Bring this up the next time the assholes who support this cruelty claim to be pro-family, or that they give a shit about children.
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@Ragnell That’s one of the things that’s bugged me about Flashpoint since it was released. Barry wasn’t trying to change the timeline, but to repair it – and in 99% of time travel stories, that’s what the hero’s expected to do.
@Ragnell That’s one of the things that’s bugged me about Flashpoint since it was released. Barry wasn’t trying to change the timeline, but to repair it – and in 99% of time travel stories, that’s what the hero’s expected to do.
Malleability of identity: the two youngest Thénardier children swapped to Magnon, Thénardier becoming Jondrette, the obvious pseudonym of Mademoiselle Miss, taking up a new ID by moving a block away…
Malleability of identity: the two youngest Thénardier children swapped to Magnon, Thénardier becoming Jondrette, the obvious pseudonym of Mademoiselle Miss, taking up a new ID by moving a block away…
The problem with “move fast and break things”
The problem with “move fast and break things” is that you’re likely to break things without regard for how important they are, or how hard it might be to fix or replace them.
Marius & Cosette…
I really appreciate that in the novel, Marius & Cosette have an actual courtship, not the love at first sight that most of the adaptations go with for time.
It’s also amusing how much of it is done stealthily, stealing glances at each other across the park.
And it’s really amusing to watch how clumsy Marius is when it comes to not being noticed, while Cosette manages to keep things secret from her father even after Marius starts visiting her in her own garden, months later.
OTOH, there’s also the awkward stalker stage in between.
I’d forgotten just how much fool he makes himself over the handkerchief! 🤣🤣🤣
Todo: It looks like I didn’t actually incorporate this into the blog. Check to see how much it retreads Stealth Courtship and Rue Plumet from the first read-through, and overlap with the Wandering.Shop version.
TFW you can’t decide whether spelling out the connections would be too obvious, or the only way some people would actually get the point.
TFW you can’t decide whether spelling out the connections would be too obvious, or the only way some people would actually get the point.
What does Pruitt think “EPA” stands for? Extra Petroleum Agency? Enabling Pollution Agency? Economic Protectionism Agency? He sure doesn’t seem to be interested in protecting the environment.
What does Pruitt think “EPA” stands for?
Extra Petroleum Agency?
Enabling Pollution Agency?
Economic Protectionism Agency?
He sure doesn’t seem to be interested in protecting the environment.
Yes, I suppose data revealed through a system *working as intended* isn’t technically a “breach.”
Yes, I suppose data revealed through a system *working as intended* isn’t technically a “breach.”
Most social media these days is built around selling access to participants’ data, directly or indirectly (through ad placement). It doesn’t have to be, but that’s the business model that’s taken hold.
There are alternatives to the big data-mining social networks, but they have their own drawbacks. Blogs still exist, Mastodon is making great strides, you can self-host if you can afford it & have the know-how (or know someone who does)…
But your friends/family aren’t on [cool social network], they’re still on FB & Twitter, so you need to keep them around to talk to them.
And it takes time, effort & money to maintain your own site.
And a lot of networks aren’t as polished as the ones you’re already on…
Leaving FB/Twitter isn’t easy for everyone, or even rewarding for everyone.
We can make it easier, help people diversify, & grow those alternative networks, but let’s not blame those who accept the trade-off & stay on the major sites.
Still, user data is the product. Breaches need one kind of solution. Business practices need another.
Seems weird that The Matrix and The Iron Giant, both released in 1999, are so prominent in marketing for Ready Player One, which is based entirely around nostalgia for the 1980s.
Seems weird that The Matrix and The Iron Giant, both released in 1999, are so prominent in marketing for Ready Player One, which is based entirely around nostalgia for the 1980s.
Because that’s what you really mean when you say you want to arm teachers.
Because that’s what you really mean when you say you want to arm teachers.
“When should a teacher shoot a student?” — by Tobias Stone
So the NRA wants to make schools more like prisons…in the name of freedom. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
So the NRA wants to make schools more like prisons…in the name of freedom.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I really liked seasons 1 & 2, but it’s been kind of up & down since then…
(Re: Flash TV show) I really liked seasons 1 & 2, but it’s been kind of up & down since then. Lots of missed opportunities w/the villains, but the Devoes have been fascinating. Barry’s gotten annoying lately, but Cisco & Caitlin are great.
I’m a couple of weeks behind. Left off w/the shrinking ep.
