Geekspeak: COVID 19 GLOBAL CRISIS. WHAT CHANGES WILL WE SEE IN OUR FUTURE? Join the discussion Saturday April 11th at 12pm SLT

Soon we will have overcome the current crisis.  But we will be left with a world where millions of people are jobless and where we are all scared of the future.  So how do we rebuild?  What permanent changes will we see? More virtual worlds?  The invention of the holodeck?  A society where education and business conferences all take place online?  Where more people work from...

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GeekSpeak – The End of Globalization? Join the discussion Saturday April 4th at 12pm SLT

It could be that one result of the current crisis will be the end of globalization.  Countries are now beginning to regret not producing necessary items themselves.  People have begun to blame other countries for shortages.  Are we seeing the end of an interconnected world?  Will we return to small nations doing their own thing?  Will China break up?  Will America?  Will...

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A dark peek into the once mighty SL Blarney Stone Irish Pub.- Mony Markova Reporting..

Last night I uttered a “BRB mosquito”. The conversation we were having in-world had me so plugged to the keyboard that I thought that the insect trying to land on my knee had to be only one, so I allowed it briefly. I had sandals and shorts even as it was a cold night and it had been raining, my door had been open earlier because Max the dog is so indecisive. Couldn’t resist and scratched, but instead of scaring the flying annoyance...

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