Nerd Nite ABQ #15: Killer Robots, Lord of the Rings, and Contaminated Ducks

Description:

Nerd Nite is a series of silly, approachable, and informative talks that takes place in bars in 100+ cities around the world.

Our talks:

Title: Killer Robots
Blurb: What does an aerial torpedo crash in Ohio have to do with a sneak attack in Ukraine or a robot that can’t tell trees from people? The history of machines made to kill on their own is darkly comic and never more relevant.
Bio: Kelsey D. Atherton is an awards winning military technology journalist who now works in advocacy for a less explode-y world.

Title: On Tolkien’s Canon: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Be Okay With Fanfiction
Blurb: TBD
Bio: Nerd Nite Return-speaker Danny Tallon is a high school science teacher and community theater actor who just so happens to be a super-fan of Tolkien. If you don’t believe him, his license plate reads NOROLIM (which means “giddy-up!” in Elvish), and he ended his last best-man speech with an Elvish blessing that brought an “aww” to the audience. He believes that language and literature are vitally important for our culture, and he loves digging at works of fiction to see what truths are lying underneath. When he’s not over-analyzing every book he reads, he is an avid tabletop gamer, RPG game-master, and movie watcher.

Title: Contaminated Ducks
Blurb: TBD
Bio: William Bakewell has seen some weird ducks in his time.

Come join us for a drink, learn something new, and to meet fellow nerds.

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