Thor #280
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Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Wayne Boring
Inks: Tom Palmer
As if one Hyperion wasn’t worse enough, now there’s two of him!
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2025 Colorado Book Awards
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2025 Diana Jones Award Shortlist
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Violin vs. Fiddle
Jul. 27th, 2025 02:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This performance neatly illustrates the difference between violin and fiddle. Technically they're the same instrument, but there are a lot of little tweaks and tricks that lead to different music -- even playing what is also, technically, the same song. Violin invites you to sit on your ass and listen; fiddle motivates you to get off your ass and move.
Philosophical Questions: Utopia
Jul. 26th, 2025 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.
What would a utopia be like, how would it function and continue to exist?
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What would a utopia be like, how would it function and continue to exist?
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Storm #10
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If you're one of those fans who doesn't like Storm to be the most awesome at absolutely everything, this isn't your book.
But we're here for the real star of the book! The Sensational Character Find of 1997! That's right, it's time for my boy Maggott to shine!
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"I've looked into it, and I just don't see how the lyrics are political"
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Really? You really don't see it at all?
(The comment is a few years old and gave a few more details in the thread that read to me like they were a teen or young adult when they wrote it, so to protect their identity I'm linking to a different lyrics video of the same song. But seriously, there's a level of stupidity that can't be entirely excused by youth.)
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(The comment is a few years old and gave a few more details in the thread that read to me like they were a teen or young adult when they wrote it, so to protect their identity I'm linking to a different lyrics video of the same song. But seriously, there's a level of stupidity that can't be entirely excused by youth.)
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Last Weekend of July 2025
Jul. 26th, 2025 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
No lottery winnings to speak of.
No Bingo day.
Just a good enough day.
More to talk about tomorrow, maybe?
No Bingo day.
Just a good enough day.
More to talk about tomorrow, maybe?
Berry picking
Jul. 26th, 2025 10:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
That was the main thing today. Got up a little early and ate breakfast and had coffee.
Linda and Betsy went kayaking and I took a shower and washed my hair. When they got back Betsy and I went blueberry picking at the U Pick down the road.
I kind of got in a fugue, and ended up picking five pounds. What I am going to do with them all I don't know! I had some of them for lunch and I'll keep putting them on my breakfast cereal.
The rest of the day I read and went to DCslash. I went to the Starsky and Hutch panel, and the Good Omens panel, and Nox's Tea Party, and those were fun.
I Teamed the FWiB, thouogh only for an hour because it butted up to the Good Omens panel.
Tomorrow I don't think there's to much in DCslash I want to see so I'll spend more time with family and the cottage.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. DCslash.
3. Being here.
4. Blueberries.
5. Good books.
6. The weather wasn't too hot.
Linda and Betsy went kayaking and I took a shower and washed my hair. When they got back Betsy and I went blueberry picking at the U Pick down the road.
I kind of got in a fugue, and ended up picking five pounds. What I am going to do with them all I don't know! I had some of them for lunch and I'll keep putting them on my breakfast cereal.
The rest of the day I read and went to DCslash. I went to the Starsky and Hutch panel, and the Good Omens panel, and Nox's Tea Party, and those were fun.
I Teamed the FWiB, thouogh only for an hour because it butted up to the Good Omens panel.
Tomorrow I don't think there's to much in DCslash I want to see so I'll spend more time with family and the cottage.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. DCslash.
3. Being here.
4. Blueberries.
5. Good books.
6. The weather wasn't too hot.
Pixel Scroll 7/26/25 You Are Invited To A Party For The Pixels. I Am Not Saying Which Pixels
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Forest Greens Design
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A friend tipped me to this Etsy page, which offers dice bags and card cases with leaf and flower themes.
Green Energy
Jul. 26th, 2025 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, new UN report finds: 'The sun is rising on a clean energy age'
Fifteen years ago, solar power was nearly four times the cost of fossil fuel alternatives.
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According to two new United Nations reports, renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point,” and solar power is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels.
