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Examining What "Never Again" Means Through the Lens of Magneto
Writing for Defector, Asher Elbein talks about the evolution of the character of Magneto, who is (yet again) back from the dead and the shift of meaning in "Never Again," from inclusive aspiration to its violent modern application.
It's almost like someone should write a book about it
Paramount announced that, after the Justice Department successfully sued to block Penguin from purchasing Simon and Schuster late last year, that the have sold the publisher instead to KKR for $1.6 billion. Clearly everything is fine, and there is nothing to worry about...
"my own personal comment: lmao, it's fucking dogshit"
On July 1st, G/O Media (previously, previously, previously, previously, previously) announced they would be publishing articles created by AI. Today, under the byline Gizmodo Bot, the first AI article, an error riddled chronological listing of Star Wars stories was published. The James Whitbrook, deputy editor of Gizmodo and io9 responded, releasing a statement. (sorry, Twitter link)
Note, the article in question has not been linked. There's no need for it to get any more clicks.
Wanting more than "a bit of rainbow window dressing"
There’s an idealized version of a Pride Night in my head: one night a year where a ballpark truly becomes a place where straightness is the exception and not the norm. - No Straights at Pride Night Lauren Theisen, writing about Pride Night at baseball games, the nice things that we're painfully aware we can't have, for Defector.
The Money is in All the Wrong Places
What this means is that the door a writer could step through to make a career 50 or even 20 years ago, the one opening onto a life where someone who works hard and does well could buy a house on the strength of that work alone, has been slammed shut. Defector's Kelsey McKinney writing about the uproar directed at Sydney Sweeney's interview with the Hollywood Reporter on how difficult it is to make a living as an actor (or musician, or model) without wealth, connections, or both. (DefectorFilter)
I have always arrived late to everything I love.
“So much of the art we love is really just about our loyalty to and softness toward our own memories; so often loving an album or a book or a song is really just a way to love an obsolete version of ourselves.” - Helena Fitzgerald on August and Everything After, without really discussing the album itself at all, pointing out that it might just be a perfect album.
He responded, “Your cost of compliance is not my problem.”
But Benford says the first complaint that put the couple on the city’s radar came from a white neighbor in 2003. “That lady would ask me to come help her move things, or fix something,” Benford says. “She’d ask for rides to and from the bus stop. Come to find out she was reporting us to the city the entire time.” Radley Balko for Nashville Scene with an extensive investigation into the explosion of Metro Code violation reports largely targeting Black and low-income home owners in the city.
He asked how it felt to get hit by lightning.
Does my son know you?- Jonathan Tjarks from The Ringer, not talking about sports, but about his cancer diagnosis, and his wrestling both with his own imminent mortality, and his efforts to build a childhood full of family for his son.
"We are deeply and profoundly sorry": The Baltimore Sun Apologizes
Instead of using its platforms, which at times included both a morning and evening newspaper, to question and strike down racism, The Baltimore Sun frequently employed prejudice as a tool of the times. It fed the fear and anxiety of white readers with stereotypes and caricatures that reinforced their erroneous beliefs about Black Americans.
The Editorial Board of the Baltimore Sun has published a lengthy apology for a long history of not only racial bias, but of publishing articles that further supported or enabled systemic racism.
Chicago Public Media (WBEZ) to buy Chicago Sun-Times
Back to Normal Doesn't Work Because Normal Wasn't Working
It all feels like some terribly boring nightmare, this gentle constant frustration in the space where hope used to be.
Back to Normal Isn't Enough, from Kelsey McKinney, writing for Defector.
Everything here happened following the rules of the game
Wellington-based graphic designer Tim Denee (previously) posted his play-through of Thousand Year Old Vampire (previously)
No one is ugly. No one is really fat. Everyone is beautiful.
I defy you to find a mainstream film with a moment as horny and gay as the Sexy Saxophone Solo from The Lost Boys.
Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny, a pretty great look at how movies have moved from depicting idealized, yet reasonably attainable lives and their attendant messiness into what happens when you accidentally change the channel to informercials for the wealthy, glistening and perfect, but nothing lived in or liveable.
Hear me out: The Lion, the Wick, and the Wardrobe
“The thing that makes Wick so beautiful is that what he gets Pulled Back Into is not the standard revenge fantasy. Instead being Pulled Back In means literally entering another world, hidden within pockets of our own. Because in addition to being a great action movie, John Wick is a portal fantasy.”
Our focus today cannot be on basketball
In response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and the Kenosha Police Department giving armed white supremacists free rein in the city, the Milwaukee Bucks as a team refused to take the floor for game 5 of their first round playoff series against the Orlando Magic. The Magic, left the floor, too, refusing to accept a win by forfeit. The NBA quickly announced all three games scheduled would be postponed.
