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Inverse
2 weeks ago
Music

'X-Men '97's' Composers Had To Recreate The Classic Theme Song From Scratch

X-Men '97 features a return to hand-drawn animation and the original theme song from the 1990s.
Composers John Andrew Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart recreated the iconic X-Men theme song, originally composed by Ron Wasserman. [ more ]
Video games
Kotaku
2 months ago
Video games

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League: The Kotaku Review

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is a middle-of-the-road game that won't satisfy those hoping for a disaster or a masterpiece.
The game features well-written comic book adventure with fleshed-out characters. [ more ]
Polygon
2 months ago
Video games

There's so much Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League features Batman as a regular presence, with players hearing him scheming with other Justice League members.
The game also includes design elements where players can occasionally spot Batman lurking in the distance, monitoring Task Force X. [ more ]
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Arts
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Arts

Every superhero has an origin story. So does every superhero's superfan. Here's mine.

A Martinez with then LA City Council member Mike Bonin.The Morning Edition host occasionally brings his super fandom to field interviews and office visits.A Martinez I really, really like The Flash - The Scarlet Speedster.Scarlet because the suit's core color is red, and speedster because that's the superpower, speed.
KQED
1 year ago
Arts

California's First Asian American Poet Laureate Wants to Bridge Social Justice and Poetry | KQED

I would try to find poetry that is fun and speaks to the child's sense of the world.There are poems about sports or superheroes or science.Let the young person explore on their own terms, (and) discover the music and the language.Poetry can be about anything that the child might be interested in or might discover a love for.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Like a mob hit the passing of a generation of movie gangsters

James Caan was so persuasive as "Sonny" Corleone in The Godfather, that he got turned down when he tried to join a country club because its members thought that he, like his character, was a "made man."
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Five takeaways from the 2022 Emmy nominations

Jeremy Strong from HBO's Succession, which earned 25 nominations in this year's Emmy awards.
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conversation
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Jonathan Ross leads tributes to truly beautiful' Marvel artist John Romita

Jonathan Ross has remembered artist John Romita, famed for his role in creating Marvel characters Wolverine and Mary Jane Watson, as a kind, generous, compassionate and thoughtful man following his death, aged 93.Romita died peacefully in his sleep, his son confirmed in a Twitter post on Wednesday, describing his father as the greatest man I ever met.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

The Maestro's Latest Opus: A Video Game to Save Classical Music

In his velvet jacket, colorful scarf and longish, graying hair, David Dubal looks as if he might have emerged from a 19th-century daguerreotype album recalling the life and times of a lesser-known romantic poet, a Renaissance man from an era long gone.Yet his many accomplishments are decidedly modern.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

Black Soldiers Cycled 1,900 Miles Across the U.S. So He Did, Too.

In the summer of 1897, 20 Black U.S. Army infantrymen cycled 1,900 miles on fixed-gear, state-of-the-art bikes from Fort Missoula, Mont., to St. Louis.The Army ordered the grueling expedition to see whether soldiers could form a bicycle corps.Newspapers chronicled their progress as they pedaled 50 miles a day in mud and sand, through Montana's snowy mountains and across Nebraska's burning plains.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

'Love and Rockets' celebrates 40 years of edgy, Latinx, alternative comics

Love and Rockets characters drawn for anti-Clause-28 anthology AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia), published by Alan Moore's Mad Love, 1988.Fantagraphics Books Artists Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have been drawing and writing their popular comic book series Love and Rockets since 1982.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Kumail Nanjiani Didn't Know He Was Playing the Bad Guy

Kumail Nanjiani had read the scripts.He had shot the scenes.But when he saw the rough cuts of the final episodes of Welcome to Chippendales, the true-crime limited series that premieres on Hulu on Nov. 22, he had a revelation.For the first time, I was like, Oh, he's a bad guy, Nanjiani said during a recent video call.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC music

