mark roth-whitworth

Our ballots for the primary have just been submitted, dropped in the official drop box in Rockville. I spent maybe an hour, hour and a half at most, and had Ellen look at two of the school board candidates. YOU have, or will, vote in the primaries in your state or commonwealth, right? DO NOT… Continue reading We just submitted our ballots for the primary.

This is a beg: I’ve spoken to a lot of folks in the last year. There was a lot of interest, esp. in Becoming Terran. I recently got my annual royalty statement, and I don’t believe it. The only way I can prove it’s wrong if people who bought the book contact me – if… Continue reading A couple of things for my readers

Such laws are clearly needed immediately. Several such persons, for example, have control over the power of flight, but others merely leap and follow a ballistic trajectory. They ignore possible traffic at landing sites – pedestrians have been injured who merely walked around a corner into their path. Not one of them have graduated flying… Continue reading New laws are clearly needed for humans with super powers

Listen to all of this. This is a transcription. You will not be a consideration in that conversation. Your name will not come up. The harm reduction center will not come up. Joan Kinyua will not come up. The Pennsylvania utility shutoffs will not come up. You are, in that conversation, not present. You are… Continue reading What do you know about AI/chatbots, *really*?

I discovered the Doctor long ago, in the last millenium. I was channel surfing – you know, where you stand in front of the tv and turn the dial? – and came across two guys coming up from an incredibly fake cave, and one of them was explaining in no uncertain terms to the other… Continue reading For something different – why I like Dr. Who

What can I say – the world is too much with us, I think is appropriate. This week will be “interesting” politically. Our Rep has written a letter to the Idiot’s doctor, asking for a full neuropsychiatric evaluation, and to deliver it to Congress – he gives a deadline, and for the doctor to appear… Continue reading It’s been too long since I posted

I’ve watched a long video, an interview with Scott Ritter, the American who led the search for WMDs in Iraq 20 years ago. He’s incredibly bitter, because *everything* the Demented Idiot did was wrong. First… it was not deep intel to find the old Ayatollah. He’d made a point of not being afraid, and working… Continue reading Political post 2: War with Iran… Operation Epstein Fury

Sorry, folks, I’d meant to finish my Boskone report last week, but… Anyway, got up early enough to get something to eat and cappuccino (I would rather not patronize Star*uck’s, but time…), and got to my noon autographing session. Next time I get to Boskone, I need to ask to be added to the autographing… Continue reading Boskone 63, part the last

This past weekend, 13-15 Feb, 2026, was Boskone 63, in Boston, of course. We’d gone up two years ago, to do a pre-book launch for Becoming Terran, and enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to do it again. (Actually, we tried last year, but I screwed up big time, and we missed our train, and… Continue reading Boskone 63

I’ve been trying to keep this blog all related to my writing, but the last week in the real world reads like news on Engrelay Netserve from Becoming Terran. Things I need to note: As lawyers keep screaming, no, you cannot impeach the whole government in one swell foop. It’s each individual – as Rep.… Continue reading Political