The next couple days could change the course of journalism in America
Nieman Journalism Lab reports on two key dates: June 30th, when Tribune Publishing's two largest shareholders (Alden Global Capital, with 33 percent and Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, with 25 percent) will reach the end of their agreement not to buy or sell shares in the company, and July 1st, when final bids are due for the 30 local newspapers owned by McClatchy, which filed for bankruptcy in February.
WWE Essential, Employees Contractors Not So Much
Reports surfaced this week of WWE being labelled an "essential business" by the state of Florida, allowing them to continue airing live wrestling shows in an empty studio. When asked about the decision, Governor DeSantis delivered a word salad for the ages, citing Disney gardening staff, content, Nascar, Woods and Mickelson doing "the golf," and Tom Brady being in Tampa Bay before ending his press conference. Then, a couple days later after getting the go ahead to continue, billion dollar company WWE began releasing wrestlers, as well as furloughing and laying off producers, and other employees. Many people have been wondering what the hell is going on.
Bah Gahd, That's Ring of Honor's Music!
Ring of Honor Wrestling has cancelled all live events through May 31st. To fill that finisher-kickout-finisher-kickout loop shaped hole in your heart, the company has made several classic matches free on YouTube, featuring current and former stars like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan (nee Bryan Danielson), Samoa Joe, Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens (nee Steen), and even close friend of Sami Zayn, noted orphange operator, El Generico. Check below the fold for SO MUCH WRESTLING!
For all your quarantine binge watching needs
You've finished rewatching The Wire, you can't bring yourself to really give Game of Thrones another go, and you're still at home, trying to wait for a return to normalcy while trying to remember how to make pasta from scratch in order to pass the time. What to do next? Why not watch the entire run of Kitchen Nightmares? FilmRise, the distribution company that controls the rights to the series have uploaded it, in it's entirety, to YouTube.
Relax, Greg, it’s just a joke.
Jokes I’ve told that my male colleagues didn’t like slMcSweeney’s
Brexit just keeps getting better
UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers, headline from the Guardian. According to the article, the plan would be for a points based system for work visas, with the ability to speak English worth 10 points out of the required 70.
Line cooks of the world, unite!
Over at Eater, Jaya Saxena writes about the growing push for unionizing kitchen workers. It’s not only about the stagnant low wages, it’s about creating a safer work environment, where the dangers are taken seriously.
The gap keeps growing
A report from CBS on a study from the Brookings Institution reveals that “ 44% of U.S. workers are employed in low-wage jobs that pay median annual wages of $18,000.”
Not like this
That armrest isn't what you think
When is the last time you saw a flat bench? No armrest breaking up the middle? That's by design and the design is to prevent homeless people from using the bench to sleep. Welcome to the world of hostile architecture. From window spikes to "modern art" sculptures over exhaust grates, hostile architecture is everywhere, if you know where to look. Of course, once you start seeing it, it's impossible to miss just how wide spread it is.
The death certificate ... listed his profession as chef
Drew Magary, writing for GQ’s Men of the Year brings us The Last Curious Man, an oral history take on the life and death Anthony Bourdain as told by friends, family, and colleagues.
It's still an important shared experience to me, damn it!
When news broke that WWE would be bringing back the Starrcade name, a lot of people took notice. When it turned out it was going to be only for a house show (i.e. not televised), there was more than a little grumbling and head scratching. Uproxx writer Brandon Stroud wrote about Starrcade, what it meant to him and his family growing up, and what it meant to see the revival of the show with his parents.
He's right there, after Cheese, Slim Charles, Prop Joe, and all the rest
The Ringer has put together a fantastic Where's Wallace game, and all you need to do is find (nearly every) character from The Wire first.
Meanwhile, in Japan
The Liberal Democrat Party* won big in the July elections in Japan, giving the coalition of parties led by the LDP a two-thirds majority in both the Upper and Lower Houses of the Japanese government, which could allow the party to ram through amendments to the constitution. While Article 9, the antiwar amendment, has long been targeted, it's starting to look much, much worse.
Shades of the Masked Man!
BAH GAWD! (exp.) — A shocked evocation of the deity in order to underscore the gravity of a moment or situation, popularized by announcer Jim Ross. Must be screamed loudly in a pinched Southern tenor. (Related expressions: MAH GAWD!; GOOD GAWD ALMIGHTY!; slobberknocker — an unsightly brawl; shades of [wrestler X] — when a wrestler uses a move in a manner reminiscent of a previous wrestler; business has just picked up — an unexpected entrance that raises the stakes in a segment; bowling shoe ugly — a roughneck or plainly (and woefully) uncoordinated match; That’s [wrestler X]’s music! — a surprise appearance by a wrestler, as forewarned by his entrance music playing before he appears in person.)
Feeling overwhelmed by wrestling, sorry, sports entertainment lingo? David Shoemaker at Grantland presents the Grantland Dictionary: Pro Wrestling Edition.
