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Had to give up on AC:Syndicate for the moment. I can't find anyway to stop the shuddering lag constnatly happening. It bugs me, the fact that I could get 20-30 hours of gameplay smooth, and then it just suddenly..starts. Then I can flip to AC:Origins or AC: Oddysey and they play smooth with high quality graphics and absolutely no problem.

For that added slice of odds and ends: BBC - Could the US or UK ban TikTok?

Heh, apparently the Washington Post's factchecking team have plotted the number of Trump's "distortions of truth" since he took office, and it looks a lot like the covid-19 graphs in the US. Supposedly it took him 827 days to reach his first 10,000 lies, but just 440 days to reach his second 10,000 lies. And they've released their study as a book "Donald Trump and his Assault on Truth"...

Hollywood Reporter - Grant Imahara dead, Mythbusters host was 49

"Someone wrote to ask about my plans for the fall, and it too me a moment to realise they meant 'autumn' , and not 'the collapse.' " "You say that like there might be a difference."

For some of those interesting background points: Gizmodo - How The Old Guard dug deep to bring the comics to life

Makes you wonder what Dinosaurs really looked like..

The Guardian - How white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability

Maybe not politics per se, just an aspect of law and all.. But oy vey The Root - Lawyer for Michican couple who pulled gun on black family, claming they were victics of 'ethnic intimidation' "They were black, and they wanted an apology for nearly hitting their 15 year old daughter when I was driving out from the store not giving a damn. Of course I felt initmidated, I was scared for my life so I pulled a gun and kept screaming what a badass I was at them..."

The Old Guard. Nicely done Netflix adaption, no wasted moments to it, although a couple of elements have that slightly comic book style forced aspect to it. Charlize Theron smoothly plays the part Andy, the leader of a small band of immortals who act as covert mercenaries who has "forgotten more ways to kill than most entire armies learn" and has been around so long she can't remember when she was born, or what her mother or sisters looked like. Of course, modern day arrives, and shenanigans ensue when someone unearths their secret and wants to hunt them down to disect and use as cures for the human condition. To help tell the story to the audience, you also get the introduction of the first "new immortal" in a couple of centuries, so a lot of it is answering her questions on what the hell is happening to her. All set up with an ending that screams "this is potential franchise" for Netflix to run several more films following it. I think the one major misstep to it is it has a very forgettable soundtrack for the most part, so that slice of emotional punch is missing. And I suppose it can depend on just how many stories of weary immortals struggling to deal with always losing friends and families who age and die while they carry on you can take....

Heh. So now Trump is postponing the New Hampshire rally because of "the weather"....

Hard to decide just which thread to put this...

Other reasons why Garak was one of the best Star Trek characters...