#dr matt destruction

[picspammer]

Countdown to Shutdown by The Hives Directed by SNASK

[guerrilla-operator]

[daisies66]

The Hives article. NME, 31 July 2004. Scanned by me.

📸: Mark Eilbeck

[thesearenotphotographs]

The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Hives at Knitting Factory

Full gallery available on my website here.

On Saturday, November 17, 2001, I photographed two bands from Sweden: The (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Hives in the main room of Knitting Factory. I believe this was The Hives’ first ever tour of the US and I would document two of their shows in New York City again 22 years later in support of their first new record in over a decade. T(I)NC performed at Bowery Ballroom with Rocket From the Crypt earlier in 2001 and a gallery from that show is available on my website here.

I previously discussed photographing The Hives with Jeanette D. Moses on DP Review and that interview is available on that website here.

[mitjalovse]

Scandinavian musicians do filter their own influences into their own peculiar way. The Hives, for instance, are a fine band, but let us not call them the authentic rockers. Mind you, I'm not disparaging them, they are fabulous for what they are, i.e. a postmodernist rock band, and I think they embrace that. Sure, they can rock like crazy, yet they have an edge for me over many modern revival rockers for being in on the joke. You have a hunch they are always that close to a strong laughter thanks to them being delightfully over the top. Scandinavian musicians tend to go there thanks to them rejiggering the inputs into their idiosyncratic path. However, I wouldn't call them a parody, they are more like an homage on steroids.

[maladaptivefanfic]

I Want a Nurse

Bucky Barnes x fem!Avenger!reader

(starts with Matt Murdock x reader but just trust me)

Rating: Mature (it starts slow, I’ll give a heads up when we get close to any action)

Summary: Finding herself in unfamiliar territory, or unfamiliar times to be exact, an Avenger must find her way home or risk permanently altering her timeline. If only Bucky Barnes were less charming her task would be much easier.

I realized I didn’t do the read more thing on chapter one and I am so so sorry about that.

Chapter Two - Lost and Found

Present Day, 3 Days Since Nightingale’s Disappearance - Avengers Tower

Bucky’s headache only got worse. Maybe Murdock did have powers, and it was inflicting a wicked headache on him with his glare.

“Just because I’m not her biggest fan, doesn’t mean I’m going to evaporate her.” Barnes mumbled, knowing Matt could hear him.

“Why’d she take the hit for you? You hate her.” If Murdock’s glare was meant to be intimidating, Bucky couldn’t help how he rolled his eyes in response.

“I don’t hate her.” This same discussion, again and again.

“You’re mean to her, always have been!”

“Just because I don’t want her to baby me doesn’t mean I’m being mean to her!” Was it so wrong that Bucky just wanted her to keep her damn distance?

“She’s just trying to do her job!”

“Yeah? And look where that got her!” Bucky and Matt were yelling now, bringing Steve and Sam back from the kitchen

“Really guys?” Sam was exasperated. He had been desperate to keep the peace between them, but after so many days of no answers Sam’s tactics of mediating were losing efficacy.

Matt had been visiting for the last three days, desperate for a crumb of information but still there were no leads, no guesses, no hits on where she could be. Unfortunately, this also meant that Bucky and Matt had been at each other’s throats for those three days.

Bucky was bouncing between guilt at Nightingale going missing because of him, and anger that she hadn’t left when he told her to.

Matt had settled on anger, directed specifically at Barnes.

“You both know she would hate this, she hated when you two fought.” Steve tried to ease the tension in the room, but mentioning her only made Matt clench his fist tighter.

“We moving into the past tense already?” He spoke lowly, a gravely hum lacing his voice.

“No, no we are not. We are still looking Matt, we’re going to find her and bring her home.” Steve was quick to correct himself. 3 days was hardly time to call it quits but there was nothing to go on.

Dr St Helens had been a celebrated, award winning, and innovative scientist and inventor, but his mental breakdown after having his latest and most life changing work stolen tied with his wife leaving him left him more than a broken man. In his grief he had turned to reviving old hydra tech and merged it Chintari remnants from the Battle of New York. It was a Frankenstein effort of destructive rays and weaponry that had Tony, Peter, and Bruce scratching their heads trying to figure out what the goal was when not even Dr St Helens was cognizant enough to explain. Even reaching out to Shuri proved a puzzle for the young genius, but she was sure it could be solved.

“If the mad man can create it, we can certainly understand it.” She had said, and Bucky desperately wanted to believe that. Surely if she could fix him, this would be a walk in the park?

It was then they heard an alarm from down the hall begin to go off, jumping and running down the hall as they ran towards Tony’s lab just in time to have Peter cut around the corner - his eyes wide with surprise and confusion as he spoke to them.

“You’re going to want to see this.”

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June 27th 1943, French Countryside, 20 miles from the Italian Border

“And there we go, a picture for your new file.” Lorraine smiled at her handiwork, a crisp new photo of her newest friend.

“Thank you Lorraine.”

“Of course! Got to get you all official before we head in to Italy.”

