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@marcus_grant Yes, clarifying mutual expectations is good. If a contract on top of the license helps, so be it.
I'm not convinced it's primarily a legal issue: to this day, if you're a self-hosted user of #HashiCorp #FreeSoftware, you have no way to throw money at HashiCorp even if you want to.
Same with the #linkerd fiasco (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262): did Buoyant ever ask help from #CNCF or anyone before cutting off the supposed free-riders?
Maybe the VC playbook doesn't fit collaboration.
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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/12
Phew!!!!!
That was a tough one until I started over with memories of my #ElectricalEngineers days. I used #convolution because, given the right kernel matrix, you can detect edges, and sides in a 2D grid of features.
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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/12
Phew!!!!!
That was a tough one until I started over with memories of my #ElectricalEngineers days. I used #convolution because, given the right kernel matrix, you can detect edges, and sides in a 2D grid of features.
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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/12
Phew!!!!!
That was a tough one until I started over with memories of my #ElectricalEngineers days. I used #convolution because, given the right kernel matrix, you can detect edges, and sides in a 2D grid of features.
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The gods either have power or they have not. If they have not, why pray to them? If they have, then instead of praying to be granted or spared such-and-such a thing, why not rather pray to be delivered from dreading it, or lusting for it, or grieving over it? Clearly, if they can help a man at all, they can help him in this way.
[Ἤτοι οὐδὲν δύνανται οἱ θεοὶ ἢ δύνανται. εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ δύνανται, τί εὔχῃ; εἰ δὲ δύνανται, διὰ τί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον εὔχῃ. διδόναι αὐτοὺς τὸ μήτε φοβεῖσθαί τι τούτων μήτε ἐπιθυμεῖν τινος τούτων μήτε λυπεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι τούτων, μᾶλλον ἤπερ τὸ μὴ παρεῖναί τι τούτων ἢ τὸ παρεῖναι; πάντως γάρ, εἰ δύνανται συνεργεῖν ἀνθρώποις, καὶ εἰς ταῦτα δύνανται συνεργεῖν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 40 (9.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8135…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #desire #discontent #divineblessing #divineguideance #divineintervention #divinemercy #divinepower #emotion #fear #giftsfromGod #God #gods #grief #intercession #prayer #selfcontrol #stoicism
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The gods either have power or they have not. If they have not, why pray to them? If they have, then instead of praying to be granted or spared such-and-such a thing, why not rather pray to be delivered from dreading it, or lusting for it, or grieving over it? Clearly, if they can help a man at all, they can help him in this way.
[Ἤτοι οὐδὲν δύνανται οἱ θεοὶ ἢ δύνανται. εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ δύνανται, τί εὔχῃ; εἰ δὲ δύνανται, διὰ τί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον εὔχῃ. διδόναι αὐτοὺς τὸ μήτε φοβεῖσθαί τι τούτων μήτε ἐπιθυμεῖν τινος τούτων μήτε λυπεῖσθαι ἐπί τινι τούτων, μᾶλλον ἤπερ τὸ μὴ παρεῖναί τι τούτων ἢ τὸ παρεῖναι; πάντως γάρ, εἰ δύνανται συνεργεῖν ἀνθρώποις, καὶ εἰς ταῦτα δύνανται συνεργεῖν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 40 (9.40) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8135…
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#POTUS #Biden #pardoned 5 #activists & #PublicServants on Sunday, including a posthumous grant of #clemency to the #CivilRights leader #MarcusGarvey, who mobilized the #Black nationalist movement & was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.
Garvey’s posthumous pardon is among the most high profile in the latest round. #CivilRights leaders & lawmakers have long called his criminal conviction unjust & argued that he was targeted for his civil rights leadership.
#law #justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/us/politics/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
#Trump’s no #Nixon. He doesn’t deserve a #pardon.
When it comes to Trump, #accountability is a can endlessly kicked down the road. by Ruth Marcus …it might be premature to imagine a President #KamalaHarris grappling w/whether to allow the cases against Trump to go forward or whether, before or after any convictions, to grant him a pardon.
#HellNo #criminal #law #WeAreNotGoingBack
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Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
[Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
[Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
[Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangsters amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!
[Quod est aliud, patres conscripti, beneficium latronum, nisi ut commemorare possint iis se dedisse vitam, quibus non ademerint?]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 3 / sec. 5 (3.3; 3.5) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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That, Senators, is what a favour from gangsters amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!
[Quod est aliud, patres conscripti, beneficium latronum, nisi ut commemorare possint iis se dedisse vitam, quibus non ademerint?]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 3 / sec. 5 (3.3; 3.5) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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Do you think that what I say each day on such a variety of topics could come to me if I did not cultivate my mind with learning, or that my mind could bear such a strain if I did not relax it by this same learning?
Indeed I confess that I have devoted myself to these interests. Let others be ashamed who have so buried themselves in books that they can offer nothing for the common enjoyment and can bring nothing forward into the light and the sight of men; but, gentlemen of the jury, why should I be ashamed, I who have lived so long in such a way that leisurely interests have never lured me nor pleasure called me nor sleep kept me from timely service to anyone?
Who, I ask, can censure me on this account, who can rightfully be angry at me, if I take as much time for the pursuit of these studies as is granted others to attend to their interests, to celebrate the festive days of the games, as much time as they devote to other pleasures and the relaxation of mind and body, as much time as others give to early-opening banquets, or even to throwing dice and playing ball?
[An tu existimas aut suppetere nobis posse quod cotidie dicamus in tanta varietate rerum, nisi animos nostros doctrina excolamus, aut ferre animos tantam posse contentionem, nisi eos doctrina eadem relaxemus?
Ego vero fateor me his studiis esse deditum: ceteros pudeat, si qui se ita litteris abdiderunt, ut nihil possint ex his neque ad communem adferre fructum neque in aspectum lucemque proferre: me autem quid pudeat, qui tot annos ita vivo, iudices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarit aut denique somnus retardarit?
Qua re quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi iure suscenseat, si, quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas, quantum ad festos dies ludorum celebrandos, quantum ad alias voluptates et ad ipsam requiem animi et corporis conceditur temporum, quantum alii tribuunt tempestivis conviviis, quantum denique alveolo, quantum pilae, tantum mihi egomet ad haec studia recolenda sumpsero?]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Archia Poeta [For Archia the Poet], ch. 6 / sec. 12-13 (62 BC) [tr. Guinach (1962)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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Capitolo 55
AGOSTO 2008: dal 28 luglio al 3 agosto.
Film visti per la prima volta: Accadde una notte, Dante 01, Grace is gone, The love guru
Film rivisti: About a boy, Carlito’s way
Eccoci qui per l’ultimo capitolo di questa appassionante annata di cinema: il vostro è in procinto di partire, in questo momento ho già un piede sull’aereo per Barcellona, ma prima di congedarmi dalla città eterna è mio dovere raccontarvi di quest’ultima settimana da cinefilo. Un anno fa, agli esordi di questa rubrica, stavo per partire in direzione Monaco di Baviera, e mi ritrovai così a guardarmi Munich per motivi non molto razionali, ma era un modo come un altro per ingannare il tempo in attesa del viaggio. Seguendo lo stesso ragionamento avrei dovuto rivedere L’appartamento spagnolo probabilmente, perché è ambientato a Barcellona, ma avendo “vissuto” quel film durante quest’anno non avevo una gran voglia di rivedere ancora una volta quella storia, proprio ora che è tutto finito… Così mi sono consolato con altri sei film, tre in sala, un vecchio classico e due riproposizioni apprezzatissime. Prima di cominciare vi annoio con un dato significativo: da gennaio ho visto 102 film al cinema, e considerando che il mio record (appartenente al 2007) è di 110 film in un anno, penso proprio che sto per disintegrarlo, polverizzarlo, farlo a pezzi; il tempo di tornare dalle vacanze.
Accadde una notte (1934) di Frank Capra è un film importantissimo per la Hollywood di quel periodo: in un certo senso lanciò il genere della commedia romantica, e fu il primo film ad essere premiato con i cinque oscar più importanti. Avrei dovuto vederlo molti anni fa durante una corso di storia del cinema all’università, ma quella volta mi addormentai e poi me ne andai a casa: dopo tanto tempo ho avuto il desiderio di vedere questo film, e forse sono rimasto un po’ deluso. Certo, conosco il buonismo di Capra, e avrei dovuto farmi trovare preparato sulla scontatezza della storia, ma in qualche modo non ho trovato praticamente un solo punto di interesse in questa pellicola. Una ereditiera scappa di casa per andare a New York a sposare un arrampicatore sociale, su un autobus incontra il giornalista Clark Gable che la aiuta in cambio dello scoop finale: i due litigano sempre ma piano piano scoprono di amarsi. Ammetto di non aver mai avuto una grande simpatia per Gable, e ho trovato Claudette Colbert veramente irritante. Ho rispetto per l’importanza di questo film nel contesto in cui è stato realizzato e presentato, ma visto per la prima volta nel 2008 appare scontato e banale: senza offesa per il grande Frank Capra, ma questo film non l’ho digerito.
About a boy (2002) di Chris e Paul Weisz prima di questa settimana lo avevo visto solo una volta al cinema, sei anni fa, e avevo da tempo molta voglia di rivederlo: primo, perchè è tratto da un libro di Nick Hornby (il mio scrittore preferito, a cui devo la nascita di questa rubrica), secondo, perché Hugh Grant mi fa morire da ridere e terzo perché ricordavo di essermi divertito molto al cinema, e dunque perché non rivederlo una seconda volta? Hugh Grant è un viziato riccone che passa le giornate a cercare di rimorchiare donne e a guardare la televisione; nel tentativo di far colpo su una ragazza madre incontra Marcus, il figlio di un’amica di lei, che vede Hugh Grant come un tipo in gamba che può dargli le dritte giuste per far sì che non venga più trattato da sfigato a scuola. La storia è ben più sottile di quest’accozzaglia di parole che ho messo una dopo l’altra nelle righe precedenti, fatto sta che il rapporto tra i due è divertente, il ragazzo del titolo sono in realtà entrambi, e dal loro confronto i due capiranno il loro modo di stare al mondo. Una bella commedia, piacevolissima e gustosa. Un film che va bene con tutto: una serata a casa da soli, con la ragazza, con gli amici, coi genitori o con il vostro gatto o con tutti quanti insieme.
Dante 01 (2008) di Marc Caro è un film di fantascienza francese: si potrebbe definire la risposta francese a 2001 e a Solaris, ma in fondo nessuno ha chiesto a Marc Caro di rispondere! Il film è girato bene, ambientato bene, ma è noioso, con una storia particolare e non molto interessante a dire la verità, in poche parole non l’ho gradito molto. In una prigione spaziale arriva un nuovo detenuto, una sorta di messia dei carcerati, in grado di guarire le ferite e di togliere i peccati e i dolori dal corpo degli altri. Ma essendo speciale è anche malvisto da alcuni detenuti che lo vogliono morto, in tutto ciò la stazione spaziale viene dirottata verso un pianeta infuocato e il resto è uno sbadiglio. Tecnicamente ben realizzato, ma a dire la verità speravo in ben altro.
Con il pretesto di dover finire una cassa di birre, con un paio di amici ci siamo riuniti una sera per bere un po’ e soprattutto rivederci uno dei capolavori di Brian De Palma: Carlito’s way (1993). Coincidenza vuole che mi sia comprato una maglietta di questo film proprio due sere prima di rivederlo, si tratta di un film inamovibile dalla top 10 dei miei film preferiti ed è veramente una pellicola meravigliosa. Al Pacino è un ex-spacciatore uscito di galera dopo cinque anni: ritrova il suo quartiere cambiato, decide di lavorare onestamente e di chiudere con la vecchia vita, ma si ritroverà continuamente coinvolto in situazioni pericolose, indipendentemente dalla sua volontà (“Non me la vado certo a cercare io questa merda, è lei che viene da me: io scappo, lei mi insegue”). La lotta di un uomo verso una rinascita che non riuscirà a completare, un gangster movie tendente al noir, un film veramente unico nel suo genere e per questo meraviglioso (anche grazie ad un Al Pacino devastante nel ruolo di Carlito, a un grande Sean Penn e alla straordinaria regia di De Palma). Amo questo film, le sue atmosfere, il grande carisma del personaggio di Carlito Brigante: saggio, malinconico, nostalgico, caparbio, sognante, leale. Un film d’altri tempi, un capolavoro sempre troppo sottovalutato dalla critica parruccona, ma dal valore inossidabile per gli amanti del cinema.
Gli ultimi due film di questa annata, prima delle mia partenza per Barcellona prima e per il solito mare della Puglia poi, provengono entrambi dalla sala. Per onorare l’ultima serata cinematografica, con gli amici di cui sopra abbiamo deciso di sperimentare una doppia visione: un film dopo l’altro allo stesso cinema, dopo aver minuziosamente calcolato i tempi di ognuno. Alle 22.30 ci siamo visti il bellissimo Grace is gone (2007) di James C. Strouse, un film commovente ed emozionante, mai banale, costruito su un grande dolore e sul bellissimo personaggio di John Cusack, perfetto in ogni sfumatura del viso e in ogni ruga della fronte. Cusack è un ex-militare allontanato dall’esercito a causa di un problema alla vista, al posto suo sua moglie, anch’essa militare, è andata in Iraq a combattere la guerra. Un giorno al buon John viene comunicata la morte della moglie in battaglia, e il protagonista non sa come esprimere il suo dolore e senso di colpa: decide di prendere le sue bambine e di portarle nel loro parco giochi preferito, in Florida, non riuscendo al momento a dir loro della scomparsa della madre. La famigliola si confronta, si forma e piano piano si crea un legame magico tra John Cusack, le due bambine e gli spettatori: un film veramente bello, un vero gioiello in questa estate un po’ misera di buoni film (e poi è musicato da Clint Eastwood!).
L’altra faccia della medaglia è rappresentata dal film seguente, visto alle 00.10: The love guru (2008) di Marco Schnabel, una commedia che speravamo potesse farci chiudere in bellezza la stagione cinematografica. Scelta sbagliata: il film è stupidissimo e fa ridere davvero poco, ha una trama senza capo né coda (Mike Myers è un guru indiano ingaggiato dalla presidentessa Jessica Alba per rimettere in sesto un campione di hockey depresso dalla separazione con la sua donna, la quale ora sta insieme al superdotato portiere rivale Justin Timberlake). Si salva Timberlake, che fa ridere sul serio (soprattutto quando intona e balla Celine Dion), e il “remake” del videoclip di More Than Words degli Extreme, con Myers che suona il sitar e canta sotto gli occhi di Jessica Alba (ah, certo, salvo anche lei ovviamente, davvero troppo troppo bella per essere criticata). Film sciocco, giustamente uscito ad agosto (al contario di Grace is gone, che meritava di certo una collocazione e una distribuzione più degna).
Ci siamo, è finito anche questo luglio, è tempo di saluti anche per noi, miei cari affezionatissimi. Vi lascio senza troppi giri di parole, perché ho la valigia ancora da preparare e l’aereo in pista. Ci ritroveremo qui, per un’altra annata di cinema, molto presto: per citare un grande capolavoro degli anni 90 (ma non vi dirò quale) tornerò prima che voi possiate dire “crostata di mirtilli”.
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Celebrating freedom on Juneteenth
Today is Juneteenth, so I’ll begin with some writing about the holiday that celebrates freedom from slavery.
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board: Editorial: Juneteenth isn’t a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom.
Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profound milestone in American history — the declaration of freedom for an entire race of American people who had been held in bondage for centuries.
Although the day itself, June 19, 1865, was far less life-changing than it should have been.
Juneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, with General Order No. 3 telling the people of the westernmost Confederate state that “all slaves are free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect in 1863, it couldn’t be implemented until the Civil War ended and Confederate states surrendered.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865 in Virginia, but other Confederate troops further south and west continued fighting, surrendering only in the months afterward. The 13th Amendment abolishing slavery would be ratified in December 1865.