Progress!
Fifteen years ago, solar power was nearly four times the cost of fossil fuel alternatives.
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According to two new United Nations reports, renewable energy has passed a “positive tipping point,” and solar power is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels.
Progress!
Replaced image for Emmy nominees post
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I didn't like how this came out, so I made a new image for 'The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation' plus the Emmy nominees for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.


2025 Scribe Awards
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1:The world may call her “too much” — don’t let home be the first place that does.,
2: If she pushes back, good. She’s learning her voice has power.,
3: If she storms, stay steady. You’re teaching strength that doesn’t harm.,
4: You don’t have to prove you’re in charge - love leads louder than ego.,
5: Obedience isn’t the goal. Raise her to think, feel, and believe in herself.,
6: She’s not broken when she’s loud, mad, or emotional. She’s processing.,
7:Don’t shame her for the same fire that gets praised in boys.,
8: Let her be soft without clipping her strength.,
You’re not losing control — you’re earning trust.
9: She doesn’t need to fear you to respect you. She just needs to feel you’re with her.,
You’re not just raising a girl.
You’re raising a woman who won’t shrink to fit.
Because her mom never asked her to.
#momlife #momlove #girlmom #motherhood
#motherhoodunfiltered #raisingstronggirls
2: If she pushes back, good. She’s learning her voice has power.,
3: If she storms, stay steady. You’re teaching strength that doesn’t harm.,
4: You don’t have to prove you’re in charge - love leads louder than ego.,
5: Obedience isn’t the goal. Raise her to think, feel, and believe in herself.,
6: She’s not broken when she’s loud, mad, or emotional. She’s processing.,
7:Don’t shame her for the same fire that gets praised in boys.,
8: Let her be soft without clipping her strength.,
You’re not losing control — you’re earning trust.
9: She doesn’t need to fear you to respect you. She just needs to feel you’re with her.,
You’re not just raising a girl.
You’re raising a woman who won’t shrink to fit.
Because her mom never asked her to.
#momlife #momlove #girlmom #motherhood
#motherhoodunfiltered #raisingstronggirls
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'Pee-wee as Himself' vs. 'Will & Harper' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special on Tequila Day, "my personal favorite so far is The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation. It's hilarious and deserves a post of its own." Here it is.
Follow over the jump to watch the trailers and other Emmy nominations for the nominees in Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.

Time to go through the trailers for the top four nominees according to Gold Derby, beginning with Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 2 | Official Trailer | Max.
New countries. Same Conan.
That looks like a riot and it has star power with Javier Bardem and Taika Watiti, which might be why Gold Derby thinks it is likely to win. They thought so last year, but a special spinoff of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman won instead. It's also up against a sequel of sorts to Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, a three-time prior winner, so I'm skeptical of its favorite status.
Speaking of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, I'm sharing Tucci in Italy | Official Trailer | National Geographic.
Now for Gold Derby's third choice, Finding Your Roots | Season 11 Trailer | PBS.
I close the trailers with the returning winner, sort of, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 5 | Official Trailer | Netflix.
Now for the other categories in which Conan O'Brien Must Go, The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation, and Tucci in Italy earned nominations, which I covered in 'Pee-wee as Himself' vs. 'Will & Harper' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special on Tequila Day and '100 Foot Wave' leads Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in nominations, but could lose to 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night'.


That's a wrap for today. The next category will be either the short-form nominees or the unstructured reality shows. Stay tuned to see which are the subjects of tomorrow's Sunday entertainment feature.
Previous posts about the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
I dropped a program note in the middle of Has Trump converted these Gen Zers into MAGA true believers, or is this just a rebellious phase? In this half-hour special, Jordan Klepper is ditching the rallies and heading to Texas A&M, a UFC fight, and spring break in Florida to ask young right-wingers why they've turned toward Trump, Charlie Kirk, and even Andrew Tate.My wife and I watched this and were simultaneously amused at how much Klepper was trolling the college students and their not realizing it and appalled at how they liked Donald "Hoover Cleveland" Trump and other right-wing influencers because they think they're "cool." It reminds me of a prediction Archdruid John Michael Greer made in Conversation as Commons four years ago.