Y/n smiled, hopefully she could get a message to Steve, she could only pray he would be over here soon enough and she would be able to meet him. If she could make enough of an impact in his memory, he would know where she was in the future!

“I really appreciate Mrs Daniels taking me on.” It would’ve been a nightmare trying to get through war torn Europe without attaching herself to this group.

“Oh think nothing of it, we’re glad to have you and your magic hands here helping us.”

Y/n laughed as Lorraine wiggled her fingers. The girls had begun to joke that she had magic hands, since all the men she healed made such speedy recoveries. In truth, y/n was really holding herself back. It was like working in the hospital again, healing to a comfortable level without being overly suspicious. Unfortunately the men were still heading out despite the pain, feeling better than they had in a long time, meaning despite her best efforts they were still out of the tent much earlier than normal.

She’d have to be careful, no sense getting caught up in trying to explain her powers. That would lead to so difficult conversations and would definitely delay her meeting Steve if not derailing her plans entirely by catching Hydra’s attention.

They would be meeting up with a couple of men from the unit stationed in Azzano and they would be escorting them from there. The unit George and his friend Paul were from would also be joining, the need for more soldiers on the Italian front increasing as more men were being captured.

Y/n was glad she could keep an eye on her new friends a while longer. While she had only been in 1943 for a week now, Lorraine had become a fast friend - and George always seemed to follow her around with Paul right behind him. It was a funny scene to watch George trying to sweet talk her outside the medical tent, trying to get her sweetened sympathy with a burnt hand or a cut forehead, but Lorraine saw right through it. Y/n and Paul could only laugh at the scene.

With her small bag, a spare duffle from a soldier in George’s unit, filled with spare clothes and toiletries from the other nurses and shipments sent over, she climbed into the truck next to Lorraine.

“I wonder what the temperature will be like in Italy, wish it wasn’t so hot.” A young nurse, Janet complained next to them as she fanned herself.

They had been traveling for a bit, and with every mile Y/n had missed the air conditioner of her time but the others could only laugh at Janet’s plight.

“Maybe if you didn’t wear that fancy dress, you wouldn’t be overheating.” Another nurse joked from further in the truck

“Hey! Moving camps means new men, I want to make a good first impression!” Janet was a sweet but silly girl, far too invested in romance during a war. Her father, some important banker in New York, was apparently very opposed to her nursing, but eventually relented to his only daughter’s whims. And nobody could complain when her father sent goodies and treats for all of them in his care packages.

The truck came to a stop, as the girls laughed again.

“Is a lovely thing to hear the laughter of pretty ladies.” A hearty voice laughed, coming to the end of the truck and looking up at them. “It’s a pleasure to meet you ladies, my name is Corporal Dugan, I’ll be escorting you ladies on to Azzano.”

The man smiled up under this mustache and y/n grinned. Dum Dum Dugan, y/n remembered him from Steve’s Howling Commando stories. This was her lucky day indeed.

“Hello Corporal Dugan, do take care of us?” Lorraine shook his hand sweetly from her end seat, with Mrs Daniels riding up front Lorraine was their unofficial leader.

“It’ll be my pleasure.” He grinned, tipping his head with a wink to some of the younger nurses before walking away.

It was another couple of hours of travel before they made it to Azzano, soldiers were there helping the nurses out of the truck and unloading fresh supplies while y/n dawdled as she stretched in the truck, last one out. As she went to hop out of the truck though, her foot caught as she took the hand of the soldier waiting for her.

Luckily he grabbed her before she fell and placed her gently on the ground.

“You just got here and you’re already falling for me, huh doll?”

She laughed, familiar with the soldiers’ easy flirting at this point, before she looked up into a smiling face that surprised her.

Smiling down at her was none other than Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.

How could she forget what else was waiting in Azzano?

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Present Day - 3 Days Since Nightingale’s Disappearance - Avengers Tower

“What is it?” Matt asked as the others stared at the screen. The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

“It’s a picture of y/n, but it’s…well she’s…” Peter struggled to find the words before Natasha spoke up

“It’s a file from World War Two that’s part of some online archive, information from this woman as a nurse in 1943.”

They all stared at her, that was definitely her face, her hair done differently to suit the time, and the picture faded with age. The file information was minimal, a piece of a larger file of information from the Smithsonian’s online collection.

“Nurse Y/n l/n, picture from June 1943, age y/a” Steve spoke clearly.

“That doesn’t make any sense. It’s probably some sort of mix up because they look similar.” Matt was confused, everyone was. But this wasn’t just a simple mix up, this woman smiling back at them was every inch y/n.

As Steve and Bucky stared at the picture more and more, they felt a scratch at their brains, like there was something they were supposed to be remembering. Bucky’s headache only grew worse, finding himself clutching his hand to his head.

“You ok, Buck?” It was Steve that spoke, turning to Bucky as the groan left his lips. His head hurt, the light hurt, and now this was making it worse as he felt his brain struggle to make sense of it all.