Enslaved people in Texas were the last ones in the Confederacy to find out they were freed. But the news didn’t filter across the state immediately. And some slave owners didn’t obey the order right away, waiting to see who would enforce it.
Texas may have been the last Confederate state to get word of emancipation, but in 1980 it became the first U.S. state to make it an official holiday.
Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. It’s also recognized as a state holiday in more than 25 states and the District of Columbia.
A bit more:
The 1865 announcement of freedom didn’t end systemic racism and its discriminatory effects in housing, employment and education. It didn’t stop the violence Black people faced day after day, and still do. Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population but account for 37% of the prison and jail population. Similarly, Black people are 37% of the homeless population nationwide….
But there are reasons to celebrate this holiday. Juneteenth is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those are traits Americans have always had. And they are traits Black Americans have demonstrated in abundance for centuries — otherwise, no Black people would have survived here. And Black communities have held celebrations big and small for Juneteenth since 1866.
Consider Opal Lee. The former teacher is often called “the grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades of activism to get it designated a federal holiday. When she was a young girl, a mob of white supremacists attacked her Texas home and burned the furniture on Juneteeth in 1939.
In 2016, a month before she turned 90, Lee set off on a four-month walk from her hometown of Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to publicize her cause. In 2021, Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support passed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, and President Biden signed it into law.
Last month, at 97, Lee stepped across the floor at a White House ceremony to be embraced by Biden as he placed the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, around her neck.
The Guardian: As Juneteenth grows in US, southern states cling to Confederate holidays.
Juneteenth has been recognized as a US federal holiday since 2021 and acts as a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the country – but millions of Americans will not have the day off today, 19 June, to mark the occasion.
At least 30 states – including most recently Rhode Island and Kentucky – and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as an official public holiday, according to the Pew Research Center.
Portrait of Opal Lee by Sedrick Huckaby
Yet as the number of states to legally declare Juneteenth a holiday rises, other states continue to cling to holidays that honor the Confederacy.
Ten states – all in the American south – have at least one day commemorating the Confederacy, according to Axios, and six former Confederate states do not officially recognize Juneteenth: Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Mississippi and Alabama each celebrate three Confederate holidays – paid holidays for state employees: Confederate Memorial Day; the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy; and Robert E Lee Day, to commemorate the leader of the Confederate army. In both states, Robert E Lee Day is also used to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day.
In Alabama, the Republican governor, Kay Ivey, has authorized this year’s Juneteenth as a state holiday for a fourth year, amid faltering legislative efforts to make it a permanent holiday.
A bill proposed earlier this year would have added Juneteenth as a permanent holiday in the state, but state employees would have been allowed to choose between taking that day or Jefferson Davis’s birthday off from work. The Alabama house of representatives approved the bill, but it did not get a vote in the state senate.
Read more at The Guardian.
At MSNBC, Hayes Brown has a think piece about why the Juneteenth holiday is just another sop to Black Americans instead of the government working to advance real equality: The vibes are very off this Juneteenth.
It’s Juneteenth 2022 and I am uncomfortable on a New York City beach. It’s not that the sun is too hot,which it isn’t, or that the water is too cold, though it is. The discomfort I feel comes from looking around the crowded sands and realizing how few faces look like mine on what’s meant to be a day celebrating us.
When President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, it was one of the few tangible changes that was put into place after a wave of protests for racial justice that had rocked the country the previous year. In theory, the holiday recognized a turning point in America’s history as the last slaves learned of their freedom. But as I sat on that beach, I couldn’t help but wonder: “Who is this really for?”
Juneteenth, by Kalunda Janae Hilton
Texas first made Juneteenth an official holiday in 1980. After decades as a more regional celebration, the holiday quickly gained awareness nationally over the last decade, especially after it was featured on the ABC sitcom “black-ish” in 2017. But it was the civil rights protests of 2020 that truly propelled it into the mainstream, as millions took to the streets to demand an end to police brutality against Black Americans following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Lawmakers seized on boosting Juneteenth as a way to show that those millions of voices weren’t being totally ignored….
But it’s seeming more and more like this was a gilded token. Hopes of federal police reform were dashed when Republicans realized they could hammer Democrats for being in favor of “defunding the police.” Support for Black Lives Matter has plummeted since 2020, with only a narrow majority backing the movement compared to the two-thirds support that was once there.
And when you look at who is getting to enjoy the newly established holiday, it’s clear that the benefit is not evenly distributed. Consulting firm Mercer found that the share of private employers that made Juneteenth a paid holiday surged from 9% in 2021 to 39% in 2023.
We then must consider that roughly a quarter of Black households in America are earning less than $25,000 per year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. That puts then in the bottom 10% of earners, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A Center for American Progress analysis of BLS data shows that among the lowest 10% of earners, 47% have no access to any form of paid time off, a number that falls to 38% when looking at part-time workers. Taken together, that means there’s a major chunk of the Black population that’s likely getting no benefit at all from Juneteenth.
Read the rest at the MSNBC link above.
Judge Aileen Cannon is back in the news, as she prepares to hear arguments on why the Trump stolen documents case should be dismissed. On of those arguments is that Special Counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed. Yes, that’s a ridiculous notion that has already been adjudicated and rejected.
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case will kick off a series of hearings this week on motions to dismiss the case. One of the hearings is expected to focus on a legal theory pushed by conservative legal critics of special counsel Jack Smith that seeks to invalidate his appointment.
Judge Aileen Cannon’s court calendar related to this case has become increasingly logjammed in recent months – as she has scheduled hearings on legal maneuvers by Trump and his co-defendants that other judges would not typically entertain.
Legal experts have raised questions over whether her decisions are simply a product of inexperience or in some instances show outright favoritism towards Trump — who appointed Cannon to the bench in 2020.
Judge Cannon, for example, has set aside all of Friday for a hearing on Trump’s motion arguing that Smith’s appointment was unlawful – an issue other courts have largely rejected.
On Monday, Cannon will kick off her court schedule with another hearing related to Smith’s appointment – a motion brought by Trump challenging the funding of the special counsel’s office. The same day, Cannon will hear arguments over Smith’s request for a gag order limiting Trump’s rhetoric about law enforcement involved in the search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
Next Tuesday, she is scheduled to consider Trump’s request to throw out evidence gathered during that search as well as testimony provided by Evan Corcoran, his former lead attorney who Smith has alleged Trump misled as part of his efforts to obstruct the government’s investigation.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling at The New Republic, via Yahoo News: Judge Aileen Cannon Confusingly Does Jack Smith a Massive Favor.
Judge Aileen Cannon appears to be sick and tired of nonparties attempting to intervene in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial—even though she’s the one who allowed them to do so in the first place.
Aileen Cannon and Jack Smith
The Trump-appointed judge issued a paperless order Monday, rejecting without explanation a couple dozen Republican attorneys general and their proposed brief opposing special counsel Jack Smith’s pending gag order on the former president, which they decried as “presumptively unconstitutional.”
Attorneys general representing the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming had all signed on to the amicus curiae. In it, they argued that the tabled gag was an affront to the First Amendment rights of everyday Americans, who have a right to hear Trump push back against legal prosecutors.
The fierce opposition arose after Smith argued for a change in Trump’s bond conditions, claiming that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s Truth Social posts were “grossly misleading” and “inflammatory.” Smith argued Trump’s posts put law enforcement and potential trial witnesses in legitimate danger.
“Those statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement agents—falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him—and expose those agents, some of whom will be witnesses at trial, to the risk of threats, violence, and harassment,” Smith said in May.
As noted above, she will still hear arguments from outsiders, just not from a bunch of right wing attorney generals.
At The Washington Post, Ruth Marcus has and opinion piece about Judge Cannon: Judge Aileen Cannon: What will she think of next?
From the start of the investigation into Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has seemed inclined to act in favor of the president who appointed her. Now, Cannon might be poised to issue her most audacious ruling yet, on Trump’s far-fetched bid to have the indictment dismissed on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment is constitutionally invalid.
This is the kind of Hail Mary motion that should have been dispatched quickly after Trump’s lawyers filed it in February. But that’s not the Cannon way. Instead — four months later, and more than a year after Trump was indicted — she is holding a day and a half of oral argument on the issue. She will be hearing not only from Trump and prosecutors but, unusually, also from outside parties contending for and against the legitimacy of the special counsel.
Perhaps, in the end, Cannon won’t take the plunge and kill the case. (Such a ruling shouldn’t jeopardize the election interference case pending in Washington.) But at this point, after months of vacillating between slow-walking the case and issuing rulings favorable to Trump, Cannon can’t be underestimated.
The essence of Trump’s claim — backed by, among others, former attorneys general Edwin Meese III and Michael Mukasey — is that Smith’s naming as special counsel violates the Constitution’s appointments clause. That provision requires that “Officers of the United States” be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But the appointments clause allows Congress to give the “Heads of Departments” — in this case the attorney general — authority to appoint “inferior officers.”
“The Appointments Clause does not permit the Attorney General to appoint, without Senate confirmation, a private citizen and like-minded political ally to wield the prosecutorial power of the United States,” they write. “As such, Jack Smith lacks the authority to prosecute this action.”
Smith “wields extraordinary power, yet effectively answers to no one,” says the brief filed on behalf of Meese and Mukasey. “He has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Tom Brady, Lionel Messi, or Kanye West.”
It’s true that the Supreme Court has bolstered the reach of the appointments clause in recent years. Still, the problem with the anti-Smith argument is threefold: text, history and precedent.
First, the law empowers the attorney general to make such appointments. For example, 28 U.S.C. §533 authorizes the attorney general to “appoint officials … to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States.” Likewise, 28 U.S.C. §515 provides that “any attorney specially appointed by the Attorney General under law, may, when specifically directed by the Attorney General, conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal … which United States attorneys are authorized by law to conduct.”
And by the way, under the special-counsel regulations, Smith is bound to follow Justice Department rules and is subject to being overruled, or even removed for cause, by the attorney general.
Read the rest at the WaPo.
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin traveled to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un. The two dictators agreed to help each other militarily. The New York Times: Putin and Kim Sign Pact Pledging Mutual Support Against ‘Aggression.’
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between their nations on Wednesday, signing a new agreement that calls for them to assist each other in the event of “aggression” against either country.
The Russian president, in a briefing after the two leaders signed the document, did not clarify whether such assistance would require immediate and full-fledged military intervention in the event of an attack, as the now-defunct 1961 treaty specified. But he said that Russia “does not exclude the development of military-technical cooperation” with North Korea in accordance with the new agreement.
The pact was one of the most visible rewards Mr. Kim has extracted from Moscow in return for the dozens of ballistic missiles and over 11,000 shipping containers of munitions that Washington has said North Korea has provided in recent months to help support Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.
It also represented the farthest the Kremlin has gone in throwing its weight behind North Korea, after years of cooperating with the United States at the United Nations in curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program — a change that accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is a truly breakthrough document, reflecting the desire of the two countries not to rest on their laurels, but to raise our relations to a new qualitative level,” Mr. Putin added. Neither North Korea nor Russia immediately released the text of the new agreement.
Mr. Putin denounced the United States for expanding military infrastructure in the region and holding drills with South Korea and Japan. He rejected what he called attempts to blame the deteriorating security situation on North Korea, which has carried out six nuclear test explosions since 2006 and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the United States.
“Pyongyang has the right to take reasonable measures to strengthen its own defense capability, ensure national security and protect sovereignty,” Mr. Putin said.
Mr. Kim called the pact a “most powerful agreement” and praised the “outstanding foresight” of Mr. Putin, “the dearest friend of the Korean people,” the state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti said.
I wonder if they also discussed ways to help put Trump back in the White House, where he would certainly withdraw the U.S. from NATO.
CNN: Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level.’
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined the city’s wide boulevards brandishing Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers, as Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years with a finely choreographed display of influence in the dictatorship.
The pair then signed the new strategic partnership to replace previous deals signed in 1961, 2000 and 2001, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today includes, among other things, the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” Putin said after the meeting.
He said the deal encompasses the “political, trade, investment, cultural spheres, and the security sphere as well,” calling the pact “truly a breakthrough document.”
Putin said joint drills involving the United States, South Korea and Japan were “hostile” toward North Korea,” characterizing the US policy as “confrontational.” Kim, meanwhile, called the new “alliance” a “watershed moment in the development of the bilateral relations.”
But the deal between the two autocrats raised many questions, too – including whether Russia’s nuclear deterrent now extends to North Korea, and vice versa, or whether the two nations will now hold joint military drills….
Putin was met with exuberant celebrations at a welcome ceremony with his counterpart at Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital, where mounted soldiers, military personnel and children holding balloons cheered against the backdrop of large portraits of the each leader.
The two leaders presented their respective officials and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before riding off standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
More interesting stories to check out:
BBC: China is the true power in Putin and Kim’s budding friendship.
The Washington Post: Heat wave to scorch Eastern U.S. with record high temperatures.
CNN: Why some scientists think extreme heat could be the reason people keep disappearing in Greece.
The New York Times: Trump Wasn’t Going to Stay in Milwaukee. Then Reporters Asked.
NBC News: Trump says business executives should be ‘fired for incompetence’ if they don’t support him.
The Daily Beast: Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election.
Politico: Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court.
Amanda Marcotte at Salon: Another evangelical abuse scandal: It’s a big reason why they worship Trump.
https://skydancingblog.com/2024/06/19/wednesday-reads-61/
#JudgeAileenCannon #KimJongUn #NorthKorea #Russia #SpecialCounselJackSmith #stolenDocumentsCase #VladimirPutin
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Good Morning!!
Celebrating freedom on Juneteenth
Today is Juneteenth, so I’ll begin with some writing about the holiday that celebrates freedom from slavery.
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board: Editorial: Juneteenth isn’t a holiday just for Black people. Everyone should celebrate freedom.
Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profound milestone in American history — the declaration of freedom for an entire race of American people who had been held in bondage for centuries.
Although the day itself, June 19, 1865, was far less life-changing than it should have been.
Juneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, with General Order No. 3 telling the people of the westernmost Confederate state that “all slaves are free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect in 1863, it couldn’t be implemented until the Civil War ended and Confederate states surrendered.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865 in Virginia, but other Confederate troops further south and west continued fighting, surrendering only in the months afterward. The 13th Amendment abolishing slavery would be ratified in December 1865.
Enslaved people in Texas were the last ones in the Confederacy to find out they were freed. But the news didn’t filter across the state immediately. And some slave owners didn’t obey the order right away, waiting to see who would enforce it.
Texas may have been the last Confederate state to get word of emancipation, but in 1980 it became the first U.S. state to make it an official holiday.
Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. It’s also recognized as a state holiday in more than 25 states and the District of Columbia.
A bit more:
The 1865 announcement of freedom didn’t end systemic racism and its discriminatory effects in housing, employment and education. It didn’t stop the violence Black people faced day after day, and still do. Black people make up 13% of the U.S. population but account for 37% of the prison and jail population. Similarly, Black people are 37% of the homeless population nationwide….
But there are reasons to celebrate this holiday. Juneteenth is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those are traits Americans have always had. And they are traits Black Americans have demonstrated in abundance for centuries — otherwise, no Black people would have survived here. And Black communities have held celebrations big and small for Juneteenth since 1866.
Consider Opal Lee. The former teacher is often called “the grandmother of Juneteenth” for her decades of activism to get it designated a federal holiday. When she was a young girl, a mob of white supremacists attacked her Texas home and burned the furniture on Juneteeth in 1939.
In 2016, a month before she turned 90, Lee set off on a four-month walk from her hometown of Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., to publicize her cause. In 2021, Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support passed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, and President Biden signed it into law.
Last month, at 97, Lee stepped across the floor at a White House ceremony to be embraced by Biden as he placed the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, around her neck.
The Guardian: As Juneteenth grows in US, southern states cling to Confederate holidays.
