#David Girard

[tinyreviews]

It starts out as a sci-fi thriller but it’s more of an arthouse philosophical film in the end. The performances are good. MUST WATCH!

The Artifice Girl is a 2023 science fiction mystery thriller written and directed by Franklin Ritch. It stars Tatum Matthews, Lance Henriksen, Sinda Nichols, David Girard, and Franklin Ritch.

[screenzealots]

"The Artifice Girl"

A sophisticated and provocative sci-fi story about artificial intelligence, ethics, science, and humanity, the film is a cerebral work that is very demanding of its audience. #PanicFest2023

The philosophical and ethical debates raised by writer-director Franklin Ritch‘s “The Artifice Girl” are just a part of what makes the film such a provocative work of science fiction. This timely, thought-provoking story about what it means to be human in a world that’s becoming more reliant on Artificial Intelligence is one of the more compelling and sophisticated films on the subject. Through…

[brokehorrorfan]

Netflix has released three Valentine’s Day-themed Stranger Things shirts. Designed by Patrick Ballesteros and Trevor Girard, they’re $30 each.

A set of 17 5x7 Valentine cards featuring these designs and more (pictured below) is also available for $19.99.

[dijonbeaune]

EN IMAGES | L'Audace d'Entreprendre, un vent d'optimisme au Zénith de Dijon

Mardi 1er octobre, l’Audace d’Entreprendre a fait souffler un vent d’optimisme au Zénith de Dijon auprès de plus de 5 000 participants. Retour en images. Photos ©Baptiste Paquot/DijonBeaune.fr 5259 inscrits très exactement au matin de l’inauguration, sans doute plus au fil de la journée. L’Audace d’Entreprendre a réussi son pari au Zénith de Dijon à ressentir sur place la satisfaction des…

[robynsassenmyview]

How to wish upon a star

COME hustle with us: Honest John (Lesedi Mphse) and Gideon the Cat (Raymond Skinner) convince little Pinocchio (Kiran Moodley) that life on the streets is far more fun that being in school. Photograph by Adam Lobo. AS THE TRADITIONAL heavy velvet curtains part and the sheer magic of Grant Knottenbelt’s set, with all its bells and whistles, cobbled pathways and Italian provincial signs appear, a…

[karlkapri]

The Pugilist

Joe Nelson, Fan films unreal view of Vancouvers Kyle Burroughs hammering Wilds Brandon Duhaime | Ariel Glucklich, Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul | Canucks Army, Analyzing what the Canucks might like about Wild forward Brandon Duhaime | Mikki Tuohy, NHL Trade Rumours: Will the MN Wild Trade Brandon Duhaime? | René Girard, Violence and the Sacred | Kayla Hynnek, Brandon Duhaime Brings It Every Night For The Wild | Max Bultman and Dan Robson, The mental toll of hockey fighting goes beyond getting ‘punched in the face’ | Joel Auerbach via Getty Images | Anne Sexton | Kayla Hynnek | 1 Corinthians 4:9 | Bultman and Robson | Catherine of Siena, The Prayers of Catherine of Siena (trans. Noffke) | Tyson Cole, Analyzing what the Canucks might like about Wild forward Brandon Duhaime | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (c. 1599-1600) | Bultman and Robson | Joe Smith, ‘Vintage Flower’: Behind the scenes of Marc-Andre Fleury’s emotional night in Wild’s win | George Bataille, Guilty (trans. Bruce Boone) | Toni Calasanti, Feminist Gerontology and Old Men | Becoming Wild: Brandon Duhaime via YouTube | Cole | Eimear McBride, The Lesser Bohemians | Cole | Vitor Munhoz, NHLI via Getty Images | Elly McCausland, 'Mervayle what hit mente': Interpreting Pained Bodies in Malory's "Morte D’Arthur" | Capfriendly: Brandon Duhaime Injury Updates | Calasanti | McCausland| Kenneth Hodges, Wounded Masculinity: Injury and Gender in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte DArthur | Becoming Wild: Brandon Duhaime | Dieric Bouts, Christ Crowned With Thorns | David Berding via Getty Images | Bataille | Brandon Duhaime vs Will Borgen Feb 24, 2024 | Michael Russo and Joe Smith, Brandon Duhaime traded by the Wild: Why they moved him, and what he adds to the Avalanche | The Winter House (2022) dir. Keith Boynton | Joe Smith, Wild’s special teams deliver, Fleury exits early on ‘Fight Night’: Key takeaways vs. Panthers | Vibeke Olson, Penetrating the Void: Picturing the wound in Christ’s side as a performative space | Joe Smith, What Brandon Duhaime’s deal means for Wild salary-cap situation and Filip Gustavsson talks | Girard | Ocean Vuong, Devotion | Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac (1598) | Bultman and Robson | Bultman and Robson | Bultman and Robson | Amelia Arenas, Sex, Violence and Faith: The Art of Caravaggio | Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov | Girard | Michael Russo and Joe Smith, Wild GM Bill Guerin working phones ahead of trade deadline, no regrets over training-camp extensions | Concannon, “Not for an Olive Wreath, but Our Lives”: Gladiators, Athletes, and Early Christian Bodies | Matt Blewett - USA Sports | Michael Russo and Joe Smith, Wild trade tiers: Who is on the block? Who could be dangled? Who is untouchable? | Thornton Wilder, Our Town