“Headache, since the fight. I got thrown into a building.” He grumbled as if it was obvious

“Y/n would’ve checked for that and fixed it.” Steve was wary, and Bucky couldn’t tell if it was sympathy or concern in his tone.

“Yeah well it came back after she left.” Damn what kind of lights did Stark use in this lab? It was too bright.

“I’ve had a headache for days now too.” When Steve said this, Bucky finally looked up to meet his gaze.

“What if it isn’t a simple headache Buck, what if something weirder is going on?”

“What on earth do you-“ but Bucky was cut off as memories began to flash in his mind, bringing him to his knees. New memories. Not memories that Hydra had taken, but something fresh.

A truck, new nurses, a charming laugh and the surprised face of a cute nurse as he caught her.

Steve was at his side as he clutched his head and groaned out his realization to the room.

“I know where she is.”

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June 27th 1943, Azzano, Italy - US Military Camp

“Oh, uh, thank you, sir.” Y/n scurried to steady herself out of his grasp. Sergeant Barnes was no fan of hers in the future and she didn’t want to bother him further by antagonizing him in the past.

“You’re very welcome, if you’d like I can take your bag and lead you on to your friends.” He flashed her a winning smile, his eyes still bright despite what he’d seen so far. Y/n could only smile back briefly before averting her eyes.

“Oh that won’t be necessary, I’m sure you’re busy sir and-“

“Bucky, please. Sir makes me feel old. And I promise I’m not busy.” he laughed

A chill ran down her spine at the name, she was never allowed to call him Bucky. The one time it slipped she got a glare, and never had since.

“I don’t want to intrude.” A weak excuse

“You’re not intruding. This is entirely self serving I assure you, see I’m trying to get a nice in with the nurses so if you end up stitching me up, you might be gentle about it.” Again he smiled with a wink, and she finally relented her grasp on her bag. She could be nice, she could be civil, and then she would avoid him until Steve arrived.

“Thank you.” She smiled lightly at him as he held out his arm. She looked at him now, cocking an eyebrow.

“It was raining earlier today and the ground is still slippery, I’d hate for you to fall.”

The ground looked fine, but again she decided to humor him.

It reminded her of Matt, walking like this. She knew that Matt was perfectly capable of walking around on his own but it made her feel useful to him and he always said he loved having his pretty girl on his arm.

She’s made it a week without missing Matt, but this Bucky’s charm reminded her of his humor so much her heart clenched.

“So, I’ve given you my name, could I have yours?” He chirped beside her as they walked.

“Y/n l/n” he complimented it before they devolved into the usual pleasantries, where are you from, how long have you been overseas, etc etc etc. It was funny to hear Bucky explain his life to her, while she already knew. He was from Brooklyn, he had his mom and his little sister Rebecca, his best friend Steve was a pain in his neck which only made y/n laugh

“Yeah he’s a scrappy thing, I miss his fire out here though.” He chuckled, a hint of sadness laced his humored tone.

“Maybe you’ll get to see him soon, maybe on leave?” She smiled, knowing that he would very much be seeing Steve soon, sooner than he thought to be sure. Though he’d be decidedly less scrappy.

“Yeah, maybe, it’d be nice to be home for a bit.” Now his smile was genuine and light, memories of home bringing some energy back to him.

As they approached the tent where she heard the laughter of her fellow nurses, he tipped his head to her, handing her bag back to her.

“Well Miss, this is your stop.”

“Thank you very much Sergeant Barnes”

“Bucky, doll, please.” He placed his hand over his heart, feigning heartache as a smile dance across his lips. God had that look ever been directed at her? Did Sergeant Barnes even smile like that anymore?

“Have a good evening Sergeant Barnes.” She shook her head as she pulled back the flap, making her way in with the other nurses with a smile on her face.

[batmannotes]

The Epic Saga Concludes with Part Three of the Highly Anticipated Trilogy!

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three   

Based on DC’s iconic comic book limited series ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’ by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, join DC Super Heroes from across the multiverse in the action-packed conclusion of the three-part DC animated film Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three. The eagerly awaited film brings to a close the thrilling trilogy that marks the end to the Tomorrowverse story arc.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the all-new, action-packed DC animated film features some of DC’s most famous Super Heroes from multiple universes including Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, who come together to stop an impending threat of doom and destruction. Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three will be available to purchase exclusively on digital on July 16 and on 4K UHD in limited edition steelbook packaging and Blu-ray on July 23.

Fans of this superhero adventure will also be able to indulge in a range of bonus features including interviews with the filmmakers on how they created a comprehensive universe across seven films.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two are currently available on Digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three features returning popular voice cast members: Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, The Boys, The Winchesters) as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Emmy winner Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Glee) as Superman & Earth-2 Superman, Aldis Hodge (Straight Outta Compton, Black Adam) as Green Lantern/John Stewart, Meg Donnelly (Legion of Super-Heroes, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,) as Supergirl & Harbinger, and Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia) as Wonder Woman & Superwoman, along with Corey Stoll (Ant-Man, Black Mass) as Lex Luthor.

