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TECH: Robots Really Are After All of Our Jobs

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Robot Priest

A Japanese company has introduced a new role for SoftBank’s humanoid robot “Pepper” – a Buddhist priest for hire at funerals. Chanting sutras in a computerized voice while tapping a drum, the robot was on display on Wednesday at a funeral industry fair – the Life Ending Industry Expo – in Tokyo. Nissei Eco Co., an unlisted plastic molding maker, wrote the chanting software for “Pepper”, which was introduced by SoftBank Group Corp. in 2014. With Japan’s population ageing and shrinking, many Buddhist priests receive less financial support from their communities, prompting some to find part-time work outside their temple … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Highlander, by Kasia Bacon

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The Highlander

QSFer Kasia Bacon has a new MM fantasy book out: I, Lochan of the famed Féyes clan, know all about fighting. As a half-breed Elf, I have struggled against prejudice and feelings of inadequacy. A recluse by nature, I have battled my aversion to touch and interaction with others. To become an assassin of The Order, I have learnt to overcome the limitations of my mind and body. But denying the power Ervyn Morryés holds over me might be the one fight I lose. The truth is—damn it all—the relentless Highlander brings me to my knees. Note: This novelette is … Read more

SPACE: Large Asteroid To Make Near-Earth Pass On Friday

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Hold your breath: A large rock will fly past Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers). Asteroid 3122 Florence, named after modern nursing founder Florence Nightingale, is the largest object to make a close-encounter since NASA began tracking near-Earth objects (NEO) in the 1990s. “While many known asteroids have passed by closer to Earth than Florence will on Sept. 1, all of those were estimated to be smaller,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Florence is estimated … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Hiding From Two, by Morticia Knight

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Hiding From Two

QSFer Morticia Knight has a new MM sci fi book out: Embracing destiny was never meant to be easy. Morgan can’t figure out where he belongs anymore now that a new world has emerged in the aftermath of the Alasharian invasion of Earth. Everything is too strange and frightening and all he wants to do is hide from it all. It doesn’t help to ease his confusion when he finds himself being drawn to not one, but two aliens. He thought his cousin Chris was insane to fall in love with the muscled warriors who bonded with him as his … Read more

We Give You… The Game of Thrones Dildo

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The current season of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones is quickly coming to an end. But we have just the thing to make the wait a little less terrible — a Jon Snow-inspired dildo. The Australian company Geeky Sex Toys recently released the Game of Moans – Long Shaft dildo. The sex toy is modeled after dreamy Jon Snow’s Valyrian steel sword Longclaw, complete with a direwolf head. It measures 11.5 inches with a 6.5-inch blade. The silicone toy costs a pretty $110, but that’s worth it for Jon Snow, right? By Anya Crittenton – Full Story at Gay … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Eating the Moon, by Mark David Campbell

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Eating the Moon

DSPP author Mark David Campbell has a new MM fantasy book out: During his twice-weekly sessions, Guy, a sixty-seven-year-old anthropologist, tells Richard, his thirty-two-year-old psychiatrist, a fantastic tale about a society where almost everyone is homosexual and sex is considered the most basic form of communication. As a young man, on a cargo ship that sinks in the Bermuda triangle, Guy is saved by the first mate, Luca, and they wash up on the shore of an uncharted tropical island. There, Guy must undergo a brutal initiation ritual, endure a crazed shaman, and swim across shark-infested waters in order to … Read more