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Steve Carell and the Cast of "Rooster" Speak at SXSW on March 17, 2026
Steve Carell and the cast of “Rooster,” joined by producers Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, spoke at SXSW on St. Patrick’s Day at Austin’s J.W. Marriott. Carell was joined by cast members Danielle Deadwyler and Charly Clive, who play Dylan Shepherd and Katie, Carell’s fictional daughter....
#CharlyClive #DanielleDeadwyler #JohnMcGinley #Rooster #SteveCarell #sxsw #SXSW2026
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Steve Carell and the Cast of "Rooster" Speak at SXSW on March 17, 2026
Steve Carell and the cast of “Rooster,” joined by producers Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, spoke at SXSW on St. Patrick’s Day at Austin’s J.W. Marriott. Carell was joined by cast members Danielle Deadwyler and Charly Clive, who play Dylan Shepherd and Katie, Carell’s fictional daughter....
#CharlyClive #DanielleDeadwyler #JohnMcGinley #Rooster #SteveCarell #sxsw #SXSW2026
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Steve Carell and the Cast of "Rooster" Speak at SXSW on March 17, 2026
Steve Carell and the cast of “Rooster,” joined by producers Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, spoke at SXSW on St. Patrick’s Day at Austin’s J.W. Marriott. Carell was joined by cast members Danielle Deadwyler and Charly Clive, who play Dylan Shepherd and Katie, Carell’s fictional daughter....
#CharlyClive #DanielleDeadwyler #JohnMcGinley #Rooster #SteveCarell #sxsw #SXSW2026
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Oh no. I accidentally got into playing #TheSims4 🙈
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Weekend wine guide: Te Mata’s horizons have been expanding for more than a century https://www.diningandcooking.com/2542744/weekend-wine-guide-te-matas-horizons-have-been-expanding-for-more-than-a-century/ ##tè #1892 #19th #among #back #been #century #countrys #estate #expanding #first #for #guide #have #heritage #horizons #late #leading #mata #matas #more #NewZealand #NewZealandWine #planted #ranks #stretches #than #that #This #vines #weekend #were #Wine #WineFromNewZealand #WineOfNewZealand #wineries #with
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Nebraska pays $5 million for Matt Rhule’s NIL rights, per report https://www.rawchili.com/4999589/ #Football #MattRhuleContract #ncaa #NcaaFootball #NCAAF #NebraskaFootball #news
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Good morning, you flying bastards of #USF #KpZSU #AFU 💪🏽🇺🇦 and fighting mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 — the last line of democracy’s defense.
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧Europe, you’ve got this… well, kind of, I guess.
Dassault #Rafale #TuesdayVibes #SlavaUkraine 💪🏽🇺🇦
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Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU #414 #UAV & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy's last defense🛡️ Lets solve root cause of this war Russias very existence🇷🇺🪦 "If you're going through hell, just keep going."-Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧
Change your perspective #Eurofighter #SlavaUkraine #NATO-1 💪🏽🇺🇦 -
Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU #414 #UAV & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy's last defense🛡️ Lets solve root cause of this war Russias very existence🇷🇺🪦 "If you're going through hell, just keep going."-Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧
Change your perspective #Eurofighter #SlavaUkraine #NATO-1 💪🏽🇺🇦 -
Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU #414 #UAV & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy's last defense🛡️ Lets solve root cause of this war Russias very existence🇷🇺🪦 "If you're going through hell, just keep going."-Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧
Change your perspective #Eurofighter #SlavaUkraine #NATO-1 💪🏽🇺🇦 -
Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU #414 #UAV & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy's last defense🛡️ Lets solve root cause of this war Russias very existence🇷🇺🪦 "If you're going through hell, just keep going."-Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧
Change your perspective #Eurofighter #SlavaUkraine #NATO-1 💪🏽🇺🇦 -
Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy last defense🛡️
Putin is right Unno 🤔
Solve for the root cause which is Russias 🇷🇺 very existence 🪦
"If you're going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧Change your perspective #Eurofighter #Rafale 🇫🇷 4 #SlavaUkraine 💪🏽🇺🇦
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Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy last defense🛡️
Putin is right Unno 🤔
Solve for the root cause which is Russias 🇷🇺 very existence 🪦
"If you're going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧Change your perspective #Eurofighter #Rafale 🇫🇷 4 #SlavaUkraine 💪🏽🇺🇦
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Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy last defense🛡️
Putin is right Unno 🤔
Solve for the root cause which is Russias 🇷🇺 very existence 🪦
"If you're going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧Change your perspective #Eurofighter #Rafale 🇫🇷 4 #SlavaUkraine 💪🏽🇺🇦
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Good morning u flying basterds of #KpZSU & flying mutts of #NAFO 🦊👩💻🤪 democracy last defense🛡️
Putin is right Unno 🤔
Solve for the root cause which is Russias 🇷🇺 very existence 🪦
"If you're going through hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill 🪖🇬🇧Change your perspective #Eurofighter #Rafale 🇫🇷 4 #SlavaUkraine 💪🏽🇺🇦
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Building a Galaxy 9 – Nevron- The Sea Dogs
My Foreven Sector Traveller campaign (previous entries) is going well, and I’m still creating worlds just ahead of the player’s voyages. They recently visited a planet called Nevron, which I didn’t have much planned for, so I had to scramble a bit.
