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Is Bruno Mars the kid that Michael Jackson sings about in the song "Billie Jean"?!?! Micah and Chris end Season 3 with a free flow episode with some thought provoking questions like: "Is time a man-made thing" and "What does the feeling of home feel like?" Chris discusses how he would like to compete on the TV show Big Brother and Micah shares his fear of glass elevators. Cloned animals, secret arcades, and Michael Jackson all on this hot episode of the Doughnut Box Podcast!
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Eric, Jeff, Styles P, Sheek Louch and Jazz the Owl got together in Yonkers to break down the 2023 American science fiction comedy mystery film They Cloned Tyrone! The film stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx as well as David Alan Grier and Kiefer Sutherland and is currently streaming on Netflix.There's never been a review show as ridiculous as this - let us know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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New podcast alert! I'm gonna be playing some of the wildest most interesting videos on the intrawebs and breaking them down. Lots of fun and hopefully lots of laughs. I got my bro @demonerasers with me today to add his insight! If you want to submit videos for us to review on future episodes tweet at me on X and hastag #jtsmixtape JT's X: https://x.com/jtfollowsjc
What's your favorite apple? Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that apple made it to your local grocery store or orchard it had to be invented — by a scientist. So today, we're going straight to the source: Talking to an apple breeder. Producer Hannah Chinn reports how apples are selected, bred, grown ... and the discoveries that could change that process. Plus, what's a "spitter"?Want to know how science impacts other food you eat? Email us at shortwave@npr.org and we might cover your food of choice on a future episode!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
With tech now able to clone voices in minutes, many people in creative industries are worried about what this could mean for their livelihoods. The BBC’s Ben Derico looks at what this AI revolution has meant for voice actors who claim to have had their likeness copied by an AI voice-generating company.
With tech now able to clone voices in minutes, many people in creative industries are worried about what this could mean for their livelihoods. The BBC’s Ben Derico looks at what this AI revolution has meant for voice actors who claim to have had their likeness copied by an AI voice-generating company.
https://noahgift.com/articles/ldt-chp7-an-eyeball-for-data-theft/
Sheila O’Sullivan from Killarney got a bill from eFlow after cameras caught what appeared to be her car passing through the M50 toll in Dublin. Except Sheila’s car wasn’t in Dublin, it was in Kerry at the time. She told her story to Jerry who also heard from Cllr Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan.
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Chris and Sumit from Breaking Atoms podcast join Flixwatcher to review Chris' choice They Cloned Tyrone. They Cloned Tyrone (2023) is a science fiction action comedy mystery film directed by Juel (Creed II writer) Taylor in his directorial debut. It stars John Boyega as Fontaine/Tyrone, a local drug dealer, Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles a pimp and Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo, one of Slick's girls. One evening Fontaine is doing business with Slick where he is shot and fatally killed by a rival dealer Isaac. The following day Slick is surprised to see Fontaine apparently alive and well, with no recognition of the previous day or shooting. Fontaine and Slick find Yo-Yo who confirms the shooting and the trio follow a vehicle to a house that reveals a secret lab where a very strange experiment is taking place. They Cloned Tyrone brings a variety of genres together including sci-fi and blaxploitation and at times a Scooby Doo mystery. In trying to bring in so many genres it sometimes feels a little unfocused and many of its ideas are not fully fleshed out. However the three main leads are so enjoyable to watch playing off each other that it's hard not to enjoy the adventure. Recommendability scores for They Cloned Tyrone were pretty solid, but with a runtime of two hours it loses points for repeat viewing and engagement to score a respectable 3.47 overall. [supsystic-tables id=371] Episode #357 Crew Links Thanks to the Episode # 357 crew of Chris and Sumit from Breaking Atoms podcast Please make sure you give them some love More about They Cloned Tyrone For more info on They Cloned Tyrone can visit They Cloned Tyrone IMDB page here or They Cloned Tyrone Rotten Tomatoes page here. Final Plug! Subscribe, Share and Review us on iTunes If you enjoyed this episode of Flixwatcher Podcast you probably know other people who will like it too! Please share it with your friends and family, review us, and join us across ALL of the Social Media links below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's The Truth Central, Dr. Jerome Corsi explores:What are cloned voter registrations and why are they in Wisconsin: An update on suspect algorithms in several states' voter rolls - https://www.godsfivestones.comWhy was the Biden-Harris Admin's response to Helene so pathetic?Heading toward WW3: Israel fights back against Iran, terror groups and worldwide antisemitismIf you would like to donate to help Dr. Corsi's and Andrew Paquette's efforts to seek out and expose corrupt algorithms in states' voter databases, visit https://www.godsfivestones.comIf you like what we are doing, please support our Sponsors:Get RX Meds Now: https://www.getrxmedsnow.comMyVitalC https://www.thetruthcentral.com/myvitalc-ess60-in-organic-olive-oil/Swiss America: https://www.swissamerica.com/offer/CorsiRMP.phpGet Dr. Corsi's new book, The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis: Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Right Front and One from the Rear, here: https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-President-John-Kennedy-Headshots/dp/B0CXLN1PX1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20W8UDU55IGJJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ymVX8y9V--_ztRoswluApKEN-WlqxoqrowcQP34CE3HdXRudvQJnTLmYKMMfv0gMYwaTTk_Ne3ssid8YroEAFg.e8i1TLonh9QRzDTIJSmDqJHrmMTVKBhCL7iTARroSzQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=jerome+r.+corsi+%2B+jfk&qid=1710126183&sprefix=%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-1Join Dr. Jerome Corsi on Substack: https://jeromecorsiphd.substack.com/Visit The Truth Central website: https://www.thetruthcentral.comGet your FREE copy of Dr. Corsi's new book with Swiss America CEO Dean Heskin, How the Coming Global Crash Will Create a Historic Gold Rush by calling: 800-519-6268Follow Dr. Jerome Corsi on X: @corsijerome1Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth-central-with-dr-jerome-corsi--5810661/support.
