This man has clearly never read Susan Beth Pfeffer’s LIFE AS WE KNEW IT, which starts with the moon being knocked off course and then involves tsunamis, volcanos, black rain, and mass death.
Aaron RuparNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."
I have now seen THE ODYSSEY as well as read Emily Wilson’s review, & to me the key question is: What crime did Christopher Nolan commit, that he keeps making the same movie about a man trying to get over his enormous guilt? 1/
Cheryl B. KleinI haven’t seen THE ODYSSEY yet but I think this point in Wilson’s essay is super interesting because it’s the same elision Nolan made in OPPENHEIMER — you see the horror of the bomb & the suffering of the perpetrator but never the actual (in that case, Japanese) people killed by it.
Beyond this BS below, NPR said this morning that Trump made $2 BILLION while in office last year, & man, I hope that’s the centerpiece of every single Dem ad right now.” Vote R, you’re voting for more of that!” Simple, angry, direct!
NPRThe president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws. n.pr/4fHpgIF
Sad authorial news for me this week: One of the picture books I cowrote, THUNDER TRUCKS, is going out of stock, likely permanently. It's had a good almost seven-year run, helping many kids get over their fears of thunderstorms. Not too late to get a copy! www.cherylklein.com/picture-books
Picture Books — Cheryl B. Kleinwww.cherylklein.comI’m so sad to hear this. ONCE and the Frames albums were the soundtrack to much of my late 20s, and he was such a talented & passionate guy, with so much music left to make.
The GuardianGlen Hansard, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter, dies aged 56 in motorcycle crash
I haven’t seen THE ODYSSEY yet but I think this point in Wilson’s essay is super interesting because it’s the same elision Nolan made in OPPENHEIMER — you see the horror of the bomb & the suffering of the perpetrator but never the actual (in that case, Japanese) people killed by it.
G. Willow WilsonThis bit, however, should be printed in large font in every public square. "War is fine as long as you feel bad about it afterwards" is the rotten apple that is steadily corrupting the entire barrel of western culture (a term I hesitate to even use bc it is so unhelpfully vague).