I didn’t have much to go on except for the randomly generated UWP, and that the planet was Vargr dominated. Here’s what I came up with:
2230 Nevron E58569A-2
Starport: Frontier installation. Essentially a bare spot of bedrock with no fuel, facilities, or bases present.
Size: 8,000km, 0.45G
Atmosphere: Dense – Dense 1.50-2.49 Shirtsleeve World: No survival gear required. The atmosphere has a pressure of 1.50 to 2.49 atmospheres The atmosphere is a standard oxygen/nitrogen mix, which is breathable without assistance.
Hydrosphere: Average Wet World, 46 – 55%, It is a normative (wet) environment.
Population: Moderate, 1 Million to just under 10 Million (P,000,000)
Government: Impersonal Bureaucracy – Government by agencies which are insulated from the governed.
Law Level: Extreme Law – Weapon possession prohibited
Tech Level: Age of Sail – 1500 CE – Sailing ships, printingSo the planet has a breathable atmosphere, 50% water, and 1500s level technology, and Vargrs. I decided to make a planet full of sea-going Vargr pirates.
Low Tech Forever
I wanted a method forcing the Tech Level to stay low, so I decided that Nevron, though a combination of an unusually strong magnetic field, and a incredibly “noisy” sun, had an incredibly high and constant electromagnetic interference problem. Essentially, Nevron has a never-ending EMP blast.
Any technology not heavily shielded will short out immediately. Anything within a starship hull is probably safe. Radios are useless. Imperial military technology, battle dress, laser weapons etc., will usually work. For any other electronic tech, there’s a 3 in 6 change the tech will short out.
The constant electromagnetic activity can also cause occasional electrical discharges, and so Nevron can’t safely develop fossil fuel technology, as large amounts of coal or gasoline are prone to bursting into flame.
History
Nevron was settled by Vargr fleets hundreds of years ago. I’m assuming they landed here is less-shielded ships, and couldn’t leave, so they had to build their own civilization.
Most of the low (5 million estimated) population lives on the main archipelago of Betkin, in a number of port cities.
Nevron is a out-of-the-way world, far from most trade routes. It does a little bit of exporting of fish and kelp protein. Starship arrivals are infrequent, and there are no starports here, though the system does have a gas giant.
The planet doesn’t have much in terms of government. There is a bureaucratic organization called the Prosperity Council that maintains some basic infrastructure – ports, roads, and a optical telegraph that is the main method of communication between towns and cities.
The council doesn’t have much authority outside the cities, but there, they enforce the no-weapons rule on pirates and off-worlders alike.
The Fleets of Nevron
The primary social institutions on Nevron are the many fleets of Vargr-crewed privateer sailing ships that ply the sea lanes between Nevron’s many islands and archipelagos. They have many roles in Nevron society, including the following:
- Delivering messages to islands.
- Protecting fishing boats from attack.
- Seizing fishing vessels for ransom.
- Hunting poachers in protected fishing grounds.
- Raiding other privateer fleets.
- Raiding settlements for loot.
- Protecting settlements from other privateers.
The ships are wooden sailing vessels, similar to oceangoing vessels of 1700s Earth. They’re armed with simple gunpowder weaponry, though occasional off-world weapons can be found. Such weapons are highly prized.