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Rob Cesternino, Tyson Apostol and Danny Bryson talk about Illegal Cloned Sheep and all the crazy internet stories of the week!
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Rob Cesternino, Tyson Apostol and Danny Bryson talk about Illegal Cloned Sheep and all the crazy internet stories of the week!
As an e-commerce business owner, there's nothing more frustrating than discovering your website or product images have been cloned and are being used to scam your (potential) customers. It's a nightmare scenario that's all too common in today's digital landscape - I even ended up almost being scammed myself! In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Steven Weigler, an experienced IP attorney from Emerge Consult, to discuss strategies for protecting your brand online. You'll learn: The key legal tools every e-commerce entrepreneur needs, including trademarks, copyrights, and domain protection How to quickly take down clone websites and counterfeit product listings on platforms like Amazon and Shopify The importance of having a proactive IP protection strategy in place before issues arise Tips for working with an IP attorney to build a cost-effective legal foundation for your business As I discovered firsthand, website cloning, and product counterfeiting are major threats that can do serious damage to your brand and bottom line. But with the right knowledge and preparation, you can fight back and protect what you've worked so hard to build. Don't wait until it's too late - tune in and learn how to safeguard your e-commerce business today. ---------- E-Commerce Website Cloning and Initial Reactions 0:02 Legal and International Challenges in Intellectual Property 2:48 Building a Strong Brand Identity and Protecting It 5:27 Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents: Tools for Protection 12:31 Dealing with Infringement on E-Commerce Platforms 14:45 Strategies for Addressing Infringement and Protecting Assets 28:00 The Role of Platforms in Intellectual Property Enforcement 28:48 The Importance of Early Action and Prevention 32:46 Final Thoughts and Actionable Steps 33:01 Resources and Contact Information 33:13 Full article: https://salenaknight.com/ecom-store-cloned-by-scammers-heres-what-to-do-steven-weigler/
Offer to uninstall Recall was a bug, not a feature YubiKeys can be cloned Miscellany Is WhatsApp secure? Telegram vs Signal French elevators Freezing your credit The Quiet Canine Unix time Bobiverse book 5 Exodus: The Achemedes Engine Watching SpinRite RAMBO Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-991-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: flashpoint.io bigid.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit
Offer to uninstall Recall was a bug, not a feature YubiKeys can be cloned Miscellany Is WhatsApp secure? Telegram vs Signal French elevators Freezing your credit The Quiet Canine Unix time Bobiverse book 5 Exodus: The Achemedes Engine Watching SpinRite RAMBO Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-991-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: flashpoint.io bigid.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit
Offer to uninstall Recall was a bug, not a feature YubiKeys can be cloned Miscellany Is WhatsApp secure? Telegram vs Signal French elevators Freezing your credit The Quiet Canine Unix time Bobiverse book 5 Exodus: The Achemedes Engine Watching SpinRite RAMBO Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-991-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: flashpoint.io bigid.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit
Offer to uninstall Recall was a bug, not a feature YubiKeys can be cloned Miscellany Is WhatsApp secure? Telegram vs Signal French elevators Freezing your credit The Quiet Canine Unix time Bobiverse book 5 Exodus: The Achemedes Engine Watching SpinRite RAMBO Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-991-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: flashpoint.io bigid.com/securitynow Melissa.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit
This week, the podbrothers do a deep dive into celebrity clone theory, and mourn Bennifer's divorce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Ain't no snow, but I can still ski in it."