Belle, Sebastian and Me

He's game to go to some shows, but I'm a little worried he might not get it, whatever it is.Reflection is a young woman's game - it tends to go better when you don't have quite so much to reflect about.My boyfriend, with the fervor of the newly converted and the completist tendencies unique to music writers, Spotifies his way through the Belle and Sebastian catalog as we drive.He's a music writer who has occasionally mocked me about my B & S love.Credit... Dadu Shin May 31, 2022, Seattle, Paramount Theater My favorite band is on the road and I'm putting on a mask and going with them.
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Streetsblog
10 months ago
SF politics

Metro Posts New Schedules for Regional Connector Service - Streetsblog Los Angeles

Metro's new downtown subway opens in just one week!On Friday, June 16, Metro will open three new stations in downtown L.A.: Little Tokyo/Arts District​, Historic Broadway, and Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill.The A (Blue) Line will run all the way from Long Beach to Azusa - 49.5 miles - according to Metro the longest light-rail line in the world.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Encore: Michelle Yeoh finds beauty in the ordinary in 'Everything Everywhere'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Last night, Michelle Yeoh won her first Golden Globe for her role in the 2022 hit comedy movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once."She stars as an aging laundromat owner turned superhero named Evelyn Wang.In her acceptance speech, Yeoh noted her own feelings about getting older in Hollywood.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Books

The love boom: why romance novels are the biggest they've been for 10 years

The world has felt particularly unpredictable for the last few years, says Emily Henry, a bestselling author of romance fiction.For Henry, these tough times  ever-changing prime ministers and a global pandemic among them  are exactly why there has been a boom in romance fiction.With everything else going wrong, she says, readers want their happily ever afters.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Jason David Frank, Who Starred in Power Rangers' Franchise, Dies at 49

Jason David Frank, who played the Green Ranger and later the White Ranger on the popular 1990s children's television show The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, died on Saturday.He was 49.Justine Hunt, his manager, confirmed his death on Sunday.Ms. Hunt did not give a cause of death.In a statement, she asked for respect for the privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time but declined to comment further.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Mental health

I was overwhelmed by shame when I quit grad school. Now I'm a quitting guru | Julia Keller

1. Dropping out of graduate school can be a difficult decision but it is not something to be ashamed of. It is important to remember that the decision to quit graduate school is valid and that it can be an important step towards pursuing personal goals.
2. It is important to reflect on the reasons why graduate school was pursued in the first place and be honest with oneself about whether it is still the right path.
3. It is important to take a step back and [ more ]
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
11 months ago
Design

Top 10 EDC designs multitool enthusiasts needs to get their hands on - Yanko Design

EDCs are the living embodiment of "big things come in small packages".EDCs are the kind of smart little tools that are always great to have in your backpack or tool kit.You never know when one of them could come to your rescue, helping you out of the trickiest situation, or to even pop open a bottle of beer, when you need to unwind after work.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

This smart exoskeleton lends superhuman muscle endurance to weak arms - Yanko Design

None of us comes with superpowers (or do we?)normally exhibited by superheroes so casually in movies.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Top 10 EDC designs that are the must-have essentials you need in your toolkit - Yanko Design

They say that big things come in small packages, and that certainly stands true for EDCs!EDCs may seem small in size, but they are mighty in their functionality and use!
Fatherly
11 months ago
Fathers

I Want To Take My Kid To See 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3' But Can't For One Big Reason

The general consensus of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is that it is a movie that exists.Holding a respectable 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with a higher audience score of 94, it's hard to remember that almost ten years ago nobody had heard of this particular Marvel property.As I write this, Guardians 3 is slaying at the box office, proving that the big popcorn blockbuster is very much alive.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Everything We Know About the Netflix 'Power Rangers' Reunion

Taking care of business!Thirty years after The Power Rangers materialized into our lives, the original crew is coming back with a modern twist - a Netflix special.The new special will celebrate the three-decades-long legacy of the unlikely crew of superheroes, and there will be more than a few familiar faces, including the original Power Rangers cast members most of us remember from the '90s.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Science Says Let Them Dress for the Job They Want... Superhero

If, as RuPaul eloquently puts it, we're born naked and everything else is drag, kids are pretty much always winning the drag race.Princesses, cops, and Spider-Men mix it up in backyards, showing off both duds and superpowers.But parents are often encouraged to draw a line and discourage their kids from going full-costume all the time.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Don't Be a Dick. Tell Your Kids the Truth About Santa.

