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I had tears pouring down my cheeks while I was driving home this morning because I listened to a podcast about the Radium Girls and how hard they fought to hold their employer to account for poisoning them, even though they knew they would die regardless, because they wanted to protect the workers who came after them. Even though their community called them liars and they were in horrible pain, they fought. And then the host started talking about how the Manhattan Project used knowledge gained from the Radium Girls to protect their workers and how the ghosts of those girls and women protected people going forward...
And it made me think of all the ghosts, unnamed and unknown, who in their death protect us: the ghosts of the Titanic, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the Quebec Bridge, and so many others. Disasters that made us change laws and protect people, not just because they were horrific but because survivors and survivors families demanded that we change; kept screaming and fighting and pushing until someone listened and something was fixed.
What a debt we owe.
#the ghosts that protect us#the radium girls#cautionary tales#not jane austen#i don't know how to tag this#the Quebec Bridge was a Canadian diaster and because of it our engineers wear iron rings on their pinky#to remind them of what messing up can cost
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Cats warned a girl about playing with matches. Look what happened. Das Struwwelpeter-album. 1900.
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#fire#playing with matches#bad girls#cats#cautionary tales#children's book illustration#nemfrog#1900#early 1900s#disobedient child#1k
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‘La Mano de Mono’ (The Monkey’s Paw) by W. W. Jacobs, ''El mundo ilustrado'', #2, Sept. 1905
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#el mundo ilustrado#la mano de mono#the monkey’s paw#w. w. jacobs#vintage illustration#cautionary tales#horror stories
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Re-listening to my own DnD character playlist like damn this is genius. Who curated this.
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Show me a better podcast theme song than Cautionary Tales. It's such a banger.
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Podcasts I'm listening to right now
I saw someone else do this (theirs was specific to narrative fiction, but I'm listening to a lot more than that.)
This will be for recommendations, but also hopefully serve as a reminder to myself down the road.
Part One: The Ol' Reliables
Judge John Hodgman
One of the first podcasts I even began listening to, and it's never NOT been on my subscription list. Even though it can be predictable (once you've heard 500 of these, you can guess where the rulings are headed) it's still delightful. Love John, Love Jesse. Love the whole deal. 8/10
My Brother, My Brother, and Me
I came somewhat late to the party. So, after the most-problematic character traits of the boys were gone. 2 of the 3 of them always make me laugh. In my opinion, I only fail to enjoy about 10 of the episodes. 9/10
99% Invisible
The GOAT. Funny, fascinating, and well-produced. It's been on my list for like 10 years? And it has introduced me to other phenomenal podcasts, books, and people. 10/10 no notes.
No Such Thing as a Fish
4 (usually) researcher for QI talk about weird facts they learned. It's great. 9/10
Sawbones
Dr. Sydney McElroy and her clown husband discuss medical history. Although really, there are quite a few episodes of currently-relevant issues as well. Good stuff, though not without it's flat points. 8/10
Welcome to Night Vale
Again, an all-timer. Though to be honest, it fell off my list for a while there. But when I went back and listened to the first 100 again to get caught back up, I refell in love. Great world, great writing, great narrator. Some of the deeper lore stuff doesn't always land with me (I still don't know how Huntokar like, matters). 8/10
Cautionary Tales
The newest-comer to this slate. Fascinating stories told in a cunning way. Which is to say, sometime manipulative storytelling to pad out the 30 minutes or whatever. They hook you, then you find out that they lied up front sometimes. And sometimes they have ads for Crypto...which is so discordant on a podcast about watching out for scams. 6/10 (2 points off for their annoying and poorly-chosen ads, honestly. May be a ploy to herd people to their Patreon.)
The Adventure Zone
The "hit-or-miss"est of this list. Some seasons are soaring and riveting. Some are not. Sometimes it's the GM, sometimes it's the setting, sometimes it's the system. There's a narrow needle to thread between RP and explaining what the hell is going on. When they nail it, I'm sold. 7/10 overall.
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Learn from my mistakes, part 2.
When grinding up a hot chili pepper, wear a mask. Put a towel over the mortar. Do SOMETHING to avoid breathing in the fumes/tiny bits of dust. I’ve never sneezed and coughed and burned so much in my life.