The legend of Penn's pants continues at the expense of a legendary rock star. Then, Piff the Magic Dragon joins the gang to tell the entire story of cloning Mr. Piffles, from a Wendy's in California, to South Korea, to Rochester, New York, to his “IT COST $60,000 TO CLONE MY DOG AND NOW I NEED TO MAKE THE MONEY BACK” North American Tour. Plus, Penn & Teller prices, melisma, and sugar cheese.
Busy and frazzled people often say, “I wish I could clone myself!” Journalist Evan Ratliff did just that. Using easily available technology and artificial intelligence, he created a voice clone that could answer calls, carry on conversations, and literally do his job. The brave new world he created spawned all sorts of weird and unsettling moments, like when his voice clones began talking to each other and making up a whole new life for him. Ratliff explores the experience in his new podcast, “Shell Game.” We talk to Ratliff…and his voice clone. Guests: Evan Ratliff, investigative journalist and host, "Shell Game" podcast; author, "The Mastermind: A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord"; cofounder and editor in chief, Atavist magazine; former podcast host, "Longform"
How WORTHWHILE was AFC Bournemouth's tour in the USA? In the first part of our two-part Stateside round up, we assess the value of our games against Wrexham, Arsenal and LA Galaxy, and we have some key conversations, including... - The fans that we met out in America - Getting our card CLONED in Vegas, and you wouldn't believe what they purchased... - The Youtube comments we received - the good and bad! - Who IS this lad we've signed from Juventus? - Do we need yer MORE kits? - How is our squad shaping up? Sponsored by Dana's Aquatic Academy, New Milton - a local private swimming school for all ages and abilities, offering the highest quality of specialised teaching catered towards each individual lesson's needs whilst achieving a fun and enjoyable session for everyone. Email: admin@danasaquaticacademy.co.uk Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danasaquaticacademy/ Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/danas_aquatic_academy/ Thank you to everyone who has contributed to all our platforms. If you're enjoying this show, you can help support us by buying us a coffee at https://www.afcbpodcast.com/coffee – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Exopolitics Today Week in Review with Dr Michael Salla – July 27, 2024 Topics NASA's Mars rover missions are currently searching for evidence of ancient microbial life, and scientists are excited that the Perserverence Rover may have found signs of such life Forensic analysis shows that Maria, one of the Nazca mummies, is at least 1000 years old and is part of Earth's genetic family tree. Liberation Times published an excellent article about key political figures in the US and where they stand on the UFO issue. Secret Remote Viewing Program Used Cloned Children to Enhance Pyschoenergetic Abilities: Interview with Tony Rodrigues: This interview with Jimmy Kimmel shows Kamela Harris doesn't have the intellectual curiosity in UFOs to say anything more than she is interested. Interview with David Adair about his inventions and upcoming presentation at the Galactic Spiritual Informers Connection China's plan to expand its International Lunar Research Station Initiative to 50 countries, ensures the emergence of rival space blocs that will contest outer space for decades to come. The Ukrainian Army's beachhead in the town of Krynky fails to secure access to buried space ark. Would Elon Musk would be so eager to mass produce humanoid robots if he knew how AI life forms are regarded by extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy? Deep State Plans to Use Bioengineered Clone Armies in False Flag Attacks: Roundtable on Space Arks, Sleeping Giants, ET Assimilation, and Mysteries of Saturn US Border Patrol agent confirms how the Biden Administration has been flooding the US with illegal immigrants. Translation of US Army Insider Missions into Portuguese Interview with JP on a Popular Brazilian Podcast Today Webinar: Faking a Cryptoterrestrial Invasion Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/michaelsalla --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/support
In his new book, Beyond Sight, Tony Rodrigues describes his harrowing experience as an involuntary child recruit in a “20 and back” program that began with an abduction by Gray extraterrestrials in 1982 when he was only 10 years old. He explains the disturbing circumstances that led to his consciousness being transferred out of his physical body into a clone. He next woke up in his cloned body that was taken to a secret remote viewing program located out at Inyokern, California. Rodrigues and other cloned children were subjected to multiple forms of trauma-based mind control in order to enhance psychoenergetic abilities such as remote viewing and remote influencing. He explains how the program was conducted at a time when there were no legal prescriptions against trauma-based training protocols, which began later in 1983. In his book, Rodrigues supplied documentation showing how legal prescriptions began soon after the Inyokern program had concluded. He reveals how adult trainers, which included a leading figure in the remote viewing community, suspended their ethical reservations as they were told the child participants were clones who would not remember anything that happened once the program was completed. Rodrigues describes how child recruits were taught not only remote viewing protocols, but also counter-measures designed to block other remote viewers from accurately seeing or influencing a target. Based on the advanced remote viewing abilities he developed as a child, Rodrigues decided to start his own remote viewing training courses, which he now teachers online. In Beyond Sight: The Hidden History of Remote Viewing and Psycho Energetics, Tony Rodrigues provides details and documents supporting his remarkable experiences and the skills he acquired as a field-grade operational remote viewer from 1982 to 1983. Beyond Sight : The Hidden History Of Remote Viewing and Psycho Energetics is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Sight-History-Viewing-Energetics-ebook/dp/B0D5W1KLWK?ref_=ast_author_mpb Tony Rodrigues website is: https://www.tonyrodrigues.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopoliticstoday/support
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Taizé, ein kleiner Ort im französischen Burgund, steht für Spiritualität und Ökumene. Viele junge Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft sind jede Woche zu Gast in der Gemeinschaft der Brüder von Taizé. Ein Höhepunkt jede Woche ist am Samstagabend die Lichterfeier mit meditativen Gesängen und Gebeten. Im DOMRADIO senden wir sie jeden Samstag um 22h und hier finden Sie den Podcast der Lichterfeier zum Hören, wann Sie möchten.