[hotmusketeerspoll]

Complete list of Entrants for the Magnificent Musketeer Tournament

D’Artagnan

Douglas Fairbanks (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

Aimé Simon-Girard (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1921 - film serial)

Max Linder (Dart-In-Again) (L'Etroit Mousquetaire/ The Three Must-Get-Theres 1922)

Gene Kelly (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Jean-Paul Belmondo (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1959)

Jean-Pierre Cassel (Cyrano et D'Artagnan 1964)

Jeremy Brett  (The Three Musketeers - TV 1966-1967)

Michael York (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Jean Valmont (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Mikhail Boyarsky (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978, Musketeers Twenty Years After 1992)

Chris O’Donnell (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gabriel Byrne (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Hugh Dancy (Young Blades 2001)

Logan Lerman (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Luke Pasqualino (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Olivier Dion (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Tamaki Ryou (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Pierfrancesco Favino (Moschettieri del re - La penultima missione 2018)

Malachi Pullar-Latchman (The Three Musketeers 2023)

François Civil (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Athos

Oliver Reed (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Kiefer Sutherland (The Three Musketeers 1993)

John Malkovich (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Heino Ferch (D’Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires 2005)

Matthew Macfadyen (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Tom Burke (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Brahim Zaibat (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Uzuki Hayate (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Vincent Cassel (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Aramis

Richard Chamberlain (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Igor Starygin (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978, Musketeers Twenty Years After 1992)

Charlie Sheen (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Jeremy Irons (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Callum Blue (Young Blades 2001)

Luke Evans (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Santiago Cabrera (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Damien Sargue (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Miya Rurika (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Jake Meniani (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Romain Duris (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Porthos

Brian Blessed (The Three Musketeers - TV 1966-1967)

Frank Finlay (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Oliver Platt (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gerard Depardieu (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Ray Stevenson (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Howard Charles (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

David Bàn (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Pio Marmaï (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Milady

Lana Turner (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Faye Dunaway (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Margarita Terekhova (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Rebecca de Mornay (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Milla Jovovich (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Maimie McCoy (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Emji (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Mollie Hindle (The Fourth Musketeer 2022)

Preeya Kalidas (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Eva Green (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Constance

Marguerite de la Motte (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

June Allyson (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Raquel Welch (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Julie Delpy (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Tamla Kari (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Megan Lanquar (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Lyna Khoudri (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Richelieu

Nigel de Brulier (The Three Musketeers 1921, The Iron Mask 1929)

Vincent Price (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Charlton Heston (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Bernard Haller (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Aleksandr Trofimov (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Tim Curry (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Christoph Waltz (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Peter Capaldi (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Christophe Héraut (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

James Cosmo (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Éric Ruf (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Rochefort

Guy Delorme (Les Trois Mousquetaires 1961)

Christopher Lee (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Boris Klyuev (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers USSR 1978)

Michael Wincott (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Mads Mikkelsen (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Marc Warren (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Raynaldo Houy Delattre (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Anne of Austria