The star-studded ensemble voice cast also includes Gideon Adlon as Batgirl, Ike Amadi as Martian Manhunter/J’Onn J’Onzz, Geoffrey Arend as Psycho Pirate/Charles Halstead, Troy Baker as The Joker & Spider Guild Lantern, Brian Bloom as Adam Strange & Sidewinder, Matt Bomer as The Flash, Ashly Burch as Nightshade & Queen Mera, Zach Callison as Earth-2 Robin & Robin/Damian Wayne, Kevin Conroy as Earth-12 Batman, Alexandra Daddario as Lois Lane, Brett Dalton as Bat Lash & Captain Atom, John Dimaggio as Lobo, Ato Essandoh as Mr. Terrific, Keith Ferguson as Doctor Fate & Two-Face, Will Friedle as Batman Beyond & Kamandi, Jennifer Hale as Hippolyta & Green Lantern Aya, Mark Hamill as Earth-12 The Joker, Jamie Gray Hyder as Hawkgirl & Young Diana, Erika Ishii as Doctor Light/Dr. Hoshi & Huntress, David Kaye as The Question & Cardonian Lantern, Matt Lanter as Blue Beetle, Liam McIntryre as Aquaman, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Dr. Beth Chapel & The Cheetah, Lou Diamond Phillips as The Spectre, Elysia Rotaru as Black Canary & Black Canary II, Matt Ryan as Constantine, Katee Sackhoff as Poison Ivy, Keesha Sharp as Vixen, Jimmi Simpson as Green Arrow, Jason Spisak as Blue Lantern Razer & Hayseed, Armen Taylor as The Flash/Jay Garrick, Gas Soldier & Executioner, and Dean Winters as Captain Storm.

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three is produced by Jim Krieg and Kimberly S. Moreau and executive produced by Butch Lukic, Sam Register, and Michael Uslan. The film is directed by Jeff Wamester from a script by Jim Krieg. Casting and voice direction is by Wes Gleason. The film is based on characters from DC and the graphic novel “Crisis on Infinite Earths” by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez

Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three will be available on July 16 to purchase digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more. On July 23 the film will be available to purchase on 4K Ultra HD in limited edition steelbook packaging and Blu-ray Discs online and in-store at major retailers. Pre-order your copy now.

Additionally, the Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths Trilogy will be available on July 16 to purchase digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu and more, and features an exclusive special feature - An Epic Challenge: Crisis in Comics and Animation.

SYNOPSIS:

Now fully revealed as the ultimate threat to existence, the ANTI-MONITOR wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe. One-by-one, these worlds and all their inhabitants are vaporized! On the planets that remain, even time itself is shattered and heroes from the past join the Justice League and their rag-tag allies against the epitome of evil. But as they make their last stand, will the sacrifice of the superheroes be enough to save us all?​

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three - Physical and Digital

A Multiverse of Inspiration

Jon and John: Stewart and Constantine

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Trilogy (Digital only)

An Epic Challenge: Crisis in Comics and Animation

Running Time: 98:06

Rated PG-13 for some violence and language.

*Digital version not available in Canada

Available exclusively on Digital on July 16

4K UHD in limited edition steelbook packaging and Blu-ray arriving on July 23

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Trilogy Also      

Available exclusively on Digital on July 16

Preorder at Amazon.

[thegrimoiresvoice]

Officially charting into another AU! Mortal Kombat Skool Days and Transformers: Instruments of Destruction are now being joined by a remakequel (a phrase coined by my friend Kyle) of one of the most underrated series the Blue Blur was part of...

SONIC UNDERGROUND ENCORE

While I really like the show, I admit it has issues. But for my version, it will be more mature in its themes, similar to SatAM and the 2000's era of games. Plus, I imagine some of the main characters, some of which weren't in the original show, would be "voiced" by actual musicians. Yes, I'm keeping the music aspect. But instead of being cheesy pop numbers, I want it to be more like... well, without a better way to describe it, Crush 40.

CAST

THE RESISTANCE

Prince Sonic Aleena - Matt Walst (speaking and singing)

Princess Sonia Aleena - Lauren Babic (speaking and singing)

Prince Manic Aleena - Craig Mabbit (speaking and singing)

Shadow Rose - Benjamin Burnley (speaking and singing)

Amy Rose - Addie Amick (speaking and singing)

Miles "Tails" Prower - James A. Janisse (speaking)

Knuckles of Angel Island - Jensen Ackles (speaking)

Cyrus Leone - Miles Luna (speaking)

Agent Silver - Kellin Quinn (speaking and singing)

Princess Blaze of Soleanna - Kari Wahlgren (speaking)

ROBOTON REGIME

Dr. Robotnik - Jim Cummings (speaking)

Agent Sleet - Charlie Adler (speaking)

Agent Dingo - Clancy Brown (speaking)

SWATBots - Isaac Singleton Jr. (speaking)

OTHERS

Bartleby Montclair - Nicholas Manelick (speaking)

Queen Bernadette Aleena - Amy Lee (speaking and singing)

Keep in mind, this is just the base cast. If you have any suggestions, do tell. In the meantime, I hope you're looking forward to what's cooking! It's way past cool...

