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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We were warned about this in the 90s. These two books should be required reading:

The Hot Zone - Richard Preston

https://richard-preston.net/book/the-hot-zone/

The Coming Plague - Laurie Garrett

https://www.lauriegarrett.com/the-coming-plague

It's the same story in both. Preston's book is a little sensationalized and reads like a Michael Crighton novel. Light, breezy and horrifying.

Garretts book reads like a New York Times article, painstakingly reaearched and sourced.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

“I don’t understand what affordability it is.”

There's your campaign ad to remove him.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I tried Plex and Jellyfin, but the only one that has worked effectively for me has been Emby.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

"because it might trigger people “suffering from demonic oppression.”"

Anything can trigger someone who is mentally ill, but we aren't going to ban the Beatles because Charles Manson was nuts.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

As you can see from this article, Colin Wright is an absolute transphobe and should not be used as any sort of supporting source:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3899369/colin-wright-activists-redefining-gender-to-save-collapsing-narrative/

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We require the headline match the article without editorializing.

"Israeli Torture Boat" is bad enough and carries with it the idea that it is government sanctioned (again!)

Make it match or we'll have to remove it.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Please link directly to the source instead of t.co.

We don't do Twitter.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Very easy to confuse Gluttony with Greed, or Anger with Wrath. But they are each unique.

Gluttony:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-gluttony/

Greed:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-greed/

Wrath:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-wrath/

While we're on the topic:

Sloth:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-sloth/

Lust:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-lust/

Envy:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-seven-deadly-sins-envy/

Pride:

https://dwightlongenecker.com/seven-deadly-sins-pride/

Easy way to keep them straight:

Gilligan - Gluttony
Skipper - Wrath
Ginger - Lust
Mary Ann - Envy
Mr. Howell - Greed
Mrs. Howell - Sloth
The Professor - Pride

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why was she even set to tour Australia in the first place? 🤔

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

We don't allow ableist slurs. The article is fine, your commentary is not.

https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

Edit your commentary and we can restore it.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Kraken is my preferred cooking liquor.

Banana bread, cookies, sweet potato casserole...

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

B&N did this huge push to Nook which has now been pretty much abandoned.

 

They started running it at 2:30 PM Thursday so I hit an early show...

Let's be 100% honest, it's review proof. You already know if you're going to see it or not...

It's fun, bigger than the streaming show, but maybe not necessarily as big as one of the franchise films. Not that it NEEDS to be, it's still fun for what it is.

Lots of borrowing from other properties, the opening is pretty much a blatant steal from "Leon: The Professional". They go to a Blade Runner planet and talk to a Blade Runner food vendor.

spoilerThere's a cool bit with life size CGI versions of the chess board from Star Wars.

spoilerYou know the Lone Wolf and Cub trope where dad gets sick and the kid has to take care of them? Yeah, they do that too.

spoilerOne scene is a direct copy from Apocalypse Now...

Overall? I had fun. Will buy it if/when it comes out on physical media.

 

Can't say I'm surprised, they ditched all their back issues years ago and seemed more toy and graphic novel centric since then.

Plus Disney snapping up Fox meant they lost the Star Wars, Alien, and Predator franchises which moved to Marvel.

 

Holy cow! It's a new week already! Time is speeding up or something!

Looking at the week...

Not a comic, but probably enough of an overlap to mention:

Dungeon Crawler Carl Volume 8 A Parade Of Horribles

I had no idea it was up to 8 books now. I guess that's why it got picked up by Peacock.

Absolute Martian Manhunter #11 - Been a minute on this one, I might have to re-read some stuff.

Olympus Saga Megalith #1 (Of 4) - I'm generally down for anything from Bad Idea, but 30 variant covers seems... excessive.

Department Of Truth #37

D'orc #4 - 1/2 Dawrf, 1/2 Orc, it's a D'orc!

Future Is ****** #13 - Still moving towards their 60 issue goal! Looking strong so far!

Geiger #23 - Ghost Machine still strong!

Mortal Thor #10 - Love the working man Thor.

Space Ghost Volume 2 #11 - Nearing the end of SG's year 2!

Ultimate Endgame #4 (Of 5) - Forgot this was still going...

X-Books:
Magik And Colossus #4 (Of 5)
Uncanny X-Men #28

 

Not kidding, found it on Amazon. +1, as advertised, 776 pages of Jeff.

("Jeff jeff, jeff jeff jeff Jeff. +Jeff, jeff jeff, JEFF jeff jeff Jeff.")

 

OK, let's check out this week!

Cruel Universe 2 #10 (Of 12) - Nearing the end of another EC run!

Ghost Machine The Official Guidebook #2 (Of 5) - The "Who's Who" of the Ghost Machine Universe.

Hank Howard Pizza Detective A Slice Of Life #1 (Of 2) - Fun entry from Bad Idea.

JSA #19

Marc Spector Moon Knight #4

X-Books:
Cyclops #4 (Of 5)
Storm Earth's Mightiest Mutant #4 (Of 5)
Wade Wilson Deadpool #4
X-Men #29

 

If you aren't aware, QC is a long running online strip that (generally) has been running 5 days a week for 23 years(!)

Went to check it last night and was greeted with this. 😔

If you've never read it, it's generally SFW despite the title. Sometimes not.

Warning: Large cast, varied plots, an art style that has changed probably 16 times, huge time jumps, sentient AIs who sniff tea to see visions, and rocket powered roombas.

I'd link to a good jumping on point, but you know, "hacked and blown up." All the Google thumbnails are super blurry.

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