But what about those ideas that most people consider Bad? Ahem. You can’t get rid of those by censoring them. That’s been tried, over and over again, and it always fails. What’s more, it quite often guarantees that the censored ideas become the cool new notions of the next fashionable counterculture. Decades of Victorian censorship of sex, for example, simply made the Decadent movement and the Sexual Revolution inevitable. If today’s woke ideologues want to make racism, sexism, and posthumous reverence for Donald Trump the foundation of the hot new avant-garde youth culture of the 2040s and 2050s, in other words, they’re going about it the right way.We didn't have to wait twenty years for Greer's prediction to come true. As the young people Klepper interviewed demonstrate, it's happening right now, while Hoover Cleveland is still alive. Sigh.
Follow over the jump to watch the trailers and other Emmy nominations for the nominees in Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.

Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or SpecialAs the promotional images from Twitter/X show above, three shows have two nominations, Conan O'Brien Must Go, The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation, and Tucci in Italy. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman have just the program nomination. Gold Derby breaks the tie at the top with 60% of experts, 80% of editors, and 79.4% of users voting for Conan O'Brien Must Go, 40% of experts, 20% of editors, and 15.0% of users picking Tucci in Italy, 2.9% of users choosing Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., 1.8% selecting My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, and only 0.8% thinking The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation has a chance. It may be my favorite, but I'm in a tiny minority.
- Conan O'Brien Must Go (HBO Max)
- The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation (Comedy Central)
- Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (PBS)
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix)
- Tucci in Italy (National Geographic)
Time to go through the trailers for the top four nominees according to Gold Derby, beginning with Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 2 | Official Trailer | Max.
New countries. Same Conan.
That looks like a riot and it has star power with Javier Bardem and Taika Watiti, which might be why Gold Derby thinks it is likely to win. They thought so last year, but a special spinoff of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman won instead. It's also up against a sequel of sorts to Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, a three-time prior winner, so I'm skeptical of its favorite status.
Speaking of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, I'm sharing Tucci in Italy | Official Trailer | National Geographic.
National Geographic invites audiences on a mouthwatering journey with Academy Award®-nominee and Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-winner Stanley Tucci in TUCCI IN ITALY. Produced by Tucci’s SALT Productions and BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions, the five-part series follows Tucci across Italy’s stunning landscapes as he explores the deep connections between food, culture and history. More than a travelogue, it’s a rich, narrative-driven dive into the country’s iconic culinary traditions. Along the way, Tucci meets locals, chefs, artisans—and even cowboys—to uncover hidden gems and untold stories with National Geographic’s signature storytelling and his trademark wit. Tucci indulges in a Sienese feast in Tuscany, samples farm-to-table innovation in Lombardy, and rediscovers Lazio’s rustic soul. For the first time, he visits Trentino-Alto Adige for pine needle pesto in the Alps and explores Abruzzo’s wild seafood rituals atop a centuries-old trabocco. This is Italy like you’ve never seen it—flavorful, heartfelt and unforgettable.I think this series is a better fit on National Geographic than its predecessor was on CNN. Disney and NatGeo certainly know how to put together a better trailer and an awards campaign. I just hope what worked at the News & Doc Emmy Awards works here.
Now for Gold Derby's third choice, Finding Your Roots | Season 11 Trailer | PBS.
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for its eleventh season on PBS. Over the course of ten new episodes, Gates and his team use genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the family trees of twenty compelling guests, telling stories that illuminate America’s fundamental diversity. Along with an array of celebrity guests, the season features a special twist as host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. becomes a guest himself, uncovering a personal family mystery.The star power of the guests alone gives this series a chance, to say nothing about the power of learning new things about them.
I close the trailers with the returning winner, sort of, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 5 | Official Trailer | Netflix.