When Odo runs into his least favorite war profiteering jabroni, his sudden case of getting murdered turns up a while meadow of whoopsie daisies in "A Man Alone." Not only does a very evil bit actor gins up a lynch mob, and somehow this overshadows Bashir straight up accidentally cloning a guy!
1. Watch out for clones Copycat airlines and bogus holiday firms may try to trip you up. Cloned websites can spoof logos or branding to make themselves appear like the real deal. Check the URL matches the official website and verify the contact details. While the IAA sign should mean your holiday is protected, scammers can use fake licence numbers, so double-check with IAA.ie if you are in doubt. 2. Don't fall for fake tours and activities Avoid paying for activities from scam operators that advertise or tout non-existent activities or trips. Check out verified reviews and be alert to red flags such as poorly spelt adverts or limited-time offers. If buying on holiday from a street vendor, don't feel pressured to make decisions on the spot. 3. Beware social media promotions Facebook, X, TikTok, and Instagram ads may pop up in your feed to entice you with quick and easy getaways. Slick ads can impersonate airlines or hotels and advertise holidays that don't exist. You may even get fake confirmation emails or booking references. Always check the authenticity of the profile, book flights and hotels directly and only part with your money once you're 100% sure it's legit. 4. Don't pay faux fees Counterfeit websites set up to mimic Government bodies continue to trick consumers into paying hefty service fees for renewing passports or free EHIC cards. Check the URL matches the official website before parting with any personal details, and look for hidden costs before paying for your passport. 5. Check airport parking reviews Airport parking can really add to holiday costs, so it's tempting to book the cheapest option. Airport parking rouges may claim to keep your car in a safe and secure place, but the reality may differ. Avoid returning home to find your car damaged, dirty, or with added mileage by booking a reputable parking firm. 6. Guard against car hire scams If you hire a car or scooter online or abroad, read the paperwork, take photos and check the vehicle carefully before signing the documents and driving away. If not, you could end up paying for damage you did not cause or extras you didn't need. Consider buying cheaper car hire excess cover from a separate insurer before you go. Eoin Clarke, Commercial Director at Switcher.ie comments "Everybody looks forward to a holiday in the sun. It's a time when people have fun, relax, and let their guard down. Sadly, fraudsters are all too ready to take advantage of sun-seeking, carefree holidaymakers, who become easy targets for scams and ripoffs. "A holiday abroad can really lift the spirits, but being careful doesn't mean having less fun. Plan ahead and pay securely for activities and day trips so you're not rushed into parting with your cash. Make sure to research the website, read company reviews, and scrutinise the small print to avoid being duped by a scam deal that'll leave you disappointed and out of pocket. "Sorting things like travel insurance and prepaid travel or credit cards in advance can protect you if things go wrong and may ultimately help your holiday money go further." More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
We chose something this week that came up randomly, and fate has delivered it! Is this one of my favorite movies that we've watched this year? Quite possibly. Hollywood, you are leaving money on the table by not casting John Boyega in EVERYTHING. Up Next: Uncle Sam What We're Watching: The Other F Word How it Really Happened Where to Find us: Instagram Facebook Youtube TikTok Letterboxd boozeboobsandbloodpodcast@gmail.com boozeboobsandbloodpodcast.com bluesky: @b3podcast.bsky.social
Join Josh, Deb, and Cobweb as they dive into the intriguing world of the Jamie Foxx movie *They Cloned Tyrone*! In this episode, the Dream Team dissects the film's unique blend of sci-fi, mystery, and social commentary. Get ready for an in-depth discussion filled with our usual mix of insights, debates, and a few laughs. Don't forget to connect with us on social media and join the conversation: - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/castofthepod) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CastofthePod) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/castofthepod/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@castofthepod) - [Cobweb's Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/cobweb411/) - [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/castofthepod) Call our hotline with your thoughts and questions: 786-763-2278 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Tune in and enjoy the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/castofthepod/message
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In this week's episode, I take a look back at my SILENT ORDER science fiction series, and answer twelve of the most common questions from readers about the books. