#David Collard

[downthetubes]

Dark Horse Books lines up “Transplants”, marking comics debut for screenwriter and producer Dave Collard

Dark Horse Books has announced Transplants, a thought-provoking science fiction/superhero graphic novel written by David “Dave” Collard

Dark Horse Books has announced Transplants, a thought-provoking science fiction/superhero graphic novel written by David “Dave” Collard (Family Guy, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness) in his comics debut. Domenico Carbone joins as the penciller and inker along with colourist Josh Rodriguez and letterer Frank Cvetkovic. Dave, who began his career writing on Family Guy, was also a producer…

[mariocki]

Nightmare at Noon (Death Street USA, 1988)

"Just doesn't make any sense. Folks I've known all my life feuding with each other for no reason. Hospital filled with people bleeding green blood. Telephones and the radios don't work. And the damn cars breaking down at the city limits!"

"Think something's behind it?"

[movie-titlecards]

The Fitzroy (2017)

My rating: 5/10

Post-apocalyptic faux- Wes Anderson movie about shenanigans on a submarine/hotel. It's fine, but not terribly impressive, and the scenes where they wear gas masks make Bane from that one Batman movie sound like a master of elocution.

[tightwadspoonies]

Eating Well

If you are someone who struggles to figure out what to eat, this post may help.

There is a lot of information out there about eating well. It's important to know it's not as complicated as most guides try to make it. The following is a simple way of looking at food adapted from David Werner's Where There Is No Doctor:

You need a main food, or foods. A "Main Food" is one or more starch bases, like pasta/noodles, bread/tortilla/biscuits, hominy, rice, potatoes, taro, millet, barley, or another grain or starchy tuber.

These are usually cheap and should make up a majority of your calories. They often also provide an amount of protein, vitamins and minerals.

However, living on starchy bases alone is not adequate. To them, you need to add at least one or two each of "Go Foods", "Grow Foods" and "Glow Foods" every day.

"Go Foods" are energy foods. They are things like oils, fats, peanuts, other nuts, oily seeds (like sesame and sunflower), and sugars (like granulated sugar, honey, maple syrup, and fruit juices). Eat more of these if you are doing heavy work. They can also replace some of your Main Food, though they are often somewhat more expensive.

"Grow Foods" are foods that build muscle and other body tissues and heal injuries. They include animal foods (like meat, eggs, milk, and fish), legumes (beans, peas, peanuts, and lentils), and seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, melon, etc...).

"Glow Foods" are foods that contain a lot of vitamins and minerals. These include dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, kale, collards, turnip greens, radish greens, etc...), orange vegetables (carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, winter squash of any kind, etc...), fruits (apples, pears, berries, quince, etc...) and other vegetables (turnips, radishes, summer squash, onions, cabbage, etc...), herbs and spices (chili powder, garlic, cumin, thyme, oregano, sage, cinnamon, etc...).

Example meals (each meal does not need to contain all types of foods, as long as someone is eating some of each every day):

A rice bowl (Main) with vegetable (Glow) and bean (Grow) curry (Glow).

Oatmeal (Main) with whole or coconut milk (Go, Grow) and berries (Glow)

Spaghetti (Main) with tomato sauce (Glow) and meatballs (Grow)

Tapioca pudding (Main, Grow, Go) with cinnamon and nutmeg (Glow)

Farrow (Main) with stewed tomatoes (Glow) and olive oil (Go)

Zucchini boats (Glow) with black beans (Grow), rice (Main) and cheese (Go, Grow)

Baked potato (Main) with broccoli (Glow) and cheese (Go, Grow)

Potato (Main) and spinach (Glow) curry (Glow)

Whole fat yogurt (Grow, Go), granola (Main, Go), and berries (Glow)

Peanut butter (Go, Grow) and jam (Go, Glow) on toast (Main)

[mossman004]

My aesthetic

hating school but loving to learn

messy and smudged cursive written in black ink

almost illegible notes

room full of house plants

candles everywhere because ew electric lights

scattered papers all over the floor and desk

owning a bookshelf but half of the books are in piles on the floor

obsessed with David Bowie, Queen and any other rock stars from the 70s

studying with music but the genre of music changes every 10 songs

drinking way too much tea and coffee

sleep?

shelves if trinkets collected from walks (rocks, crystals, bones, dried flowers)

annotating classics with words like "LMAO" and "that's rough buddy"

rereading dead poets society, the secret history and the picture of Dorian Gray a million times

obsessed with astronomy

researching topics and conspiracy theories at 3am

scrolling through TikTok and Pintrest instead or studying

Reading horror books (Lovecraft and Poe)

