Fuck Today, Continued

Sad Beauty And The Beast GIF

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Something to watch. Iā€™m finding it hard to tell from the videos how extensive the damage is.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4106693-tornado-rips-through-pfizer-medicine-plant-in-north-carolina/

Stone said the Pfizer plant holds large quantities of medicine, telling reporters, ā€œIā€™ve got reports of 50,000 pallets of medicine that are strewn across the facility and damaged through the rain and the wind.ā€

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No elm left here. Now we have ash die back and there will be few trees left in the future.
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forestry/advice/forest-protection/ash-dieback/

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Miami woman, 18, arrested after allegedly trying to hire hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, police say

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Nowhere in the article do they mention where the child is now. Hopefully, not near her. :pleading_face:

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according to local news (WPLG ABC10), the child is with grandmother, who has had him for some time alrrady.

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Arthurā€™s Birthday, seriously?

Anthony Hopkins Idiots GIF by PBS SoCal

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Angry Meme GIF

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Multi-generational abuse: she would have been 14 or 15 when impregnated.

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Wellā€¦ and apparently neither did/do certain residents of New Mexico.

ā€œOppenheimerā€ brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics (axios.com)

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Iā€™m not sure that an argument can be made that Jewish actors have been systematically underrepresented in the profession.

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Yeah. Also, itā€™s acting. Having a problem with someone taking on a role that they havenā€™t lived means objecting to the entire concept of theatre.

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To a certain degree. And systemic exclusion ruined peopleā€™s careers and the quality of the art.

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Jewish writers, composers, directors, and producers, not so much. Jewish actors? Thereā€™s a reason so many changed their names to appear more WASP.

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Iā€™m not sure either.

Newsweek has 3 or 4 editorials up on representation of Jewish characters in Oppenheimer. Hereā€™s one of the counter-arguments:

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True.

Iā€™m fairly certain that some studios knew of (or even suggested) those changes, thereby providing a way in.

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They definitely changed their names and had to hide their ethnicity.

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I do think itā€™s a nuanced issue. Not everyone has been effected in the same ways.

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