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Really adorable full-cast interview for ST: Picard by the New York Times, with fantastic new photos of the cast. Unfortunately Marina couldn't be there. I'm absolutely swooning over LeVar though. And Gates. And Jonathan. And Michael! And Patrick...
Watch Benedetta free -- this is my current movie obsession. If you don't speak French, there's an option for subtitles in various different languages. Great website so long as you use Firefox. The movie itself is a fun sacrilegious romp about the real-life Benedetta Carlini, who faked visions from God and was eventually found guilty of lesbianism.
The Unrepentant Necrophile -- a friend shared this on discord yesterday and I love it. It's an interview from 1990 with a mortician who was caught having sex with corpses, and who eventually came to embrace her necrophilia as normal and okay.
Some free Japanese lessons that I'm putting here so I don't forget to check them out.
Deep Waters fic illustration by FuriaRossa, featuring David and Petros Xanatos from Gargoyles. Really fucking cute and I can't believe the way these two artists handle a ballpoint pen.
Is It Forensics or Junk Science? (ProPublica)
How Jessica Logan's Call for Help Became Evidence Against Her (ProPublica) -- this is a really good, infuriating look into one particular aspect of junk forensic science. 911 Call Analysis! It's much longer and more in depth than the article above.
Still No Evidence of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SkepticalInquirer) -- this is a look at recent (2020-ish) accusations of SRA in the Netherlands. I always find Satanic Panic stuff interesting, but I think I'm especially interested in modern accusations now, since there's so much overlap with the Trans Groomers/PizzaGate/QAnon conspiracy theories. Actually, as I've been archiving media coverage of trans rights, I noticed that a lot of the comments say (of trans people), "He looks like he eats cheese pizza" 💀 That threw me for a fuckin loop the first time I saw it.
Watch Benedetta free -- this is my current movie obsession. If you don't speak French, there's an option for subtitles in various different languages. Great website so long as you use Firefox. The movie itself is a fun sacrilegious romp about the real-life Benedetta Carlini, who faked visions from God and was eventually found guilty of lesbianism.
The Unrepentant Necrophile -- a friend shared this on discord yesterday and I love it. It's an interview from 1990 with a mortician who was caught having sex with corpses, and who eventually came to embrace her necrophilia as normal and okay.
Some free Japanese lessons that I'm putting here so I don't forget to check them out.
Deep Waters fic illustration by FuriaRossa, featuring David and Petros Xanatos from Gargoyles. Really fucking cute and I can't believe the way these two artists handle a ballpoint pen.
Is It Forensics or Junk Science? (ProPublica)
How Jessica Logan's Call for Help Became Evidence Against Her (ProPublica) -- this is a really good, infuriating look into one particular aspect of junk forensic science. 911 Call Analysis! It's much longer and more in depth than the article above.
Still No Evidence of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SkepticalInquirer) -- this is a look at recent (2020-ish) accusations of SRA in the Netherlands. I always find Satanic Panic stuff interesting, but I think I'm especially interested in modern accusations now, since there's so much overlap with the Trans Groomers/PizzaGate/QAnon conspiracy theories. Actually, as I've been archiving media coverage of trans rights, I noticed that a lot of the comments say (of trans people), "He looks like he eats cheese pizza" 💀 That threw me for a fuckin loop the first time I saw it.