Juneteenth has been recognized as a US federal holiday since 2021 and acts as a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the country – but millions of Americans will not have the day off today, 19 June, to mark the occasion.
At least 30 states – including most recently Rhode Island and Kentucky – and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as an official public holiday, according to the Pew Research Center.
Portrait of Opal Lee by Sedrick Huckaby
Yet as the number of states to legally declare Juneteenth a holiday rises, other states continue to cling to holidays that honor the Confederacy.
Ten states – all in the American south – have at least one day commemorating the Confederacy, according to Axios, and six former Confederate states do not officially recognize Juneteenth: Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Mississippi and Alabama each celebrate three Confederate holidays – paid holidays for state employees: Confederate Memorial Day; the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy; and Robert E Lee Day, to commemorate the leader of the Confederate army. In both states, Robert E Lee Day is also used to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day.
In Alabama, the Republican governor, Kay Ivey, has authorized this year’s Juneteenth as a state holiday for a fourth year, amid faltering legislative efforts to make it a permanent holiday.
A bill proposed earlier this year would have added Juneteenth as a permanent holiday in the state, but state employees would have been allowed to choose between taking that day or Jefferson Davis’s birthday off from work. The Alabama house of representatives approved the bill, but it did not get a vote in the state senate.
Read more at The Guardian.
At MSNBC, Hayes Brown has a think piece about why the Juneteenth holiday is just another sop to Black Americans instead of the government working to advance real equality: The vibes are very off this Juneteenth.
It’s Juneteenth 2022 and I am uncomfortable on a New York City beach. It’s not that the sun is too hot,which it isn’t, or that the water is too cold, though it is. The discomfort I feel comes from looking around the crowded sands and realizing how few faces look like mine on what’s meant to be a day celebrating us.
When President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, it was one of the few tangible changes that was put into place after a wave of protests for racial justice that had rocked the country the previous year. In theory, the holiday recognized a turning point in America’s history as the last slaves learned of their freedom. But as I sat on that beach, I couldn’t help but wonder: “Who is this really for?”
Juneteenth, by Kalunda Janae Hilton
Texas first made Juneteenth an official holiday in 1980. After decades as a more regional celebration, the holiday quickly gained awareness nationally over the last decade, especially after it was featured on the ABC sitcom “black-ish” in 2017. But it was the civil rights protests of 2020 that truly propelled it into the mainstream, as millions took to the streets to demand an end to police brutality against Black Americans following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Lawmakers seized on boosting Juneteenth as a way to show that those millions of voices weren’t being totally ignored….
But it’s seeming more and more like this was a gilded token. Hopes of federal police reform were dashed when Republicans realized they could hammer Democrats for being in favor of “defunding the police.” Support for Black Lives Matter has plummeted since 2020, with only a narrow majority backing the movement compared to the two-thirds support that was once there.
And when you look at who is getting to enjoy the newly established holiday, it’s clear that the benefit is not evenly distributed. Consulting firm Mercer found that the share of private employers that made Juneteenth a paid holiday surged from 9% in 2021 to 39% in 2023.
We then must consider that roughly a quarter of Black households in America are earning less than $25,000 per year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. That puts then in the bottom 10% of earners, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A Center for American Progress analysis of BLS data shows that among the lowest 10% of earners, 47% have no access to any form of paid time off, a number that falls to 38% when looking at part-time workers. Taken together, that means there’s a major chunk of the Black population that’s likely getting no benefit at all from Juneteenth.
Read the rest at the MSNBC link above.
Judge Aileen Cannon is back in the news, as she prepares to hear arguments on why the Trump stolen documents case should be dismissed. On of those arguments is that Special Counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed. Yes, that’s a ridiculous notion that has already been adjudicated and rejected.
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case will kick off a series of hearings this week on motions to dismiss the case. One of the hearings is expected to focus on a legal theory pushed by conservative legal critics of special counsel Jack Smith that seeks to invalidate his appointment.
Judge Aileen Cannon’s court calendar related to this case has become increasingly logjammed in recent months – as she has scheduled hearings on legal maneuvers by Trump and his co-defendants that other judges would not typically entertain.
Legal experts have raised questions over whether her decisions are simply a product of inexperience or in some instances show outright favoritism towards Trump — who appointed Cannon to the bench in 2020.
Judge Cannon, for example, has set aside all of Friday for a hearing on Trump’s motion arguing that Smith’s appointment was unlawful – an issue other courts have largely rejected.
On Monday, Cannon will kick off her court schedule with another hearing related to Smith’s appointment – a motion brought by Trump challenging the funding of the special counsel’s office. The same day, Cannon will hear arguments over Smith’s request for a gag order limiting Trump’s rhetoric about law enforcement involved in the search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022.
Next Tuesday, she is scheduled to consider Trump’s request to throw out evidence gathered during that search as well as testimony provided by Evan Corcoran, his former lead attorney who Smith has alleged Trump misled as part of his efforts to obstruct the government’s investigation.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling at The New Republic, via Yahoo News: Judge Aileen Cannon Confusingly Does Jack Smith a Massive Favor.
Judge Aileen Cannon appears to be sick and tired of nonparties attempting to intervene in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial—even though she’s the one who allowed them to do so in the first place.
Aileen Cannon and Jack Smith
The Trump-appointed judge issued a paperless order Monday, rejecting without explanation a couple dozen Republican attorneys general and their proposed brief opposing special counsel Jack Smith’s pending gag order on the former president, which they decried as “presumptively unconstitutional.”
Attorneys general representing the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming had all signed on to the amicus curiae. In it, they argued that the tabled gag was an affront to the First Amendment rights of everyday Americans, who have a right to hear Trump push back against legal prosecutors.
The fierce opposition arose after Smith argued for a change in Trump’s bond conditions, claiming that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s Truth Social posts were “grossly misleading” and “inflammatory.” Smith argued Trump’s posts put law enforcement and potential trial witnesses in legitimate danger.
“Those statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal law enforcement agents—falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him—and expose those agents, some of whom will be witnesses at trial, to the risk of threats, violence, and harassment,” Smith said in May.
As noted above, she will still hear arguments from outsiders, just not from a bunch of right wing attorney generals.
At The Washington Post, Ruth Marcus has and opinion piece about Judge Cannon: Judge Aileen Cannon: What will she think of next?
From the start of the investigation into Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has seemed inclined to act in favor of the president who appointed her. Now, Cannon might be poised to issue her most audacious ruling yet, on Trump’s far-fetched bid to have the indictment dismissed on the grounds that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment is constitutionally invalid.
This is the kind of Hail Mary motion that should have been dispatched quickly after Trump’s lawyers filed it in February. But that’s not the Cannon way. Instead — four months later, and more than a year after Trump was indicted — she is holding a day and a half of oral argument on the issue. She will be hearing not only from Trump and prosecutors but, unusually, also from outside parties contending for and against the legitimacy of the special counsel.
Perhaps, in the end, Cannon won’t take the plunge and kill the case. (Such a ruling shouldn’t jeopardize the election interference case pending in Washington.) But at this point, after months of vacillating between slow-walking the case and issuing rulings favorable to Trump, Cannon can’t be underestimated.
The essence of Trump’s claim — backed by, among others, former attorneys general Edwin Meese III and Michael Mukasey — is that Smith’s naming as special counsel violates the Constitution’s appointments clause. That provision requires that “Officers of the United States” be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But the appointments clause allows Congress to give the “Heads of Departments” — in this case the attorney general — authority to appoint “inferior officers.”
“The Appointments Clause does not permit the Attorney General to appoint, without Senate confirmation, a private citizen and like-minded political ally to wield the prosecutorial power of the United States,” they write. “As such, Jack Smith lacks the authority to prosecute this action.”
Smith “wields extraordinary power, yet effectively answers to no one,” says the brief filed on behalf of Meese and Mukasey. “He has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Tom Brady, Lionel Messi, or Kanye West.”
It’s true that the Supreme Court has bolstered the reach of the appointments clause in recent years. Still, the problem with the anti-Smith argument is threefold: text, history and precedent.
First, the law empowers the attorney general to make such appointments. For example, 28 U.S.C. §533 authorizes the attorney general to “appoint officials … to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States.” Likewise, 28 U.S.C. §515 provides that “any attorney specially appointed by the Attorney General under law, may, when specifically directed by the Attorney General, conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal … which United States attorneys are authorized by law to conduct.”
And by the way, under the special-counsel regulations, Smith is bound to follow Justice Department rules and is subject to being overruled, or even removed for cause, by the attorney general.
Read the rest at the WaPo.
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin traveled to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un. The two dictators agreed to help each other militarily. The New York Times: Putin and Kim Sign Pact Pledging Mutual Support Against ‘Aggression.’
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between their nations on Wednesday, signing a new agreement that calls for them to assist each other in the event of “aggression” against either country.
The Russian president, in a briefing after the two leaders signed the document, did not clarify whether such assistance would require immediate and full-fledged military intervention in the event of an attack, as the now-defunct 1961 treaty specified. But he said that Russia “does not exclude the development of military-technical cooperation” with North Korea in accordance with the new agreement.
The pact was one of the most visible rewards Mr. Kim has extracted from Moscow in return for the dozens of ballistic missiles and over 11,000 shipping containers of munitions that Washington has said North Korea has provided in recent months to help support Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine.
It also represented the farthest the Kremlin has gone in throwing its weight behind North Korea, after years of cooperating with the United States at the United Nations in curbing Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program — a change that accelerated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is a truly breakthrough document, reflecting the desire of the two countries not to rest on their laurels, but to raise our relations to a new qualitative level,” Mr. Putin added. Neither North Korea nor Russia immediately released the text of the new agreement.
Mr. Putin denounced the United States for expanding military infrastructure in the region and holding drills with South Korea and Japan. He rejected what he called attempts to blame the deteriorating security situation on North Korea, which has carried out six nuclear test explosions since 2006 and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the United States.
“Pyongyang has the right to take reasonable measures to strengthen its own defense capability, ensure national security and protect sovereignty,” Mr. Putin said.
Mr. Kim called the pact a “most powerful agreement” and praised the “outstanding foresight” of Mr. Putin, “the dearest friend of the Korean people,” the state-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti said.
I wonder if they also discussed ways to help put Trump back in the White House, where he would certainly withdraw the U.S. from NATO.
CNN: Putin says Russia and North Korea will help each other if attacked, taking ties to a ‘new level.’
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined the city’s wide boulevards brandishing Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers, as Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years with a finely choreographed display of influence in the dictatorship.
The pair then signed the new strategic partnership to replace previous deals signed in 1961, 2000 and 2001, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today includes, among other things, the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” Putin said after the meeting.
He said the deal encompasses the “political, trade, investment, cultural spheres, and the security sphere as well,” calling the pact “truly a breakthrough document.”
Putin said joint drills involving the United States, South Korea and Japan were “hostile” toward North Korea,” characterizing the US policy as “confrontational.” Kim, meanwhile, called the new “alliance” a “watershed moment in the development of the bilateral relations.”
But the deal between the two autocrats raised many questions, too – including whether Russia’s nuclear deterrent now extends to North Korea, and vice versa, or whether the two nations will now hold joint military drills….
Putin was met with exuberant celebrations at a welcome ceremony with his counterpart at Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital, where mounted soldiers, military personnel and children holding balloons cheered against the backdrop of large portraits of the each leader.
The two leaders presented their respective officials and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before riding off standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
More interesting stories to check out:
BBC: China is the true power in Putin and Kim’s budding friendship.
The Washington Post: Heat wave to scorch Eastern U.S. with record high temperatures.
CNN: Why some scientists think extreme heat could be the reason people keep disappearing in Greece.
The New York Times: Trump Wasn’t Going to Stay in Milwaukee. Then Reporters Asked.
NBC News: Trump says business executives should be ‘fired for incompetence’ if they don’t support him.
The Daily Beast: Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election.
Politico: Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court.
Amanda Marcotte at Salon: Another evangelical abuse scandal: It’s a big reason why they worship Trump.
https://skydancingblog.com/2024/06/19/wednesday-reads-61/
#JudgeAileenCannon #KimJongUn #NorthKorea #Russia #SpecialCounselJackSmith #stolenDocumentsCase #VladimirPutin
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This is a story of a #monopoly. It is also a story of #government #licensing, and #accessibility. There’s a bit of #MLM, but not the usual kind.
I am seeking employment as an #administrative #professional (#administrativeAssistant, #executiveAssistant, basically, #administrativeSupport). I was on a #contract with a #BigTech company, and the program I was supporting is sundowning, so about two-thirds of us were let go at the end of the fiscal year.
I’ve been applying to many places, some of which turned out to be #scams (any company with the word “travel”, “adventure”, or “vacation” in their name, and who claims to be looking for administrative anything is a scam. Ten times out of ten).
I also managed to apply to an insurance … organization. They are agents selling policies from a specific #BigInsurance, only through “agencies” (and sub-agencies - they unfortunately invited prospects (including me) to join their "huddles" on Zoom and I'm observant) and they are looking for prospects in specific regions of the #USA and #Canada.
This costs money, as this is a profession where you need a #license. The investment was reasonable, $49 for #training, another $49 for the #test, and another $50 for the license application, plus $45ish for #fingerprinting. Even if I choose not to work for the people who recruited me, credentials tend to be useful in some way.
I paid for the training on 04 Nov, paid for the test on 12 Nov (scheduled for 26 Nov), did the fingerprinting on 16 Nov. Also on 12 Nov, I tried to initiate the #accommodations process with the testing company, (the above-mentioned monopoly) Pearson VUE.
To apply for accommodations, the test-taker is asked to create an additional account on the accommodations portal. The final step of this process is to follow the steps in a “verification email” that may take up to fifteen minutes to be sent.
I /never/ received this email. Thus, I was never able to verify my account, or move forward in the process. After several telephone calls, I was provided an email address for the accessibility team.
On 21 Nov, I emailed the Pearson Accessibility team with a detailed, step-by-step, description of what I was doing, what I was seeing, and the fact that their system never provided me that verification email. Of course, since I’d already created the account, I was attempting to use the “Resend verification email” link (it runs a script). I included ten marked-up screenshots, and asked for a Read #Receipt.
I actually got a reply. However, the reply was “you actually sent this to the wrong place.” It also stated that Pearson VUE did /not/ manage accommodations requests, that was done by the entity who owned the test.
I replied to that email, copy-pasted the email with the steps, attached the screenshots, and asked for another Read Receipt. In that email, I said, “This should be a simple process. I have invested hours of my time in documenting the behavior I am seeing because no one at Pearson VUE accepts my word that I'm following the procedure and it is not working. This will also cost me money to extend my access to training materials until I'm able to test.”
This got a reply where I was informed my account had been locked due to “too many attempts.” On 22 November, I was able to actually log into the portal and get the information I needed to request the appropriate document from my #VocRehab counselor. I sent an email to both my counselor and her assistant, including the #IDC codes corresponding to my current situation (I’ve been an administrative pro long enough to know that the easier the request, the quicker it’s completed).
I received a request on 02 December to complete a DocuSign granting permission for my counselor to share the info with Pearson. Pearson’s website says the process can take “up to ten days,” so I scheduled my test for Friday, 20 Dec, figuring that would work.
On 13 Dec, Pearson notified my counselor that my request had been accepted, and the email included specific instructions for scheduling. The only option is to call a specific phone number. And they aren’t open on the weekend.
On Monday, 16 Dec, when I called, I was on hold “for the next available…” for 40 minutes. When I was finally able to speak to someone, they asked me to verify absolutely every bit of personal data they have on me. Then, I was told I would have to schedule the test at a Pearson Testing Center (there are several local ones). The first center, the one closest to me, did not have any openings until February. The next-closest had an availability for noon on January 17. I was put on hold while the agent tried to request that time. The call dropped.
Another 45 minutes waiting for an agent, and, again, I had to verify all the data. This time, after three “brief” holds of 5+ minutes, I was told the request was pending, and that I would receive a call.
