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Bringer of Light, Chapter 11: Ceres (Part One)
(While the Artemis was sending asteroid fragments via quantum teleportation, Weng was on his way to Ceres seeking new water supplies for the increasingly crowded Mars colonies.) Getting water supplies from the Ceres processing plant turned out to be more difficult than Weng had expected. For starters, he had thought he’d be dealing with a […]
The One Small Step Act: Only for US?
It’s a small step. It applies only to companies that are working with NASA; it pertains only to U.S. lunar landing sites; it implements outdated and untested recommendations to protect historic lunar sites implemented by NASA in 2011. However, it offers significant breakthroughs. It is the first legislation from any nation to recognize an off-Earth site as […]
Bringer of Light, Chapter 10: The Artemis (Part 2)
(The Artemis crew experienced strange sensations, which they believed dreams. Now the asteroid fragment from which they already extracted water for their drinking supplies is glowing…and many contain life.) “Coop, is there any precedent for hydrocarbon-rich asteroids containing nucleic acids?” The geologist rubbed a hand on one arm. Where Sanvi had grabbed him, Riss realized. […]
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“Japan should rethink gender roles”? Yeah, no kidding
On December 5th, I gave an invited lecture-slash-workshop at a university in Gifu, where conservative values reign and men and women think they can run the families like it’s 1899. The very same I made the trek up there, an … Continue reading
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Endings and beginnings
I go back to work tomorrow on April 1st. My year-long paternity leave is over. No April Fools.
Posted in day care, gender roles, Japan, Paternity leave
Tagged child care, child-raising, family leave, fatherhood, gender roles, Japan, Japanese, orphan, parental leave, parental roles, Paternity leave, Tohoku, work
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Treed
(This was originally meant to be posted before New Year’s, but was delayed due to holiday-associated craziness. It will be presented in two parts: Christmas and New Year’s) We put up the Christmas tree just before the beginning of Advent … Continue reading
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Tagged baby toys, child care, child-raising, Christmas, family leave, fatherhood, holidays, Japan, Japanese, parental roles
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