[fixomnia-scribble]

Cities believed to be 2000-3000 years old. (I LOVE LIDAR.)

Text below cut.

TL;DR:

Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of farmland, roads and neighbourhoods in Ecuador's Upano River Valley.

The cities are believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, according to Rostain, who works for France's National Center for Scientific Research. [Rostain's] group's findings were recently published in the journal Science.

Deep in the Amazon, researchers have uncovered a complex of ancient cities — using laser technology

The cities are believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old

Mouhamad Rachini · CBC Radio · Posted: Jan 18, 2024 1:35 PM PST | Last Updated: January 18

Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon

"Wow" was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser technology revealed several ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest.

"It's a gift for an archaeologist," he told The Current's Matt Galloway. 

Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of farmland, roads and neighbourhoods in Ecuador's Upano River Valley.

The cities are believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, according to Rostain, who works for France's National Center for Scientific Research. His group's findings were recently published in the journal Science.

"In the Upano, it's a completely new approach [to] the human past in the biggest rainforest of the world," he said.

Indigenous archaeologist argues humans may have arrived here 130,000 years ago

New discoveries challenge our understanding of when the first people arrived in North America

LiDAR leads the way

Rostain has been working in the Upano River Valley for years. He says he started excavating there 25 years ago, so he's known about the site with earth mounds in the area for decades.

"What we didn't [know] at this time, it was the size and the global organization of this construction," he said. "This is really new, and the LiDAR showed to us a map of this road connecting cities."

LiDAR was introduced to the excavation in 2015, when Ecuador's National Institute for Cultural Heritage funded a LiDAR survey of the valley. 

As part of the survey, specially equipped planes beamed laser pulses through the forest's vegetation, and measured their return path.

According to archaeologist Jay Silverstein, a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University in England, this method allows researchers to create a terrain model of the ground underneath the forest.

"You've basically skimmed off all the trees and you're actually looking at the shape of the earth," he told Galloway. "Then we start to be able to see the patterns of what we call anthropogenic, or things that were made by humans as opposed to nature."

For Rostain, this method is indispensable because it allows the exact shape and size of the ground to be reconstructed without harming the forest itself.

Rostain says nothing gets destroyed by LiDAR, noting that the technology maps out the terrain without cutting trees or destroying the archaeological site. "It's just perfect."

Silverstein said science can indeed be destructive, as damage created during excavation can't be undone. That's why using non-destructive archaeology like LiDAR is extremely important.

"We are developing more and more non-destructive techniques that allow us to to plan our excavations much better to understand what we're looking at and on the large scale before we do our small-scale excavations," he said.

Humankind's potential — and fragility

As significant as this discovery is, Silverstein warns against making any assumptions about this civilization based on first impressions.

"When I teach students or younger archaeologists, I tell them that your first impression, your gut instinct, your feeling of what you see when you first see, it is wrong," he said.

What's at stake for the climate, deep in the Amazon

The Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate, but it’s under serious threat from deforestation. CBC's international climate team ventures deep into the forest with scientists to learn how climate change is affecting it, and what’s at stake in the fight to save it.

In this case, Silverstein said assumptions shouldn't be made about what the geometric shapes revealed by LiDAR represent. 

"You don't know if you're really talking about palace plazas or agricultural fields when you see a rectangular shape in the ground," he said. "There's a big difference of what it means when understanding that society."

Nevertheless, these findings are confirmation of humanity's potential, said Silverstein.

"Whether you're we're dealing with Highlanders in Papua New Guinea or villagers in Mexico … we adapt to our environments, we figure ways to organize ourselves," he said. 

"And given the opportunity and the resources and good fortune, we will organize ourselves and create more complex societies and we'll figure out how to better manage our water and build roads and build houses."

How recreating ancient recipes helps one food buff bring the past to life

Lessons from an ancient Athenian in an era of 'fake news'

There may be a grim lesson to be learned from these findings, according to Silverstein: civilization is fragile, and there's no guarantee that our societies will be around in the future.

"Everyone who lived in those ancient societies thought their society was fine and that they were going to live on forever, and that their children would live there and their grandchildren and so on," he said. "But something happened and it didn't."

"We blithely go through life and we get our warnings of climate crisis and warfare and threats. But we more or less assume that we're going to be here tomorrow and living just like we do today —until it happens."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mouhamad Rachini

Journalist

Mouhamad Rachini is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and producer for CBC Radio's digital team. He's worked for several CBC Radio shows including The Current, Day 6 and Cross Country Checkup. He's particularly passionate about stories from Muslim and Middle Eastern communities. He also writes about soccer on his website Between the Sticks. You can reach him at mouhamad.rachini@cbc.ca.