The Christmas season is officially upon us and kids have launched into their annual holiday interrogation: Why does Timmy get more toys?Do the elves make Nintendo Switches?Why do you hate our Elf on a Shelf?And then there's the inevitable question, which is also the hardest: Is Santa real?Even before they dare ask the question, little kids wonder, "Is Santa real, or is it my parents?"
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

The Definitive Marvel Movie Ranking (By How Much They'll Scare Your Kids)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is roaring into theaters on November 11, 2022.For kids and families who loved Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa, this will be a bittersweet moment, a moment of excitement, and catharsis.We don't yet know how it will address the death of both the actor and the character, but when it comes to the existing Marvel movies, we have a pretty good sense of how kid-friendly each movie is.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

The Greatest Sci-Fi Family Show Of All Time Is Coming To Disney+

Back in 1963, the BBC launched a quirky sci-fi show designed to teach children history lessons in the guise of time travel stories.It was called , and focused on the sometimes nail-biting, sometimes hilarious adventures of the titular character known enigmatically as "the Doctor."Along with his granddaughter Susan, and two of her school teachers, Ian and Barbara, the Doctor sent his time machine, the TARDIS - a police call box that is bigger on the inside - careening through all of space and time.
Creative Bloq
11 months ago
Graphic design

Wonder Woman's getting a daughter - and she looks amazing

Young adult superheroes are having a moment, and we're about to get one of the biggest surprises yet.Wonder Woman is getting a daughter.Yes, really.The artist behind DC Comic's upcoming new series has teased a design for the character, and fans are already falling in love.Writer Tom King and artist Daniel Sampere will introduce Trinity in an upcoming anniversary edition of DC Comics' Wonder Woman (issue 800) before developing her into a central character in a series to launch in September.
Creative Bloq
11 months ago
Graphic design

This Photoshop art is the sweetest thing you'll see today

It's always a delight to see children being encouraged in their creativity through collaborations with artists, and Adobe's served up a fine example with some unique superheroes.To mark Earth Day last month, it invited children to draw ideas for climate superheroes with special powers to protect the planet.
www.theresident.co.uk
1 year ago
Graphic design

Children & Teens Will Get a Boss New Cultural Centre When Young V&A Opens in July

The cultural centre in Bethnal Green will replace the V&A Museum of Childhood when it opens July 1, following a three-year 13 million makeover - the biggest transformation in the museum's 150-year life span.Co-designed with children, the centre aims to support the next generation of creative minds, from artists and designers to performers and creative practitioners and will include an extensive range of voices amongst its initiatives, from Quentin Blake and Linda McCartney to the XR Families Group and voices from the early 1900s suffrage movement.
www.romfordrecorder.co.uk
1 year ago
Graphic design

East London museum to open after three-year, 13m makeover

The Young V&A in Bethnal Green will replace the V&A Museum of Childhood when it opens on July 1, following a three-year 13 million makeover - the biggest transformation in the museum's 150-year life span.Co-designed with children, the centre aims to support the next generation of creative minds, from artists and designers to performers and creative practitioners and will include an extensive range of voices amongst its initiatives, from Quentin Blake and Linda McCartney to the XR Families Group and voices from the early 1900s suffrage movement.
Creative Bloq
1 year ago
Graphic design

Meta enters the AI arms race with a creepy DALL-E 2 for video

AI image generation has been let loose and it seems there's no going back.
The New Yorker
11 months ago
Business

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," Reviewed: Who's Restraining Whom?