Angela Lansbury (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Geraldine Chaplin (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Catherine Jourdan (Les Quatres Charlots mousquetaires 1974)

Gabrielle Anwar (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Anne Paurillard (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Sheena Easton (Young Blades 2005)

Juno Temple (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Alexandra Dowling (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Victoria Sio (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Vicky Krieps (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

King Louis XIII

Hugh O’Conor (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Freddie Fox (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Ryan Gage (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Florian Cléret  (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Louis Garrel (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Treville

Hugo Speer (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Marc Barbé (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Duke of Buckingham

Simon Ward (The Three Musketeers 1973)

Orlando Bloom (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Golan Yosef  (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Planchet

Roy Kinnear (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974, The Return of the Musketeers 1989)

James Corden (The Three Musketeers 2011)

Régis Truchy (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Grimaud

William Phillips (The Three Musketeers 1948)

Matthew McNulty (The Musketeers 2014-2016)

Jussac

Ángel del Pozo (The Three Musketeers 1973)

Paul McGann (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Antoine Lelandais (Les Trois Mousquetaires, le spectacle musical 2016)

Alain Grellier (Les Trois Mousquetaires 2023)

Felton

Michael Gothard (The Three Musketeers 1973, The Four Musketeers 1974)

Madame Chevreuse

Sophie Craig (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Madame Coquenard

Jennifer Matter (The Three Musketeers 2023)

Girard

Paul McGann (The Three Musketeers 1993)

Febre (The Man in Black)

Tim Roth (The Musketeer 2001)

Louis XIV

Louis Hayward (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Richard Chamberlain (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Robert Sheehan (Young Blades 2005)

Manaki Reika (All for One - D'Artagnan and the Sun King 2017)

Philippe

Louis Hayward (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Richard Chamberlain (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Maria Theresa

Joan Bennett (The Man in the Iron Mask 1939)

Vivien Merchant (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Kristina Krepela (La Femme Musketeer 2004)

Cardinal Mazarin

Gigi Proietti (D'Artagnan's Daughter / Revenge of the Musketeers 1994)

Gerard Depardieu (La Femme Musketeer 2004)

Michael Ironside  (Young Blades 2005)

Raoul

C. Thomas Howell (Return of the Musketeers 1989)

Peter Sarsgaard (The Man in the Iron Mask 1998)

Lousie de la Valliere

Jenny Agutter (The Man in the Iron Mask 1977)

Mordaunt

Michael Gothard (Further Adventures of the Musketeers 1967)

Kim Cattrall (Justine de Winter) (Return of the Musketeers 1989)

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

🔎 YA Under the Radar 7 🔍

I have been working on this list in the series all year 😂 it just took me that long to read a decent amount of underrated YA - but I got there in the end and I'm pretty happy with the recs on this list 🥰

there are rainbow flags next to LGBT+ rep, wheelchair symbols next to disability rep and koalas next to Australia YA simply because there's a lot of that on this particular list

so take a gander and maybe consider picking up a title or two (or ten) in 2024 to support lesser-known authors and books 😊

Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven 🏳️‍🌈

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R Shrum & Sara Waxelbaum 🏳️‍🌈♿️

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli 🏳️‍🌈

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames 🏳️‍🌈

It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames 🏳️‍🌈

Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson 🏳️‍🌈

Grace Notes by Karen Comer 🐨

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch 🏳️‍🌈

Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew

After Dark With Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis

Blind Spot by Robyn Dennison 🐨

Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan 🏳️‍🌈

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst

Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest ♿️

What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat

All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick 🏳️‍🌈

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey 🏳️‍🌈

The Lightness of Hands by Jeff Garvin ♿️

Then Everything Happens at Once by M-E Girard 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Buried by Melissa Grey 🏳️‍🌈

