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Movies watched in 2022
These are my 19 favorite films this year. I’ve never been much of a superhero fan, but The Batman and new Doctor Strange were quite enjoyable, as well as the Werewolf by Night special. On the wave of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga, A24 added to the mayhem with Everything Everywhere All at Once. Disney’s other big…
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Federated social media is the future
Takeaway after using Mastodon for a few days: Federated social media is the future. The mass exodus from the birdsite this month shows that people are hungry to use tech that is not corporately owned. But don’t expect free services to protect your data. Invest in a website where you have control of the content.…
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1914 Trans-Antarctic Expedition Map
It’s still baffling to me how Shackleton thought this was a good idea. Compare the size of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean around it to the Northern hemisphere. It’s over 2,100 miles on land alone; approximately the same distance as a dogsled trip from Seattle, WA, to northern Michigan.
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Comparing De Sica and De Seta
Vittorio De Sica and Vittorio De Seta were both Italian filmmakers active from the 1950s into the 1970s.