Saturday, November 09, 2013

Linky time

This will just be a list of things that caught my attention lately.  A long list.

Why zombies wouldn't survive long.  Or, why wildlife is bloody awesome:
http://boingboing.net/2013/10/14/zombiesvsanimals.html

A story that demonstrates brilliantly why teachers should be trained and regulated:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/10/30/teacher-who-told-students-hitler-wasnt-all-bad-he-killed-the-gays-struck-off/

My Lai, sexual assault and the black blouse girl.  It's an explanation of a famous picture from the Vietnam war. ***Trigger warning***  Once you read the article the picture becomes even more upsetting.
http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/10/my-lai-sexual-assault-and-the-black-blouse-girl-forty-five-years-later-one-of-america%E2%80%99s-most-iconic-photos-hides-truth-in-plain-sight/

Fantagraphics kickstarter for their 2014 Spring season:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=48934#storyContinued
An interview with one of the Fantagraphics guys explaining why they are doing this:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=48934#storyContinued

Aquaman marries Spider-Man!!  On a cake at least.  This is a great story.
http://www.aquamanshrine.net/2013/11/aquaman-marries-spider-man.html

Chinese movie theatre displays slashy Thor poster:
http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2013/11/chinese-movie-theater-accidentally-displayed-fan-made-thor-2-poster-thats-basically-slash-fiction/

Independent bookstores can now sell kindles and earn 10% of profits from future ebook sales:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1873094&highlight
This is an amazing move and I'm so pleased they've gone down this route!  I hope it's not just limited to the United States.

An alternate Silver Banshee cover for Superman Unchained, sadly, it's not a Banshee story inside:
https://twitter.com/dranj70/status/398148871978639360/photo/1

The set of the TV show The Addams Family, photographed in colour, it's quite pink:
https://twitter.com/bmagnanti/status/397500360081670145/photo/1

The most revolting article I've ever read about food.  It talks about blood soup and maggot cheese.  It's really rough.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/nov/07/sardinia-food-blood-soup-maggot-cheese

Possibly the best thing on the internet.  25 autocorrect fails:
http://rats-funnybone.com/25-funny-auto-correct-fails/

Interview with Cher where she talks about Miley Cyrus, vocoders and Salvador Dali giving her a vibrator (or not):
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/07/cher-women-sex-objects-interview

Hope you've enjoyed them all!

1 comment:

SallyP said...

Aquaman and Spider-Man? That's adorable.