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uBlock Origin is erasing them and leaving a giant empty gap (so at least I know when people are posting them) on here all of a sudden the past few days as well, haven't yet tracked down the specific element causing it, though. But at least I can disable uBlock Origin and have them appear...

Trevor Moore, most notable for being one of the main guys of The Whitest Kids U' Know. Always thought that show was awful from a number of clips I had been sent over the years because they didn't know how to time or structure their jokes quite right, but the ideas of their jokes weren't bad and comedy is super subjective and as far as I know he wasn't a terrible person, so...RIP. Cause of death not specified beyond "accident".

A post on the subject of Trump and what it means for the U.S. going forward I just read and came by to post (although it's probably too long that most people won't bother...but I think they should if they're at all concerned with the growing fascist movement in the U.S.): If the wheels are not already currently in motion to nail Donald J. Trump, by whatever legals means possible, by whatever parties capable of doing so, then I don't even know what to say, except that I very much fear 2024. Trump is one of a very few people whose sudden death I would feel a palpable sense of relief for due to the risk he poses to all that is sacred in our little democracy, and never mind the rest of the world.

I've watched a handful of episodes of the 1963 The Outer Limits. Remember it being mostly kind of awkward and weird, . Anyways, glad you enjoyed Miyu, and I do think the TV show will probably feel a little better put together, .

It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure it was Hellsing Ultimate, which I believe is the later one. @majestic I skipped past all of the absolutely embarrassing intro stuff and landed in him talking about the intro...and then heard Usagi voicing Darth Vader at like the 4 minute mark. I thought that was funny. Him himself, not so much.

I made it 25 seconds in before I had to close it. Does it only get worse from there? Also, I'm not familiar at all with Lindsay Ellis' former Nostalgia Chick persona except that I know that she says it was terrible and bad and please don't go back and watch those videos - was it really like this?

I saw her avatar here and was like "with an avatar like that, she's a hundro percent a turbo-tumblr-er, I probably don't have to but let's make sure". Yup. And then she started animating her own little character graphics because I guess using words isn't her strong point... Suffice to say, think I'll stick to Lindsay Ellis. ...Now if only Lindsay Ellis did video essays on Sailor Moon and Utena, . @Sarex Thanks for the recommendations. I actually checked out Hellsing once upon a time ago, wasn't really to my taste for a variety of reasons, but I just took a quick look at Monster and that looks a bit more up my alley.

I guess technically I don't really understand what Miyu is doing to them when she "seals" them away - to my eyes, it doesn't really seem any different then e.g. killing an extraplanar in D&D, which "kills" their form here but really sends them back to their home plane in some fashion. So the implication to me was that she did, for all practical purposes, actually kill them, even if they aren't necessarily in a state of absolute death, .

Yeah, watched that yesterday, seems pretty neat. Probably something you want to wait until the second generation comes out so they can fix whatever major hardware issues arise, though...

P.S. If anyone knows any other dark/horror animes/cartoons like Miyu (i.e. doesn't have to be a masterpiece by any means, not super action-heavy but some is fine, more character-driven, preferably made between the 70s and 90s...or later if the style isn't totally terrible I guess, I'd at least look to see if I could jive with it), be sure to let me know. I did some searching but was really only able to come up with a couple of okay-ish possibilities. Miyu seems especially rare because it's actually still considered shoujo even though it's dark and horror, so it seems very unlikely I'd find something quite like it again, which would be a shame indeed because this cross-section of genres kind of feels like it could really be my jam if more of it existed.

USA wins basketball gold medal against France, but just barely. Avenged their sole loss to France that happened in their very first game of the tournament, but did not really look too much better than they did the first time around...but it was enough. For a team made up of All-NBAs and All-Stars, it never really played like it should've...but it got the gold, and that's what counts.

Part 1 of 2 of Crusher Joe (1989). Man, 1980s anime sci-fi in HD...a great transfer too. But unlike that trash Iczer One, this actually had good writing and dialogue, a solid cast of characters (that it only spent a couple of minutes introducing before getting right into letting them do their thing in the movie proper - a good choice, and one that I wish more modern entertainment would take heed of sometimes), good VAs, great animation (note: not art style, which is also good but distinct from the animation, the actual animation itself is great)...and I was actually really into the plot and action, which is rare for something like this. Just really all around good. Actually, outside of the first few minutes where I wasn't sure what I would be watching (since I don't really investigate random stuff I try very much beyond looking at a handful of screenshots to get a basic feeling for it, maybe a very quick glance at the genres), I was rather reminded a bit of... ...and in a good way. Basic premise is that "Crushers" are space-faring crack-teams that take care of...well, space problems that need immediate and expert response. Our team, lead by one Crusher Joe, is hired to rescue a small asteroid-moon whose course is going to terminate into its host planet, a dictatorship planet that has been using the asteroid-moon as a prisoner colony for political dissidents. ...Okay, is it just me, or is the box art for this inexplicably a little terrifying? (e): Part 2 was just about as good as part 1. Good stuff.

