I can only think of TWO versions of Robin Hood to get merchandised as an action figure, a stuffed toy, AND as a kid's meal toy. One is, of course, the animated Disney version. If you know what the other one is, then you know what we'll be discussing on the next episode of Into the Greenwood! 😉

I'm currently revisiting old haunts in the Clintonville area of Columbus, Ohio, and the other day my eldest and I spent a good hour in one of the ravines hanging out with what we thought was a lost house cat. 🐈 It turned out to be a local celebrity. www.wosu.org/arts-culture...

'Absurd and wonderful': Joe Fest celebrates Walhalla Ravine's favorite wandering orange cat

Community members came together to throw a festival for Wanderin Joe, the cat who has become a local celebrity in Clintonville in Columbus.

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For those we have lost at the hands of ice: We will always remember you. We will carry you in our hearts and keep screaming your names. May you all be resting in peace. May you all one day get justice!

I'm feeling so tired of the deluge of film "criticism" that is, at worst, culture war nonsense, and, at best, nitpicky pedantry. I want discussion about themes, character, and storytelling!!!

Should anyone not yet have heard me talk about the Historic Building Mythbusting book (or would like a recap), I'll be presenting on it for The Folklore Society this evening at 7pm... Booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/historic-b...

I found an old promotional photo where I wasn't smiling and I washed out the colors and then added some random mud splatters so I could look more like how everyone else looks in modern medieval movies! 🎥

This is a solid video on a salient topic and a nice little primer on media literacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyrl...

Why Fascists Love Stories That Hate Them

YouTube video by PrideBrary

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🚨 New paper! 🦪 Is our archaeological data skewed by taphonomic process? 🦪 How do we move towards more nuanced approaches to morphometric studies? 🦪How can archaeologists make our studies relevant to modern socioecological research? Have a read! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In the latest episode of the Into the Greenwood podcast, I spoke with Suzanne Golden about the new Maid Marian sculpture in Nottingham. What version of this legendary character means the most to you?

Is the Uprising poster a response to the Death of Robin Hood poster? What's going on here??? 🤔 And why is Hollywood so stringently averse to the notion that anyone in the middle ages wore anything other than brown or grey?

*sigh* Can we just be done with the Con Artist in Chief yet?

The War Monitor@warmonitor.net · 3w ago

Trump's media company plans to provide Wall Street firms with early access to Trump's official posts for a fee of $100,000, giving paying subscribers a head start to be used for insider trading.

Episode 75 of the Into the Greenwood is available wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️ It includes my discussion with Suzanne Golden of the Backlit art gallery about the 'Our Marian' exhibit opening today and the new permanent Maid Marian sculpture being unveiled in Nottingham today! 💚

It's always "America was founded on Christian principles!" until it comes to welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.

When I'm not podcasting about Robin Hood 🏹, working in science centers 🔎, connecting with my kids or partner 👫, or engaging with one of my nerdy hobbies 📚... I also volunteer w/ an org that supports museum workers! A webinar that I moderated last month is now up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSA8...

From Resilience to Hope.

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Mail call!!! 📚

“Slavery was legal. People who freed slaves were considered criminals. Segregation was legal. People who stood up for justice were considered criminals. War is legal. People who advocate for peace are considered targets. Never use legality as a guide to morality.” M. Safa

On the next episode of the Into the Greenwood podcast, we'll be discussing the similarities, and differences, between Robin Hood and the outlaws of the high seas! 🏹☠️ What's your favorite pirate movie? (Mine happens to share some lead actors with my favorite Robin Hood film. 😉)

Another day, another unlocked level of dystopia.

Summer Brennan@summerbrennan.bsky.social · last mo.

I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.

To the fashionable outlaw out there who was the first to purchase one of these stylish statements from my teepublic shop, you have my gratitude. 💚

The KS campaign is only $373 away from the next stretch goal: Pocket-sized Outlaw's Apprentice Fieldbooks! Backers are already getting: - Fold-out posters of a birds-eye-view map of Cedarcrest AND a cutaway illustration of the castle - costuming tutorial and patterns - OA Paper Figure Set and more

Chris Schweizer@schweizercomics.bsky.social · last mo.

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Give me a minor Star Trek character that you'd have loved to see get more development.

Some film makers will intentionally utilize anachronistic elements in their period piece films to spotlight certain themes or elements of the story they want to communicate to audiences. Sometimes this gets embraced by film-goers, sometimes not. Do you have any favorite examples of this?

Have you ever been surprised by a son that you hadn't known existed? Check what century you are living in. You might be a Star Trek character.

I have read a LOT of Robin Hood stories, including several especially bleak and brutal takes, but nothing has ever gone as *hard* as this moment from E.C. Vivian's book from 1927 when the Sheriff of Nottingham is forced to write his own name on one of Robin's arrows.

I've been enjoying the heck out @schweizercomics.bsky.social's Outlaw's Apprentice installments on his patreon. I can't wait to read the tale of Otis and Erska in print! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch... Definitely a story that will resonate for fans of Robin Hood!!!

Outlaw's Apprentice: Broken Blade

Book one of the Appalachian-inspired swashbuckling fantasy graphic novel series

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Show pitch... Two brothers, one that's cool and kinda irreverent and one that's a bit more of a geek, who travel around investigating strange phenomena and bonding over their unconventional upbringings. But instead of an Impala, they have a starship...

I largely enjoyed watching both Masters of the Universe and Supergirl, but found both similarly frustrating experiences as both contained within them the components to be much better, and more clever, films. Not *bad* films, but ones that failed to live up to their own potential.