Love takes many forms. The Greeks had labels for them; supporting nuances of perspective and life.
The modern West conflates many forms of caring into a single, overburdened word.
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Graham Hancock made a case for Atlantis being on coastal Antarctica. I do find it interesting that a National Geographic expedition identified long, artificial roads and pyramidal structures ("artificial" was their description of the images they captured) under 1/2 mile of water, off the coast of Cuba.
Either they were wrong, or those structures were 1/2 mile higher during human history. The latter would imply cataclysmic geological shifts, for which Hancock's Netflix special Ancient Apocalypse and a Phys.org paper both make a case, circa 10,800 BC.
When russia loses the war with Ukraine, Ukraine will righteously require massive reparations. From where will those come?
From China. China has sufficient US paper holdings to "loan" whatever is required.
What will China require in exchange? Resource extraction rights in all of those formerly Chinese territories, and perhaps more.
Of course, in addition, significant interest and principal must be (re-)paid. Also, China will require the right to station "security forces" in order to protect its operations.
When there is a failure of repayment, or some other artfully constructed phrase from the "loan" agreement serves, China will simply foreclose on its "collateral".
A referendum at that point will almost certainly find many people tired of living under endless russian kleptocracy and desirous, at least, of some prosperity and stability in China.
Geese look pretty harmless. However, almost every creature in Nature has some form of defense.
Apparently, goose wings beat fast enough that they can break bones.
It's almost like avian karate.
The Cat Who Pays for His Fish
Lovely story. And probably all three. ;)
I can easily imagine people coming and waiting in line to see the cat pay for his food. Meanwhile, they'll of course buy some fish...
Black cats can be beautiful. I'm sure that a black Siberian cat would be a loving and wonderful companion, and bring lots of good luck.
They're probably leprechauns when no one's watching.
I understand that "hard" science fiction is the kind in which everything within it is deemed plausible by mainstream scientists. (The Martian comes to mind, as an example.)
But what in the heck is hard fantasy?
What an amazing concept. Have you considered turning this into a book?