The pirate fleets are constantly competing with one another, squabbling over territory and other petty disputes, and even having full naval battles.
The captains of individual vessels are usually democratically chosen by the individual sailors. The admirals of fleets are usually chosen by the captains. The choices are usually based on both merit and charisma. Any crewman can challenge the captain for the post at anytime.
The business of piracy is generally treated as a business. Captured pirates usually don’t have a problem joining their new captors as new crew members.
The people of the cities of Nevron treat the fleets like athletic teams, rooting for a favored fleet during conflicts, displaying the banners, and wagering on fleet battles. Young Vargr pups dream of growing up to become pirates.
Notable Fleets
These are some of the largest and most famous fleets. Each has their own distinct banner.
- Savage Mane – A red portrait of a roaring Vargr on a yellow banner
- Righteous Claw – A golden claw of a local crustacean on a red field.
- Relentless Storm – A white wave on a blue background
- Maelstrom Pack – A sliver whirlpool on a black background.
There are literally hundreds of smaller fleets as well. They tend to be formed quickly by particularly charismatic pirates, and can disappear just as suddenly.
Natural Threats
Strangler Mats: It appears as a large mass of sargasso-like seaweed. It is actually a colony of carnivorous tentacled animals. They will grasp and hold anything that comes near, slowly strangling and drowning their prey.
Hits: 40 Speed: 3m Attacks: Strangle (2D per round, 3D if submerged)Piercer Fish: A large (3m wingspan) manta-ray shaped predatory creature. It also has a single narwhal-like horn. It uses jet-like bladders to propel itself at high speeds through the water and impale its prey on its horn. It’s no threat to larger vessels, but can easily pierce the hull of dinghies.
Hits: 36 Speed: 20m Attacks: Horn(3D)Adventure Seeds
The Buccaneer Queen: A legendarily cruel pirate, Iolia, otherwise known as the Buccaneer Queen, has gotten hold of a large cache of off-world military weaponry – mostly assault rifles, and squad support weapons. This has given her a huge advantage and made her fleet-near impregnable.
Her rivals are looking for some off-worlders to take her out, or at least make her expend most of her ammunition.Lost Professor: A Darrian researcher, Ral Kesoleh, who wanted to study the development of Nevronian culture, foolishly accepted a posting aboard a pirate vessel. He is now being held for ransom. His colleagues need someone to retrieve him.
Lucky Monkey: Many of the Vargr crews consider having a human aboard a ship as good luck. They’ll often make an offer to any humans they encounter a port. They don’t always take “no” for answer and might try to shanghai a PC to be their “Lucky Monkey”
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My #current list: :blobcatbook:
#editing
* "Law" by S.J. Rowe
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster#reading
* "When the Wolf Comes Home" by Nat Cassidy#listening
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My #current list: :blobcatbook:
#editing
* "Daycare Shadows" by MariaLisa deMora
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing#proofreading
* "Mr. Almost Perfect" by M.A. Foster#reading
* "All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today" by Elizabeth Comen#listening
* "The Gate of the Feral Gods" by Matt Dinniman -
My #current list: :blobcatbook:
#editing
* Assessing submissions to Hot Tree Publishing#proofreading
* "Just One Kiss" by Christina Tetreault#reading
* "Carl's Doomsday Scenario" by Matt Dinniman -
In a 3d6 DTL first, Matt takes the Warden's chair with Cairn 2e! In Amanda P's scenario Orestruck, a catastrophe in the iron mines has piqued the motley crew's interest. Well, the bounty attached to finding survivors sure did, anyway.
#OSR #NSR #TTRPG @cairnrpg.com @weirdwonder.bsky.socialVideo: https://youtu.be/cYFvtaacuU4
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Wall Street soars, oil plunges as China calls for Iran war ceasefire
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT, AP Business Writers Markets on Wall Street soared overnight and U.S. crude…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #DowJonesIndustrialAverage #Iran #iranwar #Nasdaq #NewYorkStockExchange #oilprices #S&P500 #stockmarkettoday #WallStreet
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CW: Screenwriting
Online Intro to Screenwriting with Belona Greenwood. This course will teach you how to write for film and television. 8 weeks on Tuesdays from the end of September for people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, free for those on a low income.
https://www.camcommarts.org.uk/short-courses
#ScreenWriting #OnlineCourse #CambridgeUK #Cambridgeshire #Peterborough #ScreenWritingTips #CambridgeCommunityArts #FilmAndTV #FilmWriting #ScriptWriting #MoviesAndTV #LowIncome #FreeCourse
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This ad was on Reddit today for something called The Story Search, that claims it can help documentary makers with a story to turn it into a film - just tell them what it is and send all the material.