I did receive a call on Thursday, 19 Dec, but my caller ID said it was from “State of California.” Which is /not/ Pearson, so I sent it to voicemail. The voicemail said I had to confirm that I wanted that time “within two business days” and I called back. After another long wait time, the agent said they needed to reach out to “that department” and after even more hold times, I was told that “Marcus” would call me back /that day/.
Of course he did not. I called back Friday morning, and, again, long hold times, and give the agent all the information. And “Marcus” wasn’t going to be in for twenty minutes (it was 9:40 CST, so, aha! he’s on PST). I called back at about 3:00 pm PST (5:00 pm my time). I used to support folks in all five time zones in the contiguous 48, so this is second nature). After another 45 minutes and stuff, the agent said that time was no longer available.
I followed all their steps and procedures. Apparently, the accommodations department at Pearson VUE is dependent on one person, Marcus. I should have been able to take this test by now. Nowhere on the website does it say that test takers requesting accommodations should NOT schedule online. I even deliberately scheduled to test at a local college because I /know/ they have the capability to provide the accommodations I need.
The really stupid part of this is all that time on hold and all that time documenting the misbehavior of their system.
I was promised a call on Monday, 23 Dec. Of course, I'm calling them.
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LISTA | Filmes e séries baseadas em quadrinhos que chegarão em 2026
2026 vai ser um ano eletrizante para fãs de adaptações de quadrinhos, com uma mistura de filmes e séries que prometem agitar tanto cinemas quanto plataformas de streaming. No cinema, a DC segue com seu novo Universo Compartilhado, enquanto a Marvel iniciará sua mais grande conclusão épica até agora.
Confira a seguir os títulos mais aguardados do ano:
LISTA | Filmes que chegarão aos cinemas em 2026
Vale lembrar: assim como sempre acontece, algumas datas de estreia podem ser alteradas pelas distribuidoras ao longo do calendário.
Magnum (Wonder Man)
Criação: Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Television), Family Owned, Onyx Collective, Disney
Estreia: 27 de janeiro de 2026O ano de 2026 da Marvel começa já em janeiro com o lançamento de “Wonder Man” ou como é conhecido no Brasil “Magnum“, a 17ª série de televisão do Universo Cinematográfico Marvel (MCU), produzida pela Marvel Studios através de seu selo Marvel Television. A série também é produzida pela Family Owned e Onyx Collective.
Nesta minissérie de oito episódios criada por Destin Daniel Cretton e Andrew Guest, acompanhamos Simon Williams — vivido por Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — um ator frustrado e cheio de ambições que vai de rejeições em audições até a chance de uma vida: interpretar o icônico Wonder Man numa nova versão do filme de super-herói dos anos 1970.
O showrunner Andrew Guest descreveu o personagem como “incrivelmente poderoso de uma forma que nem ele mesmo tem plena consciência”, com o executivo da Marvel Studios, Brian Gay, acrescentando que Simon “nem sabe a extensão de seus poderes”, embora ambos tenham observado que o personagem não se importa de ter poderes e simplesmente quer ser um ator de sucesso como Daniel Day-Lewis.
Abdul-Mateen explicou que Simon esconde seus poderes porque eles são malvistos na Hollywood ficcional do MCU. O personagem permitiu que ele explorasse “alguma tridimensionalidade” entre seu passado e seu relacionamento com a família, enquanto ainda era um super-herói.
Ben Kingsley retorna como Trevor Slattery, ator que fracassado que anteriormente assumiu a identidade do Mandarim , trabalhando para Aldrich Killian em Homem de Ferro 3, e que mais tarde foi sequestrado pela organização Dez Anéis de Xu Wenwu em Shang-Chi e a Lenda dos Déz Anéis, que também está fazendo testes para o filme do Wonder Man.
Slattery retorna a Hollywood após o rompimento com o Mandarim e os Dez Anéis para encontrar uma “segunda chance” como ator e provar à sua mãe, Dorothy, que ele era “o ator que [ela] sempre esperou que ele fosse”, com o Wonder Man mostrando Slattery assumindo a responsabilidade por seu comportamento passado.
Guest chamou Slattery de um “personagem tipo Forrest Gump , tipo Chauncey Gardiner ” que consegue se “envolver em coisas maiores”. O produtor executivo e presidente da Marvel Television, Brad Winderbaum disse que o personagem tinha uma “estrutura de três atos muito interessante” dentro da série, que era “muito sincera, muito séria [e] não cínica”, com Kingsley acrescentando que Slattery é “puxado em duas direções”, incluindo a busca por sua ambição, mas “a um custo terrível”.
O elenco ainda conta com Arian Moayed como P. Cleary, um agente do Departamento de Controle de Danos, Zlatko Burić como Von Kovak, diretor célebre que está dirigindo o remake de Wonder Man, Demetrius Grosse como Eric Williams/Ceifador, o irmão mais velho “estável” de Simon, X Mayo, Olivia Thirlby, Byron Bowers, Josh Gad, Lauren Glazier, Béchir Sylvain, Manny McCord, Simon Templeman, Joe Pantoliano,Dane Larsen, Phumzile Sitole, Jere Burns e Ed Harris como o agente de Simon, Neal Saroyan.
“Magnum” é descrito como autoconsciente e metalinguístico, uma sátira que comenta, com humor e sensibilidade, sobre a própria cultura dos super-heróis e a saturação do gênero, sem perder de vista a jornada humana de seus protagonistas.
“Magnum” (Wonder Man) estreia com todos os oito episódios em 27 de janeiro no catálogo do Disney+.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j4NvyIHCs0
Invencível (Invincible) – 4ª temporada
Criação: Robert Kirkman
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Skybound Animation, Point Grey Pictures,
Estreia: Março de 2026Agora, com a quarta temporada da série animada “Invencível (Invincible) chegando em março de 2026 ao Prime Video, parece que a série está pronta para elevar ainda mais a barra, misturando tudo aquilo que os fãs amam.
Após o final explosivo da 3ª temporada, que terminou com confrontos brutais e reviravoltas que deixaram o destino de Mark Grayson mais incerto do que nunca, nesta temporada, Mark é testado para ver até onde ele deve ir para proteger aqueles que ama, juntamente com seu pai e irmão , enquanto eles devem se unir à Coalizão de Planetas para derrotar o Império do planeta natal de seu pai de uma vez por todas.
O elenco principal Steven Yeun (Mark Grayson/Invencível), Sandra Oh (Deborah “Debbie” Grayson), JK Simmons (Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man), Christian Convery (Oliver Grayson/Jovem Omni-Man) e Gillian Jacobs (Samantha Eve Wilkins/Eve Atômica) retornam.
O elenco secundário que também retornarão:
- Andrew Rannells como William Francis Clockwell
- Walton Goggins como Cecil Stedman
- Chris Diamantopoulos como Donald Ferguson, Isotope
- Jonathan Banks como Brit
- Ross Marquand como The Immortal, Rex Conners
- Jason Mantzoukas como Rex Conners
- Zachary Quinto como Robot
- Malese Jow como Kate Cha/Dupli-Kate
- Grey Griffin como Amanda/Monster Girl (human form), Rachel/Shrinking Rae, Betsy Wilkins, Thula
- Khary Payton como Markus Grimshaw/Black Samson
- Kevin Michael Richardson como Amanda/Monster Girl
- Mark Hamill como Arthur “Art” Rosenbaum
- Seth Rogen como Allen the Alien
- Clancy Brown como Damien Darkblood, Kregg
- Bruce Campbell como Great Beast
- Fred Tatasciore como Giant, Adam Wilkins
- Luke Macfarlane como Rick Sheridan
- Jay Pharoah como Zandale Randolph/Bulletproof
- Ben Schwartz como Shapesmith, Rus Livingston
- Cleveland Berto como Bolt
- Cliff Curtis como Paul
- Calista Flockhart como April Howsam
- Todd Williams como Titan
- Tzi Ma como Mister Liu
- Simu Liu como Multi-Paul
- Mae Whitman como War Woman II
- Eric Bauza como D.A. Sinclair
- Michael Dorn como Thokk/Battle Beast
- Peter Cullen como Thaedus
- Tatiana Maslany como Telia
- Phil LaMarr como Lucan
- Shantel VanSanten como Anissa
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan como Conquest
Entre as novidadades estão Matthew Rhys na voz do Dinossauro e Lee Pace como Thragg, o líder supremo do Império Viltrumita, preparando o terreno para o arco da Guerra Viltrumita.
A 4ª temporada de “Invencível” (Invincible) estreia com os três primeiros episódios em março de 2026 no catálogo da Prime Video, e deve ser lançados semanalmente até abril de 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYyFgM0XTuc
Minhas Aventuras com o Superman – 3ª temporada
Criação: Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clougher, Josie Campbell
Estúdio: Warner Bros. Animation, Studio Mir, DC Studios, Adult Swim
Estreia: Primeiro trimestre de 2026A série animada “Minhas Aventuras com o Superman” transforma cada episódio numa celebração do coração por trás da capa vermelha do Homem de Aço. E agora, com a 3ª temporada chegando em 2026, essa animação promete elevar ainda mais essa mistura de ação, emoção e humor.
A terceira temporada de promete levar Clark Kent (Voz de Jack Quaid) ainda mais aos desafios de equilibrar seu crescente heroísmo como Superman com sua vida como repórter do Planeta Diário e parceiro de Lois Lane (Voz de Alice Lee).
Os novos episódios incluirão a chegada de um Lex Luthor (Voz de Max Mittelman) completamente careca e a tão aguardada transformação de Hank Henshaw no Superman Ciborgue. O Superboy também entrará na história pela primeira vez.
A temporada dará continuidade à jornada de Kara Zor-El (Voz de Kiana Madeira) enquanto ela se adapta à vida na Terra após se libertar do controle de Brainiac (Voz de Michael Emerson). Além disso, a 3ª temporada pode plantar as sementes para o spin-off em desenvolvimento “Minhas Aventuras com a Lanterna Verde”, sugerindo um universo animado mais amplo no futuro.
A 3ª temporada de “Minhas Aventuras com o Superman” estreia no primeiro trimestre de 2026 no Cartoon Network e no catálogo da HBO Max (e daqui à alguns anos na Netflix).
Demolidor: Renascido – 2ª temporada
Criação: Dario Scardapane, Matt Corman, Chris Ord
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Television), Disney
Estreia: 4 de março de 2026“Demolidor: Renascido” (Daredevil: Born Again) retorna para sua 2ª temporada, prometendo não apenas ação visceral, mas uma revolta narrativa que vai além dos punhos e da lei.
Depois do final da 1ª temporada, onde o prefeito Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) assumiu o controle de Nova York, proibiu o vigilantismo e transformou o Homem Sem Medo no criminoso mais procurado da América. Agora, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) está se escondendo, e ao mesmo tempo montando sua própria equipe capaz de derrubar esse tirano.
O retorno de personagens icônicos aumenta ainda mais a chama dessa narrativa intensa: Krysten Ritter volta como Jessica Jones, reunindo suas forças com Murdock em uma dinâmica crua e cheia de ironia lá dos tempos de “Defensores” (2017). Os detalhes específicos da presença de Jessica Jones na história permanecem em segredo, mas Brad Winderbaum, chefe da Marvel Television, confirma que é comparável à presença do Justiceiro de Jon Bernthal na primeira temporada.
Ao lado de Cox, Ritter e D’Onofrio, outros nomes como Margarita Levieva (Heather Glenn), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson), Wilson Bethel (Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter/Mecernário), Zabryna Guevara (Sheila Rivera), Nikki M. James (Kirsten McDuffie), Genneya Walton (BB Urich), Arty Froushan (Buck Cashman), Clark Johnson (Cherry), Michael Gandolfini (Daniel Blake), e Ayelet Zurer (Vanessa Fisk) retornam da primeira temporada.
Matthew Lillard entrou para o elenco da nova temporada interpretando Sr. Charles, , um oponente político de Fisk.
A 2ª temporada de Demolidor: Renascido” (Daredevil: Born Again) estreia em 4 de março de 2026 no catálogo do Disney+, e deve ser lançados semanalmente até abril de 2026.
Batman: A Queda do Morcego (Knightfall)
Direção: Jeff Wamester
Estúdio: Warner Bros. Animation, DC,
Estreia: A definirUma adaptação cinematográfica animada em várias partes de uma das histórias mais populares do Batman dos anos 1990, “Batman: A Queda do Morcego” (Knightfall) está atualmente em produção na Warner Bros. Animation, e segundo informações a primeira parte será lançada em 2026.
O filme é baseado na saga em quadrinhos do Batman de mesmo nome, lançada em três partes entre 1993 e 1994. Foi criada por Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Dennis O’Neil, Peter David, Jo Duffy, Jim Aparo, Graham Nolan, Norm Breyfogle e Jim Balent.
Segundo a sinopse oficial, a primeira parte adaptará o primeiro arco da história: “Quando o misterioso gigante conhecido apenas como Bane liberta toda a galeria de vilões do Batman do Asilo Arkham, o Cavaleiro das Trevas é levado ao seu limite físico e mental.”
O longa tem direção de Jeff Wamester e roteiro de Jeremy Adams. Rick Morales atua como produtor supervisor, ao lado dos produtores Jim Krieg e Kimberly S. Moreau. Sam Register e Michael Uslan são os produtores executivos.
“Batman: A Queda do Mocergo – Parte 1” estreia em algum momento de 2026 no catálogo da HBO Max (e daqui à alguns anos na Netflix).
O Justiceiro (Especial)
Criação: Reinaldo Marcus Green, Jon Bernthal
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Television), Disney
Estreia: a definirO retorno de Jon Bernthal como Justiceiro não vai se bastar apenas na série do Demolidor. Além de aparecer no próximo filme do Homem-Aranha de Tom Holland, “Um Novo Dia“, o personagem estrelará seu próprio especial para o streaming.
Dirigido por Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richards), que co-escreveu o roteiro ao lado de Bernthal, o elenco também conta com Jason R. Moore como Curtis Hoyle, um amigo próximo de Frank Castle e ex-SARC da Marinha dos EUA, que se tornou o líder de um grupo de terapia depois de perder a parte inferior da perna esquerda em combate.
Além disso, Roe Rancell foi escalado como Dennis, e espera-se que a personagem Ma Gnucci apareça no especial.
Ainda sem título. o Especial do Justiceiro, estreia em algum momento de 2026 no catálogo do Disney+.
X-Men ’97 – 2ª temporada
Criação: Beau DeMayo, (Atuais showrunners: Larry Houston, Eric Lewald, Julia Lewald
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Animation), Disney
Estreia: Entre Junho e agosto de 2026“X-Men ’97“, um dos maiores (e poucos) sucesso recentes da Marvel referente aos Mutantes está voltando em 2026 par uma nova temporada.
Assim como sua antecessora, a série apresenta uma formação de equipe semelhante à dos quadrinhos dos X-Men do início dos anos 90, incluindo Ciclope, Jean Grey, Tempestade, Wolverine, Morfo, Vampira, Fera, Gambit, Jubileu e Bishop; em grande parte semelhante à Equipe Azul de Ciclope, estabelecida nas primeiras edições de X-Men (Vol. 2) . No entanto, diferentemente de sua antecessora, a formação muda de episódio para episódio e é refletida nos créditos de abertura.
Nesta temporada, A série seguirá diretamente de onde parou, com Magneto no comando e os X-Men lidando com um mundo que os teme. os X-Men estão espalhados pelo tempo e precisam encontrar o caminho de volta para a década de 1990 enquanto exploram as consequências emocionais da tragédia de Genosha e introduzindo o vilão Apocalypse, prometendo uma trama mais intensa e expandida.
A série manterá o espírito da animação clássica dos anos 90, mas com uma narrativa mais madura e uma escala maior, com personagens usando uniformes inspirados na fase de Grant Morrison a frente dos X-Men.
