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[kate_nepveu]

I was busy! But now I get to wander around mentally singing "I'm freeeee!" a la Elsa. And also, err, start our household taxes and do a lot of laundry. Minor details!

A kid anecdote I told elsewhere on social media when it happened:

Me: time to get up!
The Pip: tell me something I don't know.
Me: The square root of 81 is 9.
The Pip: I knew THAT.
Me: New York does not impose franchise tax on certain 501(c)(3) corporations.
The Pip: I have no idea what you just said.
Me: Something you didn't know! So get up!

And here's a video of a marble run the kids and I improvised last night out of a pretty lousy kit. Design mostly by SteelyKid, because she has spatial abilities and engineering instincts and I do not.

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Have a bunch of links:

• I saw this cover and I suddenly had a burning ambition to learn to write fiction, sell a novel, and have my publisher get Kevin Wada to do a cover. Since that will literally never happen, enjoy his Steve/Peggy/Bucky art.

• Look at this dog's face!

• Also look at this couple's faces. I would like a million stories about them, please, and also to be the one on the left.

• I don't understand some of eShakti's design choices, I really don't.

• This is old but timely again: imagine what we could have had for the Good Omens adaptation.

• Commentary track by the Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse animators!

• Stashing this Ken Liu post on trying to learn about China by reading translated Chinese SF for future reference.

• Slate provides Everything You Wanted to Know About the Two-Wombed Woman Who Gave Birth Twice in 26 Days.

• I really like this picture of Charlie leading two puppies.

• Congratulations to all the Hugo nominees I know! File 770 has links to the works.

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Two Avengers: Endgame thoughts based on teasers

There's a new TV spot in which Steve tells Tony he trusts him and they shake hands and it made me disproportionately angry because it's so unearned. Bleh. (I mean, it's theoretically possible that we could spend an hour or two with the characters actually coming to grips with all the past movies! But given the MCU's track record to date, I think it less likely than Squirrel Girl showing up.)

Also bleh: this extremely-accurate observation about the difference in Carol's physical appearance.

I can't believe I'm going to watch this fucker.

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Finally, io9 has a big piece on Farscape which reminds me that I watched a few episodes several years ago and just never kept going. That was long ago enough that I'd probably have to start over; so is there a spot in S1 that people would recommend I start at, or episodes in S1 that I should skip? (Admittedly I may just need to not watch in the middle of the night while up with a very small child, which I'd forgotten was my previous mode until I checked the tag, but still.)

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[clevermanka]

As a longtime lover of Farscape, I feel like there's not really much in season 1 that can be skipped if you want the full impact of the whole show. There are some major plot points that happen in the first episode, but you don't realize they're important until season 3. That sort of thing. I mean, you could understand what was going on, but it wouldn't have the same emotional impact.

I also feel like not everybody can like everything, even when it's great, though, and that's fine! Life's Rich Tapestry, etc. etc.

[minoanmiss]

I believe Mr. Wada does accept commissions... and oh his art is awesome.

[sovay]

This is old but timely again: imagine what we could have had for the Good Omens adaptation.

I hadn't seen it; thank you.

P.S. And for the swing dancers.

[kore]

There's a new TV spot in which Steve tells Tony he trusts him and they shake hands and it made me disproportionately angry because it's so unearned. Bleh. (I mean, it's theoretically possible that we could spend an hour or two with the characters actually coming to grips with all the past movies! But given the MCU's track record to date, I think it less likely than Squirrel Girl showing up.)

For me it was right up there with "So was I" in CW. All art is manipulation in some sense, but feeling manipulated with no corresponding emotion is just annoying.

T didn't recognize Carol in the Endgame trailer at first! Someone else I know thought she was Sharon Carter.

[thawrecka]

That eshakti dress is both bizarre and ugly! Truly, the design process that went into that is a confusing thing to ponder.

[sgac]

I am not a Farscape fan (watched most of the first season, was never motivated to finish it), but I'm sure I've seen various schemata of which episodes you can skip. I know there's one notorious episode in the first season which everyone agrees is terrible and should be skipped.