Because of You by Pip Harry 🐨

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl 🏳️‍🌈

Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson

Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈

Out of the Blue by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈

Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June 🏳️‍🌈

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko 🏳️‍🌈

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala 🏳️‍🌈

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

It Will End Like This by Kyra Leigh

Extasia by Claire Legrand

Ryan and Avery by David Levithan 🏳️‍🌈

Starlings by Amanda Linsmeier 🏳️‍🌈

The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo 🏳️‍🌈

We Didn’t Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough 🐨

Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over by Miranda Luby 🐨

None Shall Sleep series by Ellie Marney 🐨

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh ♿️

Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall

These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️‍🌈

The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall 🏳️‍🌈

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore

Mask of Shadows duology by Linsey Miller 🏳️‍🌈

Sugar by Carly Nugent ♿️🐨

All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy by Caroline O’Donoghue 🏳️‍🌈

The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton

Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton

The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton

Accidental by Alex Richards

Some Kind of Animal by Mar Romasco-Moore

Luminous by Mara Rutherford

The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford

The Midnight Lie duology by Marie Rutkoski 🏳️‍🌈

Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore 🏳️‍🌈

When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw 🏳️‍🌈

If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So 🏳️‍🌈

Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon ♿️

Breathe and Count Back From Ten by Natalia Sylvester ♿️

Cold by Mariko Tamaki 🏳️‍🌈

Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi 🏳️‍🌈

The Weight of a Soul by Elizabeth Tammi

Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas ♿️

Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas 🏳️‍🌈

The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride by Hayli Thomson 🏳️‍🌈🐨

The Siren, the Song and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️‍🌈

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley 🏳️‍🌈

Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall 🏳️‍🌈♿️

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 🏳️‍🌈

This Is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde 🏳️‍🌈♿️🐨

Where You Left Us by Rhiannon Wilde 🏳️‍🌈🐨

Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong🐨

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia

[flanaganfilm]

THE ARTIFICE GIRL

WOW - drop whatever you're doing and seek out THE ARTIFICE GIRL. Just a stunning debut feature from Franklin Ritch, absolutely worth a purchase, and I think this filmmaker has a blindingly bright future ahead of him.

[surrealistnyc]

Infosurr #168 is now out for subscribers:

Issue 168 begins with a cover image of Camiel Van Breedam, “a fabulous neo-Dada, the perfect heir to Kurt Schwitters”, to whom we pay tribute on the last page.

This issue celebrates great artists who are too little known and whose work is multifaceted, such as the painter Lacomblez, whose poems “by their finesse of form and subtle imagination compare with the work of no other”, or the poet Mário Cesariny, whose centenary we celebrated in 2023. There are always the works in progress, like Michael Löwy's drawings and their “contagious spirit of enthusiasm with which they were created” or Guy Girard's explorations of the daily practice of automatic writing.

A (belated) tribute is paid to Petr Král “an important figure for a number of enthusiasts, poets and cinephiles around Surrealism”, as well as to Konrad Klapheck, who declared “My main weapons are humor and precision”. Alongside these tributes, we're always keen to discover new adventures, such as David Coulter and his “art of collage with precision knives, glue and paint”.

There will also be three pages of references to documents and exhibitions. For our "Tar and Feathers" section, we are looking for candidates ! Do not hesitate to send your information to us !

[burlveneer-music]

Akagera - Traverse

AKAGERA is : Benoit Lavollée (Marimba/Vibraphone) Stéphane Montigny (Bass Trombone) David Georgelet (Drums) All compositions by AKAGERA except L'air (Arnaud Roi/AKAGERA), Lonnie's Lament (John Coltrane) and Good Bye Pork-Pie Hat (Charles Mingus). TRAVERSE was recorded December 2023 by Pierre Dachery & Viktor Gourarier @Studio Prado - Paris, FR Mixed and mastered by Fabien Girard @La Mixroom, Angoulême, FR Design by Julian Legendre, photography by Charlotte Brunet Produced by Prado Records

[nonametis]

find a blorbo!: a tag game for the new NHL season

Thanks for the tag @mikathemad

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

Yes, even the team you despise. Yes, even the team everyone despises. Yes, even the team who you dare not speak of.

(I used a different colour for teams I actually root for. or. where I'd be pretty happy should they win.)

