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Wyrd Sisters!

Hooray! 

Sorry I'm so terrible at keeping up at the moment, we are (shock, horror, I know you're so surprised) MOVING HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

(How much of your life do you spend moving house, Jill? A lot, as it turns out.)

Ah well. C'est la vie, non?

BrightSci | On-label vs. Off-label Drugs

The final version of the draft I showed you all a few months ago. I cut a bit of stuff out to make it more general, because I don't know when I'm going to get back to the topic (or what I'm going to cover in what order when I do).

Big Pharma's still not out to get you.

They're still a dodgy bunch sometimes though.

Stuff You Like 158 | Deep Work

It's at least partially because of this book that I am writing this post to you and not wasting time on the internet.

Thanks, Cal Newport! I may be on the internet but at least I'm doing something useful!

Wyrd Sisters Are Wyrd (Patron Early Bird)

Oh Granny, Nanny and Magrat. Your animated movie is kinda...dull. Even though it's just the book.

Maybe BECAUSE it's basically just the book.

But I've got a theory on that.

Deep Work Early Bird

Or How I Learned To Concentrate Again, By Jill Aged 31. :D

100 Days Till The Last Jedi!

So let's do...a hair thing! (Next one will be cinnamon buns, because...well. Has to be done.)

(Side note: I am watching the Wyrd Sisters animated movie and it is...slow going. Like, hot dang, they are extremely faithful to the source material. Possibly...too faithful.)

IT'S POLLIN' TIME!

More fun and less work than political voting. Though also, let's be honest, less important in the grand scheme of life.

Cast thy vote and make thy choice! :D

The Da Vinci Code - early bird (cheep cheep)

Please note the amazing visual puns you will see on da Vinci's Angelo Incarnato.

Twitter was most forthcoming with suggestions as to how to cover his bits.

Also: GNOSTICISM: U R DOIN IT WRONG. :D

Man vs. Machine: Pregnancy Smackdown!

Take 2. I fiddled with a few things, and also I now have a camera that stays in focus...99% of the time, rather than, say...60%. 

So that was good.

It's been an expensive month! 

Hope you're all doing well, this post will be going public tomorrow (I'm going to test the early access thingy.)

Shouting FIRE in a theater...

Doesn't, in its original context, quite have the connotations that generally come along with it in the modern day.

Because if we're going to have a sensible discussion about the limits of freedom of expression in the United States of America (and everywhere else) then it behooves us to understand the legal precedents which hav...

NEW CAMERA OF JOY!

I am hoping for more focus (and lookit those pretty pretty colours, ON AUTOMATIC) from my new camera. 

Rest in peace, Panasonic SD90. You did a good job and I'm grateful.

Stuff You Like 156: Inception

We aren't post-truth quite yet. At least...I don't think so.

This week I'm searching for a new camera (probably a DSLR) because my old faithful Panasonic SD90 has finally given up on autofocus and is just wavering all over the place.

This is, I'm sure you can imagine, a bit of a problem while filming.

Anyone got a ...

INCEPTION! Early bird!

Sorry about the late nature of the early release (if that makes sense), things were...a little hectic around here this week. I hope that you are all well, and that none of you have gastroenteritis.

Because it's awful.

(Thankfully it was not me who had it this time.)

Anyway, Inception! Woo!

Man vs. Machine: PREGNANCY WARS

OK I may need a better title, but clickbait, you know how it is.

(Don't tell anyone that this is just an overview of current neonatal and fertility treatments disguised as a Junior/The Matrix crossover. THEY'LL NEVER FIGURE IT OUT, SHHHH.)

Jesus Christ! Superstar!

Do you think you're what they say you are?

WELL?

DO YOU?

Mary Magdalene: You're Doing It Wrong | Stuff You Like Extra

Sure, Andrew Lloyd Webber, you went for the tired cliche. But I guess at least you aren't pulling a Dan Brown and claiming everything in your musical is 100% accurate...

OH MARY MAGDALENE, people do talk nonsense about you.

Like Susan Pevensie before her, I felt that Mary Magdalene needed a separate episode to herself before we launch into Jesus Christ Superstar properly. 

So here we are!

(Fear not, new Patrons who should be on the credits list, you will be on the episode that comes out on Tuesday. This is the nearly-final version that...

How 60s Britain Accidentally Cut Its Suicide Rate | BrightSci

True story.

And a really interesting one if you're interested in the law of unintended consequences. Or public policy interventions to reduce suicide rates.

Wonder Woman, Boob Plate, and King's Bounty Armored Princess

Wonder Womaaaaaan!

Also necromancers in lingerie. Because of course?

Wonder Woman! And King's Bounty: Inadequately Armored Princess

People.

Let's talk about BOOB PLATE.

And a bit about fantasy armour and competing demands of costuming.

Thunderbirds are Go!

Whoops. Stuff is in THE COMPLETELY RIGHT ORDER OBVIOUSLY. :D

Greek Mythology in Portal 2

Now with correct Patron list at the end! 

Huge thank you to Christi from Musical Hell for her mad Greek mythology knowledge. This episode would have been rubbish without her. And as it is, I think it's pretty good.

Hope you enjoy it!

Greek Mythology in Portal 2 - Early Bird!

Guys, I am SO STOKED by this episode, all 13:50 of it. This is a collaboration I did with Christi from Musical Hell (I love her show a lot, I recommend it if you're even a tiny bit interested in musicals) and so it's available to ALL PATRONS, just for funsies.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thunderbirds Are Go! Early Bird

It occurs to me that I've been forgetting to turn ads off for these early bird posts.

Sorry about that, I have fixed the thing! So today we are talking about Kayo Kyrano and how TAG treats women and honestly, you guys, I REALLY like this show. So much so that I made a review even though it's a TV show and those are always a pa...

What's a Mad Hatterpillar? | BrightSci

Tell me Lady Gaga is not taking millinery notes from these guys and gals...

BrightSci: Mad Hatterpillar early access!

Hey, we're Gum Leaf Skeletonizer, but we might change our name...

I'm still working on the on-label/off-label videos, but they're taking longer to make good than I thought.

So here's a different one in the meantime, it'll go up on Tuesday for everyone else!

Thunderbirds (2004)

YAY THUNDERBIRDS OH it's the Jonathan Frakes one. Never mind.

Comments are open on YouTube if you're interested, by the way! (I'm trying them out. You should see my banned words list. It's a thing of beauty.)

Also, new BrightSci episode coming next Tuesday!

THUNDERBIRDS (are not yet GO, that's next time)

This week it's a brief intro to Thunderbirds, and also to the barely remembered Spy Kids ripoff that was the Thunderbirds 2004 live-action movie.

Why, though?

Well...you asked for it...

If it ends up as a 20 minute lecture on theology or Andrew Lloyd Webber or comparisons to Joseph and his amazing technicolor dreamcoat, you can't say I did not warn you!

In other news, my toddler and I have both come down with gastroenteritis. It is super duper fun, I can tell you.

Ick. So if I'm not around very mu...

Choose a topic time!

So my $10 Patrons have suggested a bunch of topics that I could make a video on, and now it is time to VOTE. VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN! 

(OK, maybe not often.)

What say ye?