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Peter F. Hamilton’s Greg Mandel trilogy - the titular character is a former psi-soldier turned mercenary. IIRC, candidate psi-soldiers are given a brain implant that squirts out psi juice on demand, and each soldier develops unique and unpredictable powers. Greg’s was the ability to sense, control, or kill other nearby minds.

Sure, Jan.

I love Peter F. Hamilton’s work, he’s my no. 1 author. Pandora’s Star is an excellent entry to his work, but it’s also the first of many (7?) books set in that universe (although the original story is concluded in the next novel). My recommendation for new readers is usually Fallen Dragon, as is a rare standalone novel, as well as a very entertaining read.

Please watch Children of Men. There are many reasons to watch (it’s one of my fav movies), but Caine’s portrayal of Jasper is memorable, and completely different to anything else I’ve seen him do.

I’m assuming the “unauthorised actors” was just israel collecting data for future targeted strikes. Fucking nazis.

Happy birthday !taiyang@lemmy.world

Why not fuck off back to reddit, then?

You may have conflated ‘costs’ with ‘profit’ - countries with actual healthcare don’t allow providers to inflate their costs like the USA does.