It should not need saying, but:
Please - I am begging you - DO NOT SEND this company, or any like it, your story, your material, or your agreement to abide by its bogus rites-hoovering.
#documentary #movies #documentaries #scriptwriting #intellectualproperty #filmrights #creative #scam
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Tal día como hoy de 1812 #Babbage, #Herschel y #Peacock fundaron una sociedad para modernizar las #matemáticas abandonando la notación de #Newton para él cálculo y adoptando la de #Leibniz. Dos siglos más tarde los matemáticos se siguen tirando de los pelos cuando ven a #físicos manejar #diferenciales.
https://bsky.app/profile/evocid.bsky.social/post/3mlddphzons2r
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Real Spring?
Caution: Wordiness ahead.
Minneapolis hit a record breaking 78F/ 26C Saturday. Our first 70F/ 21C day of the year generally happens around April 7th. Over the last two years, the first 70-degree reading has come early—March 14 last year and March 3 in 2024. The 2024 date of March 3 was the earliest recorded 70-degree reading for the Twin Cities. Saturday’s record breaking temperature comes after we had 8.9 inches/ 22.6 cm of snow Saturday night to Sunday, a low temperature Monday night of 1F/ -17C, and another inch/ 2.5 cm of snow on Tuesday. March in Minnesota is generally a roller coaster, but not quite this whiplash-y. The temperature today has moderated back closer to “normal” and will continue for the rest of the week between 40F/4.4C to 50F/ 10C with a 60F/ 15.5C burp at the end of the week.
The sap is running in the maples and tapped trees I see around town are filling up their bags like nobody’s business. I expect Melody Silver Maple in the front garden will soon be blooming. The witch hazel is blooming. Saturday we pruned the apple trees and their buds are already swelling. I noticed the perennial walking onions and the bunching onions are already sending up green shoots. I’ll be able to start adding some to meals next week at this rate.
It appears that real spring has finally sprung. The animals think so too. I seem to be interrupting rabbit meetups every morning on my way to work, sending them scattering. I seriously doubt this will have an impact on the rabbit population, but who knows? I also keep finding stuff squirrels have commandeered for fluffing their nests stuck on perennial stems in the garden–gobs of leaves, fake grass, fiber fill stuffing, candy wrappers.
The robins are trilling and the males are arguing over territory, the cardinals are singing to their mates, and the wild turkeys in the city are flocking with the males becoming extra aggressive. On my bike commute home from work recently I had to save a school bus that was having a standoff with a turkey in the middle of an intersection. The turkey was pecking at the bus and completely undisturbed by the driver honking the horn. I slowly and carefully biked up to the turkey and herded him off the road. James has also been herding turkeys off the road on his bike commutes. They are unfazed by the traffic jams they cause. I find it absolutely hilarious.
Saturday was the Rebel Gardeners seed swap. It was a good turnout. I brought a bunch of seeds and other folks brought seeds too, and someone who is a Master Gardener brought a lot of commercial seed packets that must have been donated. I was very good and only came home with a seed packet of turnips. I was tempted by beans–I love growing beans!–but I refrained because I am filled up with bean varieties right now. The folks who organized the group talked a bit about plans going forward, the food shelves we will be donating to, efforts various people with connections are making to get donated wood for newer gardeners to build raised beds, compost and mulch donations, how we can help each other out during the summer with garden care when folks go out of town as well as skill and knowledge sharing.
A couple people in the group are experienced hydroponics growers and after some discussion about it I’m thinking of maybe setting up something for growing greens indoors during the winter. But we’ll see if I end up having the time and willingness to go through the effort of setting that all up when October arrives. Sure would be nice to have fresh homegrown greens in winter though.
The catalog for the Friends School Plant sale I attend every May went live midweek. I downloaded the PDF and thought, I’ll wait until the weekend to look through it. Yes, I am that delusional sometimes. It wasn’t even a full hour after downloading that I opened the document “just to peek.” A bunch of highlighted plants later, I managed to pull myself away until the next day when I made it to the end of the catalog.