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 205 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is June the 14th, 2024 and today we are doing a question and answer session on my Silent Order science fiction series. Before we get to that, we will have an update on my current writing progress and then Question of the Week. My main project right now is Shield of Darkness, a sequel to Shield of Storms and the second book in the Shield War series. Progress has not been as quick as I would like, but there still has been progress and as of this recording, I am about 84,000 words into the rough draft. It really helped that I had a 10,000 word day on June 12th. That really propelled things forward. I'm not entirely sure how long the rough draft is going to be. I think it's probably going to end up around 120,000 words, maybe 115,000 words. We'll see when get there. But I'm still hoping to have it out in July, sometime after the 4th of July. After that is done, my next project will be Half-Orc Paladin, the third book in the Rivah series, and I'm currently 24,000 words into that and I think that one will be around 75,000 words (give or take) once it's done. I'm also 9,000 words into Ghost in the Tombs, but that will come out later in the year. In audiobook news, I'm pleased to report that the collection Tales of the Shield Knight, which contains sixteen stories from the Sevenfold Sword and the Dragontiarna series, is now out in audiobook, as excellently narrated by Brad Wills. You can get that at Audible, Amazon, and Apple Books at the moment, and should gradually be making its way onto the other audiobook stores as it gets through processing. Be sure to subscribe to my new release newsletter because sometimes I will give away individual audio short stories for free from that collection in my newsletter. 00:01:50 Question of the Week Now let's move on to Question of the Week. Our Question of the Week segment is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: if you read mystery novels, what was the first mystery novel you ever read? No, wrong answers obviously, and as you'd expect, we had quite a few different responses. Justin says: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I was 12. I had chicken pox and was confined to my room. I begged my father for something to read, and he handed me a massive book, The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Two days later, I asked for other books by him. I'm still not a fan of mysteries, but Doyle was a great author. Our next comment is from Ray, who says: Hardy Boys, also Sherlock Holmes for school. As an adult, the first I recall by choice were the Father Blackie Mysteries by Andrew Greeley. Our next comment is from Jake who says: can't remember. It had to be back in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s. But I agree with you, it's great to diversify in reading. Someone gifted me a copy of Water for Elephants. I would never have read that by choice, but I'm glad I did. Our next comment is from Jeff, who says: Tom Swift books and Hound of the Baskervilles. Tom Swift was even science fiction-ish with their far-out inventions. Our next comment is from Jonathan (not me), who says: the Hardy Boys Hunting for Hidden Gold. The reprinted Flashlight edition was my first mystery read for me by my mom when I was about 8. This would have also been my first mystery that I read independently. When I was 10 through 11, I read the original Hardy Boys While the Clock Ticked. I was too young to know about the different editions of novels until much later, but I was always dissatisfied with the Flashlight version because it lacked the ending that I remembered. It was years later that I discovered the history of the series, which led to me finding and purchasing all or most of the original novels. Our next comment is from Becca, who says: Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys in early grade school. No idea which one, but I had quite a few of them. First adult mystery series was probably middle school and was The Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton and the Joe Grey series by Murphy. My mom really encouraged me to read pretty much anything and everything. Wish you would write more mystery books. They're so great. Thanks, Becca. I am glad you liked the mystery books, so I don't think too many other people did, which is why I have not written more of them. Our next comment is from Justin who says: first mystery novel was The Hardy Boys in grade school. Michael says: not my first, but I really like the Pendergast series by Lincoln and Child. Worth the read if folks haven't tried. John says: The Three Investigators series by Alfred Hitchcock. I don't know where I got the first one. My mom probably got it at a yard sale or something, but I was hooked. Was able to check out the others in the series for my school's library. I was probably in 3rd or 4th grade. Juana says: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Our next comment is from Ann-Marie, who says: Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and The Boxcar Children. Jeremiah says: Sherlock Holmes. Andrew says: As a young'un in grade school, I read The Mystery of the Green Ghost. It has stuck with me all these years. As a little more mature reader, I got a hold of The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Quite entertaining indeed. My own answer to this was I think it was Tell No One by Harlan Coben. This was way back in 2001 and I had a long car ride coming up. At the time I didn't read anything except fantasy and science fiction, but I got Tell No One as a present and I didn't have anything else to read while in the car. So I started reading Tell No One during the ride. The book is about an ER physician whose wife was murdered eight years ago. Then one day out of the blue, the physician gets a message that could only have come from her. Suddenly people show up to kill the physician and he finds himself on the run from the agents of a sinister billionaire. I was definitely hooked, and I've read mysteries and thrillers on and off since. I think this was good for me long term since I ended up a writer and it's good for writers to read widely in different genres. You always tell what a science fiction novel, for example, was written by someone who has never heard anything but science fiction. Additionally, when I wrote out the Question of the Week, I did not have Hardy Boys in mind because I was thinking of them as you know, books for children and I was thinking about adult books, but I did indeed read a bunch of The Hardy Boys books when I was a kid, but it was that was long enough going out that I can't clearly recall the plots of any of them, I'm afraid. 