The eternal battle at the heart of modern movies gets a vigorous workout in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3": the battle between text and image.Spoiler alert: text wins, and it isn't even close.In that Pyrrhic victory of a clever script over inspired direction, the loser isn't just the audience for this particular film.
The New Yorker
1 year ago
Business

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Reviewed: When Duty Calls, Passion Recedes

The trailer for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" offered high hopes that the movie would be "The Godfather: Part II" of superhero movies-one which, after the mighty success of the first installment, would bear the cinematic fruit of even greater directorial freedom and audacity.Instead, it came out more like " Ant-Man and the Wasp," a sequel by a distinctive filmmaker whose inspirations, for which I had similarly high hopes, appeared more tightly tethered to the demands of franchise-building.
IndieWire
11 months ago
Independent films

'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Review: These Intergalactic Weirdos Are the Real Heart of the MCU

James Gunn closes out his Marvel run with a big, weird, messy, and genuinely emotional love letter to his wacky band of unlikely heroes.Over the course of 23 films, three "phases," and one overall "saga," the Marvel Cinematic Universe spent its first decade leading up to a story basically engineered for maximum emotional response: "the Snap" (or, in in-universe parlance, "the Blip"), in which half of the universe's living beings were disappeared by the nefarious Thanos for five years.
Acm
1 year ago
Digital life

'X-Ray Vision' Could Be the Next Superpower You Get With Augmented Reality

X-ray vision might not be strictly for superheroes much longer, thanks to a new application of a familiar technology.Augmented reality offers a layer of virtual content that usually goes on top of the picture of the world taken in by our eyes, but researchers at MIT are using AR to help us see beyond barriers in a kind of "X-ray vision" they're calling X-AR.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
LGBT

Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter encouraged a dad to accept his trans daughter

Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter re-established her LGBTQ+ allyship recently by helping encourage a father to accept his transgender child.It all started when Carter posted a February 13 post mourning the murder of a bullied trans teen influencer named Brianna Ghey.Carter posted a notification from local police announcing the arrest of Ghey's suspected 15-year-old murderers.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is a near myth

"Forget Pat's, forget Geno's.Jim's.Jim's in the best cheesesteak in Philly."Shazam (Zachary Levi) and Hespera (Helen Mirren) have a sit-down.Warner Bros. The 2019 film Shazam!followed on the heels of Wonder Woman (2017) and Aquaman (2018) two DC superhero movies that had already managed to step out from under the grim-dark era of filmmaker Zack Snyder, with its muddy, grayish-brown color palette and even muddier, brownish-gray emotional palette.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Parents Should Thinks Twice Before Taking Kids To 'Black Adam'

With the premiere of Black Adam, there have been 10 theatrically released movies based on DC Comics that have come out in the last half-decade.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

In 'Black Adam,' a lightning-based champion can't hold a charge

Black Adam the character (Dwayne Johnson) tosses lightning, but Black Adam the movie is a Faraday cage.
Warner Bros.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

Leslie Grace (left), Antonio Banderas, Lynda Carter, Xochitl Gomez, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), El Santo and Xolo Mariduena have played or are in production to play superheroes.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

Dwayne Johnson's Egyptian antihero kneels before no one in first Black Adam trailer

It has been 15 long years since Dwayne Johnson first expressed interest in playing Black Adam, a classic DC Comics supervillain dating back to the 1940s.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods': Lightning doesn't strike twice

From left: Ross Butler, Adam Brody, Grace Caroline Currey, Zachary Levi, Meagan Good and D.J. Cotrona in "Shazam!Fury of the Gods."(Warner Bros. Pictures) StarOutline StarOutline (2 stars) With its wisecracking hero and flippant tone, 2019's " Shazam!" arrived as a bolt of inspiration in the gloomy DC Extended Universe.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Safety never looked sexier with these AI-generated superhero motorbike helmets - Yanko Design