Inflation has come for the garden. Plants that used to cost $2.50 – $3 are now $4, and the “comes in a pack” where you get 4 or 6 plants that used to be $4 – $5 are now $6 to $7. The price for shrubs and trees has skyrocketed. Even so, the prices are still less than at a commercial nursery and they don’t sell any neonic plants. But also, I’m glad I don’t need many plants this year. Want is another matter. But wants are much easier to talk myself out of.
ICE
ICE is still here abducting people but it seems a bit less dire, or maybe I’m just used to this now as a new normal. Kids are still terrified to go to school for fear their parents won’t be there when they get home. Adults are still terrified of going to work for fear that they will be abducted. Mutual aid work continues as we all try to heal from the trauma. Saturday James and I went to a Maker and Baker neighborhood fundraiser where proceeds will go towards helping people in my neighborhood pay their rent. I came away with a cute new sticker for my water bottle, a new pair of earrings, and an awesome postcard. The fundraiser last month took in $6,000 and yesterday raised an additional $5,000. There will probably be another one next month, so I’m putting on my thinking cap for something I might be able to donate. Maybe a loaf of sourdough bread or some extra garden seedlings.
In case you haven’t been following Minnesota news since we dropped out of the headlines when the surge “ended,” remember Liam, the cute little 5-year-old boy in the blue bunny hat who was used as bait to detain his dad? They were both then sent to Texas until a judge ordered they be released and returned to Minnesota. Well, the Department of Homeland Security filed to have their case expedited, and the other day an immigration judge ended the family’s asylum claims. The family’s lawyers are appealing, but it could take months or years for it all to be resolved. I am not certain whether they will be allowed to remain in the United States during the appeal, or if they will be forced to return to Ecuador. Trump has repeatedly said ICE is only looking for the worst of the worst, the criminals and bad people. I am not sure how the Ramos family qualifies as criminals and bad people. Maybe Trump finds blue bunny hats triggering?
In other news, it turns out that the world’s deadliest sharks are only one-third as deadly to Minnesotans in 2026 as ICE. It’s a serious but also funny article in which I learned that with all of our shark-free fresh water lakes, a good many Minnesotans are still mildly afraid of sharks. Personally, I’m not worried about sharks in the lakes, it’s the silty mud and lake weeds that freak me out.
Meanwhile in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman, of whom I am not a fan but who turns out to be from Minneapolis, has an op-ed piece (gift link) in which he talks about what the federal government has done here, the damage it has caused, and the peaceful resistance that stood up and forced the federal government to back down (a little). He suggests, in spite of the horrible title of the piece, that the response of the people of Minnesota needs to be exported to the rest of the country. The lesson Friedman wants to export is the understanding that governments and institutions will not save us, but solidarity and community will. Quite rich coming from a man who was an advocate of the Iraq War and who believes in unregulated trade.
Speaking of the community response to being invaded by the federal government, the people of the Twin Cities were awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this last week. It is an award created by the Kennedy family and given by the JFK Library to honor those who have demonstrated political courage and conscience at personal or professional risk. We apparently tied with Jerome Powell for the award. The award ceremony is in May. Is the whole Twin Cities invited to the ceremony? And who gets to show off the award? I suspect the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul will attend and then thumb wrestle over in whose City Hall the plaque will be displayed.
Books and Libraries
I’m totaling vibing with Jo Walton’s recent essay at The Reactor about how she reads sixteen books at once I don’t use an e-reader and my number is lower, but I currently have twelve books on the go. It is, as she calls it, “a lovely reading symphony.” The way I read my multiple books is a bit different than Walton’s method. I have five main reads I cycle through and then the rest are ones I pick up in odd moments or when I need a breather from my main reads.
The main reads depend on location and day of the week. So I have a book I read only at work during my lunch break. This might be fiction or nonfiction. I have a book that James reads to me while I am doing a strength workout lifting weights and doing pushups and lunges on Tuesdays and Saturdays. We are reading our way through all of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books. We’ve read all the books with the witches as the main story and are one and a half books away from being complete with all the Night Watch books.
