Shelley Youngblut

Josh Holloway is the only choice. 💯

YouTube video by BBC News What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News

Thought this was quite lovely.
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
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This is the truest thing I’ve read on the Internet in a while

this 72-page book, The ABCs of Media Literacy, is given to every grade nine student in Finland

media literacy is a core component of the national curriculum. everyone has the toolbox and training needed for practicing responsible citizenship

its CIVICS

(a bullshit detector)

abcsofmedia.com

10/10 allusion. All praise.

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

We tried out in New Haven. Now, I was not sure about my own self at that time...So, when I was called out to do the play, part of me was resisting everything, everything. My thought was, I'm going to show everyone why I shouldn't be in this play. When we opened in New Haven, I basically just laid down. I said said “Okay, I'm going to be so bad they're going to get rid of me." So I got terrible reviews. Elizabeth [Ashley] did well. They all loved her and she was great. But, my perversity had everyone down on me. I thought, well, this is good, now they'll replace me. Mike took me to lunch and said, “Look, I think I know what you're doing, and it's not going to work. No matter how bad you try to behave, I'm not going to replace you." So I said, "Well, I'm now going to get worse.” I decides I'm not gonna let him win this one, I'm going to show him. I'm going to be so bad he's gotta replace me.

For decades, Redford had a tortured relationship with acting--one critic described him as behaving like the handsome high school senior who'd grudgingly agreed to star in the class play. Here's some raw transcript from when I asked him about Mike Nichols directing him in Barefoot in the Park. (1/2)

🚨National Statement from Canada's Healthcare community: #ScienceMatters!

Too often lies – about vaccines, COVID, ivermectin, etc. – harm patients, policies & the public.

Canadian medical, research, clinical and healthcare organizations stand up for science!📢

Signed by over 20 leading orgs...👇

Has @wordfest got a show for those who want the full story. Hear it straight from Cory Doctorow, who coined the phrase. wordfest.com/2025/imagina...

Dec. 10: Calgary. Margaret Atwood. Hosted by Heather O’Neill. Much in common.

Sold out.

The most beautiful Canadian-made plane.

And Heather O’Neill. They’ve taken the American banned list and started adding Canadian authors…

I’ve done stories on elite male cheerleaders. They are good people—and they never drop the girl. 💙 They know which way the winds blow.

Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.

Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read

"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

The Devil’s Advocate

Thank you! I present writers in Calgary with @wordfest and now I’m obsessed with this cover too!

My sport.

Alberta’s coal mine reclamation regulations failing to protect water, fish, scientists say High levels of contaminants are damaging aquatic life and their ecosystems, study says

“The big lie is that Albertans think that the regulator is going to look at what’s submitted and, if those promises and requirements aren’t met, then the company is going to have to fix it. Well, here’s the paper that says that’s not true.”

Why are we so bad at regulating our resource economy?

Watch him in The Companion! Full movie is on YouTube. He’s so underrated.

Opinion | The Heart-Lifting Magic of a Pop-up Concert

Sometimes you get lucky, even in a time when it’s hard to believe in luck anymore. I got lucky last week and saw Tyler Childers playing in the shadow of a giant T-Rex on the side of a highway. I was so happy on the way home I didn’t even think about my bitin’ list. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good

Source (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

Email me!

Got mine today. Thank you, science.

‘It was a buddy movie – and then they kissed’: Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishi on My Beautiful Laundrette at 40 We meet the director and writer of the classic gay romance for tea, cake and bubbles to talk about the movie that changed cinema – and the lives of everyone involved

Forty years of My Beautiful Laundrette, 'the movie that changed cinema – and the lives of everyone involved'.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Bravo!

My pharmacy couldn’t give me a booster because there was no billing code. I offered to pay but they had no fee schedule. This was at the beginning of July.

The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.

In summary:

1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.

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YouTube video by Conan Tonight Show Horse Watching Restricted Super Bowl Footage on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1/21/10

I just said, “He can pull off a Conan.” youtu.be/1q2IYgh_sjo?...