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https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/anti-lockdown-riots-in-europe-making-remainer-feel-a-right-****-20211122214546

https://winteriscoming.net/2021/11/22/the-wheel-of-time-boss-explains-big-change-perrin/ But yes, it's a mix of they've aged the characters up so that the audience skew it as a "young adult show" and not watch it. Which means some shifts to adapt to characters being 18-20 rather than 16 or so. They've compressed a couple of side characters into one, they've made Mat more grim with a darker family life, and a few other areas.

The first episode pacing is a bit off to me. Episodes 2 and 3 do seem smoother and work better.

Octopuses, Crabs, and Lobsters are Sentient Beings, Says Updated UK Law (gizmodo.com)

Universal-Sci : Massive solar and wind farms could bring vegetation back to the Sahara

Been a mix of lazy morning start reading and sprawling, before pushing to achieve a few things. Formalising a set of notes in advance of job interview tomorrow, trying to have a few more things settle in my head over it all. Keep meaning to spend some time gaming, but getting distracted chasing things down to add to my notes.

Something that slipped by last month... BBC - Hong Kong University orders Tiananmen statues removal

Games Workshop actually had to put out an official statement explaining that you're not supposed to root for the fascists. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/

Just for the quirky interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_upon_a_time A list of the ritualised versions of "Once upon a time" depending on language and culture.. That reminder of the sheer universal nature of storytelling...