Sure, not every single one of them is practical, but I'd personally sell my kidney for the Bumblebee-themed helmet below.I can't help but reinforce my point that Midjourney and other similar AI art-generators are incredible ideation tools.In a matter of mere seconds, they spit up inspirational images that can sometimes directly and oftentimes indirectly be taken as design inputs.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | 'Triangle of Sadness' satirizes the 0.01 percent, with queasy glee

Since the arrival of his breakout hit " Force Majeure" in 2014, Swedish writer-director Ruben Östlund has proved a fearless, if uneven, purveyor of canny social criticism.
Creative Bloq
1 year ago
Graphic design

We're loving this designer's ingenious superhero logos

(Image credit: Sergey Kyrmanov)
We've seen some ingenious fan logo concepts in our time, but this has to be one of the most comprehensive collections of superhero logos that we've seen.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

What's on TV This Week: 'Race for the Championship' and 'Stargirl'

And the third season of the CW show based on the DC Comics character premieres.
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The feature-length film will feature archival footage that guides McEnroe's narration about the significant moments in his life and career.
The Independent
1 year ago
UK news

Dame Deborah James remembered: 'Superheroes aren't supposed to die'

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly became emotional as she hosted a tribute to Dame Deborah James on her ITV show.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Parenting

My kids may have outgrown the cartoon Bluey, but I haven't | Emma Brockes

For British people of a certain generation (mine), it may be the Australian accents that soothe us into a state of pure happiness.It may be the quality of the animation, or the gentle, low-stress storylines.Or it may be that it just caught us at a particularly vulnerable time.Whatever it is, whenever my children ask what we should watch on TV, I lobby hard to veto Nailed It!, (cake reality show), shouty cartoon Teen Titans, or tween sitcom, Bunk'd, in favour of one of my top viewing pleasures of the moment.
New York Family
1 year ago
Parenting

Jose Rolon of @nycgaydad On Being a Single Parent, Letting People see You in All your Crazy Glory and Looking for Love

José Rolón of @nycgaydad On Being a Single Parent, Letting People see You in All your Crazy Glory and Looking for Love
KQED
1 year ago
California

California's First Asian American Poet Laureate Wants to Bridge Social Justice and Poetry | KQED

I would try to find poetry that is fun and speaks to the child's sense of the world.There are poems about sports or superheroes or science.Let the young person explore on their own terms, (and) discover the music and the language.Poetry can be about anything that the child might be interested in or might discover a love for.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Drool over your favorite superheroes and villains as superbikes in this eye-popping AI-generated series - Yanko Design

Most of the superheroes have one thing in common - they have a cool set of wheels that adds to their heroic presence.While we already went bonkers over the AI-generated helmets and footwear, deep down I wished there was a bike that would perfectly match popular superheroes.AI-generated mash-up of cars in the style of famous designers was consolation but I was always longing for more...
MarTech
1 year ago
Marketing tech

How to make the time to solve marketing problems

Hey, thanks for stopping by to read my latest article here on MarTech.But before I share my advice for this month, I'm going to make you do a little work.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

What's on TV This Week: CMA Fest and 'Becoming Elizabeth'

ABC airs footage from the 2022 CMA Fest.And a period drama on Starz wraps up its first season.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) 7 p.m. on TNT.
Know Your Mobile
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Marvel Confirms ENTIRE Phase 5 Line-Up + New Avengers Films

Comic Con is BACK for the first time in three years.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers

The actress started as an indie darling and never expected to become a Marvel linchpin as Wanda Maximoff.But she's now so invested in the role, she's open to a solo film.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

How Elizabeth Olsen Came Into Her Powers

The actress started as an indie darling and never expected to become a Marvel linchpin as Wanda Maximoff.But she's now so invested in the role, she's open to a solo film.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
National Football League

80 for Brady' Finds Its Fans

BOSTON With audiences showing a continued preference to stream movies in the comfort of home, away from crowds and overpriced snacks, the box office take for many films has suffered.But the new comedy 80 for Brady tested the trend and succeeded.It brought in a higher-than-expected take of $12.5 million and nabbed the number two spot at the boxoffice in its opening weekend, grossing just about two million dollars less than the horror film Knock at the Cabin.
Know Your Mobile
1 year ago
Mobile UX

New DC Movie Releases - When Are They Coming?

