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It's July 29, 2020, the day George R.R. Martin said we could imprison him if Winds Of Winter wasn't done

“As for finishing my book… I fear that New Zealand would distract me entirely too much.

Just so long as the acrid fumes do not screw up my old DOS word processor, I’ll be fine.”.

But, like everything else these days , the Hugos have gone virtual, and Martin recently detailed how it’s all going to work on his blog .

There’s n o mention of his potential imprisonment, but, hey, we’re all sorta imprisoned these days.

And we’ve all got more to worry about than the continued harassment of a kindly 71-year old man to write faster.

He revealed just last month that he’s planning to have a draft by next year, and added last week that “it has been going well of late.” »

Trump says he is considering banning TikTok

Authored by independent.co.uk

In his typically vague-yet-ominous way, Donald Trump said his administration is "looking at" whether it might make a decision to shut down TikTok in the United States.

"I don't want to get out in front of the President [Donald Trump], but it's something we're looking at.".

"TikTok is a major security risk to the United States, and it has no place on government devices," Mr Hawley said in March, when he introduced his bill. »

Kaepernick and Fauci will be honored as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award laureates

Authored by edition.cnn.com

(CNN) Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick are being honored as 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope award laureates.

He is now a human rights activist and the co-founder of the multi-city civil rights program Know Your Rights Camp.

"In 2017, I was in the audience honoring Mr. Harry Belafonte as he accepted the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award," Kaepernick said in a release. »

Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask, tests positive for coronavirus

Authored by politico.com

In May, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) turned down the administration's offer of rapid testing for the Capitol.

Some lawmakers — mostly Republicans — decline to use face coverings while in the building.

But footage from before the hearing shows Gohmert and Barr walking together in close contact, with neither wearing a mask. »

Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial posts

Authored by apnews.com

Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday July 29, 2020, targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site.

BERLIN (AP) — Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site. »