For a different kind of "scientific discovery"...: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse

I have a ridiculous amount of shows I've bookmarked that will probably take me literally a decade-plus to get around to trying all of, which I've bookmarked on the basis of few different criteria important to me. Luluco was a "okay I'm probably gonna hate this, but it does match my criteria and you never know" try-out. Well, I actually didn't hate it, it was decent enough, I think - kind of like Kill la Kill, really. Also, because I have so many things bookmarked, I kind of feel a pressing need to steadily try them out purely for the sake of clearing them out - though because I'm already watching a few other shows as it is, I am focusing on trying out that which I most strongly believe I won't like. The risk I run when I do that is I might end up trying something which I actually do like and only adds to the current logjam of shows I'm watching... Though at least I'm usually watching one or two of them with my other party, which helps make steady progress with at least one of them (Miyu is that one right now, and unsurprisingly will be the first I finish out of everything). Xiaolang/Sakura: It felt very right, especially after he's given her a couple that really rightfully belonged to him. Nice to see that reciprocated, . He tried to play it off all cold, of course, but it's a little difficult to believe when he's the one that started it, . Hope you enjoy your deserved vacation!

Season 1 of Uchuu Patrol Luluco. "Season 1", which is about 20 minutes long. Tonally, it's basically a completely irreverent OK K.O. that's also on the speediest of speed. "Normal" high school girl wakes up one morning and...

I've heard legends of a rare kind of boss that can genuinely understand, appreciate, and even eventually reward those who go above and beyond...but they're only legends, . Hey, speaking of Cardcaptor Sakura...more Eriko! A few more episodes of Miyu, including a two-parter...

Not inaccurate - think I told KP that it was a bit wacky and all over the place. The final part is probably the most straightforward (and certainly my favorite part). @Work: Example #523,785,129,816 proving that it basically never pays to overperform or reveal aptitude or talent for something outside of your job description... What a fall for grace for Sakura, . It's always amazing what incredibly talented people are able to make...and then subsequently miss the mark so badly on when they try to continue it.

Perhaps...but if I were like you in that specific regard, I'd most likely never start any new show ever again out of abject fear of being forced to sit through the entire thing. Nothing longer than maybe ten episodes, anyways, . Hope you like Miyu - I imagine it'll be primarily dependent on whether you like the titular character herself, . Will you be starting with the OVA or the show first? (I'd...probably recommend the show first, OVA second? The show is a bit more conventional.)

Iczer One (1985). Watched the first part (of three) purely on the basis of seeing some HD shots from the bluray - 1980s anime in HD is always nice. Really mediocre to outright terrible everything else, though: do not recommend. Pretty bad writing, poor Japanese voice-casting, bad plot, really bad characters, uninteresting action sequences...and it doesn't even culminate in "it's so bad it's funny" - it was just boring. There are much more deserving works to get an HD transfer than this...of course, that's more dependent on which companies actually saved their original materials to be able to do so. Anyways, glad I'm not majestic, because I have no intent of ever finishing that. A few more episodes of Miyu. Solid except for one, where some new guy became the protagonist for the episode and Miyu was barely in it...and he kind of came across as unintentionally borderline mentally handicapped on top of being completely unlikable to me.

https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/geography-red-flags-character-vikings-risk-jeff-gladney "I always think it’s interesting to look into why teams take risks. Which brings me to the second of the Vikings’ first-round picks, Jeff Gladney. The Vikings were able to pick up an extra fourth-rounder to move down from 25 to 31, which better positioned them to roll the dice on Gladney, who’d had some issues (failed drug tests were part of it) at TCU. One reason they felt OK? Geography. The hope is that getting Gladney (who they believe is a good kid) out of Texas and bringing him to Minneapolis will force him to grow up a little bit, the same way such a move from Florida led Dalvin Cook getting past some of the trouble around him at Florida State. Will it work? We’ll see. But it’s clear the Vikings believe they can create the right kind of environment for guys like Gladney." ... "Jeff Gladney was indicted by a Texas grand jury and charged with domestic violence by impeding breathing, for “intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly“ causing bodily injury and applying pressure to a woman’s neck and throat. If convicted, he could serve up to 10 years in prison" "The #Vikings have released Jeff Gladney following his indictment." The hits just keep on coming for the Vikings, who were also just announced to have the worst vaccination percentage in the league with head coach Zimmer being absolutely apoplectic about it and the dummies setting his team back. Their vaccination percentage is lower than the general adult population of Minnesota somehow.

The twisties are no joke - good way to become a paraplegic if you try to perform with it. Glad she managed to escape uninjured.

Don't need the Bucks to win again or nothing, but these garbage superteams are so boring - hope both the Lakers and Nets get knocked out of the first round next year.

"It's not real until it affects me." -Collective humanity 2021, seconds before Chicxulub-class asteroid ends humanity (P.S. Last I heard, the league was sitting at around 85% vaccination? Really not too terrible, and it's been going up...could be worse, and it of course could be even better.)

Just waiting for news that Rodgers isn't vaccinated... He runs with some pretty wacky people and is pretty independently minded, really wouldn't surprise me. Hope not, though... (e): Apparently, Packers are making non-vaccinated players wear their masks during practice and pressers, and he hasn't, ergo I guess I can assume he is vaccinated. Hooray!

Also, I don't watch any "anime today", because "anime today" looks...well, the way it does - i.e. literally revolting to me or simply trash, or a combination of both. Virtually all of the anime I watch is 90s or earlier, and while GitS's art is good and I like it well enough, it doesn't really...like, scream outstanding or anything. For more "realistic" art styles, Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue or Millennium Actress are more my speed, . #NotMyAndroids: I don't need this lousy Blade Runner knockoff, .