From Shazam: Fury of the Gods to Superman: Legacy, here is the list of all the new DC movie releases!DC is changing, it's getting a universe reset, and the DCEU is getting a boot.The new DCU will take its place with a fresh slate of movies announced for the new universe.DC has appointed James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-CEOs of DC Studios, and they plan to make the new DC films universe a much more connected set of movies, TV shows, animated shows, and games.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Princess of Wales becomes masked lady as she plays with youngsters at nursery

The Princess of Wales became the masked lady when she joined children learning through play at a nursery she described as vital for parents.Kate has been championing the importance of the early years development of children for many years and when she visited Foxcubs Nursery in Luton to highlight the issue found herself laughing when upstaged by one little boy.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Superhero sporting event brings excitement to children with disabilities

A superhero sporting event featuring celebrity captains has brought excitement to children with disabilities.On December 4, Superhero Series  the UK's only mass-participation sports series dedicated to people with disabilities  hosted its winter event, Winter Wonderwheels, at the 2012 Summer Paralympic venue, Dorney Lake, Windsor.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

TV Technica 2022: These were our favorite shows and binges of the year

Warning: Although we've done our best to avoid spoiling anything too major, please note this list does include a few specific references to several of the listed shows.It's been another banner year for television, in which streaming continued to dominate with a vengeance, giving us spy thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, tormented superheroes, gritty inner-city drama, and feel-good dramedy.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

Helen Mirren is a vengeful goddess in Shazam! Fury of the Gods trailer

The DC panel at San Diego Comic-Con highlighted the first official trailer for Shazam!Fury of the Gods, the sequel to 2019's Shazam!, both starring Zachary Levi.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Games

A time paradox births a "freaking Kugelblitz" in Umbrella Academy S3 trailer

The Hargreeves siblings return to 2019 only to find themselves caught in an alternate timeline where they were never adopted by their wealthy father in the official trailer for The Umbrella Academy S3.
Streetsblog USA
1 year ago
San Francisco

The Streetsie Awards 2022: The Biggest Citizen-Led Victories

A lot of the most exciting developments on U.S. streets in 2022 didn't originate in the halls of government.Today, we're looking at projects from everyday people that made a big difference - and might inspire a few New Year's resolutions in 2023.Today's awards just go to show you that Margaret Mead was right: you should never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
KQED
1 year ago
Books

California's First Asian American Poet Laureate Wants to Bridge Social Justice and Poetry | KQED

I would try to find poetry that is fun and speaks to the child's sense of the world.There are poems about sports or superheroes or science.Let the young person explore on their own terms, (and) discover the music and the language.Poetry can be about anything that the child might be interested in or might discover a love for.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

Real-world problems are no match for this new crop of Latina superheroes

La Borinquena saves the day in Puerto Rico.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

Catalina Crunch Cuts Its Teeth On Television | AdExchanger

Catalina Crunch started off in 2017 as a purely direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand advertising ketogenic ("keto") snack products on search and social, including Facebook and Instagram.But, as product demand and Facebook CPMs concurrently rose, a DTC-only biz wasn't enough to scale the business, said CEO Krishna Kaliannan.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Workers Celebrate as Adjunct Strike Ends at The New School After Deal Reached

Part-time faculty at The New School striking in New York City on November 16, 2022.Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Labor rights advocates nationwide celebrated after part-time faculty at the New School in New York City reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the higher education institution late Saturday, ending a strike that has spanned more than three weeks.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Jillian Dempsey is living the dream, doing two things she loves

