deities
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Meet Loki, Your Unreliable Narrator, in Melvin Burgess’ New Mythology-Inspired Tale
Author Melvin Burgess is best-known for writing YA fiction, including the Carnegie Medal-winning Smack, called Junk in his native UK. His first novel for adults takes on the ultimate unreliable narrator: Norse god Loki. While the noted trickster has a high profile these days thanks to Marvel, this is a completely unrelated take on the…
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Indian Temple Uses Robot Elephant to Curb Animal Cruelty
A robotic elephant was donated to the Sree Krishna Temple in India to protect wild animals from captivity and unnecessary cruelty.
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A Goddess Rises in Inanna, a New Take on an Ancient Tale
Debut fantasy author Emily H. Wilson’s Sumerians Trilogy offers a fresh take on the oldest story of all: The Epic of Gilgamesh. First entry Inanna focuses on the goddess of love and the people she meets during a fraught time for ancient Mesopotamia. The novel’s not out until August of next year, but Gizmodo has…
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IBM Fires Entire Workforce in Russia During Final Exit From Country
IBM is laying off its entire staff in Russia after suspending operations in March, according to an internal memo made public on Tuesday. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the tech company is leaving the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade neighbouring Ukraine on Feb. 24, a war that’s still raging today, with…