Feeling overwhelmed by wrestling, sorry, sports entertainment lingo? David Shoemaker at Grantland presents the Grantland Dictionary: Pro Wrestling Edition.
The jeers started when she began talking about men doing their share
With a vague promise to support more women in the workplace as one of the key points of pushing an economic recovery, the reality is much more bleak for working women in Japan. Yesterday, while delivering a speech on the importance of supporting working mothers, Ayaka Shiomura, a member of the Tokyo government assembly was heckled, with jeers from other lawmakers demanding to know why she hadn't gotten married, and demanding to know if she was able to bear children. The Liberal Democratic Party has so far refused to reprimand the members responsible, and while members of Shiomura's party point out that Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe (with his own history of outright sexism) was evidently laughing as Shiomura at first laughed in disbelief, then was quickly reduced to tears (Japanese link, no English subtitles).
Donald Sterling has no place in our league.
Donald Sterling (previously), owner of the Clippers, recently had a conversation with his girlfriend, where he complained about the photo she posted to Instagram of her with a black man, who happened to be Magic Johnson. Reaction from players, former players, and coaches has been strong. From the owners? Not so much. The league? They want to wait and see.
RIP Stone Crusher
1-0 lifetime record, defeated Daniel Bryan, all around badass Connor "Stone Crusher" Michalek, has passed away. Connor met Bryan around Christmas last year, where he put Bryan into the "No" Lock and made him tap out.
$11,500 FOR THE EMPORER
Got $11,500 to throw away, a lot of free time, and an unbearable urge to burn all the heretics? Games Workshop is selling the Ultramarines chapter. All of them. Almost 1200 miniatures, unpainted, unassembled, just in time for your three year retreat from all human contact. That's okay, the people you would have hung out with are probably cultists anyway. via i09
Diamond Dallas Page's Next Act
Former wrestler Diamond Dallas Page has recently emerged as a health guru of sorts, with an exercise routine based on Yoga. He's also reaching out to former wrestlers who are battling addiction problems, Scott Hall and Jake Roberts. via
When 772 pitches isn't enough
Tomohiro Anraki might be the next big Japanese pitcher, if he manages to survive high school baseball in Japan.
The Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World
House MetaFilter: ?
In honor of season three, Caldwell Tanner at College Humor made banners for the great houses of the Internet.
I don’t believe just doing this means I can be forgiven for what I did.
A couple days ago, Minami Minegishi, a 20 year-old member of the wholesome, innocent idol group AKB48 posted a video of herself, head shaved, tearfully begging not to be fired from the group. What horrible crime did she commit? What awful, unpardonable sin caused her demotion and public humilation? Dating.
Another sign that I graduated too soon.
Kalamazoo Promise has come up in discussion a couple of times. The program, funded by anonymous donors, covers tuition and fees for all graduates of Kalamazoo public high schools.
The End of Japan's National Sport?
In March of 2009, the Japan Sumo Association won a lawsuit against Kodansha, a large Japanese publishing house. Kodansha had alleged that match fixing was rampant in Sumo, even at the highest levels. However, in the last week, police have discovered text messages between wrestlers showing proof of fixing, including negotiation over compensation.
Elderly and missing
“Living until 150 years old is impossible in the natural world,” said Akira Nemoto, director of the elderly services section of the Adachi ward office. “But it is not impossible in the world of Japanese public administration.”
Up until the end of July, no one knew how many people over the age of 100 were missing in Japan. Now, officials are scrambling to check on the elderly.
Calm, cool, dignified = Comic Sans?
As the City of Cleveland reacts badly to the end result of a long, drawn out process, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert takes matters into his own hands, flipping out on the his team's website, penning his screed in everyone's favorite font.
Another one bites the dust
Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan, will resign. Also stepping down is Ichiro Ozawa. After a series of misscues, calls for Hatoyama's resignation started popping up. Among the issues dogging Hatoyama were questions about a sizeable amount of money he received from his mother (possibly disguised as campaign contributions to keep him from looking like a weak candidate who couldn't raise funds), reneging on a promise to move the US Marine bases out of Okinawa, and this shirt.
I would have named mine "The Game is Rigged"
Twitter+Kentucky Derby+The Wire:The Greatest Hashtag of All Time slgawkersite
MMMmmm Sunday Zombies
Thanks to a lot of what I've read on Metafilter, I've found some amazing websites (many of these have been posted before), and I've built up kind of a Sunday routine that starts at Post Secret, then continues toTXComics, where I check the weeks updates on Kukuburi and The Abominable Charles Christopher, all the while hoping that Sin Tutulo will be back soon (Feb 28th, they say). From there I check out A Softer World, and every once in a while, go back to check on comics that seem to have stopped, like We The Robots and Simulated Comic Product (which seems to have undergone some changes.
The key? I usually finish with Bob the Angry Flower, whose recommendations are always worth a shot. Therefore, I give you Infectonator!
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