[fksleep]

‘ hc' habits

good habits:

sociable. he's easy to talk to and he's approachable. it's not difficult for him to make friends with any group, whether they're nerds, jocks, alternative, stoners, techies, outcasts, hustlers, gangstas, or whomever. although, he personally dislike hanging around the affluent crowds, he does have fun at exaggerating their social etiquette and watching them fall for his facade, when he's undercover.

listening (when he wants to) and studying. despite being a hothead who expressed the typical "bad boy" mannerisms when he was a teenager, you could never call him one-dimensional. just as he was street smart, he was book smart too. his studiousness could be attributed to his parents' strictness, but that'd be downplaying his natural penchant for building his understanding of subjects he's interested in. he's well-versed in interdisciplinary studies, including math, history, physics, materials/neuroscience, bio/neuromechanics, aerospace engineering, robotics/mechatronics, a.i., medical science, etc. under bruce's tutelage, he attained extensive knowledge on botany.

ambitious. piggy-backing off the above, while he has a fun with problem-solving, naturally in the detective field, teru desires to be a physician. he's good at crafting and working with non-western medicines.

regular workouts. before becoming batman, he was amazingly flexible and athletic. rigorous strength training, cardio, and frequent participation in various sports such as wrestling, baseball, swimming, diving, archery, and mountain climbing have been his therapy. if he wasn't so tunnel-visioned on medicine, then becoming a olympian would've had his heart.

protective. this seesaws over the borders of 'good' and 'bad' because while the first thought of possessing such a quality is appreciable, depending on the circumstances, he can be insufferable. it stems from all the losses he took in his life. the murder of his father, charlie's betrayal and untimely death, matt's near-permanent jokerization, working under dangerous corporate tyrants like derek powitz, the kidnappings of his loved ones, ace's abuse, and other life-changing events made him uncomfortable with his people involving themselves in a situations he believes he should be able to handle.

open-minded. for example, if he's seeing someone is willing to make an effort to change their life around, he's not above giving them a shot. the way he lived his own life years ago, there was a time he believed if it was possible he could make it to see twenty. he never liked talking about it, but if it helped him reach out to other troubled individals, he would (and has.).

humble. the city he protected sold him out and at times, have worked against him. it stung like hell, and it has added to the weight he carries in his soul, but to quote him, "small rewards are the best ones". if he helped at least one person live to see another day, and or was responsible for changing somebody's life around for the better, then he isn't looking for worship and public adoration.

bad habits:

emotional control. in his early batman days, it was his age, and traumatic experiences that affected his performance. it became progressively worse when his dna was spliced with vampire bat by dr. cuvier. while he has a better handle on it in presently as an adult, it's an affliction that keeps him mindful of his emotions.

judgmental. i mentioned earlier that he's openminded, he is, but there are still things out there he's biased against. first off all, jokerz. he understands how a problematic background can lead to dramatic and destructive decisions, but wearing clown makeup is... a choice. then, there's the chimera movement... i'll get more into this later.

vindictive. 'an eye for an eye can make the whole world blind', but teru will watch those who wronged him choke before his world goes black. he feels no remorse for the accidental killing of his father's murderer, nor for disfiguring mr. powers--the man who plotted it, in the first place. he doesn't shame himself for feeling absolved over the death of dr. abel cuvier, the geneticist responsible for teru's body and leaving him with an unchangeable condition.

vices. he's slowly weening off of cigarettes and caffeine consumption, and trying to tolerate the taste of miswaks and mushroom coffee to replace the need.

selfish. he's only human. sometimes he wants to tune out and get lost somewhere, far away from the expectations and drama. he may shut down, put his phone in vibrate, and decompress in whatever activity that gives him temporary joy.

disrespectful. he wasn't big on authority growing up. in his mind, there was no such thing as a good cop until he met barbara gordon. outside of his general opinion on law enforcement, he just has a mouth on him. it annoys people close to him and enemies alike.

argumentative. if he's passionate about a topic, the person on the other hand might be able to save themselves if they're able to come up with the most logical brain-busting response, it gives teru pause and a chance to reassess everything. it's not that he doesn't like to be wrong—he just believes in his heart.

i can go on, but stopping here for now.

@escapedartgeek + hc word/sentence prompt.

[jewishbarbies]

PERSEPHONE’S LAMENT ⇢ a gcu installment

Dr. Erin Angelos was comfortable in her position as an attending physician in one of the top hospitals in the country. Still, something was missing. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it. But when a position opened up at Metro-General for a new outreach program, she couldn’t stop herself from transferring, uprooting her life to start anew in an all too familiar place—Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, New York. A place she hadn’t been to since she left for medical school.

Though the city was a bit different than it was when she was younger, much of it was still the same. Erin settled into life in Hell’s Kitchen as well as could be expected. Her new job entailed house calls and visits to various shelters, footwork she didn’t mind doing, and it felt much more satisfying than her previous position. However, no one anticipated the sudden, staggering surge in gang violence. Doctors were needed more than ever before and Erin was kept busy at the hospital and on the streets.