00:06:04 Main Topic: Silent Order Question and Answer Time (Note: Some Spoilers for the series in this section) Now on to our main topic of the week, Silent Order question and answer time. Why talk about this now, about a year after I finished the Silent Order science fiction series? Well, the reason for that is Silent Order Omnibus One had a very successful Bookbub feature deal at the end of May. Silent Order Omnibus One was briefly the number 2 free ebook on Amazon US and the number 1 free ebook on Amazon UK. So thanks for that, everyone. As you can imagine, this resulted in a lot of new eyes on the series, which inspired many reader questions, which is funny because I've been getting most of the same questions about the series and its particular idiosyncrasies for about seven years now. So let's have some answers below. First, some basic facts about the series. I published the first five books in September and October of 2017. It ended up at about 14 books, and I published the 14th and final book in September of 2023. All books are available on all ebook platforms. I've dabbled with Kindle Unlimited for it in the past, but not anymore. It's available wide and will remain so. There are also six tie-in short stories to the series that I've given away for free to my newsletter subscribers at various times. Now, with the basic facts out of the way, let's proceed to the most common questions from the last seven years of Silent Order. Question #1: Why do the characters still use kinetic, chemically propelled firearms 100,000 years in the future? By this question, people are usually wondering why at times the characters in the Silent Order are using, you know, traditional guns that fire metal bullets as opposed to like blasters or lasers or plasma cannons or whatever. And the answer is, not to be flippant, but why wouldn't they? People forget that firearms technology has been used for military applications, at least in the West, for at least nearly 700 years. Cannons were used in the 100 Years War and the 100 Years War started in 1337. Firearms technology has been refined and improved considerably since then, and no doubt it will continue to receive refinements and improvements in the future. Additionally, chemically propelled firearms offer many advantages over more advanced weaponry like lasers, rail guns, blasters, or particle weapons, especially for handheld levels of weaponry. A chemically propelled firearm doesn't require electricity or a power source and can't be disabled by an EMP. It's also more durable and rugged than a more advanced weapon, which would almost certainly require delicate electronic components. In fact, some models of firearm can famously be exposed to harsh conditions and continue to function. There's just no way you could do the same thing with a laser. Some devices, some machines are just the apex of their technological niche. Despite all the advanced weaponry available in the 21st century, soldiers still carry combat knives because in a situation where you need a knife, it is the best tool for the job. I suspect chemically propelled firearms dominate their niche in the same way. Question #2: Why isn't the technology in Silent Order as advanced as I think it should be? Well, they do have faster than light travel, artificial gravity, inertial absorption, anti-gravity lifts, shields, plasma weaponry, and ion thrusters. You can't exactly order any of that stuff off Amazon today. Medical technology is rather more advanced as well. The average human lifespan in Calaskar and other “developed” worlds at this time period is about 160 years due to advances in genetic engineering and better understanding of mitochondrial DNA. Cloned replacement limbs and organs are common medical procedures. When a replacement limb can't be cloned, installing a cybernetic one is typically a one day medical procedure. In the back story of the series, there are five very large Terran empires that rose and collapsed before the start of the series, which is about, as I've said, 100,000 years into the future. Those Terran empires each tended to have more advanced technology in certain areas than is common at the start of the series. One was a lot better at genetic engineering, another built super advanced sentient AI (more on that later) and so forth. When the particular empire fell or disintegrated into smaller successor states, there was some technological backsliding, and some of the more super advanced technology was lost. Question #3: The protagonist Jack March has the same initials as the author, Jonathan Moeller. Was that deliberate? Oh no, it wasn't. One of the original inspirations for the series were the James Bond books, so I chose a name that was the opposite of James Bond. After all, March is kind of the opposite of Bond in the sense of movement versus stasis and stagnation. In the original books, James Bond was always a sort of self-destructive alcoholic who gets somewhat worse as the series goes along and he doesn't have much in the way of character development. By contrast, I wanted March to have much more character change and growth. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that gave Jack March the same initials as me until three or four years into writing the series. The obvious is only obvious in hindsight, alas. Occasionally people say March is an authorial self-insert, but I guarantee you that he is not. If he were, he'd be a cranky middle aged former IT worker who doesn't like to go out very much. Question #4: Why doesn't March sleep with any of the beautiful women he meets in the first four books? Because he didn't want to. Like I said, he's sort of the opposite of James Bond and doesn't like unprofessionalism like that on the job. Also, by the time the series starts, he's old enough that casual flings no longer interest him and ultimately, he would really rather be on his own. It isn't until he meets a woman who truly understands him that this starts to change and the woman understands him because she hates the Final Consciousness just as much as he does. Question #5: Why do the characters still use phones? Well, they're not “cellular telephones” in the way that we think of them. They're more like personal handheld telecommunication and computing devices that are significantly more powerful than anything available today. That said, words sometimes long outlast the original purpose. The word mile originally came from the Latin language and described the distance a Roman soldier could cover with 1,000 steps. There is no longer a Roman Empire or Roman legionaries, but the term remains in use. There's a good chance that the word phone will outlast our current civilization and continue to refer to a telecommunications device just as miles still refers to a unit of distance, even though it doesn't have anything to do with marching soldiers or the Roman Empire. Additionally, phone was the simplest word available and using a sci-fi ish term like a mobile data pad or personal communicator or handheld computer just seemed a bit try hard. I used the metric system for distance in the series because the majority of Earth's population uses it today, so I assume it will eventually win out over time by pure weight of numbers. Question #6: Why does March work for repressive government like Calaskar? Whether or not Caesar is repressive depends on one's perspective. I expect someone from the 1850s or even the 1950s United States would find the Calaskaran government rather liberal and shockingly egalitarian. But many people from 2024 America would probably find it repressive. That said, I think Calaskar is better described as conformist. If you don't criticize the king or the official doctrines of the Royal Calaskaran church, you can say pretty much anything you want, and Calaskar doesn't have anything like the social problems of the 21st century United States, though that is partly because dissidents are eventually encouraged to leave and seek their fortunes elsewhere. Some of Calaskar's neighbors like Rustaril and the Falcon Republic were originally Calaskaran worlds that split off due to ideological differences. Rustaril opted for a form of socialism that led to its stagnation and ongoing decline, while the Falcon Republic is more hyper-capitalistic and libertarian and therefore very unstable, albeit with a cloned army that steps in and takes over when things get out of hand. Calaskar claims that its government combines the best aspects of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, though opinions differ among the characters in the books whether or not this is actually true. However, the series is mostly written from the perspective of Jack March, and he doesn't much care about everything we just discussed in the previous paragraph. He primarily works for the Silent Order, which is a Calaskaran intelligence agency that answers only to its own leaders and the King. The ultimate mission of the Silent Order is to monitor the elite and upper classes of Calaskaran society, whether political, business, or entertainment elites. If they start acting in a destructive way that will harm Calaskar and civilization, the Silent Order either discredits them, sabotages their careers, or arranges an accident (depending on how severe the particular elite's brand of corruption is). Obviously, many people would have severe moral qualms about arranging the fatal extrajudicial accident of a corrupt government or judicial official. Since March's own home world of Calixtus was betrayed to the Final Consciousness by its elite classes, he has no problem doing this kind of work. For March's perspective, Calaskar opposes the Final Consciousness and has been the primary rival to the Final Consciousness for some time, which is good enough for him. The fact that life on Calaskar is vastly better than anywhere ruled by the Final Consciousness just reinforces his decision. Question #7: Was this series inspired by the computer game Starfield? I have to admit I LOLed at this question. I started writing Silent Order on New Year's Eve in 2016 and the final book in the series came out in early September 2023. In fact, if I remember it, Starfield came out like two or three days after I published the final Silent Order book. So I can confidently say that the series wasn't inspired by Starfield in any way. That said, I would say that the video games which did help shape my thinking about the books were Wing Commander: Privateer, TIE Fighter, and Master of Orion 1 and 2. All those games were from the 1990s, of course, so I suppose I'm dating myself. Question #8: What actually did inspire the Silent Order series? The video games I mentioned above, for one. Also, the original James Bond books. When I started thinking about writing a science fiction series, I decided that I wanted to do a spy thriller, but in space. The Final Consciousness was sort of the idea of cybernetic space totalitarians. James Bond originally went up against SMERSH and then SPECTRE in the books, but March would go up against the covert agents of the sinister cybernetic Final Consciousness. There are also Lovecraftian themes in the books, as is gradually revealed throughout the series, that the Final Consciousness is in fact controlled by cosmic horrors from another universe. Believe it or not, the various malfunctions of ChatGPT also helped inspire some of the later books. I had established way back in Silent Order: Iron Hand that a true AI always goes homicidally insane. So when I actually did have to run an AI supercomputer character from one of the later books, I based its behavior