The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich, came out in 1968. It predicted world famines due to uncontrolled population growth. Ehrlich took from several sources, but most
Tag: Steven Popkes
Consideration of Works Past: The Broken Sword
I had trouble with Lord of the Rings. (Picture from here.) Fantasy often just escapes me. I rarely find it compelling. This is my own
Cheese Ends, 20260113, Depression Edition
*Sigh.* Normally, I try to put up optimistic, interesting science up. Things that show how important the human brain is to understanding, medicine, health, food,
State of the Farm: Winter
One of my two readers recently complained about the cold where she lived and wondered why the hell we live in the Bitter Hellhole that
Vaccines
Today I’m going to talk about vaccines. Just because I don’t have enough controversy in my life. (Pictures from here.) From what I’m seeing in
Curse You, Inevitable Romantic Subplot!
I am not a romantic writer. (Picture from here.) It’s not that I’m against love or sex or romantic entanglements. I just have problems when
Touchstones
I’ve been revisiting some of my touchstone works recently. (Picture from here.) I don’t know what sort of things other people use in the way
Arts and Crafts IX: The Need for Wood
I like woodworking. I like being able to turn wood into something nice. Still, I don’t like buying wood. Especially exotic wood—though I’m not above
State of the Farm, October 2025
I like my life. I like what we do in the garden and the orchard. But the house gets dirty coming in and out with
The Channeled Scablands
Worldcon was, this year, in Seattle. We like to mix recreational and professional activities and, since Wendy and I are both rock and geology nuts,
Attribution
My son just graduated and was pinned as an RN. We are, of course, extremely proud. (Picture from here.) He worked very hard to do
Seattle WorldCon: What is Domesticaton?
Back in the middle of August, Wendy and I attended WorldCon 2025 in Seattle. I was on three panels. This one was on What is Domestication?
State of the Farm, July 2025
This is coming out late since I’m writing it in July. We’re going to WorldCon and so I wanted to get this in the pipeline