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Here is an article from Claire Wardle in Scientific American about how exactly misinformation has become a huge problem in the age of social media. Social media companies and journalists have work to do, but every single person needs to understand how things are and guard themselves against misinformation. Misinformation Has Created a New World […]
Here are all the movies that Laika has made — so far they’re all stop-motion animation. Two out of five are masterpieces, which is a pretty good ratio. Coraline 2009 -> 2.5/5 ParaNorman 2012 -> 4/5 The Boxtrolls 2014 -> 5/5 Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 -> 5/5 Missing Link 2019 -> 4/5
{4/5} “Throw them into the inescapable pit of isolation and miserable disappointment.” Missing Link, released in 2019 After seeing the Loch Ness Monster but not getting any proof of its existence, adventurer Sir Lionel Frost gets an invitation he can’t refuse — he travels to the New World to get proof of the Sasquatch. When […]
{5/5} “As long as we’re together, what does it matter?” Elementary season 7, aired in 2019 Sherlock and Joan are looking into an acid attack, but unlike similar recent attacks this one wasn’t a robbery. Joan is having some trouble adapting to life in London, since all her friends and family are back in the […]
{5/5} “Welcome to the 21st.” Travelers season 3, aired in 2018 Kat, David, Jeff, Ray, and Grace were kidnapped by Vincent Ingram, otherwise known as Traveler 001. Vincent forced Grant, Marcy, Carly, and Philip to create videos where they revealed that they were from the future. Vincent had extended his life 16 years past when […]
{5/5} “Hope.” Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 3 by Greg Rucka, Cliff Richards & Ray Snyder, published in 2019 (original comic books published in 2005-10) Wonder Woman is attacked by Superman, and she discovers that Max Lord, the Black King, is controlling him. Superman and Wonder Woman fight nearly to death. In order to […]
Stephen Colbert has a great phrase to describe the way Donald Trump wants us all to believe in the fantasy world he lives in: heresy against reality. It’s a beautiful phrase for an ugly situation. Colbert articulately explains what he means in this interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. Full Interview: Anderson Cooper Talks To […]
{4.5/5} “The way scrived carriages worked was common knowledge in Tevanne: the commands written upon the wheels convinced them that they were on an incline, and so the wheels, absolutely believing this, would feel obliged to roll downhill — even if there was actually no hill at all, and the carriage was actually just rolling […]
{5/5} “Maybe someone is best defined by how they affect the people around them.” Travelers season 2, aired in 2017 The entire team has been captured by the FBI, and Trevor and Grace have been shot. It seems that some people in the future belong to “the Faction,” and they have set themselves against the […]
{4.5/5} “Be proud to act like a normal human being. Keep daylight hours, get a regular job and mix in the company of people with a fixed sense of right and wrong.” The Radleys by Matt Haig, published in 2010 The Radleys are vampires. Peter and Helen used to drink blood, but they’ve been abstaining […]