Coraline the movie is 15 years old today! And to celebrate, Laika are rereleasing it, remastered, and in the original 3D, this coming August. I feel like a proud grandfather. Also, I have still never seen a better use of 3D than Coraline. Did you see it when it first came out?
Sorry I had to update my 2024 #BingoCard to include Nigel Farage becoming Tory leader and PM
"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes," is such an absolute A+ literary line that you'd be forgiven for forgetting it comes from the Muppets.
So people move. There's no getting around that. One of the biggest factors historically in human migration are climate change, food shortage, and war. If you don't want refugees in your white picket fence neighborhood, don't support fossil fuels or militarism.
A good summary article on the history of Zionism, from its 19th century liberal European origins to the latest militant version theconversation.com/israel-hamas...
Political Zionism underpins the country we today call Israel. It’s a political movement that’s evolved over time. So what is the history of Zionism, and what has that evolution looked like?
In light of this New York Times story, the question is: Was the IDF leadership incompetent, or was Netanyahu looking for an excuse to commit Genocide? www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/w...
A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.