Now excuse me, I’ll be going to take an antihistamine and rub milk in my nose.
#magic#magick#witchcraft#occult#occultism#wicca#witch#wiccan#occultist#herbs#witchy#cautionary tales
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It's been a while since I've posted here--from the purge of this platform to the death of another--but I have some pop cultural thoughts and this is where they go.
Pavement is a definitive album band and record collectors' band, but they also released a ton of great material on singles, EPs, compilations, and bonus releases. Most of that was collected on cd in a string of deluxe expanded album reissues starting in 2002 that were more exhausting than exhaustive. The material for the first and last of these is on vinyl, but the middle three are not. I think there is demand for a missing album or two on vinyl, curated from all of those non-album tracks.
Now Matador has announced Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques, a box set with reissues of all of their 7" singles. I realize that this limited, pre-order only release is strictly for diehards and prosumer nostalgists. It does not increase access, it's just a fifth way to hear "Baptiss Blacktick".
There is one efficient Pavement compilation, the seminal Westing: By Musket and Sextant, which collects their first three EPs, first single and contemporary compilation tracks.
Matador could simply release the middle three records' bonus content on vinyl, and they would be more successful than the first volume was in 2015, but the songs are already available digitally. All of the collections, including Westing, have stuck to a strict chronological sequencing, which is a missed curatorial opportunity.
So I propose one LP that simply collects their 5 last EPs, and a 'lost album' of the best remaining non-album material.
The cover art, like the playlist, is composed of art that was cropped from their original albums. Of course I've got a third LP of less-listenable curiosities but we'll see how the first two sell first ;)
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~lrb~lrt
This is my personal reminder to see my journal entry 3:55 PM 11/13/2023.
#personal preferences#processing thoughts#storytelling#archetypes#villains#villain protagonist#food for thought#analysis#character sympathy#protagonists#antiheroes#cautionary tales#wish fulfillment#morally gray#elredeaglescrit#fe3hfuukasetsugetsu
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Exploring the Future of Humanity in Hollywood Films: Utopia or Dystopia?
Discover the captivating narratives in Hollywood movies and TV shows that delve into the future of humanity. From the TV show “Outer Limits” to the film “Suicide Squad (2021)” and the recent release “Space Jam (2022),” we explore whether these depictions offer a utopian or dystopian vision for humanity. Additionally, we analyze the unveiling of emerging technologies like the Meta-verse and Apple…
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#AI#Apple Vision Pro#cautionary tales#dystopia#emerging technology#future of humanity#Hollywood films#human-AI interaction#Meta-verse#technology in movies#utopia
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Actually the worst part of DnD is how you can't make a fan vid of your favorite little guys.
#cautionary tales#I guess technically I could the old school way#AKA appropriation#but that shit is so fucking hard I don't have the mental strength for it anymore.#it would take like six months and so many filters#it's different when you don't want to use vg sources#rotating in my head the hypothetical Runs in the Family fan vid I could make
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Presenting a book talk of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. Reviewed by Victoria Tatum of The Book Traveler for In the Stacks.
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NEW ALBUM VIDEO TRAILER ON YOUTUBE
Hip hop label New Dawn Records today announced the signing of award winning NY State rapper Anthony Kannon & producer Frost Gamble, the latter now re-located to Canada, for the release of their album “Cautionary Tales” on October 20th.
A series of singles will drop over the summer.
The label have also published a video trailer of the album on their official Youtube channel as a taster of what’s to come.
The full announcement can be found at www.newdawnrecs.com
#video#trailer video#underground hip hop#new album#ny state#rapper#producer#youtube#anthony kannon#frost gamble#new dawn records#east coast#indie hip hop#new signing#cautionary tales#ithaca#canada#manitoba#beats#rhymes#visuals#boom bap beats#real hip hop#new releases#rap music#Hip hop music#music news#hip hop news#rap news
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Is anyone ever sufficiently admonished by admonitory tales, or are such myths simply maps of inevitabilities?
Catherine Lacey, from Biography of X
#inevitable#cautionary tales#curiosity killed the cat#don't listen to any advice#unavoidable#heed the warning#quotes#lit#words#excerpts#quote#literature#classics#catherine lacey#biography of x
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