Generally Monday and Wednesday nights I get to read for about 45-minutes in bed before going to sleep. These are usually novel nights unless I’m reading a nonfiction book I really like or have to return to the library soon. Tuesday nights after neighborhood foot patrol and my strength workout I read nonfiction in bed before going to sleep. Thursday nights I don’t get to read because I’m at sangha and not home until after 9 and go right to bed. Fridays are either movie/TV show and popcorn night or meeting with my Beloved Community Circle, so generally no reading. Daytime Saturdays and Sunday I read whatever strikes my fancy, which could be one of my main reads or one of the other books I have going. At night on both those days I usually get a nice chunk of reading in bed before sleep time and generally devote half the time to a novel and half to nonfiction. Almost every night I read a poem and will also read poetry in those “I have 10 minutes” moments between other activities.
This way there is something I always want to read no matter my mood and ability to focus. I’ve been reading like this for so long, I can’t remember the last time I read just one book with no others in progress. I sometimes worry the multiple books in progress are a result of a short attention span brought on by too much digital media, but when I think back through my reading history, I’ve been reading like this since university in pre-internet days.
I couldn’t read like this if it weren’t for public libraries. When James and I moved to Minnesota back in the mid-1990s, within a day or two of arriving, we found the public library and got library cards even before we went to the DMV to get new driver’s licenses. Priorities! And back when libraries had more money and were open until 9 on a Friday night, we used to go to the library as a regular date night. Nerds!
All this to say, anyone who loves reading or libraries should be extremely concerned about HR 7661, the “Stop Sexualization of Children Act. This is a bill introduced into Congress that will ban all “sexually oriented” children’s books from any institution that receives federal education funding. “Sexually oriented” includes all things LGBTQi+ as well as “lewd and lascivious dancing. Cue Footloose theme song
https://youtu.be/e-OG0EyJyV8?si=js2DvWk6_f5NhxF3
Books and libraries matter more than ever in these times of growing authoritarianism. I listened to a fantastic Movement Memos podcast conversation this morning on Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment. As one of the guests said, “If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything.”
One of the best ways to support your library? Use it!
#censorship #fascism #Footloose #FriendsSchoolPlantSale #HR7661 #hydroponics #ICE #JoWalton #Libraries #ProfilesInCourageAward #recordBreakingWarmth #seedSwap #snow #spring #turkeys -
@aral @matus_chochlik @EUCommission @noybeu
Vibes: SEAL-4 (EC's Sovereignty Effectiveness Assurance Level).
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CW: Bosnian War, war, survivor testimony, trauma
Trauma-informed archiving asks what responsibility an archive holds toward survivors.
On April 22 at 10 AM PDT, Dr. Ajnura Akbaš of the War Childhood Museum joins the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project and UBC's Public Humanities Hub to discuss community-engaged approaches to archiving the 1992–1995 Bosnian War.
Part of the Archiving with Care Webinar Series. Moderators: Matt Huculak & Olivia Kozlovic (UVic).
Register: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bby9Y_aZTBiP7hhJ4x2P-Q
#Archives #GLAM #TraumaInformed #PublicHumanities #DigitalHumanities #HumanRights #AcademicMastodon #CdnLib #BosnianWar
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Marvelous Market: Best New Comics May 13
After a few low weeks, I’m buying too many comics again
Do the publishers collaborate in picking what week they release comics I’m interested in? Two weeks ago there was only one or two books I wanted even a little. This week there are like a dozen. I’m tyring to buy a house bro, I don’t have this kind of budget.
Hello and welcome to the Marvelous Market, my weekly guide for anyone interested in going to a comic book store today. In addition to a full list of new # 1s and new volume 1s, I’ll be giving you my top 4 recommendations in 4 categories. Like Houston legend Mike Jones rapped, “We’re still tippin’ on four-fours.” I’m going to give you the top four new comics, top four ongoing comics, the top four graphic novels, and the top 4 preorders.
The work going into this curation is made possible by readers like you. For less than the cost of a cup of coffee a month, you can help make this work possible.