Anaheim Ducks - Lukas Dostal

Boston Bruins - David Pastrnak, Jeremy Swayman, Joonas Korpisalo, maybe even Fabian Lysell for inside joke reasons

Buffalo Sabres - JJ Peterka, Devon Levi, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Bowem Byram, Henri Jokiharju, Rasmus Dahlin

Calgary Flames - Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau

Carolina Hurricanes - Tyson Jost, Sebastian Aho, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Frederik Andersen, Pyotr Kochetkov, Brent Burns, Andrei Svechnikov

Chicago Hockey Team - Teuvo Teräväinen, Lukas Reichel

Colorado Avalanche - Mikko Rantanen, Erik Brännström,Gabriel Landeskog, Aleksander Georgiev, Justus Annunen, Samuel Girard, Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Kiviranta

Columbus Blue Jackets - Elvis Merzlikins, Mikael Pyyhtiä, should they call him up again. I mean. As of right now, he's still in their trainings camp roster, so maybe~

Dallas Stars - Jason Robertson, Magnus Hellberg, Jake Oettinger, Esa Lindell, Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz,

Detroit Red Wings - J.T. Compher, Moritz Seider, Alex Lyon, Ville Husso, Eemil Viro should they ever call him up.

Edmonton Oilers - Leon Draisaitl, Jeff Skinner

Florida Panthers - Niko Mikkola, Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Anton Lundell, Matthew Tkachuk

Los Angeles Kings - Darcy Kuemper

Minnesota Wild - Marc-André Fleury, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello

Montreal Canadiens - Oliver Kapanen (If he doesn't go back to Timrå IK after trainings camp), Juraj Slafkovsky, Arber Xhekaj, Joel Armia, Alex Newhook, Patrik Laine

Nashville Predators - Juuso Pärssinen! Juuse Saaros, Roman Josi, Brady Skej

New Jersey Devils - Dougie Hamilton

New York Islanders - Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat

New York Rangers - Mika Zibanejad, Kaapo Kakko, Igor Shestorkin

Ottawa Senators - Tim Stützle, Linus Ullmark, Claude Giroux,

Philadelphia Flyers - Travis Konecny, Erik Johnson

Pittsburgh Penguins - Jesse Puljujärvi, (the rest of them too)

San Jose Sharks - Nico Sturm, Yaroslav Askarov, Mario Ferraro, Valtteri Pulli should he get called up

Seattle Kraken - Philipp Grubauer, André Burakovsky, Eeli Tolvanen,

St. Louis Blues - Kasperi Kapanen, Mathieu Joseph, P.O. Joseph, Alexandre Texier WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE, WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN???

Tampa Bay Lightning - Jake Guentzel, Connor Sheary

Toronto Maple Leafs - William Nylander, Joseph Woll, Matthew Knies, John Tavares, Oliver Ekman Larsson, Jani Hakanpää, Morgan Rielly

Utah Hockey Club - Juuso Välimäki, Matias Maccelli

Vancouver Canucks - Quinn Hughes, Elias Petterson

Vegas Golden Knights - Noah Hanifin, Tomas Hertl

Washington Capitals - Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nicklas Bäckström?

Winnipeg Jets - Kaapo Kähkönen, Nikolaj Ehlers

Can't really think of anyone to tag right now (sorry friends, illness!brain go blank) but if you see this and wanna take part, please do!

[kwebtv]

Enemy at the Door - ITV - January 21, 1978 - March 29, 1980

Drama (26 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Alfred Burke as Major Richter

Bernard Horsfall as Dr. Philip Martel

Simon Cadell as Hauptsturmfuhrer Reinicke

John Malcolm as Oberleutnant Kluge

Simon Lack as Major Freidel

David Waller as Major General Müller

Richard Heffer as Peter Porteous

Helen Shingler as Helen Porteous

Antonia Pemberton as Olive Martel

Emily Richard as Clare Martel

Brian Osborne as Inspector Schulphor

Noel Johnson as Committee President

Richard Hurndall as John Ambrose

John Salthouse as Peter Girard

Morgan Sheppard as Raymond Girard

Martin Fisk as Eric Corbin

Elizabeth Bennett as Mrs. Corbin

Peter Williams as Vicar

Mark Christon as Gefrelte Kirst

Alvar Lidell as BBC Announcer

[dijonbeaune]

L'Audace d'Entreprendre : « L'écosystème local mérite une belle médaille par équipe ! »