She was ordered to go home, get some rest, but with the carnage she’d seen, sleeping felt like the last thing on her mind. So, she found a little bar off the beaten path called ‘Josie’s’ and made a home out of a barstool. It was there she met Karen Page as she ordered another round for herself and her coworkers—a pair of local lawyers, Erin learned. Notable ones. Karen offered Erin a round at the pool table. And, although she wasn’t keen on the idea of butting into strangers’ spaces, it sounded like a decent way to get the blood off her mind. Karen introduced her to Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock and they played a round.

Who would’ve thought that an innocent game with strangers would lead to the destruction that followed? Or to a tumultuous relationship with one of New York City’s best lawyers—and it’s best defender?

gcu tag: @moustache-bonnet

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[frostyreturns]

Year In Books 2023

My reading goals are

1.) read 100 literary classics

2.) Read every Star Wars novel in the Pre Disney canon

3.) Read every book/series I read as a kid

Best And Worst Books From 2023

Top 5 Classics of 2023

5.) Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson 3/5

4.) Robin Hood - Paul Creswick 3/5

3.) The Illiad - Homer 3/5

2.) 2001 A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke 4/5

1.) 1984 - George Orwell 5/5

Bottom 5 Classics of 2023

5.) The Wind In The Willows - Kenneth Grahame 2/5

4.) Chapmans The Odyssey - Chapman/Homer 2/5

3.) Call Of The Wild - Jack London 2/5

2.) Phaedo - Plato 2/5

1.) Defense Of Socrates/Euthyphro/Crito - Plato 2/5

Top 5 miscellaneous genre fiction of 2023

5.) Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk 4/5

4.) A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin 4/5

3.) Batman The Court Of Owls - Greg Cox 4/5

2.) Bioshock: Rapture - John Shirley 5/5

1.) Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton 5/5

Bottom 5 miscellaneous genre fiction of 2023

5.) Hitman Enemy Within - Willaim C. Dietz 3/5

4.) The Lost World - Michael Crichton 3/5

3.) Spider-Man The Lizard Sanction - Diane Duane 2/5

2.) Spider-Man The Octopus Agenda - Diane Duane 2/5

1.) The Girl Who Lived Twice -David Lagercrantz 1/5

Top 5 Star Wars Novels of 2023

5.) Outbound Flight - Timothy Zahn 4/5

4.) Darth Bane Rule Of Two - Drew Karpyshyn 4/5

3.) Revenge Of The Sith - Matthew Stover 5/5

2.) Darth Bane Dynasty Of Evil - Drew Karpyshyn 5/5

1.) Darth Bane Path Of Destruction - Drew Karpyshyn 5/5

Bottom 5 Star Wars Novels of 2023

5.) Champions Of The Force - Kevin J Anderson 4/5

4.) The Phantom Menace - Terry Brooks 4/5

3.) Labyrinth Of Evil - James Luceno 3/5

2.) I Jedi - Michael A. Stackpole 2/5

1.) Tales From The Empire - Various Authors 2/5

Top 5 Young Reader Novels of 2023

5.) Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games - Jude Watson 3/5

4.) All The Wrong Questions: Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights - Lemony Snicket 4/5

3.) Brians Winter - Gary Paulson 4/5

2.) All The Wrong Questions: Shouldn't You Be In School - Lemony Snicket 4/5

1.) Hatchet - Gary Paulson 4/5

Bottom 5 Young Reader Novels of 2023

5.) Goosebumps Deep Trouble 2 - R.L Stine 2/5

4.) The First Four Years - Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/5

3.) The Nose From Jupiter - Richard Scrimger 2/5

2.) Wayside School Beneath The Cloud Of Doom - Louis Sachar 1/5

1.) Unicorns Don't Give Sleigh Rides - Debbie Dadey 1/5

Top 5 comics of 2023

5.) Dragon Ball Z Vol 1 - Akira Toriyama 5/5

4.) Calvin And Hobbes The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson 5/5

3.) Batman The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb 5/5

2.) Calvin And Hobbes Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat - Bill Watterson 5/5

1.) Calvin And Hobbes It's A Magical World - Bill Watterson 5/5

Bottom 5 Comics of 2023

5.) Green Lantern True Colors - Art Baltazar 2/5

4.) Bart Simpson Bust Up - Matt Groening 2/5

3.) Wonder Woman - William Messner-Loebs 2/5

2.) Pokemon Giratina & The Sky Warrior - Hijoka Makota 2/5

1.) Binky And His Buddies- John Albano 2/5

2023 Reading Stats

46,866 Pages Read

272 Books Read

16 Literary Classics

22 Miscellanious genre fiction novels

11 Star Wars novels

100 Youth/YA/Young Reader novels

92 Graphic Novels/Comic Trade Paperbacks/Digests

1 Non Fiction Book Read

29 Picture/Reference Books Read

Shortest Book: Mortimer- Robert Munsch

Longest Book: False Memory - Dean Koontz

Most Popular Book Read (on goodreads): 1984 - George Orwell

Highest rated Book Read (on goodreads): Calvin And Hobbes It's A Magical World - Bill Watterson

Lowest Rated Book Read (on goodreads): Bad Hare Day - R.L Stine

[fortunetellersdilettante]

OGs and voices!!! Like JK and Chris P, Chia

Yoko- weegie, sesshe, vlody

God(babyzuu) - Harry, CANYA, Lucy((honor aka lucifer also known as Satan))

(CANYA and mine)Leo- hunter hayes

Pinky- me!! 