Dave sits down with Grammy winner Miley Cyrus and basketball icon Charles Barkley for a fresh set of revealing interviews about their lives and careers.Again, star power, which is what I attribute last year's win to. Apparently, the experts at Gold Derby don't agree. We saw how that turned out.
Now for the other categories in which Conan O'Brien Must Go, The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation, and Tucci in Italy earned nominations, which I covered in 'Pee-wee as Himself' vs. 'Will & Harper' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special on Tequila Day and '100 Foot Wave' leads Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in nominations, but could lose to 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night'.

Both the food and the scenery Tucci in Italy shows look lovely, too, but I my pick is still 100 Foot Wave.I still think so, even though the food photography in Chef's Table looks gorgeous.Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction ProgramWill & Harper is the only nominee for Documentary or Nonfiction Special nominated in this category. Since much of it was photographed outdoors and great scenery helps earn cinematography awards, I can see why. That's also the case with 100 Foot Wave, which has won this award twice before and is my choice to win it again.
- Chef's Table: "Jamie Oliver" – Adam Bricker (Netflix)
- 100 Foot Wave: "Chapter III: Cortes Bank" – Vincent Kardasik, Alexandre Lesbats, Chris Smith, Laurent Pujol, Michael Darrigade, and Karl Sandrock (HBO)
- Ren Faire: "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?" – Nate Hurtsellers (HBO)
- Tucci in Italy: "Tuscany" – Matt Ball (National Geographic)
- Will & Harper – Zoë White (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction ProgramAs much as I enjoyed The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation and the trailer to Conan O'Brien Must Go, I think this will go to Martha because it's the only nominee with a WGA Award nomination; Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story didn't earn one and Chimp Crazy would be eligible at the next ceremony, so it could surprise me. I expect enough WGA members also belong to the Television Academy for that to make a difference. Electorates matter.
- Chimp Crazy: "Head Shot" – Eric Goode, Jeremy McBride, Timothy Moran, Evan Wise, and Adrienne Gits (HBO)
- Conan O'Brien Must Go: "Austria" – Conan O'Brien, Mike Sweeney, Jessie Gaskell, and José Arroyo (HBO)
- The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: MAGA: The Next Generation – Ian Berger, Jordan Klepper, Jennifer Flanz, Devin Delliquanti, and Scott Sherman (Comedy Central)
- Martha – R.J. Cutler (Netflix)
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Peter Ettedgui, Ian Bonhôte, and Otto Burnham (HBO)
That's a wrap for today. The next category will be either the short-form nominees or the unstructured reality shows. Stay tuned to see which are the subjects of tomorrow's Sunday entertainment feature.
Previous posts about the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
- No PSAs among nominees for Outstanding Commercial plus winners for Outstanding Promotional Announcement at the Emmy Awards
- 'I Am: Celine Dion,' 'Patrice: The Movie,' and 'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin,' Emmy nominees for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
- 'Asia' and 'The Americas' lead nature documentaries at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
- 'Pee-wee as Himself' vs. 'Will & Harper' for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special on Tequila Day
- '100 Foot Wave' leads Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in nominations, but could lose to 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night'
Birdfeeding
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Today is overcast, humid, and hot. I'm hearing thunder, so it's likely to rain soon.
I rushed through feeding the birds. I've seen several sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- It rained at least a little.
I refilled the thistle feeder. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, plus a male cardinal.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I potted up a white nectarine and a white peach seeds.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I planted 2 wild senna, one under the golden rain tree and one under the maple.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I potted up 5 cherry plum seeds and 2 black plum seeds.
I watered the newly planted things.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I rushed through feeding the birds. I've seen several sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- It rained at least a little.
I refilled the thistle feeder. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, plus a male cardinal.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I potted up a white nectarine and a white peach seeds.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I planted 2 wild senna, one under the golden rain tree and one under the maple.
EDIT 7/26/25 -- I potted up 5 cherry plum seeds and 2 black plum seeds.
I watered the newly planted things.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.