L’Audace d’Entreprendre lance son mouvement au Zénith de Dijon le 1er octobre. Animés par les vertus du collectif et de l’engagement, son créateur Jean-Philippe Girard et son commissaire général David Butet veulent faire brûler plus fort encore la flamme de l’entrepreneuriat, au travail ou dans le monde associatif, que l’on ait 10 ou 70 ans. Interview en forme olympique. L’un a confié le destin…

[ingek73]

Guns and lies

US elections 2024

How Tim Walz went from NRA favorite to ‘straight Fs’ on gun rights

In Congress, Walz was endorsed by gun rights advocates. But after the Parkland shooting, he changed his tone

Cecilia Nowell

Fri 9 Aug 2024 14.00 BST

Supported by

Cal Wellness for Guns

At his first rally as Kamala Harris’s running mate Tuesday, Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, invoked an issue at the forefront of many Americans’ minds: the right “for our children to be free to go to school without worrying they’ll be shot dead in their classrooms”.

But Walz wasn’t always a fierce advocate against gun violence. The evolution of the vice-presidential candidate, who once boasted an A rating from the NRA, shows the growing relevance of gen Z voters, who’ve grown up amid a surge in mass shootings in the US and are enthusiastically backing Harris.

“Gun violence is the number one killer of our generation, meaning we can’t afford anything less than leaders who will prioritize basic gun safety,” Timberlyn Mazeikis, a gun violence survivor and volunteer leader with Students Demand Action from Minnesota, said in a joint statement issued by Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action supporting Walz yesterday.

Kamala Harris And Running Mate Tim Walz Make First Appearance Together In Philadelphia<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 6: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appear on stage together during a campaign event at Girard College on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris ended weeks of speculation about who her running mate would be, selecting the 60-year-old midwestern governor over other candidates. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Elected to the US House of Representatives in 2007, Walz was long beloved by gun rights advocates. The National Rifle Association endorsed and donated to his campaigns, giving him an A rating. In 2016 Guns & Ammo magazine included him on its list of top 20 politicians for gun owners.

That wasn’t terribly surprising. Walz was representing a rural red Minnesota district and had grown up at a time and place where guns were popular for hunting – not mass shootings.

“I grew up in a small town, [so] I’d put my shotgun in my car, or at school or in the football locker, to go pheasant hunting afterwards,” he told Pod Save America last month. “But we weren’t getting shot in school.”

That all changed after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, he has said.

In a 2018 video March for Our Lives co-founder and Parkland survivor David Hogg reshared on X last month, Walz recounts his then teenage daughter Hope approaching him in the days after the shooting: “Dad, you’re the only person I know who’s in elected office, you need to stop what’s happening with this.”

“For me, it was both a reckoning and an embarrassment,” he told Pod Save America, recalling that the children killed at Sandy Hook elementary school would have been his son’s age.

Two weeks later, while campaigning for governor, Walz authored an op-ed in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, where he called the NRA “the biggest single obstacle to passing the most basic measures to prevent gun violence in America”. He went on to say that he’d donated the $18,000 the organization had donated to his past campaigns and wouldn’t accept NRA contributions in the future. He noted that he was currently co-sponsoring a “bump stocks” ban and came out in support of an assault weapons ban.

As Minnesota governor, Walz has signed wide-ranging gun safety measures into law, most notably a 2023 law including universal background checks and a “red flag law” (which allows state officials to temporarily seize the firearms of someone a court has ruled may be dangerous to themselves or others).

This year, Walz called for Minnesota lawmakers to go even further, asking them to support measures that would require safe firearm storage, better reporting of lost and stolen guns, and harsher penalties for “straw buyers” (those who purchase firearms for others who cannot legally have them). Since then, he’s signed legislation that prohibits automatic weapon modification devices and collects data on gun crime.

Walz remains an enthusiastic hunter – something he’s emphasized in previous campaigns and makes him something of an everyman.

“There’s a vision to reduce gun violence with absolutely no infringement on those who lawfully own guns, to use them for things that many of us cherish,” he told reporters in Bloomington, Minnesota, last week.