(Harry's and mine)Cruz- reilly

Gabrielle Nobile- Lorenzo zurzolo

(Cruz and mine)Ezra- Chris hemsworth

Kygo- Brody malone

(Lucy and mine)Tara's koltun- finn harries

Robbie wadge- Maxime anselin

Crying baby- hot chocolate 

Skylar- aphed dad

Lucky blue- nic

30

Weegie- chia seeds

Vlody- Chris p MD

Yoko( police at St Ives artwork destruction!) 

Andy black-apheds dads voice

Itsjustin2016- Skylar's voice

Hassan

Zacari

3000 miles guy

Zayn

Smart ass blonde baby

Pinkerdoodle

Steven Chevron

Chris Mason

Neels visser

Like um legg dude from insta

Pearl sailor moon

Ryan rottman

Ryan Taylor

Ryan bowling friends hospital

Matt the personal gym trainer from supersize vs superskinny

Ulliel Gaspard

Snow

Green(model)

Zacari

-Dr Mike vitrovsky 

Darnell (friends hospital)

?Rich boy on bucks county technical high school school bus

?Alexander scargzard( true blood)

Jung kook

Felipe Maia

Cameron

So, human cheating. 

No females in the familyssz, 

keep the voicesssz and give them everything and power and looks and love etc, New youssz, voices, a hundred percent! Yeah

 different twin for the boyssz and add one for daddyssz and godssz but no erase for daddyssz and godssz. 

Then through me and us, each and all youssz bring out one more,

 then when I'm about to be home perm then another one can be made but that's it cause if I do that when I'm home perm there will be too much fomo!

[darkmaga-returns]

Broadcasting from the nuclear bunker outside of the Pentex blast zone, I find myself in the uncomfortable position of accepting that I called it wrong. Who knew that the wandering Biden would stumble into a means of igniting WWIII to keep the government out of the hands of Donald Trump and his weird cabinet selections? I mean, Dr. Oz over Ben Carson? There are multitudes of criminal bureaucrats plotting their civil war to keep from answering for their treasonous acts, but they were, no pun intended, trumped by Joe Biden’s handlers when they approved long-range missile strikes on Russia proper.

What I find more astounding than that is that this act of national suicide, with extreme nuclear connotations, was done so in such a quiet fashion. If one were not tuned into the alternative media (AM), they would think that the the only story worth comment was the nomination of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. Despite the fact that during a nuclear exchange no one will give a rat’s ass who the intended Attorney General is, or will be, the MSM makes out that it’s only concern is the destruction that can come from such a nomination rather than the destruction of a nuclear blast or two.

Where is the Special Coverage of the impending nuclear war complete with running countdown of the anticipated Putin response and gathering all sorts of military guests to explain to the American people what a nuclear exchange would look like and what to do during an attack? Hunker down or evacuate? This has been done several times during such high-tension periods in American history as the daily reports concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[anthonysstupiddailyblog]

Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (765): Sun 21st Apr 2024

I was delighted to see that Broken Matt Hardy returned to TNA last night at their Rebellion pay per view. It's still bewildering to me that Tony Khan didn't see the value of a talent like Matt Hardy who has demonstrated his creativity many times in the past and that he can be a much greater asset to a company than just being used on a C show. I would have made up a commitee of creative wrestling minds like Matt Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Jake Roberts, Jimmy Jacobs, Scott D'Amore etc and assign them to come up with a storyline each for a particular match taking place at the next pay per view. To be honest I think eventually he is going to have to do something similar because he can't go on being the sole creative force behing two AEW shows and ROH while also managing an American football team and a British soccer team. 

I finished reading Vulcan's Hammer. This was an excellent novel by Philip K Dick and I think this might have been the one that convinced him that his true talent lay with science fiction. The climax features the giant AI computer that the human race has designed for itself named Vulcan 3 sending an army of small hamers with laser beams shootingout of their heads (yes really) to prevent it's destruction as a rebel has convinced it that it needs to preserve it's operations at any cost. It turns out that the previous outdated model Vulcan 2 has also convinced an army of rebels that they need to take out Vulcan 3 for the safety of mankind. In the end it turns out that both AI computers have played the human race off against each other in a simister game of chess with humanity as the pieces. The Vulcan 3 computer precedes 2001: A Space Odyssey's HAL by over a decade and I don't think it's to far a stretch of the imagination to think that this story may have been where Stanley Kubrick might have got the idea of a rogue computer hellbend on self preservation. Next up in my Philip K Dick challenge is Dr Futurity. I'm deliberately not spoiling the plots of these novels before I read them because I want to be surprised and blown away by the imaginative plots and surreal imagery.