Only wearing Doc martens and converse cuz they're the only shoes i own

mixing grunge (flannels, ripped jeans, band tees, fishnets) with fancy clothes (grandpa sweaters, collard shirts, dress pants, blazers)

leather jackets covered in pins (bonus points if they're handmade)

loving cryptids and all things supernatural

crimes, sci-fi or horror movies playing in the background while studying

notes covered in doodles

hair constantly being messily pulled back

way too much jewellery

heavy eye makeup (bonus points if slept without taking off)

loving the rain/ dancing in the rain

Mars bars and mint aeros

book pages beside band posters on walls

obsessed with eyes ( but can't make eye contact)

spending cold days at art galleries, museums, and libraries

playing punk rock on guitar and classical music on piano

having the same hairstyle for 3 years

ink and paint covered hands

in love with the moon

talking to the moon and stars

freaking out about failing a test and then getting 100%

Greek Mythology

"Achilles was a bottom"

sleeping with 10 blankets

crying about dead historic figures in the middle of the night

using halloween decorations as everyday decorations

POMEGRANTE

justice for pluto

protesting women's and lgbtq rights

ranting about the issues of misogyny in ancient greece

coffee stained paper

finding random things in pockets

singing songs in different languages but not knowing what the lyrics mean

chipped nail polish

A bowl of used matches

[arcadianambivalence]

Les Mis Letters - 1.3.1 - The Year 1817

It’s the chapter that feels like the literary equivalent of “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” so I thought the best summary would be through song…

Restoration, monarchy, and the French Academy  The third book of Les Miserables starts with context  From gibbet to the guillotine, headlines lay the scene  Of 1817 and all that will come next.

Mathurin Bruneau (Not a Louis? Gotta go!)  Berri for Sicily fell, Brugiere is a hot sell  Napoleon is turning green; Louis, Number Eighteen  Picard at the Odeon until the curtain fell.

It’s book three of the novel  We just met Valjean, and now we’re moving on  It’s book three of the novel  Until we meet Fantine, it’s 1817.

Abbé Louis: Finance; Talleyran: Chambellan  Pellegrini, Bigottini, Potier, applause  Lord Byron, Saint-Simon, David d'Angers rock on!  Selves to Egypt goes, Colonel to Pasha.

Madame Saqui goes on tour; Prussians from the last war  Cardinal Fesch won’t give up yet, (a Bonaparte, I’ll bet)  Felicite de La Minais, another Bossuet  Fabvier in Lyon, Civil Code is going strong.

It’s book three of the novel  We just met Valjean, and now we’re moving on  It’s book three of the novel  Until we meet Fantine, it’s 1817.

Divorce gets the sack, Catholic church is coming back  Hotel de Cluny, La Harpe and Thermes  Riverside Conspiracy, Black Pin goes free  Cafe Lembin has their champ, Valois in the Bourbon camp.

Elba to St. Helena, everyone is telling ya  The Meduse quite a mess, Gericault a success  Steamboat (useless thing), fossils and piety  French Academy theme: Happy when you study.

It’s book three of the novel  We just met Valjean, and now we’re moving on  It’s book three of the novel  Until we meet Fantine, it’s 1817.

Paer plays L’Agnese for the Duke of Orleans  Loyson getting old, envy grows bold  Charles Dauton lost his head, Ourika is being read  Blue ribbons, big hems, powdered wigs are out again  Austerlitz is being changed, government is rearranged  Getting over awful weather in our new morocco leather!

No divorce, you’re stuck with me; traitors land on their feet  General Bourmont, Bonapartist? (or not?)  Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard wants baser to stay small  Gregoire wants in parliament, can’t the man just take a hint?

Two years from the Hundred Days, a few years from the new craze. Flotsam floats confusedly, pell-mell through history Parisians now take the stage, arranging a fine game. Where’s Valjean? Who’s Fantine? Someone say before I scream!

It’s book three of the novel We just met Valjean, and now we’re moving on It’s book three of the novel Back to Jean Valjean As Victor Hugo tangents on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on…

…

A big thanks to The Siècle Podcast’s research that made this random idea possible:

http://thesiecle.com/supplemental11/

[qnewsau]

Time to tackle the problem of homophobia in the AFL

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/the-problem-of-homophobia-in-the-afl/

Time to tackle the problem of homophobia in the AFL

The AFLW season has started and when it comes to inclusion for our communities, is kicking goals over AFL. As co-founder of Hawks Pride and cohost of Chicks Talking Footy on JOY 94.9, Fiona Newton loves her footy. She has a lot to say about homophobia when it comes to our national sport. She shared her thoughts in last month’s Victorian QNews.

