Nichelle Nichols and Scoring Internet Points

What I hate most about social media

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A few days ago, I was doing a signing at Owl’s Nest Books in Calgary. I hadn’t done one for years because they’re often death. I did one for Lose it Right in 2014 and not a single person showed. So that sucked.

But this recent one had about 40 people in two hours. Toward the end I was chatting with the last remaining c…