O criador e roteirista principal Beau DeMayo foi demitido pela Marvel Studios em março de 2024, após uma investigação que levou a descobertas “graves”, com isso os créditos de roteirista da 2ª temporada de DeMayo foram removidos devido a violações de seu acordo de rescisão. Matthew Chauncey, roteirista da primeira série animada da Marvel Studios, “What If…?” (2021–2024), foi contratado para substituir DeMayo como roteirista principal da série a partir da 3ª temporada que já está confirmada.
A 2ª temporada de “X-Men ’97” estreia semanalmente entre junho e agosto de 2026 no catálogo do Disney+.
The Boys – 5ª Temporada
Criação: Eric Kripke
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, Point Grey Pictures
Estreia: 8 de abril de 2026A guerra final entre os Sups e humanos tem data para começar. 2026 é o ano que acontece a 5ª e última temporada de “The Boys“, encerrando uma das produções mais provocativas, violentas e politicamente afiadas da Prime Video.
A 5ª temporada acontece em um mundo totalmente dominado pelo Capitão Pátria (Antony Starr). Hughie (Jack Quaid), Leitinho (Laz Alonso) e Frenchie (Tomer Capone) aparecem presos em um campo militar conhecido como “Campo da Liberdade”, enquanto Annie/Luz Estrela (Erin Moriarty) tenta organizar uma resistência contra o império dos Supers. Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) está desaparecida, e o destino dos rapazes parece selado até o retorno de Billy Bruto (Karl Urban).
No trailer exibido na CCXP em dezembro de 2025, Bruto surge disposto a recorrer à sua arma mais extrema: um vírus capaz de exterminar todos os super-humanos do planeta. “Mesmo que eu tenha que arrastar seus cadáveres quebrados até a linha de chegada, vamos até o fim, custe o que custar”, diz ele em uma fala que já entrou para o hall das frases mais marcantes da série.
Jessie T. Usher (Trem-Bala), Chace Crawford (Profundo), Nathan Mitchell (Black Noir II), Colby Minifie (Ashley Barrett), Cameron Crovetti (Ryan), Susan Heyward (Jessica “Sage” Bradley/Irmã Sage), Valorie Curry (isty Tucker Gray/Firecracker), e Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe Kessler) retornam para temporada final.
Para o quinto ano, Daveed Diggs se junta ao elenco, assim como Mason Dye (‘Stranger Things’), que interpretará Bombsight. Além disso, a série reunirá as estrelas de ‘Supernatural’: Jared Padalecki e Misha Collins, ao lado de Jensen Ackles, que retorna como Soldier Boy.
A 5ª e última temporada de “The Boys” estreia em 8 de abril de 2026, exclusivamente no catálogo da Prime Video, com os dois primeiros episódios. Os seis episódios restantes serão lançados semanalmente até 20 de maio..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzbWryxxn0c
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
Direção: Frankie Shaw
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Miramax, Picturestart, Point Grey Pictures, Black Mask Studios, Uncle Pete Productions
Estreia: 17 de abril de 2026 (Estados Unidos)Frankie Shaw, roteirista, diretora e estrela da subestimada série da Showtime , “ SMILF ”, estreia na direção de longas-metragens com “4 Kids Walk Into a Bank”, adaptação da graphic novel de Matthew Rosenberg e Tyler Boss.
Ambientado na década de 1990, o filme acompanha uma garota de 11 anos extremamente inteligente, cujo grupo de desajustados elabora um assalto maluco após descobrir as ligações criminosas de seu pai distante. O filme combina humor negro com a engenhosidade de uma criança, levando o gênero de aventura adolescente para um território mais bruto e engraçado.
Liam Neeson lidera o elenco, acompanhado por Talia Ryder , Whitney Peak, Jack Dylan Grazer, Spike Fearn, Teresa Palmer e Jim Sturgess, além de George Basil , Sam Strike, Caylee Cowan e Deacon Phillippe.
“4 Kids Walk Into a Bank” estreia em 17 de abril de 2026 nos cinemas dos Estados Unidos, com distribuição da Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures). Sem data de lançamento no Brasil.
Supergirl
Direção: Craig Gillespie
Estúdio: DC Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures
Estreia: 25 de junho de 2026“Supergirl” é o segundo longa-metragem do novo Universo DC (DCU), que foi iniciado com “Superman“, e adaptará a minissérie em quadrinhos “Supergirl: A Mulher do Amanhã” de Tom King e Bilquis Evely, com direção de Craig Gillespie (“Cruella”, “Eu, Tonya”).
Com roteiro escrito por Ana Nogueira (que irá escrever o futuro filme da Mulher-Maravilha), o longa acompanha Kara Zor-El viajando pela galáxia par comemorar seu 23º aniversário com a companhia do seu cachorro Krypto, como vimos no final do filme do Superman. Ao longo do caminho, ela conhece a jovem Ruthye Marye Knoll e se depara com uma tragédia que a leva a uma “busca assassina por vingança”.
Milly Alcock estrela como Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, prima de Kal-El / Superman, criada em um pedaço do planeta destruído Krypton e que viu todos ao seu redor morrerem, tornando-a uma pessoa mais cínica do que seu primo, que foi criado na Terra por pais amorosos. Como os kryptonianos são curados e ganham poderes com sóis amarelos, a Supergirl gosta de festejar em planetas com sóis vermelhos, onde pode se embriagar.
O produtor do filme e co-CEO da DC Studios, James Gunn imaginou a Supergirl como uma “personagem meio fada , mas com muita atitude”. Tanto Gunn quanto Gillespie a descreveram como uma anti-heroína, já Alcock descreveu a Supergirl como uma heroína relutante. “Ela não aceita esse papel. Ela não quer ser uma heroína, ela é relutante.”
O elenco também conta com Eve Ridley como Ruthye Marye Knoll, a jovem que recruta a Supergirl em sua jornada para vingar a morte de seu pai, Matthias Schoenaerts como o vilão Krem das Colinas Amarelas, além de David Krumholtz e Emily Beecham, que viverão Zor-EL e Alura In-Ze, os pais da Kara, enquato David Corenswet reprisa seu papel como o primo de Kara, Superman em uma participação especial.
Jason Momoa, que viveu o Aquaman no antigo DCEU (informalmente nomeado de Snyderverso) retornará interpretando um personagem que ele sempre quis viver, o caçador de recompenças intergalático do planeta Czarnia, Lobo.
“Supergirl” estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 25 de junho de 2026, com distribuição da Warner Bros. Pictures, e após sua jornada nos cinemas, o filme chegará no catálogo da HBO Max (e daqui à alguns anos na Netflix).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYffSLpWqM
Homem-Aranha: Um Novo Dia
Direção: Destin Daniel Cretton
Estúdio: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing
Estreia: 30 de julho de 2026“Homem-Aranha: Um Novo Dia” (Spider-Man: Brand New Day) marca uma nova fase para o Peter Parker (Tom Holland) acompanhando o esforço de Peter para reconstruir sua vida após os eventos de “Sem Volta para Casa”, onde ele foi completamente apagado da memória de todos, incluindo dos seus amigos, MJ e Ned. Ambientado no submundo do crime de Nova York, o filme expande as conexões do Homem-Aranha com o universo Marvel, ligando-o a personagens como Bruce Banner/Hulk e Frank Castle/Justiceiro.
No elenco de apoio, tem os retornos de Zendaya como Michelle “MJ” Jones, Jacob Batalon como Ned Leeds e Michael Mando como o vilão Escorpião, além das adições de Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) e Tramell Tillman (Ruptura) em papéis ainda mantidos em sigilo. Marvin Jones III (Raio Negro) foi contratado para viver o vilão Lápide.
Os veteranos do MCU, Mark Ruffalo e Jon Bernthal foram escalados para reprisarem seus papeis como Bruce Banner/Hulk e Justiceiro respectivamente, e segundo fontes, o trio de heróis entrará em conflito antes de unirem forças contra os verdadeiros vilões.
Dirigido por Destin Daniel Cretton e escrito por Chris McKenna e Erik Sommers, o filme é novamente produzido por Kevin Feige e Amy Pascal.
“Homem-Aranha: Um Novo Dia” (Spider-Man: Brand New Day) estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 30 de julho de 2026, com distribuição da Sony Pictures Releasing, e após sua jornada nos cinemas, o filme chegará no catálogo da HBO Max.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5uEprvZ8zA
VisionQuest
Criação: Terry Matalas
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Television), Disney
Estreia: Segundo semestre de 2026Imagine um herói que sempre esteve no meio do Universo Cinematográfico Marvel, mas que agora precisa olhar para dentro de si mesmo para descobrir quem ele realmente é. Essa é a proposta de “VisionQuest“, a minissérie, pronta para fechar uma trilogia iniciada por “WandaVision” (2021) e continuada em “Agatha Desde Sempre” (2024).
Paul Bettany reprisa seu papel como Visão Branco — a versão reconstruída do androide Visão. Após os eventos de WandaVision, ele carrega todas as memórias do Visão original, mas luta para conectar essas lembranças com emoções reais, iniciando uma jornada profunda de autodescoberta que promete ser ao mesmo tempo introspectiva e surpreendentemente humana.
Criada por Terry Matalas (Star Trek: Picard), o enredo mergulha no psicológico, levando o espectador literalmente para dentro da mente de Visão, onde programas de inteligência artificial criados por Tony Stark — como Ultron, J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y. e E.D.I.T.H. — ganham formas humanas e conversam com ele de maneiras inesperadas e até perturbadoras.
Além disso, a série promete reunir personagens que marcaram décadas do UCM, com James Spader retornando como Ultron e um elenco que inclui Todd Stashwick como Paladino, um caçador de recompensas que está caçando Visão, T’Nia Miller como Jocasta, Emily Hampshire como EDITH, Orla Brady como FRIDAY, Henry Lewis como DUM-E, Jonathan Sayer como U e James D’Arcy como JARVIS, a primeira IA criada por Stark.
Além disso, Faran Tahir reprisa seu papel como Raza, o líder da facção Dez Anéis que sequestrou Stark no filme “Homem de Ferro” (2008). Também aparecem Lauren Morais como Lisa Molinari, Diane Morgan como uma associada de Paladin; e Mary McDonnell em um papel não revelado.
O ator Ruaridh Mollica vai interpretar Tommy Maximoff, filho velocista de Visão e Wanda Maximoff , cuja alma foi colocada no corpo adolescente de Thomas Shepherd por seu irmão gêmeo Billy Maximoff na série Agatha Desde Sempre (2024).
“VisionQuest” estreia no segundo semestre de 2026 no catálogo do Disney+.
Lanternas
Criação: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, Tom King
Estúdio: DC Studios, Warner Bros. Television, HBO
Estreia: Entre Julho e Setembro de 2026Após anos de desenvolvimento, iniciado originalmente em 2019 como uma produção da HBO Max, com envolvimento de Greg Berlanti, e estrelada por Finn Wittrock como Guy Gardner e Jeremy Irvine como Alan Scott em 2021, a série dos Lanternas Verdes foi completamente reformulada com a chegada de James Gunn e Peter Safran como co-presidentes e co-CEOs da recém-formada DC Studios em outubro de 2022.
Desta vez a produção que veremos neste ano se concentrar em John Stewart fazendo dupla com a lenda da Tropa Hal Jordan. Com criação de Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof e Tom King, a série “Lanternas” acompanha o experiente Lanterna Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) e o recruta novato John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) enquanto investigam um assassinato no Nebraska, o que os leva a mistérios e acertos de contas mais sombrios.
Kyle Chandler viverá Hal Jordan, um ex-piloto de testes e membro lendário da Tropa dos Lanternas Verdes que está se aproximando da aposentadoria, e está treinando John Stewart. Os roteiristas se inspiraram na interpretação de Sam Shepard como Chuck Yeager no filme “Os Eleitos” (1983).
O showrunner Chris Mundy sentiu que Chandler tinha as mesmas qualidades, bem como um humor seco que eles consideravam importante para Jordan.
Aaron Pierre será John Stewart, um novo recruta dos Lanternas Verdes que Jordan está treinando para substituí-lo. Mundy disse que irão adaptar as duas origens do personagem, em que ele era tanto um fuzileiro naval quanto um arquiteto, e sentiu que Pierre poderia retratar ambos os aspectos.
Ele disse que Pierre era um “ator de teatro sério, mas também parece ter sido construído em um laboratório para ser uma estrela de ação”. O diretor James Hawes disse que Pierre tinha “uma presença magnífica. Ele parece tão imponente, tão frio, tão discreto.”
O elenco também conta com Kelly Macdonald como a xerife Kerry, Poorna Jagannathan como Zoe, possível interesse amoroso de John Stewart, Garrett Dillahunt como William Macon, Jason Ritter como Billy Macon, Nicole Ari Parker e Jasmine Cephas Jones como versões adulta e jovem de Bernadette Stewart, mãe de John, Sherman Augustus e J. Alphonse Nicholson como versões de John Stewart Sr., Chris Coy como Waylon Sanders, Ulrich Thomsen como o supervilão Sinestro e Paul Ben-Victor como Antaan, com rumores de que seja Atrocitus, vilão líder da Tropa dos Lanternas Vermelhos.
Outro nome especulado é o de Laura Linney, indicada três vezes ao Oscar e ao Emmy, como possível Carol Ferris, interesse romântico de Hal Jordan que também assume o papel de Safira Estrela nos quadrinhos.
A 1ª temporada de “Lanternas” estreia entre julho e setembro de 2026 na HBO e no catálogo da HBO Max (e daqui à alguns anos na Netflix).
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSLYt_zjBWz/
Cara-de-Barro (Clayface)
Direção: James Watkins
Estúdio: DC Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures
Estreia: 10 de setembro de 2026Fazendo parte do novo Universo DC (DCU) de James Gunn, o terror corporal “Cara-de-Barro” (Clayface) vem mostrar a versatilidade de gêneros do Universo.
Com roteiro inicial foi escrito por Mike Flanagan (A Maldição da Residência Hill, A Maldição da Mansão Bly, Missa da Meia-Noite, A Queda da Casa de Usher, Doutor Sono), com revisões de Hossein Amini (Drive), e dirigido por James Watkins (“Não Fale o Mal”) o filme se baseará tanto no clássico A Mosca (1986), de David Cronenberg, quanto no icônico episódio Feat of Clay (Perito em Formas Humanas) de “Batman: A Série Animada“.
Tom Rhys Harries viverá Matt Hagen, um ator promissor que, após ter o rosto desfigurado por um gângster, se submete a um experimento da cientista Caitlin Bates (interpretada por Naomi Ackie), CEO de uma start-up de biotecnologia. O tratamento, no entanto, o transforma em uma criatura capaz de remodelar o corpo como argila e assumir múltiplas formas humanas. Max Minghella e Eddie Marsan também estão no elenco.
O filme é produzido por James Gunn e Peter Safran da DC Studios, com Matt Reeves (The Batman) e Lynn Harris pela 6th & Idaho. Chantal Nong Vo e Lars P. Winther atuam como produtores executivos.
“Cara-de-Barro” (Clayface) estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 10 de setembro de 2026, com distribuição da Warner Bros. Pictures, e após sua jornada nos cinemas, o filme chegará no catálogo da HBO Max (e daqui à alguns anos na Netflix).
Seu Amigão da Vizinhança, Homem-Aranha – 2ª temporada
Criação: Jeff Trammell
Estúdio: Marvel Studios (Animation), Disney
Estreia: Segundo semestre de 2026A versão alternativa do Homem-Aranha do MCU retorna para a 2ª temporada, continuando com a premissa “e se a mentoria fosse ao contrário?” — com Norman Osborn como a influência orientadora (e possivelmente corrosiva) de Peter, em vez de Tony Stark.
O criador e showrunner Jeff Trammell permanece como o pilar tonal da série, mantendo-a fiel ao DNA clássico do Homem-Aranha em sua jornada de amadurecimento, enquanto permite que a premissa do multiverso reinvente a mitologia familiar.