Sports By day, Dempsey is a fifth-grade teacher in the Winthrop Public Schools.By night, she dons her skates as a professional hockey player.Like superheroes, Jillian Dempsey lives a dual life.By day, Dempsey is a mild-mannered fifth-grade teacher in the Winthrop Public Schools.By night - or to be honest, sometimes at sunrise as well - she dons her skates as a professional hockey player who is speedy and assertive, dangerous near the net, and dogged when she plays defense.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Robert C. Green: By sharing their genetic risks, Hemsworth, Jolie are raising awareness of testing

When actor Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, God of Thunder, agreed to host a National Geographic series about extending the human life span, he didn't expect to discover a genetic risk of his own.But that's what happened as Hemsworth revealed on an episode of "Limitless" that he carries a common change in the APOE gene associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

The Dance-Along Nutcracker is Back! - San Francisco Bay Times

By Doug Litwin-
After a 3-year absence due to COVID, the beloved, only-in-San Francisco Dance-Along Nutcracker® will return live and in-person on December 17 & 18.The community will gather once again for four shows at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts featuring two shows each day.Each year, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB)-the Official Band of San Francisco-blends Tchaikovsky's classic The Nutcracker ballet with a new entertaining theme and storyline.
Vulture
1 year ago
New York Rangers

Jason David Frank, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Star, Dead at 49

May the power protect him.Jason David Frank, who played the original Green Ranger and White Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died at age 49."Please respect the privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time as we come to terms with the loss of such a wonderful human being," a representative said in a statement to Vulture confirming the news.
Inverse
1 year ago
New York Rangers

You need to watch the best werewolf whodunnit for free online ASAP

Superheroes owe a debt to monster movies.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston Celtics

Watch: Grant Williams does press conference in character as Batman

Celtics "We kept Boston safe," Williams said after the Celtics' win.Grant Williams didn't just dress up in a Halloween costume Sunday night following the Celtics' win over the Wizards.He took questions at the postgame press conference in character as Batman, mask, cape, gruff voice and all.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Fragile, Delicate, Free: Glimpses of Circus Life, at Sea

They arrive from the port with their colorful clothes and their well-worn musical instruments, parading through the village and performing at the various squares.Islanders view them with a mix of awe and wonder.At times they look like superheroes, moving together to the rhythm of the music, conjuring tricks like magicians.
The New Yorker
1 year ago
Culture

"Black Adam," Reviewed: Dwayne Johnson Emerges from a Tomb and Finds Nothing

There's nothing so wrong with "Black Adam" that it should be avoided, but nothing-besides the appealing presence of Dwayne Johnson-that makes it worth rushing out to see.The movie's many small flaws-and even its few small virtues-arise from its one big problem, namely, its positioning in the DC corporate-cinematic empire.
The New Yorker
1 year ago
Culture

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" Is a Formulaic Corporate Slog

The first " Doctor Strange" film introduced an idiosyncratic character by means of an apt cinematic peculiarity, but its sequel, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," squeezes the character into the Marvel franchise by trimming away all the whimsy.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

Putin defends his military call-up and says 16,000 draftees are already fulfilling combat tasks.'

With criticism from pro-war bloggers over the reported deaths of new recruits fighting in Ukraine intensifying, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Friday defended his recent draft, saying that he had no regrets about the war in Ukraine.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Finding Humor, and Humanity, in Canada's Oil Fields

A Vagrant," which camped out on The New York Times hardcover graphic books best-seller list for five months.
...
I have a dog now and two cats and five chickens," she said.
RMNB
1 year ago
Washington Capitals

Starting Lineup figures are making a comeback this fall after being shuttered for two decades

After a 21-year hiatus, Starting Lineup figures will return to the marketplace in late September.
Fanatics announced the news in a press release on April 18.
The Landry Hat
1 year ago
Dallas Cowboys

Micah Parsons says real competitors should look up to Tom Brady

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons was not even a year old when Tom Brady was selected by the New England Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

McEnroe movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert

Barney Douglas' new Showtime documentary, simply titled "McEnroe," finds its titular 63-year-old subject in a pleasingly reflective mode, suggesting that he has grown more palatable with age.
PythonForBeginners.com
1 year ago
Python

Python Lists Cheat Sheet - PythonForBeginners.com

What is a List?Python Lists are used to store collections of data.Python can assign multiple values to a single list, which is handy if you're dealing with a lot of data.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

Opinion | Haven't We Seen These Characters Before?

