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{4.5/5} “Anybody who work in the sea around Cayaba will buck up one eventually. Fishermen, Coast Guard, Emergency Services. Not the doctors, for the most part. They scarcely do outcalls. Even the police know about this. We all know it. We just don’t talk it. But they real. The sea people? They real.” The New […]
{4.5/5} “It used to be a school for Jews, now it’s open plan living. I use the terms ‘now’ and ‘used to be’ loosely.” Russian Doll season 2, aired in 2022 Nadia steps into a subway and suddenly it’s 1982. She goes with a guy named Chez she meets in a bar to his place, […]
{4/5} “You know what’s never saved the planet? Your sarcasm.” Eternals, released in 2021 People who live forever from a planet called Olympia came to Earth 7000 years ago to defeat the Deviants. Now the Deviants are back. Sersei notices that, unlike before, the Deviants can heal themselves — and they’re coming after the Eternals. […]
{5/5} “Wood has actually played a central role in our history. It is the one material that has provided continuity in our long evolutionary and cultural story, from apes moving about the forest, through spear-throwing hunter-gatherers and ax-wielding farmers to roof-building carpenters and paper reading scholars.” The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and […]
{4.5/5} “‘Ragamuffin’? Sally, throw him out. Harry, bring me a dictionary.” 3rd Rock from the Sun season 6, aired in 2000-01 When Mary’s sister Renata comes to town Dick pretends to woo her in order to break her heart and get revenge for Mary. When they go to a parallel dimension they find they live […]
{4/5} “A bird has commented on your face.” Ron’s Gone Wrong, released in 2021 All of Barney’s classmates have a B-Bot, whose motto is “best friend out of the box.” He finally gets one for his birthday, which he’s very happy about. But his dad got one that had fallen off a truck, and it […]
Joe Biden is at risk of being able to do less after the midterm elections this year. It’s useful to remember all the great things he’s done as president, along with fellow Democrats. Thom Hartmann gives the run down: Here’s What The Dems Have Done – Did You Know?
{4.5/5} “They have no use for prisoners or government, technology, money… nothing. We are food. And they are hungry.” The Tomorrow War, released in 2021 In the middle of a soccer game, soldiers from 30 years in the future appear and ask for everyone’s help. They ask for people to join them and go to […]
{5/5} “When I appear, everyone abruptly defers to me, and I realize that I, as the putative victim of their crimes, am expected to have some hand in the judicial process. This is, of course, just piling contamination on contamination. I am, frankly, not only the last but the worst anthropologist. I’m lucky nobody is […]
{4.5/5} “One trip, babyyy!” Run the Burbs (season 1), aired in 2022 When Barb the bylaw officer stops the block party, the Phams have to think creatively — Camile ends up driving her car in a street race. When new neighbours move into the house with a pool, Andrew and Camile want to be the […]