In 2024, there have been multiple sanctions for homophobic slurs and language.

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson, Port Adelaide player Jeremy Finlayson, and Gold Coast player Wil Powell.

St Kilda player Lance Collard used the word f***t up to 10 times in a VFL game against Williamstown.

This was on the same weekend that St Kilda hosted a Pride Game with the Sydney Swans.

It raises the question, is it an inclusive workplace for gay male players?

The AFL has 530,000 registered players in over 25,000 clubs across Australia. One in twenty-one Australians hold an AFL club membership.

Footy has a huge influence on Australian society, so if footy becomes a more inclusive space for gay men, so does our society.

When AFL CEO Andrew Dillon was asked whether the league had a homophobia problem, he replied, “No, I don’t think we do. But I think language of the type that has been used is not acceptable in any forum, let alone the footy field.”

Dillon warned players of more severe sanctions for homophobic slurs in future.

If there is no problem with homophobia in footy, why has no past or present gay male footy player felt comfortable to be open about their sexuality in the sport?

Why is it not okay to be gay at the AFL?

In a recent podcast, The Invisible Men (of the AFL), John Buck interviewed Dr David Lowton from La Trobe University, the author of a world-first comprehensive academic survey of 670 players.

They confirmed for the first time that gay men are playing AFL at the highest levels.

Several players ticked the box in the anonymous survey confirming that they were gay and some were bisexual.

We know that being ‘in the closet’, suppressing part of your identity, and fearing being shunned in the community and excluded from friendships causes a huge amount of angst.

We don’t see this same angst with gay female players in World Cup soccer or the AFLW. Gay female players are open about who they are dating, married to and having babies with.

We are used to seeing women hold their same-sex partner’s hands on the best and fairest nights.

Most clubs would say, with sincerity, that they would welcome a gay male player if they were to come out publicly and openly about their sexuality.

This seems to be delusional when players and coaches are still using homophobic language on the footy field which sends the opposite message – being gay is bad and we won’t accept you.

I dream of a day that we see a gay male player holding his partner’s hand at the Brownlow. But that will mean understanding that homophobic slurs keep our gay male players in the closet!

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

Solar Opposites Characters Theme Songs

Korvo Solar-Opposites: “F.L.Y.” from Ice Nine Kills

Terry Solar-Opposites: “5 Leaf Clover” from Luke Combs

Yumyulack Solar-Opposites: “Me Against the World” from Simple Plan

Jesse Solar-Opposites: “Teenage Dream” from Katy Perry

Pupa Solar-Opposites: “Starships” from Nicki Minaj

Sonya Solar-Opposites: “Complicated” from Avril Lavigne

Lili Solar-Opposites: “Gift of a Friend” from Demi Lovato

Phoebe MacCarthy: “Good Girl” from Carrie Underwood

Janiz Solar-Opposites: “Meant for Something Better” from Audien ft. Lady A.

Evil Terry Solar-Opposites: “Collard” from Vane Lily

AISHA Solar-Opposites: “Turn Me On” from Nicki Minaj ft. David Guetta

EVA Solar-Opposites: “Cups” from Anna Kendrick

MAX Solar-Opposites: “I Am Machine” from Three Days Grace

Kimber: “Rule the World” from Take That

Monica Miller: “She’s So Gone” from Naomi Scott

Parker: “On my Way” from Alex Lahey

Ms. Frankie: “Oh No” from Marina and The Diamonds

Principal Cooke: “Poster Child” from Red Hot Chili Peppers

Cherie: “Wide Awake” from Katy Perry

Montez: “Wrong Side of Heaven” (orchestral version) from Five Finger Death Punch

Pezlie: “Take Me There” from Mya ft. Blackstreet, Mase and Blinky Blink

Nova: “When I Look At You” from Miley Cyrus

Ms. Perez: “Lift Me Up” from Rihanna

Mia: “New” from No Doubt

Kevin: “Best Song Ever” from Simple Plan

Sherbet: “Lollipop” from MIKA

Jamie: “Give Me Everything Tonight” from Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer

Darcy: “Give Your Heart a Break” from Demi Lovato

Kevin’s Wife: “So What?!” from P!nk

Mark Melner: “Hero” from Christopher Wilde

Kevin’s Daughter and Kevin’s Son: “I’m Just a Kid” from Simple Plan

Randall: “Beast and the Harlot” from Avenged Sevenfold

Cheery Smithers: “Had Me @ Hello” from Olivia Holt

Janice: “Honey and The Bee” from Owl City

Stacy G: “Chemistry” from Kelly Clarkson

Louise: “I Really Like You” from Carly Rae Jepsen

Trevor: “Cruise” (remix) from Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly

Alice: “Tell Me Something I don’t Know” from Selena Gomez

Dr. Weatherstone: “Genius” from Sia ft. Labrinth and Diplo

Naomi: “Something Real” from Kelli Berlungd and China Ann McClain

Sister Sisto: “Don’t Tell Me” from Disturbed ft. Ann Wilson

Super Shlorpian Korvo: “Part of Me” from Disturbed

Mundane Terry: “Monster” from Imagine Dragons

Super Shlorpian Yumyulack: “The Night” from Disturbed

Mundane Jesse: “In The Dark” from Birthday Massacre

Phoebe MacCarthy and Monica Miller belongs to @themagicwolf6677

Janiz, Lili, EVA and MAX belongs to @avaveevo

Cheery and Naomi belongs to me

[bishimightwing]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄.

FAVORITE TEA: honestly, southern sweet iced black tea

FAVORITE COFFEE: hazelnut latte, cappucino

FAVORITE SWEET SNACK: fruity things, children's cereal, sucker pops, fudges, Oreos anything Oreos

FAVORITE SAVORY SNACK: pickles, my boy needs his salts for that pain in the ass and damn near dehydration he can put himself into sometimes

FAVORITE FLOWER: tulips

FAVORITE FRUIT: berries, papaya, avocado, honeycrisp apples, plantains, coconut, he loves limes!

FAVORITE VEGETABLE: spuds, carrots, collards, spicy peppers

FAVORITE SEASON: early spring or late autumn 

FAVORITE TIME OF DAY: afternoon

FAVORITE KIND OF WEATHER: cool and breezy

LOVE LANGUAGE(S): hospitality, compliments

FAVORITE HOBBIES: cooking/baking, video gaming, boxing, martial arts, aerial stunting, dancing, fitness

FAVORITE BOOK(S): Freakonomics (he's this much a socialist lefty lol)

FAVORITE MOVIE(S): teen horrors, Tim Curry character films, smart comedies, outrageous crime drama like Snatch, the Cornetto trilogy (Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz in particular)

FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE: pop, oldies, alternative

FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Prince, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, MyChemicalRomance, Deftones, Linkin Park, Type O Negative, Nirvana, Weezer, Arctic Monkeys, The Smiths, The Cure, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, No Doubt, N*Sync, Paramore, gorillaz, Bo Burnham, Taylor Swift

FAVORITE ANIMALS: dogs and cats

FAVORITE INSECT: ladybugs and pretty moths

stolen from: @ratwhsprs

tagging: ANYONE who wants to give it a shot

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.5

Holidays

Achalasia Awareness Day

Amazon Rainforest Day

Beard Tax Day

Be Late for Something Day

Bill Murray Day (Canada)

Clifford the Big Red Dog Day

Day of the Languages of the Peoples of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Dia de Santiago Iglesias Pantin (Puerto Rico)

Engineer’s Day (Egypt, Tanzania)

Entrepreneur Day (Finland)

First Day of School (Vietnam)

Flag Day (Mozambique)

Flag-Flying Day (Denmark)

Freddie For A Day

Freddie Mercury Day

Gaura Parva (Nepal)

Hassaku-sai (Kyoto, Japan)

International Day of Charity

International Day of the Vaquinta Marina

International Indigenous Women’s Day

International Multiple Myeloma Day

International Pierre Robin Sequence Awareness Day

Jury Rights Day

Mexican Marigold Day (French Republic)

National Actdumb. Day

National Cellulite Day

National GIF Day

National Shrink Day

National White Cat Day

On the Road Day

Red Cross Day

Regata Storical (Historical Regatta; Venice, Italy)

Scouts’ Day (Argentina)

Straight Story Lawnmower Day

Teacher's Day (India)

Tweet Like Werner Herzog Day

Working Mothers Day

World Day of Siblings

World Day of Tourism Journalists

World Spinal Cord Injury Day

Yrittäjän Päivä (Entrepreneur Day; Finland)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bitter Beer Day

National Cheese Pizza Day

World Samosa Day

Independence & Related Days

Bir Tawil Empire (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

1st Thursday in September

International Day of the Orchid [1st Thursday]

Jeûne Genevois (Geneva, Switzerland) [Thursday after 1st Sunday]

Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]

Thankful Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Therapy Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Thin Crust Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Festivals Beginning September 5, 2024

Ayden Collard Festival (Ayden, North Carolina) [thru 9.7]

Berlin International Literature Festival (Berlin, Germany) [thru 9.14]

Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair (Clinton, Maine) [thru 9.8]

DOKer Film Festival (Moscow, Russia) [thru 9.15]

Farm-to-Fork Festival (Sacramento, California) [thru 9.21]

Grape & Fall Festival (St. James, Missouri) [thru 9.7]

Greek Festival (Union, New Jersey) [thru 9.8]

Marion Popcorn Festival (Marion, Ohio) [thru 9.7]

Montgomery Turkey Trot Festival (Montgomery, Indiana) [thru 9.8]

New Mexico State Fair (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 9.15]

Niagara County Peach Festival (Lewiston, New York) [thru 9.8]

Oktoberfest (Helen, Georgia) [thru 10.27]

Plattsmouth Harvest Festival (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) [thru 9.8]

Time-Based Art Festival (Portland, Oregon) [thru 9.22]

Tipton County Pork Festival (Tipton, Indiana) [thru 9.7]

Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Utah State Fair (Salt Lake City, Utah) [thru 9.15]

Vancouver Fringe Festival (Vancouver, Canada) [thru 9.15]

The WhiskyX (Nashville, Tennessee)

Feast Days

Abdus of Susa (Christian; Saint)

Alto (Christian; Saint)

Bertin (Christian; Saint)

Caspar David Friedrich (Artology)

Cathy Guisewite (Artology)

Charbel (Christian; Martyr)

Day of Ganesh (Everyday Wicca)

Day of the West Wind (Pagan)

Duhamel [du Monceau] (Positivist; Saint)

Frank Armitage (Artology)

Gargling Day (Pastafarian)

Genebald (Christian; Saint)

Genesia (Day of the Dead; Ancient Greece)

Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church)

H.L. Mencken Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Janmasthami (Birth of Lord Krishna; Hindu)

John Cage (Writerism)

Jupiter Stator (Ancient Rome)

Laurence Gustiani (a.k.a. Laurence Justinian; Christian; Saint)

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (Artology)

The Moes (Muppetism)

Ralston Crawford (Artology)

Teresa of Calcutta (a.k.a. Mother Teresa; Christian; Saint)

Three Candles Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ursicinus of Ravenna (Christian; Saint)

Wag and Carrot Fancying Day (Shamanism)

Yodeling Day (Pastafarian)

Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Batman: The Animated Series (Animated TV Series; 1992)

Blue Christmas, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

Bonanza Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)

The Chain Gang (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)

City of Illusions, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1967)

The Criminal, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1953)

Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak (U.S. Novel; 1958)

Gnomes, by Wil Huygen (Art Book; 1976)

Greenpernt Ogle, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 105; 1961)

It (Film; 2017)

Just Ducky (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Louder Than Love, by Soundgarden (Album; 1989)

The Mail Animal or Bullwinkle Stamps His Foot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 106; 1961)

No No: A Dockumentary (Documentary Film; 2014)

The One-Man Navy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

On the Road, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1957)

Ping Pong Playa (Film; 2008)

Sherman’s March (Documentary Film; 1986)

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (WB MM Cartoon; 1931)

A Street Cat Named Sylvester (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Trolley Troubles (Ub Iwerks Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1927) [1st Oswald]

The Wrestler (Film; 2008)

Today’s Name Days

Albert, Larentius, Roswitha, Teresa (Austria)

Elisaveta, Hari, Zahari (Bulgaria)

Borko, Eudoksije, Lovro, Roman, Tereza, Terezija (Croatia)

Boris (Czech Republic)

Regina (Denmark)

Preedik, Priidik, Priido, Priidu, Priit, Reedik, Vidrik (Estonia)

Mainio, Roni (Finland)

Raïssa (France)

Hermine, Roswitha, Urs (Germany)

Zacharias (Greece)

Lőrinc, Viktor (Hungary)

Vittorino (Italy)

Klaudija, Perse, Persijs, Vaida (Latvia)

Dingailė, Erdenis, Justina, Stanislova, Stasė (Lithuania)

Brede, Brian, Njål (Norway)

Dorota, Herakles, Herkulan, Herkules, Justyna, Laurencjusz, Stronisława, Wawrzyniec (Poland)

Regina (Slovakia)

Obdulia, Teresa (Spain)

Adela, Heidi (Sweden)

Elizabeth, Raisa, Raya, Zachary (Ukraine)