New Issue # 1s
BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT # 1
SOLICIT COPY:
LEAPING FROM THE PAGES OF MAY’S BATMAN #9 INTO THE NEXT LEVEL! Framed. Outlawed. Hunted. The extralegal activities of Gotham’s vigilantes have never been more dangerous. After Barbara Gordon is arrested for aiding the Bat-Family, she is shipped off to Supermax, GCPD Commissioner Vandal Savage’s pet-project prison for all who oppose him. She will find herself alone, surrounded by dangerous criminals and equally dangerous guards, in a place where nothing is what it seems. The true danger is just beginning…
Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki and fan-favorite artist Amancay Nahuelpan reunite to deliver a twisty, unexpected Bat-book for DC Next Level.
GOZILLA VS AMERICA: GODZILLA VS TEXAS # 1
SOLICIT COPY:
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Godzilla couldn’t settle for one city in the Lone Star State, so it’s going to trample over all of them. Hopefully those cowboys have a saddle big enough for the King of the Monsters… or else things are about to get ugly.
Join Godzilla and a cast of comic book creators from this great state on a whirlwind tour of Texas! Featuring four 10-page stories by comic book legends like Matt Frank (Mothra, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth) and more!
IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT # 1
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While on a retirement community field trip, a group of aging ex-Hollywood stars encounter a baby kaiju on the run from military agents. Bonding quickly with the creature, the cantankerous cadre of former celebrities have to somehow get the kaiju to safety—before it causes the end of the world!
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY # 1
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BRAND NEW BRAND NEW DAY! Spider-Man discovers one of the most valuable items the Kingpin, A.K.A. Wilson Fisk, possesses — THE LEXICON. This directory of the Kingpin’s criminal enterprise could destroy the criminal landscape of New York City and that’s Spider-Man’s goal when he takes it. But Fisk isn’t the only person who wants the Lexicon… Mr. Negative would love his competitor’s secret information, but so would Frank Castle himself, the Punisher. Taking the Lexicon sure seemed like a good idea to make the city safer, but it’s painted the biggest target ever on Spider-Man’s back!
ONGOING SERIES
ABSOLUTE BATMAN # 20
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A TRAGIC LOSS ROCKS GOTHAM CITY! As the dust settles in the city of Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt and more than one secret will be revealed in this seminal issue.
BLEEDING HEARTS # 4
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WILL POKE’S BEST FRIEND BETRAY HIM? How do you bond with a human when you have little humanity yourself? Poke is figuring it out firsthand, but his best friend Mush is starting to notice. Poke is disappearing all the time, and when he’s around, he’s barely interested in preparing for the joyous holiday of Out-Break. Doesn’t he want to celebrate the devouring of Live One flesh? Poke has a tough decision to make… but the collision of his two worlds might end up making it for him!
BLOOD & THUNDER # 13
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NEW STORY ARC BLOOD IS IN THE LAST PLACE SHE EXPECTED! After the surprising conclusion of the previous issue, Blood finds herself in an impossible situation and desperate to get the odds back in her favor. But without Thunder, the galaxy’s most wanted woman will need to find new allies…
ULTIMATE ENDGAME # 4
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SPIDER-MAN MEETS HIS MAKER! Time is ticking on the Ultimate Universe!!! In this penultimate issue of the most climactic super-hero event EVER(!)… heroes will fall, villains will rise and your favorite characters will be forced to make difficult sacrifices!
Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers, and OGNs
DETECTIVE KAIJU vol. 1 TP
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Detective Kaiju, the grizzled investigator of the hit-series Quested, finally takes center stage in his own thrilling murder mystery. Known for his relentless pursuit of the truth, Kaiju’s latest case will force him to confront the buried secrets of his past.
With danger closing in and time running out, Detective Kaiju must navigate a treacherous web of lies, alien conspiracy theory, a film industry underbelly, and long-buried secrets. On an island built on illusion, who can he really trust? And will solving this case finally give him the answers he’s been searching for—or destroy him in the process?
Gritty, atmospheric, and packed with twists, Detective Kaiju volume one is a must-read noir thriller that dives deep into the origins of crime fiction’s most larger-than-life investigators.
IMMORTAL LEGEND BATMAN TP
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From the void between our universe and its shadow come horrific apparitions craving nothing but destruction. But from this terror… an immortal legend known as Batman is born. Aided by Nightwing and Robin, this Dark Knight battles unceasingly against deadly shadow monsters who want to destroy our universe. But to fully triumph against a rogues gallery of cosmic evil, Batman must face how his incredible abilities are tied to the shadow universe itself!
