Also Russia.

They could have had a slice of the electric car cake, but decided instead to double down on petrol cars.

Double Exposure was alright, but way too short. It felt like half a game.

What do you mean by “there is enough material”? King is writing a third book, not with Straub who sadly died, but based on ideas the two of them had about another sequel. It will also be one of the last novels that King will write since he has announced that he will retire soon.

Disgusting ghouls.

Classical abuser logic: they made me do it!

Ok, you fin.

The way Denmark and Sweden tackle the problem very successfully shows that combating homelessness is largely an issue of the right social policies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Finland And it actually saves money too

Sort of. The far-right AfD is quickly rising in the polls and could be the strongest party in the next general election. It is backed by Putin (several members had meetings with the Kremlin behind closed doors) and also openly prefered by Trump.

Paving the way for a fascist takeover, like conservatives have always done.

Enshittification. Oh you already said Americanisation.

Financial desperation is a bitch.

It also makes what the Stasi in Socialist East Germany did to its citizens look harmless in comparison. It’s literally Big Brother, but you carry him around with you.

And the cloud of dust following is the fight for habitable land.

“You want to know how to combat your depression? Sure, but what about a cold Pepsi first?”

Maybe I have to rewatch it, but I remember a lot of the characters making a lot of really dumb decisions.

It’s been almost a decade, time to fail spectacularly again!

These billionaire fucks are completely delusional. They have to go.

The sci-fi book Children of Ruin (sequel to Children of Time) covers this somewhat. There humans encounter a planet with a breathable atmosphere but with a toxic environment that slowly kills them.

On the other hand, the two biologies could be so different from each other that they don’t interact at all.