It's here! It's queer! It's free! Just in time to celebrate Alan Turing's 110th birthday on June 23, 2022. You can read an unpublished draft version of the Harvey Milk/Alan Turing geeky love story on this website or download to read at your leisure. If you are on the landing page click on CONTINUE READING …
#BLM is a holy movement. Thank you Black Folk for all you have done and all you do now and will do. We are not worthy but are grateful nonetheless.
I am one of those writers who can't work on their novel. Not since March. It's Tisha B'Av, the sacred day of mourning and I don't have to remember ages of Jewish history -- there's plenty enough to mourn right now. I take the greatest hope in hearing and sometimes seeing (on radio, online) the …
Autistically Awesome Alan Turing
THE IMPORTANCE OF NEURODIVERSITY The future of our society and our planet lies in recognizing Neurodiversity. Different brains are organized in different ways and are skilled at different tasks. People with so-called Bipolar Disorder have different brains. People with so-called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have different brains and people who are Autistic have different brains. …
How Alan Turing Would Like to Be Remembered: (Hint: Gay yes, Martyr no!)
There is no denying it. Alan Mathison Turing, one of the most magnificent beings to grace this planet, was treated most shabbily and we cannot even begin to comprehend the repercussions of his loss. But that does not mean that he wanted to be remembered as a tragic figure. Yet time and time again on …
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Mathematical Knitting with Alan Turing
(Photo by Phil Parker) Hand crafts are an excellent way to soothe the nerves and get into a meditative state. Alan Turing, like many wonderful people, could get rather anxious at times. Knitting was thus an excellent hobby for him. It also was a great tie-in with the knitting sheep/White Queen of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING …
Alan Turing’s Sponge Cake
ALAN'S DOMESTIC TALENTS Alan Turing was a man of numerous talents. He could break unbreakable codes, invent artificial intelligence, make huge contributions to morphogenesis, run marathons at an Olympic level, knit and bake. BAD BAKER HARVEY Now Harvey Milk, Alan's lover in FOR THE LOVE OF ALAN TURING was quite the gourmet chef and an …