Bert, Bertha, Bertie, Bertin, Berton, Burt, Burton, Rigoberto (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 249 of 2024; 117 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 3 (Red-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Elul 5784

Islamic: 1 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 9 Gold; Twosday [8 of 30]

Julian: 23 August 2024

Moon: 5%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 25 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Bouguer]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 78 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 15 of 32)

Calendar Changes

Rabīʿ al-ʾAwwal [ٱلْأَوَّل or رَبِيع] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 3 of 12] (First Spring Month)

[brookston]

Holidays 9.5

Holidays

Achalasia Awareness Day

Amazon Rainforest Day

Beard Tax Day

Be Late for Something Day

Bill Murray Day (Canada)

Clifford the Big Red Dog Day

Day of the Languages of the Peoples of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Dia de Santiago Iglesias Pantin (Puerto Rico)

Engineer’s Day (Egypt, Tanzania)

Entrepreneur Day (Finland)

First Day of School (Vietnam)

Flag Day (Mozambique)

Flag-Flying Day (Denmark)

Freddie For A Day

Freddie Mercury Day

Gaura Parva (Nepal)

Hassaku-sai (Kyoto, Japan)

International Day of Charity

International Day of the Vaquinta Marina

International Indigenous Women’s Day

International Multiple Myeloma Day

International Pierre Robin Sequence Awareness Day

Jury Rights Day

Mexican Marigold Day (French Republic)

National Actdumb. Day

National Cellulite Day

National GIF Day

National Shrink Day

National White Cat Day

On the Road Day

Red Cross Day

Regata Storical (Historical Regatta; Venice, Italy)

Scouts’ Day (Argentina)

Straight Story Lawnmower Day

Teacher's Day (India)

Tweet Like Werner Herzog Day

Working Mothers Day

World Day of Siblings

World Day of Tourism Journalists

World Spinal Cord Injury Day

Yrittäjän Päivä (Entrepreneur Day; Finland)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Bitter Beer Day

National Cheese Pizza Day

World Samosa Day

Independence & Related Days

Bir Tawil Empire (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

1st Thursday in September

International Day of the Orchid [1st Thursday]

Jeûne Genevois (Geneva, Switzerland) [Thursday after 1st Sunday]

Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]

Thankful Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Therapy Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Thin Crust Thursday [1st Thursday of Each Month]

Thirsty Thursday [Every Thursday]

Three for Thursday [Every Thursday]

Thrift Store Thursday [Every Thursday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Festivals Beginning September 5, 2024

Ayden Collard Festival (Ayden, North Carolina) [thru 9.7]

Berlin International Literature Festival (Berlin, Germany) [thru 9.14]

Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair (Clinton, Maine) [thru 9.8]

DOKer Film Festival (Moscow, Russia) [thru 9.15]

Farm-to-Fork Festival (Sacramento, California) [thru 9.21]

Grape & Fall Festival (St. James, Missouri) [thru 9.7]

Greek Festival (Union, New Jersey) [thru 9.8]

Marion Popcorn Festival (Marion, Ohio) [thru 9.7]

Montgomery Turkey Trot Festival (Montgomery, Indiana) [thru 9.8]

New Mexico State Fair (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 9.15]

Niagara County Peach Festival (Lewiston, New York) [thru 9.8]

Oktoberfest (Helen, Georgia) [thru 10.27]

Plattsmouth Harvest Festival (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) [thru 9.8]

Time-Based Art Festival (Portland, Oregon) [thru 9.22]

Tipton County Pork Festival (Tipton, Indiana) [thru 9.7]

Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) [thru 9.15]

Utah State Fair (Salt Lake City, Utah) [thru 9.15]

Vancouver Fringe Festival (Vancouver, Canada) [thru 9.15]

The WhiskyX (Nashville, Tennessee)

Feast Days

Abdus of Susa (Christian; Saint)

Alto (Christian; Saint)

Bertin (Christian; Saint)

Caspar David Friedrich (Artology)

Cathy Guisewite (Artology)

Charbel (Christian; Martyr)

Day of Ganesh (Everyday Wicca)

Day of the West Wind (Pagan)

Duhamel [du Monceau] (Positivist; Saint)

Frank Armitage (Artology)

Gargling Day (Pastafarian)

Genebald (Christian; Saint)

Genesia (Day of the Dead; Ancient Greece)

Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church)

H.L. Mencken Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Janmasthami (Birth of Lord Krishna; Hindu)

John Cage (Writerism)

Jupiter Stator (Ancient Rome)