on some ChatGPT and Bing Chat's more hilarious public meltdowns, though if I had waited a little longer and based it on Google's AI, the AI supercomputer character could have suggested that the protagonist add glue to their pizza cheese or perhaps eats are real small rocks a day for minerals. The day I wrote this paragraph (which was June 10th, 2024), Apple announced they're adding a bunch of AI stuff to both the iPad and iPhone, and no doubt more AI will soon reach meme status on the Internet. Needless to say, my opinion of generative AI in general is quite low. Question #9: Have the covers for the series changed? They look different on Goodreads. Not only have the covers changed over the last seven years, they have changed a lot. The covers went through five different iterations. At first I did them myself in GIMP and then I tried a couple different variations. During COVID I took a Photoshop class which I admit leveled up my cover design skills significantly, so I tried some character-based covers but they never had the results I was hoping to see in terms of sales. Then in 2022, I saw a Penny Arcade comic that made a joke about how science fiction readers want to see book covers that show spaceships and planets in close proximity. And while this was a joke, I realized it was nonetheless true, so I redid the covers to the current look that features spaceships in close proximity to planets, and the series has sold the best overall with the new set of covers. Science fiction writers take heed: the readers want to see planets and spaceships in close proximity on their covers. Question #10: Why aren't there audiobooks for the series? In all honesty, it would just be too expensive. At a rough back of the envelope calculation, I think it would take about $30,000 U.S. dollars to bring the entire series into audio, and it would take years to see that money back. Plus, I think the series would end up at about 85 hours long, give or take, and that's like 2 full work weeks just to listen to the audiobook for proofing. So to sum up, it would cost too much and I don't want to take on another project of that magnitude at this time. Question #11: What is your favorite book in the series? Silent Order: Eclipse Hand, for reasons unrelated to the plot. I read an article in 2017 saying that the iPad was a better productivity computer than a Linux desktop, and I thought that was just nonsense for a variety of reasons. So I wrote, edited, and did the entire cover on a Ubuntu Linux desktop for Silent Order: Eclipse Hand just to prove a point. I work less with Linux now than I did back in 2017, though given how bad Windows 11 has gotten with all the AI integration, I might go back to writing on a Linux desktop at some point. Even though it's my favorite book for reasons other than plot, I do quite like the plot of Eclipse Hand as well. The basic idea was something that's been knocking around inside my head for a while, so I was glad I was finally able to get to write it down. And now our 12th and final question: Weren't they originally only supposed to be nine books in the series? Why are there fourteen? Yes, I had planned to stop at nine because the Silent Order books never sold quite as well as I had hoped. However, there were enough dangling plot threads, specifically the mystery around the Pulse weapon of the Final Consciousness, that I was persuaded to continue and bring the series to a more epic ending than it had in book nine. I started working on book 10 in late 2019, but then COVID happened and derailed things for a while. At the end of 2021, I was able to pick it up again and in 2023 I decided would be my “summer of finishing things” and I pushed on to the final book in the Silent Order series. Hopefully it was a suitably epic ending. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who read through to the end of the series, encouraging me to continue with it. The years 2020 through 2023 were frustrating ones for a variety of reasons (and I'm sure everyone listened to this had their own frustrations in those years as well) and one of the ways I tried to reduce those frustrations was to put Silent Order on the side for a while, but I'm glad I persevered and continued on with the series, even if it took me a while. Now that it is finished, I can look back on it with a sense of pride for all the hard work that went into it. 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This week, a research team in China reported that it had successfully cloned a rhesus monkey, which has lived normally for over two years and reached maturity. It marks the first time that a rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned. Rhesus monkeys are used widely in medical research, making the advance potentially useful for medical trials.Cloning of primates in general has been difficult. Six years ago researchers cloned long-tailed macaques using the technique originally used for Dolly the cloned sheep. But an attempt to use that approach to clone a rhesus was unsuccessful, producing an animal that died after 12 hours. In the new work, the research team identified flaws in placental cells of previous cloned embryos. To address those flaws, they replaced the outer trophoblast cells from a developing cloned embryo with ones from an embryo created through an in-vitro fertilization technique—essentially providing cells that would develop into a normal placenta for the cloned embryo.Tim Revell of New Scientist joins Ira to talk about the work and its implications. They'll also discuss other stories from the week in science, including the discovery of lots of ice buried under Mars' equator, an AI that's good at solving high school math challenges, and the discovery of four new species of octopus.Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com To stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.