Credit... Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times, AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images, Seth Wenig/Associated Press, Scott Olson/Getty Images Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Right-wing politics

Opinion | Can We Resist the Age of the Algorithm?

I have few stronger opinions about movie characters than my view that Miranda Priestly, the demanding fashion-magazine boss in "The Devil Wears Prada," is actually the heroine of the movie.
Document Journal
1 year ago
Writing

Emily Yacina's books to grow up to

Ahead of the release of 'All The Things,' the musician revisits the her most formative reads, from explorations of neuroses to reimagined mythologies
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

England's lessons from past semi-final defeats

England have been here plenty of times before - but can they take the next step to reach a women's major tournament final for the first time since 2009?
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

'Thank you Pancake Guy!' Man behind creme brulee cart, free pancakes bids SF adieu.

San Franciscans may not recognize Curtis Kimball by name, or even by his face.And yet thousands of San Franciscans do know him.
New York Family
1 year ago
Podcast

Best Podcasts For Kids That Parents will also Love

Best Podcasts For Kids That Parents will also Love
We all know kids' brains are like sponges, we also understand that kids can zone out during the summer.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

Say Cheese! This New Toy Turns Your Selfies Into Action Figures

Every ' 80s kid's dream has come true: Soon, you'll be able to your own custom action figure thanks to Hasbro and 3D printing company Formlabs.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

You Don't Want a Six-Pack

Forget everything you've read about the perfect abs workout, and abandon your dreams of a chiseled six-pack.
DevOps.com
1 year ago
DevOps

Environments-as-a-Service: Free Your Devs

By: Tommy McClung on
Environments are the bane of a DevOps engineer's existence and have been since the invention of the server.
Eye on Design
1 year ago
UX design

There's a Clever Strategy Behind the Flash of Fireworks Packaging

The packaging design of fireworks is at once easy and hard to ignore.As a category, it's loud enough to catch your eye, then dismiss as undeserving of analysis, or even a second look.
Colossal
1 year ago
UX design

A New AI-System Designs Cameras as Playful Pop-Culture Mashups

A photographer doubling as an inventor of the bizarre, pharaohs, another designed by Aztecs, and others are inspired by superheroes and pop culture.
Fatherly
1 year ago
Fathers

95 Silly Cold-Weather Jokes to Tell Your Chill-dren

One of the best ways to warm your heart on frigid days is with funny winter jokes.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Faith

'Ms. Marvel' treats being Muslim as ordinary and that makes it extraordinary

Iman Vellani headlines Ms. Marvel, based on Marvel's first Muslim superhero to headline her own comic.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

The 'Benjamin Button' effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans

(CNN)In molecular biologist David Sinclair's lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again.
Fatherly
5 years ago
Fathers

'Avengers' Plan In 'Endgame' Is Shockingly Simple In This New Clip

In Avengers: Infinity War, everyone assumed that the Thanos snap was unbreakable, but what a new clip for Avengers: Endgame asserts is; maybe someone else can just snap their fingers again?
Fatherly
6 years ago
Fathers

Hasbro's Reward for Asking Kids What's Cool? Millions in 'Black Panther' Sales

What Marvel Studios' Black Panther has done at the box office is nothing short of remarkable.
Fatherly
4 years ago
Fathers

'Far From Home' Means Peter Parker's 'Star Wars' Movies Have Different Actors. Right?

Sadly, Spider-Man: Far From Home does not outright confirm the existence of a multiverse, even though it teases at one a little bit with the return of a certain angry newspaperman.
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