Laurence Gustiani (a.k.a. Laurence Justinian; Christian; Saint)

Maurice Quentin de La Tour (Artology)

The Moes (Muppetism)

Ralston Crawford (Artology)

Teresa of Calcutta (a.k.a. Mother Teresa; Christian; Saint)

Three Candles Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Ursicinus of Ravenna (Christian; Saint)

Wag and Carrot Fancying Day (Shamanism)

Yodeling Day (Pastafarian)

Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Batman: The Animated Series (Animated TV Series; 1992)

Blue Christmas, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1957)

Bonanza Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1959)

The Chain Gang (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Citizen Kane (Film; 1941)

City of Illusions, by Ursula K. Le Guin (Novel; 1967)

The Criminal, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1953)

Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak (U.S. Novel; 1958)

Gnomes, by Wil Huygen (Art Book; 1976)

Greenpernt Ogle, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 105; 1961)

It (Film; 2017)

Just Ducky (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Louder Than Love, by Soundgarden (Album; 1989)

The Mail Animal or Bullwinkle Stamps His Foot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 106; 1961)

No No: A Dockumentary (Documentary Film; 2014)

The One-Man Navy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

On the Road, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1957)

Ping Pong Playa (Film; 2008)

Sherman’s March (Documentary Film; 1986)

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (WB MM Cartoon; 1931)

A Street Cat Named Sylvester (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Trolley Troubles (Ub Iwerks Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney Cartoon; 1927) [1st Oswald]

The Wrestler (Film; 2008)

Today’s Name Days

Albert, Larentius, Roswitha, Teresa (Austria)

Elisaveta, Hari, Zahari (Bulgaria)

Borko, Eudoksije, Lovro, Roman, Tereza, Terezija (Croatia)

Boris (Czech Republic)

Regina (Denmark)

Preedik, Priidik, Priido, Priidu, Priit, Reedik, Vidrik (Estonia)

Mainio, Roni (Finland)

Raïssa (France)

Hermine, Roswitha, Urs (Germany)

Zacharias (Greece)

Lőrinc, Viktor (Hungary)

Vittorino (Italy)

Klaudija, Perse, Persijs, Vaida (Latvia)

Dingailė, Erdenis, Justina, Stanislova, Stasė (Lithuania)

Brede, Brian, Njål (Norway)

Dorota, Herakles, Herkulan, Herkules, Justyna, Laurencjusz, Stronisława, Wawrzyniec (Poland)

Regina (Slovakia)

Obdulia, Teresa (Spain)

Adela, Heidi (Sweden)

Elizabeth, Raisa, Raya, Zachary (Ukraine)

Bert, Bertha, Bertie, Bertin, Berton, Burt, Burton, Rigoberto (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 249 of 2024; 117 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 36 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 3 (Red-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Elul 5784

Islamic: 1 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 9 Gold; Twosday [8 of 30]

Julian: 23 August 2024

Moon: 5%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 25 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Bouguer]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 78 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 15 of 32)

Calendar Changes

Rabīʿ al-ʾAwwal [ٱلْأَوَّل or رَبِيع] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 3 of 12] (First Spring Month)

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En finir avec les idées reçues sur le plastique | INRAE

See on Scoop.it - Insect Archive

Le plastique est omniprésent dans nos vies, mais il se dégrade en particules nocives et persistantes qui menacent la santé humaine, animale, et les écosystèmes. Voici 5 idées reçues sur le plastique, pour mieux comprendre cette pollution singulière et les enjeux de sa gestion.

  Anna MuteletRédactrice

Nathalie GontardContact scientifiqueIATE (ingénierie des agropolymères et technologies émergentes)

  Publié le 03 juillet 2023

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  [2] Bergmann, M., Collard, F., Fabres, J. et al. (2022) Plastic pollution in the Arctic. Nature Reviews Earth & Environnement 3, 323–337, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00279-8

  [3]  Ragusa A., Svelato A., Santacroce C. et al. (2021) Plasticenta : First evidence of microplastics in human placenta. Environment International, 146, 321-630, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106274

  [4] Jenner L., Rotchell J., Bennett R. et al. (2022) Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using µFTIR spectroscopy. Science of the Total Environnement, 831, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154907

  [5] Sun W., Jin C., Bai Y. et al. (2022). Blood uptake and urine excretion of nano and micro-plastics after a single exposure. Science of The Total Environment, 848, 157639, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157639

  [6] Schwabl P. (2018). Des microplastiques retrouvés au niveau mondial dans les selles humaines. Une étude pilote. Hegel, 4 (4), 290-291, https://doi.org/10.3917/heg.084.0290

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  [12] Ministère de la Transition écologique (2022). Résumé de la stratégie 3R, https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/T%C3%A9lercharger%20le%20r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9%20du%20rapport.pdf

[grandhotelabyss]

Do you think there is a link between being a picky eater/ having a childish food palet - and intelectuall shallowness or atleast a myopic understanding of culture?