Hudson Thames volta a dublar Peter Parker/Homem-Aranha, ao lado de vozes importantes que retornam, incluindo Colman Domingo como Norman Osborn e Charlie Cox como Demolidor. Personagens que também retornam da 1ª temporada incluem Nico Minoru, Harry Osborn, Otto Octavius, Dmitri Smerdyakov/Camaleão e Mac Gargan/Escorpião.
A personagem Gwen Stacy e o seu alter-ego Spider-Gwen, deve finalmente aparecer, mas ainda não se sabe quem a dublará.
A 2ª temporada de “Seu Amigão da Vizinhança, Homem-Aranha” estreia no segundo semestre de 2026 no catálogo do Disney+.
Vought Rising
Criação: Eric Kripke (showrunner: Paul Grellong)
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, Point Grey Pictures
Estreia: A definirJensen Ackles retorna como Soldier Boy, contracenando com Aya Cash como Stormfront (Tempesta), a heróina nazista em “Vought Rising“, a nova série derivada do Universo “The Boys“, que se passa na década de 1950.
Criada por Eric Kripke, com Paul Grellong atuando como showrunner, a série ambientada na década de 1950, a prequela apresenta um mistério de assassinato intrigante nos primórdios da Vought, acompanhando as primeiras experiências de Soldier Boy e as “manobras diabólicas” da Tempesta enquanto a mitologia da empresa nasce.
O elenco principal da série também inclui Mason Dye, que aparecerá na 5ª temporada da série principal como o herói Bombsight, Elizabeth Posey como a heróina Private Angel, Will Hochman como o herói Torpedo, além de Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri, Brian J. Smith e KiKi Layne.
O elenco recorrente inclui Cecily Strong, Mark Pellegrino, Eric Johnson, Annie Shapero, Raphael Sbarge, Romi Shraiter, Aaron Douglas e David Hewlett.
A 1ª temporada de “Vought Rising” estreia em algum momento de 2026, exclusivamente no catálogo da Prime Video.
Batman: Cruzado Encapuzado – 2ª temporada
Criação: Bruce Timm
Estúdio: Warner Bros. Animation, Amazon MGM Studios, Bad Robot Productions, 6th & Idaho, DC Entertainment
Estreia: A definirQuando Bruce Wayne decide que Gotham não vai sucumbir à criminalidade sem lutar, ele veste sua capa e mergulha de cabeça em uma guerra que é tão psicológica quanto física — e é exatamente essa intensidade que a 2ª temporada de “Batman: Cruzado Encapuzado” (Batman: Caped Crusader) promete elevar ao máximo.
A animação, uma das mais intrigantes releituras do mito do Homem-Morcego, foi criada por nomes lendários como Bruce Timm (Batman: A Série Animada), com produção de J.J. Abrams e Matt Reeves, trazendo uma Gotham de espírito noir dos anos 1940.
Na 1ª temporada, vimos um Bruce Wayne em sua cruzada solitária contra o crime, enfrentando gangues e vilões clássicos em uma cidade corroída pela corrupção e pelo medo, um retrato que chamou atenção por misturar estética retrô com narrativa moderna e sombria.
Agora, na 2ª temporada, essa tonalidade ganhará ainda mais profundidade quando o Coringa assume o papel de antagonista principal. James Tucker, co-showrunner da série, revelou que esta nova interpretação do Palhaço do Crime será bastante diferente das vertentes mais conhecidas.
A pré-produção já está em andamento, com roteiros sendo trabalhados e a equipe cumprindo os primeiros passos da produção, o que reforça a dedicação em entregar uma sequência digna do legado que a série instaurou.
A 2ª temporada de “Batman: Cruzado Encapuzado” (Batman: Caped Crusader) estreia em algum momento de 2026, exclusivamente no catálogo da Prime Video.
Aranha-Noir (Spider-Noir)
Criação: Oren Uziel
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Lord Miller Productions, Pascal Pictures
Estreia: A definirPor anos, a Sony tentou estabelecer um universo live-action de vilões e personagens secundários do “Homem-Aranha”, (“Venom, Morbius, Madame-Teia, Kraven, o Caçador“) apesar de inúmeras tentativas os projetos se mostraram ser um tremendo fracasso, tendo apenas uma trilogia de sucesso.
Mas, de repente, o Homem-Aranha Noir, personagem imortalizado por Nicolas Cage no sucesso de animação “Homem-Aranha no Aranhaverso”, ganhou vida excepcionalmente rápido em 2024.
Desenvolvida por Oren Uziel e Steve Lightfoot, a série “Aranha-Noir (Spider-Noir)” traz Cage de volta ao papel de Noir, mas não interpretando Peter Parker, e sim Ben Riley, um investigador particular azarado que luta contra seu passado como o único super-herói da cidade na Nova York dos anos 1930.
Brendan Gleeson viverá um chefe da máfia de Nova York. Gleeson descreveu o personagem como um filósofo com “uma visão panorâmica” que é igualmente perigoso; Lamorne Morris será como Robbie Robertson, um jornalista trabalhador que busca histórias mais arriscadas para atrair atenção e progredir na carreira. O personagem apareceu na trilogia do Homem-Aranha, de Sam Raimi.
O elenco também inclui Jack Huston, Abraham Popoola, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Lukas Hass, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Lewis Caldwell, Amy Aquino, e Andrew Robinson.
A série é produzida pelos produtores do “Aranhaverso”, Phil Lord e Christopher Millerpela Lord Miller Productionse pela Amy Pascal, da Pascal Pictures.
“Aranha-Noir (Spider-Noir)” estreia em algum momento de 2026, exclusivamente no catálogo da Prime Video.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJkn3w7p881/
Criminal
Criação: Ed Brubaker
Estúdio: Amazon MGM Studios, Legendary Television, Beautiful Trash, Car Beans, Big Indie Pictures
Estreia: A definirUma história intergeracional de famílias conectadas por um passado criminal em comum, “Criminal”, adaptação da série de quadrinhos de mesmo nome de Ed Brubaker e Sean Phillips, que será produzida pelo próprio Brubaker ao lado de Jordan Harper (“ The Mentalist ”) para o Prime Video.
Com direção da dupla Anna Boden e Ryan Fleck (“Capitã Marvel”), e do diretor Dee Rees, a série de oito episódios acompanha várias gerações de famílias criminosas e explora os assassinatos que conectam seus passados.
Charlie Hunnam estrelará como Leo, também conhecido como Coward, um gênio do crime que planeja seus trabalhos sem usar armas ou violência, ao contrário de seu pai Tommy, Richard Jenkins interpretará Ivan, um ex-ladrão que agora sofre de demência; ele é o melhor amigo do pai de Leo, Adria Arjona viverá Greta, uma motorista e ladra de carros que não consegue se livrar da vida criminosa mesmo depois de ficar viúva em um trabalho, Kadeem Hardison viverá Gnarly, um ex-boxeador e amigo de Leo e Ivan, Logan Browning como Jenny, uma detetive de Assuntos Internos que foi criada com Leo.
Além deles, Emilia Clarke interpretará Mallory, uma ladra armada em uma equipe e relacionamento com Ricky Lawless (Gus Halper) e Luke Evans como Tracy Lawless, um ex-criminoso forçado a entrar para o exército para evitar a prisão e que eventualmente se junta às Forças Especiais do Exército.
O elenco de apoio inclui Pat Healy, John Hawkes, Taylor Selé, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, Dominic Burgess, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Diamantopoulos, Lawrence Kao, Katie Stevens, John Pyper-Ferguson, Robert Lee Hart, Aina Brei’yon, e Kyle Davis.
A 1ª temporada de “Crimanal” estreia em algum momento de 2026, exclusivamente no catálogo da Prime Video.
Look Back (Live-action)
Direção: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Estúdio: K2 Pictures
Estreia: Segundo semestre de 2026 no JapãoAlém de “Sheep in the Box“, o premiado diretor Hirokazu Kore-eda também será o diretor da adaptação live-action do mangá de Tatsuki Fujimoto “Look Back“.
O projeto marca a primeira versão em live-action da história de amadurecimento de Fujimoto sobre duas jovens que perseguem o sonho de se tornarem artistas de mangá e evolui ao longo de anos de crescimento silencioso e perdas.
Kore-eda, cujos créditos incluem o vencedor da Palma de Ouro “Assunto de Família (Shoplifters)“, os filmes da competição de Cannes “Monster“, “Broker” e “Pais e Filhos“, está atualmente em pós-produção do longa-metragem após as filmagens em Nikaho City.
Fujimoto, criador do mangá de sucesso “Chainsaw Man“, que vendeu mais de 34 milhões de cópias em todo o mundo, disse: “Se o diretor Kore-eda for mesmo filmar ‘Look Back‘, não tenho mais nada a dizer. Estou ansioso para ver o filme.”
Publicado originalmente na Shonen Jump+ em 2021, “Look Back” gerou grande repercussão após seu lançamento, registrando mais de 2,5 milhões de visualizações no primeiro dia e vendendo 900.000 cópias no Japão. Desde então, o mangá foi publicado em 37 países e vendeu mais de 750.000 cópias internacionalmente.
A obra ganhou uma adaptação para animação em 2024, dirigida por Oshiyama Kiyotaka e produzida pelo Studio Durian. O filme liderou as bilheterias japonesas por duas semanas consecutivas e arrecadou cerca de US$ 12,8 milhões durante sua exibição nos cinemas.
“Look Back” estreia no segundo semestre de 2026 nos cinemas do Japão. Sem data de lançamento no Brasil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuFzykd75c
Vingadores: Doutor Destino (Avengers: Doomsday)
Direção: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Estúdio: Marvel Studios, AGBO, Disney
Estreia: 17 de dezembro de 2026“Vingadores: Doutor Destino” (Avengers: Doomsday) será o grande filme evento da Marvel Studios para o final de 2026, reúnindo os diretores Anthony e Joe Russo para sua primeira produção no MCU desde “Vingadores: Ultimato”, de 2019. O roteiro é assinado por Stephen McFeely, veterano da franquia e Michael Waldron, que trabalhou em produções como Loki e Doutor Estranho no Multiverso da Loucura.
O blockbuster serve como o penúltimo capítulo da Saga do Multiverso da Marvel, equilibrando heróis veteranos com novos herós que vimos nos últimos filmes como “Thunderbolts*” e “Quarteto Fantástico: Primeiros Passos“, marcando um importante reencontro com os X-Men da trilogia dos anos 2000.
O elenco de “Doomsday” inclui o retorno de diversos rostos conhecidos do MCU, como Robert Downey Jr., agora interpretando o grande vilão Victor von Doom/Doutor Destino e Chris Evans voltando à interpretar Steve Rogers como foi confirmado no primeiro teaser.
- Benedict Cumberbatch como Stephen Strange/Doutor Estranho
- Chris Hemsworth como Thor
- India Rose Hemsworth como Amor (Love)
- Tom Hiddleston como Deus Loki
- Anthony Mackie como Sam Wilson/Capitão América
- Sebastian Stan como Bucky Barnes/Soldado Invernal
- Danny Ramirez como Joaquín Torres/Falcão
- Letitia Wright como Shuri/Pantera Negra
- Winston Duke como M’Baku
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía como Namor
- Mabel Cadena como Namora
- Alex Livinalli como Attuma
- Simu Liu como Shang-Chi
- Paul Rudd como Scott Lang/Homem-Formiga
- Xochitl Gomez como America Chavez
- Florence Pugh como Yelena Belova
- Lewis Pullman como Robert “Bob” Reynolds/Sentinela
- David Harbour como Alexei Shostakov/Guardião Vermelho
- Wyatt Russell como John Walker/Agente Americano
- Hannah John-Kamen como Ava Starr/Fantasma
- Hayley Atwell como Peggy Carter
A produção também contará com a presença dos X-Men clássicos, incluindo
- Patrick Stewart como Charles Xavier/Professor X
- Ian McKellen como Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
- James Marsden como Scott Summers/Ciclope
- Rebecca Romijn como Raven Darkhölme/Mística
- Alan Cumming como Kurt Wagner/Noturno
- Kelsey Grammer como Hank McCoy/Fera
Além das presenças de Channing Tatum como Remy LeBeau/Gambit, personagem que foi introduzido em “Deadpool & Wolverine” e o próprio Deadpool, de Ryan Reynolds em uma participação especial.
O Quarteto Fantástico também integrará a narrativa, com Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Sr. Fantástico), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm/Mulher Invisível), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/O Coisa), Joseph Quinn (Johnny StormTocha Humana) e Matthew Wood como H.E.R.B.I.E. (voz) . O elenco ainda não está oficialmente completo e outros atores estão sendo especulados à retornarem.
Produzido por Kevin Feige, “este filme serve como o penúltimo capítulo levando suas conscequências diretamente a “Vingadores: Guerras Secretas”, que estreia em dezembro de 2027.
“Vingadores: Doutor Destino” (Avengers: Doomsday) estreia nos cinemas brasileiros em 17 de dezembro de 2026, com distribuição da Disney, e após sua jornada nos cinemas, o filme chegará no catálogo da Disney+.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAy7K91ZRgY
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This is a story of a #monopoly. It is also a story of #government #licensing, and #accessibility. There’s a bit of #MLM, but not the usual kind.
I am seeking employment as an #administrative #professional (#administrativeAssistant, #executiveAssistant, basically, #administrativeSupport). I was on a #contract with a #BigTech company, and the program I was supporting is sundowning, so about two-thirds of us were let go at the end of the fiscal year.
I’ve been applying to many places, some of which turned out to be #scams (any company with the word “travel”, “adventure”, or “vacation” in their name, and who claims to be looking for administrative anything is a scam. Ten times out of ten).
I also managed to apply to an insurance … organization. They are agents selling policies from a specific #BigInsurance, only through “agencies” (and sub-agencies - they unfortunately invited prospects (including me) to join their "huddles" on Zoom and I'm observant) and they are looking for prospects in specific regions of the #USA and #Canada.
This costs money, as this is a profession where you need a #license. The investment was reasonable, $49 for #training, another $49 for the #test, and another $50 for the license application, plus $45ish for #fingerprinting. Even if I choose not to work for the people who recruited me, credentials tend to be useful in some way.
I paid for the training on 04 Nov, paid for the test on 12 Nov (scheduled for 26 Nov), did the fingerprinting on 16 Nov. Also on 12 Nov, I tried to initiate the #accommodations process with the testing company, (the above-mentioned monopoly) Pearson VUE.
To apply for accommodations, the test-taker is asked to create an additional account on the accommodations portal. The final step of this process is to follow the steps in a “verification email” that may take up to fifteen minutes to be sent.
I /never/ received this email. Thus, I was never able to verify my account, or move forward in the process. After several telephone calls, I was provided an email address for the accessibility team.
On 21 Nov, I emailed the Pearson Accessibility team with a detailed, step-by-step, description of what I was doing, what I was seeing, and the fact that their system never provided me that verification email. Of course, since I’d already created the account, I was attempting to use the “Resend verification email” link (it runs a script). I included ten marked-up screenshots, and asked for a Read #Receipt.
I actually got a reply. However, the reply was “you actually sent this to the wrong place.” It also stated that Pearson VUE did /not/ manage accommodations requests, that was done by the entity who owned the test.
I replied to that email, copy-pasted the email with the steps, attached the screenshots, and asked for another Read Receipt. In that email, I said, “This should be a simple process. I have invested hours of my time in documenting the behavior I am seeing because no one at Pearson VUE accepts my word that I'm following the procedure and it is not working. This will also cost me money to extend my access to training materials until I'm able to test.”
This got a reply where I was informed my account had been locked due to “too many attempts.” On 22 November, I was able to actually log into the portal and get the information I needed to request the appropriate document from my #VocRehab counselor. I sent an email to both my counselor and her assistant, including the #IDC codes corresponding to my current situation (I’ve been an administrative pro long enough to know that the easier the request, the quicker it’s completed).
