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I was thinking yesterday that they would have to come up with a more subtle critique than "OMG! Black and trans people!" Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/22/c...
Why Conservatives Are Losing Their War Against The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s moral sensibility, which conservatives claim to hate, is what makes his Odyssey film a masterpiece—and a blockbuster.
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I had heard about this famous incident, but I had no idea there was video of it. Jimi Hendrix Plays “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” for The Beatles, Just Three Days After the Album’s Release (1967) www.openculture.com/2026/07/jimi...
Jimi Hendrix Plays “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” for The Beatles, Just Three Days After the Album’s Release (1967)
There are many ways to celebrate a new album from a band you admire. You can have a listening party alone. You can have a listening party with friends. You can learn the title track in a couple of day...
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2026 is a good year for mystery lovers. On Jan. 1, among other things, Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple enter the public domain. Pluralistic: Happy Public Domain Day 2026! (17 Dec 2025) pluralistic.net/2025/12/17/b...
Pluralistic: Happy Public Domain Day 2026! (17 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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I'm confused about the "fuzziness of its original prints." I thought George Lucas digitized the original 1977 version for a DVD release 20 years ago. The Original 1977 Star Wars (Yes, That Version) Is Returning to Theaters in 2027 reactormag.com/original-197...
The Original 1977 Star Wars (Yes, That Version) Is Returning to Theaters in 2027 - Reactor
The details are as fuzzy as the movie's surviving prints, but you will be able to see the original version of Star Wars in theaters again.
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An incredible setting by an amazing writer! Check out Han Cluster - Optimistic Sci-Fi RPG for Savage Worlds on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
Han Cluster - Optimistic Sci-Fi RPG for Savage Worlds
Han Cluster is a hopeful sci-fi RPG in which humanity and a few robots have unlocked amazing transhuman powers via the discovery of "the Nex." But with it also comes "the Blinding," an ominous phenome...
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*sigh* Even the tiki torches aren't new. 1963 Twilight Zone episode warned how fascism spreads
1963 Twilight Zone episode warned how fascism spreads
If you feel like you're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone right now, you would not be wrong. Fascism comes to America in this 1963 episode of The…
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If I'm reading this right, rich people who used to have to invest about $1M creating US jobs now just pay $5M to the govt to get a green card. Trump: $5-million 'gold card' for ultra-rich immigrants starts in 2 weeks — welcomes 'very nice' Russian oligarchs (video) boingboing.net/2025/02/26/t...
Trump: $5-million 'gold card' for ultra-rich immigrants starts in 2 weeks — welcomes 'very nice' Russian oligarchs (video)
Trump: $5-million 'gold card' for ultra-rich immigrants starts in 2 weeks — and welcomes Russian oligarchs (video)
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