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I never expect anything on the show to be exactly like the source, but I would rather they not waste potential.
I can’t remember two things about New 52 Wally West: 1. Did they confirm his mother died in Forever Evil, or is she still presumed dead? 2. He didn’t know Daniel was his father. Did he think Rudy was? So before classic Wally vanished, did they think they were half-brothers?
I can’t remember two things about New 52 Wally West:
1. Did they confirm his mother died in Forever Evil, or is she still presumed dead?
2. He didn’t know Daniel was his father. Did he think Rudy was? So before classic Wally vanished, did they think they were half-brothers?
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Wally I has history w/the Titans & Iris in this timeline from before Kadabra grabbed him. Wally II doesn’t remember him, but if he thought Rudy was his dad, they would’ve at least known of each other as half brothers, not cousins, even if he lived w/his mom.
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I imagine naming Rudy might’ve been a convenient fiction since Daniel was so young, but it would still have made for awkward family interactions, since Rudy was married and already had a kid. It really makes me wonder what arrangements were made among the Wests & Wally’s mom.
Also: Wally 2 was really upset that his father never acknowledged him as his son. But Daniel visited him. If he grew up thinking Rudy was his dad, but never met Wally 1, he must’ve felt abandoned by his dad.
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Looked it up: DCU Rebirth established the 2 Wallys had never met. Flash #9, they meet both masked & unmasked, but Wally 1 didn’t give his name. Also Wally 2 learns Daniel was his dad. Sins of the Father established Daniel was around, just pretending to be his uncle…and in The Lazarus Contract, Wally 2 learns who Wally 1 is. So that brings us to the Flash Annual status where both Wallys & Barry know who they all are.
But I still wonder about the West family dynamics.
I stopped when I got to #20, but didn’t see Wally 2 confronting Iris about her hiding Daniel’s relationship to him. It probably happened after he argued with Barry, but I didn’t see it.
Unspoken: how much did race factor into Wally 2 never meeting the West side of his family?
Listened to Hamilton on the way home tonight. Stopped it after “Burn.” It was an ironic spot to break on Valentine’s Day, but there’s no way I was going to finish the drive on “It’s Quiet Uptown” today.
Listened to Hamilton on the way home tonight. Stopped it after “Burn.” It was an ironic spot to break on Valentine’s Day, but there’s no way I was going to finish the drive on “It’s Quiet Uptown” today.
It’s infuriating that the standard GOP position on poverty is: “If we make poverty more painful, people will stop being poor.”
It’s infuriating that the standard GOP position on poverty is: “If we make poverty more painful, people will stop being poor.”
Harry Potter Parenting: Harry As Unreliable Narrator
Harry Potter Parenting: Harry As Unreliable Narrator
As you read Harry Potter, do you find yourself criticizing the adults for their many failings? Perhaps some of the fault lies in the fact that the stories are told in Harry’s point of view, and he is an unreliable narrator.
An example of how confused movie ratings have gotten: Logan’s director went for the R rating not so they could show the violence, but so they could do serious drama that adults would appreciate but 11-year-olds would find boring. @ComicBook
An example of how confused movie ratings have gotten:
Logan’s director went for the R rating not so they could show the violence, but so they could do serious drama that adults would appreciate but 11-year-olds would find boring.
https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/02/09/logan-director-reveals-why-movie-had-to-be-r-rated/ @ComicBook
(People are skipping the flu shot, left and right)
I’m seeing people on the right telling you to skip the flu shot & meds & just pray & people on the left telling you to skip the flu shot & meds & just use the power of your mind to overcome the flu.
Apparently taking actual *actions* to avoid/treat the flu is radical centrism.
R, TV-MA & similar ratings don’t rate the maturity of the story or its content. They don’t even rate the maturity of the audience that will appreciate it. They rate the maturity of the audience expected to be able to *handle* it.
R, TV-MA & similar ratings don’t rate the maturity of the story or its content.
They don’t even rate the maturity of the audience that will appreciate it.
They rate the maturity of the audience expected to be able to *handle* it.
I can sort of understand thinking TLJ “killed hope”…if they didn’t stay
@Ragnell I can sort of understand thinking TLJ “killed hope”…if they didn’t stay to the end of the movie.
The First Order does everything they can to snuff out that spark, and almost succeeds…but it flares again. The epilogue w/the Canto Bight kids shows that it’s taking hold.