I received a request on 02 December to complete a DocuSign granting permission for my counselor to share the info with Pearson. Pearson’s website says the process can take “up to ten days,” so I scheduled my test for Friday, 20 Dec, figuring that would work.
On 13 Dec, Pearson notified my counselor that my request had been accepted, and the email included specific instructions for scheduling. The only option is to call a specific phone number. And they aren’t open on the weekend.
On Monday, 16 Dec, when I called, I was on hold “for the next available…” for 40 minutes. When I was finally able to speak to someone, they asked me to verify absolutely every bit of personal data they have on me. Then, I was told I would have to schedule the test at a Pearson Testing Center (there are several local ones). The first center, the one closest to me, did not have any openings until February. The next-closest had an availability for noon on January 17. I was put on hold while the agent tried to request that time. The call dropped.
Another 45 minutes waiting for an agent, and, again, I had to verify all the data. This time, after three “brief” holds of 5+ minutes, I was told the request was pending, and that I would receive a call.
I did receive a call on Thursday, 19 Dec, but my caller ID said it was from “State of California.” Which is /not/ Pearson, so I sent it to voicemail. The voicemail said I had to confirm that I wanted that time “within two business days” and I called back. After another long wait time, the agent said they needed to reach out to “that department” and after even more hold times, I was told that “Marcus” would call me back /that day/.
Of course he did not. I called back Friday morning, and, again, long hold times, and give the agent all the information. And “Marcus” wasn’t going to be in for twenty minutes (it was 9:40 CST, so, aha! he’s on PST). I called back at about 3:00 pm PST (5:00 pm my time). I used to support folks in all five time zones in the contiguous 48, so this is second nature). After another 45 minutes and stuff, the agent said that time was no longer available.
I followed all their steps and procedures. Apparently, the accommodations department at Pearson VUE is dependent on one person, Marcus. I should have been able to take this test by now. Nowhere on the website does it say that test takers requesting accommodations should NOT schedule online. I even deliberately scheduled to test at a local college because I /know/ they have the capability to provide the accommodations I need.
The really stupid part of this is all that time on hold and all that time documenting the misbehavior of their system.
I was promised a call on Monday, 23 Dec. Of course, I'm calling them.
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This is a story of a #monopoly. It is also a story of #government #licensing, and #accessibility. There’s a bit of #MLM, but not the usual kind.
I am seeking employment as an #administrative #professional (#administrativeAssistant, #executiveAssistant, basically, #administrativeSupport). I was on a #contract with a #BigTech company, and the program I was supporting is sundowning, so about two-thirds of us were let go at the end of the fiscal year.
I’ve been applying to many places, some of which turned out to be #scams (any company with the word “travel”, “adventure”, or “vacation” in their name, and who claims to be looking for administrative anything is a scam. Ten times out of ten).
I also managed to apply to an insurance … organization. They are agents selling policies from a specific #BigInsurance, only through “agencies” (and sub-agencies - they unfortunately invited prospects (including me) to join their "huddles" on Zoom and I'm observant) and they are looking for prospects in specific regions of the #USA and #Canada.
This costs money, as this is a profession where you need a #license. The investment was reasonable, $49 for #training, another $49 for the #test, and another $50 for the license application, plus $45ish for #fingerprinting. Even if I choose not to work for the people who recruited me, credentials tend to be useful in some way.
I paid for the training on 04 Nov, paid for the test on 12 Nov (scheduled for 26 Nov), did the fingerprinting on 16 Nov. Also on 12 Nov, I tried to initiate the #accommodations process with the testing company, (the above-mentioned monopoly) Pearson VUE.
To apply for accommodations, the test-taker is asked to create an additional account on the accommodations portal. The final step of this process is to follow the steps in a “verification email” that may take up to fifteen minutes to be sent.
I /never/ received this email. Thus, I was never able to verify my account, or move forward in the process. After several telephone calls, I was provided an email address for the accessibility team.
On 21 Nov, I emailed the Pearson Accessibility team with a detailed, step-by-step, description of what I was doing, what I was seeing, and the fact that their system never provided me that verification email. Of course, since I’d already created the account, I was attempting to use the “Resend verification email” link (it runs a script). I included ten marked-up screenshots, and asked for a Read #Receipt.
I actually got a reply. However, the reply was “you actually sent this to the wrong place.” It also stated that Pearson VUE did /not/ manage accommodations requests, that was done by the entity who owned the test.
I replied to that email, copy-pasted the email with the steps, attached the screenshots, and asked for another Read Receipt. In that email, I said, “This should be a simple process. I have invested hours of my time in documenting the behavior I am seeing because no one at Pearson VUE accepts my word that I'm following the procedure and it is not working. This will also cost me money to extend my access to training materials until I'm able to test.”
This got a reply where I was informed my account had been locked due to “too many attempts.” On 22 November, I was able to actually log into the portal and get the information I needed to request the appropriate document from my #VocRehab counselor. I sent an email to both my counselor and her assistant, including the #IDC codes corresponding to my current situation (I’ve been an administrative pro long enough to know that the easier the request, the quicker it’s completed).
I received a request on 02 December to complete a DocuSign granting permission for my counselor to share the info with Pearson. Pearson’s website says the process can take “up to ten days,” so I scheduled my test for Friday, 20 Dec, figuring that would work.
On 13 Dec, Pearson notified my counselor that my request had been accepted, and the email included specific instructions for scheduling. The only option is to call a specific phone number. And they aren’t open on the weekend.
On Monday, 16 Dec, when I called, I was on hold “for the next available…” for 40 minutes. When I was finally able to speak to someone, they asked me to verify absolutely every bit of personal data they have on me. Then, I was told I would have to schedule the test at a Pearson Testing Center (there are several local ones). The first center, the one closest to me, did not have any openings until February. The next-closest had an availability for noon on January 17. I was put on hold while the agent tried to request that time. The call dropped.
Another 45 minutes waiting for an agent, and, again, I had to verify all the data. This time, after three “brief” holds of 5+ minutes, I was told the request was pending, and that I would receive a call.
I did receive a call on Thursday, 19 Dec, but my caller ID said it was from “State of California.” Which is /not/ Pearson, so I sent it to voicemail. The voicemail said I had to confirm that I wanted that time “within two business days” and I called back. After another long wait time, the agent said they needed to reach out to “that department” and after even more hold times, I was told that “Marcus” would call me back /that day/.
Of course he did not. I called back Friday morning, and, again, long hold times, and give the agent all the information. And “Marcus” wasn’t going to be in for twenty minutes (it was 9:40 CST, so, aha! he’s on PST). I called back at about 3:00 pm PST (5:00 pm my time). I used to support folks in all five time zones in the contiguous 48, so this is second nature). After another 45 minutes and stuff, the agent said that time was no longer available.
I followed all their steps and procedures. Apparently, the accommodations department at Pearson VUE is dependent on one person, Marcus. I should have been able to take this test by now. Nowhere on the website does it say that test takers requesting accommodations should NOT schedule online. I even deliberately scheduled to test at a local college because I /know/ they have the capability to provide the accommodations I need.
The really stupid part of this is all that time on hold and all that time documenting the misbehavior of their system.
I was promised a call on Monday, 23 Dec. Of course, I'm calling them.
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This is a story of a #monopoly. It is also a story of #government #licensing, and #accessibility. There’s a bit of #MLM, but not the usual kind.
I am seeking employment as an #administrative #professional (#administrativeAssistant, #executiveAssistant, basically, #administrativeSupport). I was on a #contract with a #BigTech company, and the program I was supporting is sundowning, so about two-thirds of us were let go at the end of the fiscal year.
I’ve been applying to many places, some of which turned out to be #scams (any company with the word “travel”, “adventure”, or “vacation” in their name, and who claims to be looking for administrative anything is a scam. Ten times out of ten).
I also managed to apply to an insurance … organization. They are agents selling policies from a specific #BigInsurance, only through “agencies” (and sub-agencies - they unfortunately invited prospects (including me) to join their "huddles" on Zoom and I'm observant) and they are looking for prospects in specific regions of the #USA and #Canada.
This costs money, as this is a profession where you need a #license. The investment was reasonable, $49 for #training, another $49 for the #test, and another $50 for the license application, plus $45ish for #fingerprinting. Even if I choose not to work for the people who recruited me, credentials tend to be useful in some way.
I paid for the training on 04 Nov, paid for the test on 12 Nov (scheduled for 26 Nov), did the fingerprinting on 16 Nov. Also on 12 Nov, I tried to initiate the #accommodations process with the testing company, (the above-mentioned monopoly) Pearson VUE.
To apply for accommodations, the test-taker is asked to create an additional account on the accommodations portal. The final step of this process is to follow the steps in a “verification email” that may take up to fifteen minutes to be sent.
I /never/ received this email. Thus, I was never able to verify my account, or move forward in the process. After several telephone calls, I was provided an email address for the accessibility team.
On 21 Nov, I emailed the Pearson Accessibility team with a detailed, step-by-step, description of what I was doing, what I was seeing, and the fact that their system never provided me that verification email. Of course, since I’d already created the account, I was attempting to use the “Resend verification email” link (it runs a script). I included ten marked-up screenshots, and asked for a Read #Receipt.
I actually got a reply. However, the reply was “you actually sent this to the wrong place.” It also stated that Pearson VUE did /not/ manage accommodations requests, that was done by the entity who owned the test.
I replied to that email, copy-pasted the email with the steps, attached the screenshots, and asked for another Read Receipt. In that email, I said, “This should be a simple process. I have invested hours of my time in documenting the behavior I am seeing because no one at Pearson VUE accepts my word that I'm following the procedure and it is not working. This will also cost me money to extend my access to training materials until I'm able to test.”
This got a reply where I was informed my account had been locked due to “too many attempts.” On 22 November, I was able to actually log into the portal and get the information I needed to request the appropriate document from my #VocRehab counselor. I sent an email to both my counselor and her assistant, including the #IDC codes corresponding to my current situation (I’ve been an administrative pro long enough to know that the easier the request, the quicker it’s completed).
I received a request on 02 December to complete a DocuSign granting permission for my counselor to share the info with Pearson. Pearson’s website says the process can take “up to ten days,” so I scheduled my test for Friday, 20 Dec, figuring that would work.
On 13 Dec, Pearson notified my counselor that my request had been accepted, and the email included specific instructions for scheduling. The only option is to call a specific phone number. And they aren’t open on the weekend.
On Monday, 16 Dec, when I called, I was on hold “for the next available…” for 40 minutes. When I was finally able to speak to someone, they asked me to verify absolutely every bit of personal data they have on me. Then, I was told I would have to schedule the test at a Pearson Testing Center (there are several local ones). The first center, the one closest to me, did not have any openings until February. The next-closest had an availability for noon on January 17. I was put on hold while the agent tried to request that time. The call dropped.
Another 45 minutes waiting for an agent, and, again, I had to verify all the data. This time, after three “brief” holds of 5+ minutes, I was told the request was pending, and that I would receive a call.
I did receive a call on Thursday, 19 Dec, but my caller ID said it was from “State of California.” Which is /not/ Pearson, so I sent it to voicemail. The voicemail said I had to confirm that I wanted that time “within two business days” and I called back. After another long wait time, the agent said they needed to reach out to “that department” and after even more hold times, I was told that “Marcus” would call me back /that day/.
Of course he did not. I called back Friday morning, and, again, long hold times, and give the agent all the information. And “Marcus” wasn’t going to be in for twenty minutes (it was 9:40 CST, so, aha! he’s on PST). I called back at about 3:00 pm PST (5:00 pm my time). I used to support folks in all five time zones in the contiguous 48, so this is second nature). After another 45 minutes and stuff, the agent said that time was no longer available.
I followed all their steps and procedures. Apparently, the accommodations department at Pearson VUE is dependent on one person, Marcus. I should have been able to take this test by now. Nowhere on the website does it say that test takers requesting accommodations should NOT schedule online. I even deliberately scheduled to test at a local college because I /know/ they have the capability to provide the accommodations I need.
The really stupid part of this is all that time on hold and all that time documenting the misbehavior of their system.
I was promised a call on Monday, 23 Dec. Of course, I'm calling them.
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Silver Coast…………..the New Algarve?
Tourist Information for Silver Coast and Central Portugal
Silver Coast
Is the nearest town at 4kms from Villa Vida Nova Villa Rental. It boasts a very safe sandy beach where the water is much warmer than the Atlantic ocean as the bay is shell shaped, almost enclosed. There are board walks along the beach and a quay with plenty of cafes and restaurants to enjoy. All manner of watercraft can be rented here during the summer months. It is a wonderful place to sit relax and people watch. A tourist information office is here.
The beach at Foz do Arelho is a natural wonder. To one side of the large sandy strip is the Atlantic Ocean, to the other side are the tranquil waters of the Óbidos Lagoon. The warm salty waters of the lagoon are ideal for kids and a variety of water sports, they are even said to have therapeutic properties. Kite surfing video
This is a popular surf spot and the waves can get pretty good here, the flat calm waters of the lagoon are ideal for kite surfing, kayaks and bathing. There are many beach bars and restaurants to choose from.
The delightful town of Óbidos, with white houses adorned with bougainvillea and honeysuckle was captured from the Moors by the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, in 1148 is one of the most perfect examples of Portugal’s medieval fortress. Inside the walls, which at sunset take on a golden colouring, one can sense a cheerful medieval ambience of winding streets, old whitewashed houses bordered with blue or yellow, Manueline embrasures and windows, reminding us that King D. Manuel I (sixteenth century) carried out major works here, and masses of colourful flowers and plants. Spend the day here, there is plenty to see and do, taste the local cuisine including the liquor Ginja fermented from locally grown cherries. 15 best things to do in Obidos
This famous spa town, a short 15 minute drive south of the villa, owes its name to the thermal spring that was much appreciated by Queen Dona Leonor. It has a daily food market and weekly Gypsy market, (Mondays). It has all the big box stores and several supermarkets. The town centre has a main street of shops with several sides streets to explore, plenty of pastry shops and cafe’s to tempt you. Several interesting museums and historic sites are well worth a visit. 15 best things to do in Caldas da Rainha Try your driving skills at the Indoor Karting, loads of fun!
About a half hours drive from the villa you will find this delight historic town. Plenty of free parking with just a few minutes walk to the historic centre where you will find the spellbinding Monastery of Alcobaça. The monument is the final resting place for the 14th-century King Pedro I and his star-crossed lover, Inês de Castro, whose lives were haunted by tragedy. The town has plenty to see and some great eateries, a great place to spend a half day or longer. 15 best things to do in Alcobaca
Only 10 minutes drive North of the villa along a cliff top lane with stunning views of the coast and inland. A typical beach holiday destination with dozens of restaurants. Do take the funicular railway to Sitio on top of the cliffs for spectacular views and yes, more restaurants. Nazare is world famous for it’s enormous freak waves where surfers take up the challenge, this is not for the faint hearted, one can watch the spectacle from Sitio, winter is the best time as the waves are generated in mid Atlantic storms. Live web cam.
The development of Tomar is closely linked to the Order of the Templars, which received these lands in 1159 as a reward for the assistance they gave Dom Afonso Henriques (the First King of Portugal) in the Christian reconquest of the territory. It was Dom Gualdim Pais, the first Grand Master of the Order in Portugal, who founded the castle and the remarkable Convent of Christ inside. Enlarged and altered over the centuries, this retains the influences of various architectural styles; it is the centrepiece of the city and classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The Convento do Cristo and Castelo Knights templar can be seen at the same time, (same entrance) and is must see. As always there so much more to see in Tomar, enough to spend a day or more. 15 best things to do in Tomar.
Peniche the most western city of continental Europe and has been a port since the Early Modern Age, when a fort was constructed to defend it. This monument has an absorbing history, first as a maritime defence and then a prison during the Estado Novo regime in the 20th century. And since Peniche is still a fishing port, the fish and seafood could not be fresher. And on top of everything, you also have to make time for a boat trip to the Berlingas Islands, a natural reserve off the coast. 15 best things to do in Peniche.