To be pedantic, "picky eater" encompasses "childish palate," but it could include all sorts of things, including the opposite of "childish palate," like "only eats haute cuisine." I make that point because "picky eater" might mean a refined or mature taste as well as a shallow or unformed one. I do find that if your taste, in both food and culture, does get more refined or mature, it's hard to go back, at least for any length of time, to chicken nuggets and Star Wars. (Lest that sound snooty or self-congratulatory, let me balance it by saying that I can't stand people who make their pickiness somebody else's problem. Unless medical necessity is involved, when you are someone's guest you should eat what you are served and say "thank you.")

Does a childish palate indicate shallow culture? I am tempted to say no, since no one can master all the arts (I'm considering cuisine an art here), and I, anyway, as a product of the lower middle class, have never been rich enough for fine dining. It would be interesting to investigate the question, to look at great or not-so-great writers' or artists' eating habits.

Shelley, English poetry's great idealist, was a vegetarian: his diet, like his poetry, bloodless. But did the sensualist Keats eat more richly? I don't know. Susan Sontag, cultural gourmand, interpreter of high culture to the hoi polloi, lived on junk food, literally on fried baloney (of course, she emerged from the same class milieu I did, as I may have had cause to mention before). Ray Bradbury and Toni Morrison, perpetrators of a cloying prose in their different modes and genres (according to their critics, in whose company I should mostly not be numbered), each had the proverbial sweet tooth, loved cake and ice cream, dessert their favorite meal. David Foster Wallace subsisted on blondies, and I would be tempted to connect this to what I have found his works' cultural thinness, except that Sontag, Bradbury, and Morrison here form counterexamples. Faulkner ate a heavy Southern breakfast, sausage and eggs and grits and collards and bacon, though we know him more for his fatal love of the grain, as we know Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Joyce—what did they eat?—for their fatal love of the grape. We know more about what writers drank (Dr. Johnson's tea, Balzac's coffee, Coleridge's laudanum) or smoked (Baudelaire's hashish, Camus' cigarettes, Pynchon's weed), or at least I do, than what they ate.

In sum, it's tempting, but I don't think we can make this connection, even if I could remember off the top of my head more authorial eating habits.

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Spotify Wrapped: The Apoptosis Project

You're getting my characters' spotify wrapped whether u like it or not 🔫

Caspian

The Promise - When in Rome

New Slang- The Shins

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead

Humility - Gorillaz

Rowan

Die For You - The Weeknd

I Like You (A Happier Song) -Post Malone

Dark Red - Steve Lacy

Sure Thing - Miguel

Paint the Town Red - Doja Cat

Lilly

Linger - The Cranberries

My Love Mine All Mine - Mitski

An Illustration of Loneliness - Courtney Barnett

Myth - Beach House

Space Oddity - David Bowie

Noxis

Bullet With Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins

Stay Away - Nirvana

Bloodstains - Agent Orange

Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine

Down Rodeo - Rage Against the Machine

Lazula

CORSO - Tyler the Creator

Collard Greens - Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar

POWER - Kanye West (I in no way support the things Kanye West has said but you can't deny he's put out bangers, and Lazula would listen to said bangers)

Cash in, Cash Out - Pharrell, 21 Savage & Tyler the Creator

everything i wanted  - Billie Eilish

Snow

I Am Not a Robot - Marina

Lovefool - The Cardigans

Show me How - Men I Trust

Such Great Heights - The Postal Service

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Laurel

Duck Eat Duck World (Make Room ver.) - Destroy Boys

Ripe - Screaming Females

Debaser - The Pixies

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Billie Toppy - Men I Trust

Ichigo

Green Hills - Helynt, Koreskape, GameChops

Fallen Down - Toby Fox

Fairy Fountain - Mikel, GameChops

Beneath The Mask - Lyn & Shoji Meguro

Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second - STRFKR

Moka

Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

Way it Goes - Hippo Campus

New Gold - Gorillaz

Say So - Doja Cat

Love. - Kendrick Lamar

Bonus Round: Douglas Hudson

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

The Funeral - Band of Horses

There is a Light that Never Goes Out - The Smiths

Do You Realize?? - the Flaming Lips