Collecting Immortal Legend Batman #1-6.
LOBSTER JOHNSON Omnibus vol. 1
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Unconventional pulp hero Lobster Johnson keeps the streets of New York clean in this comics collection of his earliest supernatural, slick, and surprising misadventures.
After years of captivating fans’ imaginations from the pages of Hellboy and B.P.R.D., the pulp-style adventures of Lobster Johnson took the limelight in their own series of comics adventures. From gangsters to Nazis to an army of monkeys, the Lobster faces classic foes in strange new ways.
His adventures are now collected for the first time in a paperback omnibus edition, collecting trade volumes The Burning Hand, Satan Smells a Rat, and Get the Lobster and the short story “Lobster Johnson: The Empty Chair” featuring writing by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Tonci Zonjic with art by Zonjic, Joe Querido, Sebastián Fiumara, and more!
STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS TP
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The doomed Starfleet crew members, the red shirts, must track down spies on an isolated planet in this graphic novel.
Stranded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.
They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. In this complicated story of betrayal, loss, and redemption, the red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line… and no one is safe.
This heartrending story by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek) marks a new beginning for the Star Trek universe, featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crew members: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Collects the complete miniseries Star Trek: Red Shirts #1–5.
Preorders on Final Order Cutoff
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN # 1
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WITH ALL THE WEALTH… WITH ALL THE GEAR… WITH ALL THE SKILLS, SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE APEX PREDATOR! Selina Kyle has carved a good life for herself. Through her ingenuity and skills, she’s become the greatest thief the world has ever known. With high-tech gear and weaponry, there’s no place too secure for Catwoman. Selina has built this life for herself and thoroughly escaped Gotham. But when someone from her past comes knocking at her door, Selina’s life comes crashing down around here. She’ll need to get to the bottom of a mystery taking her all around the globe! Written by Che Grayson and Scott Snyder with art by Bengal, Catwoman bursts onto the scene in the Absolute Universe!
ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS # 9
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Are you poor, desperate, huddled, massive? Do you live in a dark age, a depression, one of the many historical periods of slim pickings and no options? Welcome to the TEMPS, the first cross-temporal employment app! The past and future are filled with low skill, low wage gigs! Gigs such as: Cobbler’s assistant in plague-era Europe! Salvager in the ruins of New York, 2832! Soldier in Krang’s Cross-Time Army! Temp is shattering the temporal ceiling!
BETAS
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Roommates Xavier, Doug, and Tim are just regular guys trying to make it on the dating scene. Meeting women isn’t easy, they might even call it impossible! Changing social mores, dating apps, and good old-fashioned shyness cause misstep after misstep. Recent mixed signals at the restaurant all three work at cause a cascading series of rules and regulations, putting everyone on edge. Some people adapt, others dig their heels in fleshing out a hilarious comedy about modern communication where bad faith arguments and self-serving directives clash leading to HR reprimands and ever-expanding apologies. As friends and co-workers struggle to connect under these conditions, some become lovers while others become mortal enemies. In Betas, Nick Maandag lampoons popular ideas around free speech, consent, and scold culture all while asking: can ever learn to talk to one another? And can we ever feel safe?
STARSHIP GODZILLA: FIRST WARS TP
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Join a crew of cosmic misfits as they soar through the stars in Mechagodzilla in this series that ties in with the all-new Kai-Sei Era of Godzilla comics!
You didn’t think kaiju were only on Earth, did you?
In the fight for galactic supremacy, no weapon is more powerful than a kaiju…and no team is better equipped to capture and transport these titanic monsters than the crew of Starship Godzilla!
This ragtag group flies through space in Mechagodzilla and takes high-risk, high-reward missions across the galaxy. A kaiju heading toward your planet? Give them a call. A colossal space pest clogging up your trade route? They’ll get rid of it. A galactic civil war utilizing kaiju on both sides? They’ll…uh…do their best to stay out of it. But where there’s a galactic war, there’s a galactic conspiracy, and our crew members may not all land on the same side of this fight.
A brand-new kaiju space epic starts here in Starship Godzilla from Chris Gooch (In Utero, Under-Earth) and Oliver Ono (Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp)! Part of the new Godzilla connected comic book universe with Godzilla (Kai-Sei Era) and Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone!
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