Rio Maior is a town known for a strange natural phenomenon, salt flats and much further from the ocean than you’d ever expect to find them, and exploited by locals since the 12th century. Don’t miss the salt pans!
The natural park should figure in your plans, whether you’re traversing its arid and vast valleys on foot, bike or horseback, or venturing below the surface into epic show-caves. There’s also a good helping of local sights to check out, from a prehistoric dolmen integrated into a church, to a Roman villa that has mosaics in almost pristine condition. 15 Best things to do in Rio Maior.
Bombarral Companhia Agrícola do Sanguinhal
Visit one of our local wine and brandy producers, Mon- Fri twice daily tours, learn, taste and shop. What an absolutely wonderful spot! 10/10 recommend. This is a family owned/operated business – wonderful people. We enjoyed our tasting and tour. Great value and delicious wine. Make the stop!
Grutas de Mira de Aire, Caves of Mira de Aire
The Portuguese Central region between Rio Maior, Alcobaça, Porto de Mós, Batalha, Leiria, Ourém, Torres Novas and Alcanena is occupied by Limestone Mountains, which form the Estremadura Limestone Massif. Of these the mains mountains are the Aire and Candeeiros. This area is littered with caves to explore, many can be accessed freely by experienced cavers but there are several open to the public with guided tours the best being Grutas de Mira de Aire. With parking, bar and restaurant and waterslide park it is an ideal day out for the family.
If you like walking or hiking then you have come to the right place. There are recognised walks that start right at the villa or you can take a short car journey to dozens of others. You can also join a group, they organise short and long walks weekly, a great opportunity to meet people also.
Know as the Venice of Portugal. Situated on a massive lagoon Aveiro is intersected by canals, genuine streets of water, along which can be seen gliding the brightly coloured boats known as barcos moliceiros. Originally founded in the time of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Aveiro is now one of the most interesting cities on the Portuguese coast. 15 best things to do in Aveiro.
On the high banks of the Mondego River, Coimbra is a city with the oldest university in the country. The prestige of this school will hit you when you step onto the Paço das Escolas courtyard. In this rich ensemble of buildings is one of the finest libraries you’ll ever set foot in. The university is found precisely where Portugal’s first kings had taken up residence centuries before, and the city’s monasteries have tombs for these rulers. For culture, you’ll learn about the tragic love affair between the medieval Prince Pedro I and the noblewoman Inês, while Coimbra has its own genre of fado music that also originated at the university. 15 best things to do in Coimbra.
Lisbon and nearby
An hours drive from the villa park up and use public transport from there, though traffic can be heavy and parking not cheap. Better still park you car in one of the free car parks in Caldas da Rainha and take a coach from the bus station to Lisbon, Rede Express, it takes and hour and ten minutes and there over 20 trips each way every day, tickets are very reasonable. The coach will drop you at one of two stations where you can embark on public transport and see the sights or a show. 25 best things to do in Lisbon.
Quake is home to the story of the most extraordinary event: on the morning of the 1st of November 1755, an extremely violent earthquake destroyed Lisbon, followed by a tsunami and ranging fires that lasted a week. By entering in this experience you will feel and see the impact the earthquake had on the city and its people. Quake – Lisbon Earthquake Centre is located near to Avenida da Índia, in the historic area of Belém. The best way to get to Quake is by public transport – bus, train or tram, which connect the area to many points in the city of Lisbon and the other side of the river.
A large main aquarium, holding 5 million litres of seawater.
Four marine habitats create the illusion of a single aquarium and a sole ocean.
This exhibition features terrestrial and marine ecosystems, as well as the temperate, tropical and cold waters of the Earth’s oceans.No vacation in Portugal would be complete without a day or more in Sintra. Just an hours drive from the villa. Sintra, the Moon Hill, is a place full of magic and mystery, where nature and man have combined in such a perfect symbiosis that UNESCO has granted it Word Heritage Site status. You can make your own way to visit as many palaces as you like or join a tour 15 best Sintra tours.
Time Out Market Lisboa is a food hall located in the Mercado da Ribeira at Cais do Sodré in Lisbon, Portugal. With 26 restaurants, 8 bars, a dozen shops and a high-end music venue, all with the very best in Lisbon (the best steak, the best hamburger, the best sushi and the best live performances, amongst others); home to some of the city’s best known (and longest-running) market vendors of meat, fish, fruit and flowers.
Today, together, both sides are proud of having turned the building, its immediate surroundings and the whole Cais do Sodré neighbourhood into a huge attraction for visitors, day and night. Where: Av. 24 de Julho 49, 1200-479 Lisboa
When well-heeled Lisboans need a change of airs in summer they go west to Cascais. At this beach getaway you can bathe in transparent waters at peaceful coves.
Portugal’s royal family holidayed at Cascais at the turn of the 20th century, and that glamour has never faded: The president spends his summer in a palace beside the marina, while neighbouring Estoril has an enormous casino once frequented by the jet set. There are elegant parks, noble mansions replete with precious furnishings and a superb art museum for Paula Rego. 15 best things to do in Cascais
More Day Trips
On the slopes above the Douro Estuary, Porto is a historic mercantile city with business and trade written into its very name. The centre is a World Heritage site, and you’ll be struck by how rich and varied this heritage can be: There are medieval walls, gleaming Baroque churches, the compact streets of the Ribeira district, the Romanesque Cathedral and that’s just the beginning. Fortified port wine is still stored in warehouses on the south bank of the Douro, and if you track the river to the ocean you arrive at the stylish Foz do Douro district for beaches and hip restaurants. 25 Best things to do in Porto
The most exciting 516 meters of your life!
Come live the experience of crossing a pedestrian bridge suspension over one of the wildest rivers in Europe, Paiva River.
Witness a true engineering prodigy and be dazzled by a landscape inserted in a UNESCO Global Geopark.
Here nature reigns. Discovering this village means diving into the magical world of Serra da Lousã and immersing yourself in lush vegetation where deer, roe deer, wild boar and many other species lurk.
There are several ancient villages built entirely out of Xisto, Schist (a type of slate), Talasnal has been, for a long time, “the” Schist Village of Serra da Lousã it has given more visibility and charisma to the whole. For its size and layout, but also for the many details of the restoration of its houses and for the way the village seduces us through it’s gastronomy. Other Xisto villages within a short drive or hike from Lousa, Cerdeira, Candal, Catarredor, Casal Nova, Cadaval cimeiro, Pena, Aigra Velha. All these villages are connected by trails.
#CentralPortugal #NorthOfLisbon #SilverCoast #TouristInformation #TouristInformationPortugal
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OpenClaw creator Steinberger joins OpenAI over Meta after building GitHub's fastest-growing open-source project - 196K stars in 3 months. Both companies bid billions, but the real asset was proving consumers will grant AI agents full device access at scale. Meanwhile Amazon commits $200B to AI infrastructure as Azure gains ground.
#OpenSource #AIInfrastructure #TechTalent
https://www.implicator.ai/vienna-builds-san-francisco-hires-3/
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Y-O-U! You're in the game!
Sony is starting a weird service that scans people to put them in PlayStation games
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More #Minnesota #lostbones for #FossilFriday! 🦣🦥🐴🐪🦬🐟 Last weekend I was granted the privilege of photographing this handsome fella at the Renville County Historical Society & Museum.
Found locally on the Minnesota River it measures almost 27 inches across the horn cores.
The museum had a wide variety of specimens in its collections including "Bob" a huge mounted bison head.
https://renvillecountyhistory.com/
#pleistocene #bisonbison #paleontology #fossils #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #bison
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2015 European Year for Development
EU members, Candidates, and other European states. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
On 9 January, the European Year for Development was launched officially at a special event in Riga in conjunction with the opening of Latvia’s presidency of the Council of the EU.
Two days earlier the European Union was attacked on its values. Therefore may citicenzs and politicians came onto the streets to show others they may never forget that the European Union is based on values.The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) representing the various economic and social components of organised civil society, with its president Mr Malosse has called for a reform of European development policy and asks never commercial interests to be our guiding principle, the foundation of all our work, especially in the EU’s action beyond our borders. Nothing must detract from our values.
This does not mean imposing our values, or becoming another superpower, but rather adhering to them ourselves and taking a firm stance in dialogue.
Henri Malosse, EESC President with Ruslana Lyzhychko and José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, at the 01/2014 EESC Plenary in Brussels.
at the Riga, opening speech the president said.
In this respect, we must build up a dialogue of equals with our partners and return to the principles that prevailed when the Lomé Convention was signed: to negotiate, not grant favours. Let’s stop giving aid and instead work together for shared development!
For the EESC it is clear that
the European model of regional integration, cultural dialogue and true partnership must be at the forefront of this process, as one of the best ways of bringing about development.
Though we must not forget and be careful not to overlook another important task to ensure that it is ordinary people who benefit from the support – not the local middle-men, oligarchs or corrupt officials.
“We have to seize the occasion of the European Year for Development to make our policy more effective in resolving the huge problem of poverty. First of all, we should make the policy for development a Community policy.”
“It is also vital to redesign procedures, by reducing the bureaucracy involved, and to concentrate our funding efforts on populations’ concrete needs”.The EESC, which had to hear that there are not enough human resources to implement multiple, complex projects, has played an influential role in establishing 2015 as the official European Year for Development (EYD2015). In 2013, the EESC adopted a special opinion on the European Year of Development with rapporteur Andris Gobiņš, which provided firm support for the first ever European Year with a strong global and rights-based dimension. The idea was consistently promoted by the EESC, together with other civil society organisations, the most prominent of which was CONCORD – the European confederation for relief and development – until EYD2015 received official approval from the EU institutions in the spring of 2014.
“It is the first year which explicitly looks beyond the EU’s geographic territory and seeks to be more than just about informing people or campaigning. It aims to increase engagement and discussion, and puts civil society at the core of the process. It presents a great chance to go beyond the traditional players by involving more stakeholders, including those from the private sector, trade unions, consumers, environmentalists, NGOs“,
said EESC member Andris Gobiņš. The EESC has worked to put civil society at the core of EYD2015 and supported the establishment of a broad alliance of civil society organisations, coordinated by CONCORD, to play a key role in designing a wide civil society action programme.
The EESC is willing to look for and to find solutions, relying more for example on the social partners and civil society organisations, especially in countries where civil society is strong and active, as is the case in Ukraine, for instance. They are familiar with the field and can provide effective leverage for the EU.
To do this, we must go beyond mere consultation (and even that does not always happen, or is just a formality) and devise innovative tools for implementation other than traditional projects or budgetary support.
Malosse said. He pleaded further:
Ladies and gentlemen, my plea is that this year, the European Year for Development, should be a real opportunity to reform this policy. It has become bogged down in technical detail, red tape and procedures over the last 20 years, but today we can once again make it one of the EU’s flagship missions.
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Fuck me, I'd be very surprised if the total motherfucker Vox party weren't behind this. They HATE foreigners, even if they are now Spanish citizens.
It's like "you may have tricked us into granting you citizenship, but you can never sleep easy because we're working day and night to take it away from you again."
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Apple needs to shit or get off the pot!
Apple granted a rare timeline extension on new NC campus - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/25/apple-granted-rare-timeline-extension-north-carolina-campus/
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Giving others the chance our ancestors had
Lots of American citizens seem to have forgotten where they originally came from. They consider themselves true Americans, but are they so true ‘virgin’ Americans?
Engraving of Spaniards enslaving Native Americans by Theodor de Bry (1528–1598), published in America. part 6. Frankfurt, 1596. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today the United States like many West-European countries is facing an immigration problem. They have to do a lot with economical refugees. But they may not forget that there are also several people who want to come and live in the ‘New World‘ for the same reason as the ancestors of those contemporary ‘Americans’.
In the United States of America as well as in the European Union a wide range of issues are currently under critical discussion: the extent to which our high-tech industries will be able to recruit high-skill workers, the ways in which agricultural labour flows will be stabilized and those workers protected, the degree to which family reunification remains a guiding principle for decisions about who to let into the country and how. Also how people should be able to go work and live form one state into the other and under which conditions.
With the many people thinking the grass is greener over here than in their country and because of the big problematic human trafficking the issues most important for our states is insuring a clear and rapid road map to citizenship for the unauthorized or “undocumented” migrant population.
The American president wants to start a national debate. Across the country, the ‘Americans’ have a serious discussion about how they can build a fair and effective immigration system that lives up to their heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
And they need the help of many voices from al over, to make sure that genuine, personal perspectives are part of the conversation. The truth is, that if those ‘Americans’ go back far enough, nearly every American story begins somewhere else — so often with ancestors setting out in search of a different life, carving out a future for their children in that place that all of them now call home.
America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country.
The President’s plan is to create an Immigration System for the 21st century, building a smart, effective immigration system that continues efforts to secure their borders and cracks down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
It’s a plan that requires anyone who’s undocumented to get right with the law by paying their taxes and a penalty, learning English, and undergoing background checks before they can be eligible to earn citizenship. It requires every business and every worker to play by the same set of rules.And that is also what they should do in Europe to stop unwanted scum and profiteers who do not want to contribute to the glory of the country but just want to fill their pocket by being the spongers of society. We should avoid any leeches.We may not take away the right of people to dream to make a better live for themselves. We never can deny the freedom and the glorious experiment some our ancestors got to build the live we can enjoy today. Together we should and can build a fair, effective and common sense immigration system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
Cecilia Muñoz, Director of White House Intergovernmental Affairs. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Cecilia Muñoz, Director, Domestic Policy Council of The White Housewrites to the American people:
We want to make sure that idea isn’t far from the minds of policymakers here in Washington as we work to reach an agreement to reform immigration.
To kick things off, one of the President’s senior advisors sat down to share his story with you.
Watch David Simas tell his American story, then tell us yours.
When Americans from all over the country — each with different backgrounds, each from different circumstances — all speak out with the same voice, it’s powerful in a way that’s hard to ignore. We’ve seen it again and again, in debate after debate.
And this is the kind of issue where putting a face on the push for reform takes an abstract concept and makes it real. So share your American stories with us, and we’ll put them to use.
We’ll publish them on the White House website. We’ll share them on Facebook and Twitter. We’ll do everything we can to make sure they’re part of the debate around immigration reform.
Get started here:
Legal immigration should be simple and efficient but not excluded from some important rules making that the person wanting to come into the country shows genuine reasons to come and live in a society he respects and is willing to consider as one of his own thoughts.
Undocumented immigrants should be provided with a legal way to earn citizenship so they can come out of the shadows. It should hold them accountable by requiring they pass background checks, pay taxes and a penalty, go to the back of the line, and learn the language of the region they want to live in (For the U.S.A. I would consider English and Spanish. For Belgium I would say they should learn Dutch and French or be fluent enough in German). It requires everyone to play by the same rules.
The government should be stronger in checking the companies if they are using the right workforce at the right price and should penalise any firm which has workers who have to work under the normal prize. It is high time that the governments in the industrialised countries stop businesses from exploiting the system by knowingly hiring undocumented workers or providing grounds to have slaves and human traffickers finding grounds for existence. It should hold these companies accountable, and give employers who want to play by the rules a reliable way to verify that their employees are here in our economical world legally.
Communities should be made safer from crime, enhancing the infrastructure and technology, and strengthening the ability to remove criminals, sending them back to where they came from, and apprehend and prosecute threats to our national security.
On January 29, 2013 president Obama said:
“If we’re truly committed to strengthening our middle class and providing more ladders of opportunity to those who are willing to work hard to make it into the middle class, we’ve got to fix the system. We have to make sure that every business and every worker in America is playing by the same set of rules. We have to bring this shadow economy into the light so that everybody is held accountable — businesses for who they hire, and immigrants for getting on the right side of the law. That’s common sense. And that’s why we need comprehensive immigration reform.”
This counts for every self-respecting country and we should go by those lines and give other people who have less than us the opportunity to grow like we would like to grow in prosperity.
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