillaert@twitter.com
Did you know the first computer game with a narrative doesn't have its own Wikipedia entry?
Did you know the first writer of a narrative in a computer game was a woman?
Let me tell you about The Sumerian Game.
(Thanks @frankcifaldi@twitter.com for finding and scanning this pic.)
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.