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A reposted Twitter thread. The link below has the entire Twitter thread drama regarding the David Southwick social media fakery in easy one page post form. (David Southwick is a Liberal MP in Caulfield, Melbourne, previously of padded resume fame)
This is a reposted Twitter thread in its whole.
Bonus threatening tweet to the author by David Southwick.
By gomichild aka Cerebral Soup aka Crowbar Jones
posted by Alnedra at 11:08 PM PST - 26 comments

Okay I'm going to try to explain this, so bear with me. On Tiktok, an entire community has come together to create Ratatouille the Musical. What seemed like a joke has become an incredible undertaking...In all seriousness, the Ratatouille musical has been an incredible outlet and source of joy for theater students, who are living through the worst time in their industry's history.
posted by gottabefunky at 4:33 PM PST - 50 comments

The book opens with scenes of childhood happiness. The boy plays with the tree every day: running, climbing, swinging, pretending. They are happy. But every good story thrives on conflict, and that is exactly what we encounter when we turn the page. We now read the book to our children, as it was read to us before we knew the loss age brings, back when the story was about nothing more than a tree’s tender love.
posted by jenkinsEar at 4:28 PM PST - 50 comments

The potato head of Palencia: defaced Spanish statue latest victim of botched restoration (The Art Newspaper, Nov. 11, 2020) Conservation experts in Spain are once again calling for stricter regulations within the sector after yet another work has been irreparably damaged by an amateur restorer. Adorning the facade of a high street bank in the north-western city of Palencia, the statue, first unveiled in 1923, once depicted a smiling woman carved among a pastoral scene of livestock. Behold the latest art "restoration" gone completely wrong in Spain: A melted face with two round cavities standing in for eyes, a misshapen lump approximating a nose, and an agape maw of a mouth (NPR, Nov. 11, 2020). [more inside]
posted by Iris Gambol at 1:49 PM PST - 28 comments

Before J. J. Abrams took over Star Wars: Episode 9, Colin Trevorrow wrote a complete script for the movie, originally named Duel of the Fates. The alleged script is online and includes notable differences from the final movie (e.g. no Palpatine, greater roles for Finn and Rose) as well as some similarities. A rich set of concept art of the movie also leaked. [more inside]
posted by adrianhon at 1:11 PM PST - 51 comments

Leap seconds exist because the Earth takes (very roughly) about a millisecond more than 24 * 60 * 60 seconds to rotate each day; when we have accumulated enough extra milliseconds, a leap second is inserted into UTC to keep it in sync with the Earth. At the moment the Earth is rotating faster than in recent decades: these shorter days, with a lower length-of-day, means the milliseconds accumulate more slowly, and we get fewer leap seconds. [more inside]
posted by smcg at 12:45 PM PST - 21 comments

For your holiday shopping, buy a present from Georgia instead of Amazon—or donate to a Georgia school or non-profit—and leave a positive #GeorgiaRaising note letting them know you're donating/buying in support of senatorial candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, and then optionally share on social media. [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam at 9:50 AM PST - 11 comments

The Radiophonic Workshop has always broken new sonic ground, from the Doctor Who theme to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now they’re at it again — this time using the internet as a musical instrument. [more inside]
posted by terrapin at 9:03 AM PST - 5 comments

The compact single board computer is now available inside a keyboard, turning any TV into an affordable all-in-one computer. Explaining Computers review.
posted by adept256 at 5:55 AM PST - 68 comments