This show was spectacular just from a technical point of view. To ensure the viewer's immersion, they used various video camera formats: Super 35mm, Super 16 and “Max 8” Super 8 cameras, all to capture the period and essence of the 70s.
let's be real, michelangelo was paid around US$600,000 (in today's money) for the sistine chapel, the pope had to beg him to do it, and it took him over five years because he ran away *at least* twice to have an artistic meltdown
he was *not* expected to to hold down another job
@ravenscimaven you GOTTA read and watch Daisy Jones & the Six, it was inspired by Rumors and it made me become the biggest Stevie/ Fleetwood drama fan ever. and then revisit What's Up with That and see Lindsey Buckingham a whole new way!!
It's just *so* many flowers. However many you're thinking of, double it. Hella carnations. Baby's Breath for DAYS. A 3rd flower I can absolutely name.
I'm your (petal) pusher; we're putting the Rose Parade to shame. 🌸😤
[Or, it's something completely different.] #BurrowsEnd
“Those who are up to date on their vaccines are far less likely to get long COVID.”
—COVID minimizer Ashish Jha
Facts:
“Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long COVID after infection by only about 15%, according to a study of more than 13 million people.”
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You’ve heard about the millions of acres of Canadian forest going up in flames, choking cities thousands of miles away. But you probably haven’t heard this: the average Canadian emits more greenhouse gases than the average citizen of any other country on Earth 🧵
🙋🏽♀️ Which war crime weighs on your conscience more?
The 150,000 Cambodians who died on your watch?
The genocides you sponsored in East Timor and Bangladesh?
Or the continent-wide terrorism, coups and death squads in Latin America?
1) Get rid of ALL the data.
2) As waves approach, claim they’ll magically pass over.
3) As waves hit, distract, run articles claiming it’s not happening.
4) After waves hit, repeatedly ask where the data is. Claim there would be data if there was a wave.
5) Repeat steps 2-4.
Northwestern's African American Studies librarian with responsibilities for Gender and Sexuality Studies and Caribbean Studies, and is the interim librarian for Latin American Studies. Fulbright scholar. Kathleen Bethel's accolades are *so long*
The most uncomfortable truth is that SARS-Cov-2 destroys the organs required to excrete and metabolize antifungals, antivirals, and antibiotics. It then sets about depleting CD4 cells, leaving its victim to die the death of an AIDS patient while experiencing cognitive decline.
'“I honestly thought you didn’t like me for some reason,” one partygoer, Hailey, told Phaedra at the function. “I even told all my friends that you were kind of intimidating. But, like, y’know, in a cool way!”'
Fun fact: In January of 1896, the British exiled Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I, the last sovereign ruler of an independent Ashanti Empire. Asante territory was annexed into the British Empire & the Asante were forced to pay the British crown 50,000 ounces of gold every year.