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Bona Fides by Ash B Whitley

Bona Fides by Ash B Whitley

Whitley blends para-science with modern espionage tropes, creating a novel that is both gritty, street-level superhero action and James-Bondian thriller. …

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Ash B. Whitley ~ Bona Fides ~ Cover Reveal

Bona Fides Ash B. Whitley Publication date: March 1st 2022 Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Science Fiction With great power comes horrific possibilit

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Word of the Day

bona fides (noun) boh-nuh-FYE-deez 1 : good faith : sincerity 2 : the fact of being genuine 3 : evidence of one’s good faith or genuineness 4 : evidence of one’s qualifications or achievements

Bona fides looks like a plural word in English, but in Latin, it’s a singular noun that literally means “good faith.” When bona fides entered English, it at first stayed very close to its Latin use--it was found mostly in legal contexts and it meant “honesty or lawfulness of purpose,” just as it did in Latin. It also retained its singular construction. Using this original sense one might speak of “a claimant whose bona fides is unquestionable.” But in the 20th century, use of bona fides began to widen, and it began to appear with a plural verb in certain contexts. For example, a sentence such as “the informant’s bona fides were ascertained” is now possible.

Example: “While there are a myriad of other entrepreneurial self-help and motivational books, [William] Pickard said ‘Millionaire Moves’ is different in that he has the bona fides and balance sheet.”--Mary M. Chapman, The Detroit News, 12 June 2017

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I think it's cool that Clay Davis was on Chapelle.

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The Open Internet and Its Enemies

Internet Freedom? Yes, of course…(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Can we in fact proceed or accept the…

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having early dinner with my cousin

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empty seat for someone special

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2nd Ave + 5th St. Distress on sign looks like paint at first, but upon closer inspection reveals itself to be scratches on metal. Questionable whether distress was intentional and natural. Also interesting that the letterforms are welded together to form a single piece.