Gun safety advocates have already come out in support of his candidacy, including the gun violence prevention organization founded by former congresswoman and gun violence survivor Gabby Giffords (who joined Walz in Minnesota in 2023 when he signed the state’s universal background checks into law).

“As governor, Tim did what others called impossible, passing background checks and extreme risk protection laws in Minnesota with a slim gun safety majority,” Giffords said. “It wasn’t easy, but he got it done with hard work and effective leadership. His work as governor has saved lives, and I know that will continue when he is vice-president.”

Harris’s campaign, which has already drawn great support from gen Z voters and gun violence prevention advocates, has called for an assault weapons ban, universal background checks and red flag laws. Last month, the NRA called her “an existential threat to the second amendment”.

That doesn’t seem to bother Walz. “I had an A rating from the NRA. Now I get straight F’s,” he tweeted last month. “And I sleep just fine.”

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2023 Book List

Unbelievably I read a staggering 70 books in 2023! The most ever! My only disappointment is NOT finishing Dracula Daily, I came so close...

Wolf Brother Michelle Paver

Skin-Walker Michelle Paver

Be the Serpent Seanan McGuire  

She Who Became the Sun 

Soul-Eater Michelle Paver

Nona the Ninth Tamsyn Muir 

The Girl in Red Christina Henry

As yet Unsent Tamsyn Muir   

Outcast Michelle Paver  

Leonard Cohen: On a wire Philippe Girard

Oath Breaker Michelle Paver 

Ghost Hunter Michelle Paver   

 Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life Alan Cumming

M is for Magic Neil Gaiman

Silverwing Kenneth Opal 

Last Violent Call Chloe Gong

Malice: Malice Duology #1 Heather Walter  

Pandora Susan Stokes-Chapman

A Lady for a Duke Alexis Hall                                    

Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries Heather Fawcett  

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass Drew Hayden Taylor

Conventionally Yours Annabeth Albert  

The Unbalancing R.B Lemberg  

Stone Blind Natalie Haynes

The Winter Soldier: Cold Front Mackenzi Lee 

Ruby Nina Allan

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter Theodora Goss

Husband Material Alexis Hall

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason India Holton  

My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix Kalynn Bayron

The Monsters we Defy Leslye Penelope

Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix Aminah Mae Safi

Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman Alan Rickman

Morgan Is My Name Sophie Keetch

Threads That Bind Kika Hatzopoulou

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman Theodora Goss

Feeling Sorry for Celia Jaclyn Moriarty

Daughter of the Pirate King Tricia Levenseller

A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix C.B. Lee

Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour Tee Franklin

Magic for Liars Sarah Gailey

The Story of Owen Emily Kate Johnston

The Brilliant Death A.R. Capetta

Circle of Magic: Sandy’s Book Tamora Pierce

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror Daniel M. Lavery  

Death's Detective- Malykant Mysteries #1-4 Charlotte E. English

The Salt Grows Heavy Cassandra Khaw

A Touch of Darkness- Hades & Persephone #1 Scarlett St. Clair

Mortal Follies Alexis Hall

Witch King Martha Wells

The London Séance Society Sarah Penner

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future David Attenborough, Jonnie Hughes

A Game of Fate- Hades Saga #1 Scarlett St. Clair

Immortal Longings Chloe Gong

Hooked Emily McIntire  

Foul Heart Huntsmen Chloe Gong

Signal to Noise Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Daughter of the Siren Queen Tricia Levenseller  

Starter Villain John Scalzi

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl Theodora Goss

Starling House Alix E. Harrow

A Marvellous Light: The Last Binding #1 Freya Marske   

A Restless Truth: The Last Binding #2 Freya Marske 

Thornhedge T. Kingfisher

What the River Knows Isabel Ibanez  

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments Hadley Vlahos

Misrule: Malice Duology #2 Heather Walter

The Raven and The Reindeer T. Kingfisher

A Power Unbound: The Last Binding #3 Freya Marske

I started some series, and I finished some series. I found new favourite authors and revisited some old favourites. Please take them as recommendations, or if you have read any of the same books come talk about them with me!  

Reminder you can also follow me on The Storygraph to see what I am reading in real time, where I am simply shy_fairy   

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