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Comics 2025-03-26

The Ultimate and Absolute comics continue to slap, and I’m enjoying One World Under Doom.

Ultimate Spider-Man #15 the series is consistently excellent, not much else to say.

Ultimate Wolverine #3 this series came barreling out of the gate, and keeps that energy up. Looking forward to where it goes next.

Absolute Wonder Woman #6 this continues to be my favorite of the Absolute line, and just plain rocks. Love the mythology.

Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 well this is a super strong start, can’t wait for the next issue. The strange art style is a perfect match with the story.

Fantastic Four #30 😭😭😭

Doom Academy #2 I’m enjoying this series well enough. I’ll probably go back and read Strange Academy sometime, the pre-One World Under Doom series this transitioned from.

Red Hulk #2 it’s fine I guess. Another One Word Under Doom tie-in series.

Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #2 another OWUD tie-in series. I only vaguely know these characters, it’s fine.

Doom’s Division #1 yet another OWUD tie-in. I know nothing about Tiger Division, but apparently it’s where Luna Snow (who I know from the Marvel Rivals game) is from.

Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four #1 this one-shot was a fun ride. Period piece set back after the original movie, with King Ghidorah as Galactus’s Herald. Ryan North is good at comics. Hopefully next month’s Godzilla vs Hulk is as good!

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I couldn’t sleep until like 8am this morning, but I did photoshop our cats Oreo and Theodosia onto Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, so there’s that at least.

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One of my mom’s gen 1 HomePods died, but I found a guy online who specializes in fixing them, replacing the faulty diodes with good ones that should permanently fix the issue, and replacing a few other prone to failure parts. It arrived back, and man I forgot how good they sound. Apple definitley overengineered these things. Gonna be sad giving it back to my mom, haha.

I have HomePod minis, which are nice, but not the same. And apparently gen 2 full HomePods don’t have faulty parts, but also don’t sound as good as gen 1

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I’ve had Runaway Ricochet’s Diminishing Returns album on repeat for weeks, I’m unsure whether it’s helping or feeding the depression. runawayricochet.bandcamp.com/album/dim…

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I am so tired I want to cry, and I still can’t fall asleep. I wasn’t able to sleep at all Sunday night, got almost no sleep last night, and tonight I still can’t fall asleep. With the narcolepsy, my sleep architecture is messed up, meaning even when I do sleep, I still only get a fraction of the rest and restorative benefits a healthy person does. On the rare good day when I’ve actually slept a decent amount (ideally at least 9-10+ hours), I’m still really sleep deprived and my brain has trouble fully functioning. And while I usually don’t get that much sleep, it’s so much worse right now and keeps compounding. I hate this so much, it’s miserable, so I’m just shouting into the void.

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Ordered tickets for (the day after) Valentine’s Day! Caitlin has been really into slime videos recently, so I’m taking her to the Sloomoo Institute and the kitchen tour. I also got her admission to Sloomoo Falls, where they drop slime on you; I’m not interested in that part, plus it’s not cheap, so I’ll just watch.

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I’m back, and some comics

Going to try and get back to posting again, some irl stuff came up that derailed things in general, on top of sleep and fatigue being worse than usual. One thing I want to do soon is start writing more about the Playdate games I’ve been playing.

Anyway, tonight I started catching up on comics, after not reading any for a month or two. The Ultimate Marvel stuff continues to great. The end of Ultimate Spider-Man #12 was a major HOLY SHIT moment. Fantastic Four is good, Ryan North is good at comics. I also got caught up on the Absolute DC comics. Absolute Wonder Woman kind of rocks hard. And I’d say Absolute Batman is the weakest of the three, with Absolute Superman between them. Tomorrow hopefully I can read the new ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks series, and also maybe finally finish the Lower Decks CYOA comic. I’m so sad the show is over, but at least we have Ryan North doing the comics, which again he is very good at.

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reblog this to give the person you reblogged this from a gold star because they’ve been stellar today and they deserve it ⭐️

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When cats lie on their backs and look at you upside down with their little vampire tooth sticking out reblog if you agree

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art is not static

big takeaway from 'cant separate art from artist' talk is that some buds have VERY hard time recognizing art is not static and its meaning changes over time. they sarcastically ask 'so if you find out someone is bad their art somehow gets worse?' UH YEAH BUD THAT IS EXACTLY IT

seen things like: 'okay you listen to song and AT FIRST you love it then you learn its by charlie manson you cant just suddenly say now its bad' as if this is gotcha moment. i assure you bud i absolutely CAN suddenly say its bad now thats literally how artistic experience works

BUD WITH EYEROLL: 'so you are saying art changes based on what you know or dont know about who made it like some objective constantly evolving thing just because of how it makes you feel?' CHUCK: 'yes now you are just describing art now over and over again as if you are making a point'

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The Fox has started sleeping regularly next to where the (indoor) kitten sleeps. She purrs like mad whenever the fox is there. 

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Absolutely losing it at this Guardian review of the upcoming film Cocaine Bear's trailer:

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Do you consider cat declawing to be unethical, and if so, what would you consider to be the best alternative?

yeah declawing is ABSOLUTELY unethical from a medical standpoint, and I'll tell you why!

so this is what a cat's paw looks like on the inside:

take a quick second to look it over, and note which parts of it are actually touching the ground and bearing the cat's weight.

it's the "palm" and the ends of the toes, right?

well, that's the problem. so you probably ALSO noticed that the cat's claws are actually attached to those last toe bones, which is why when a cat is declawed, they remove that entire last toe joint like this:

so the issue is, the bone that was bearing the cat's weight is gone. it no longer exists. this forces the weight of the cat's body onto the end of the second bone, here:

and that's a HUGE fucking problem. that bone was never meant to touch earth, the ends of it are covered in nerves and connective tissue instead of padding! putting weight on it WILL cause the cat pain, chronic-for-the-rest-of-your-life pain!

cats are terrible about actually expressing pain, but if you pay attention to how declawed and non-declawed cats walk, you'll notice that declawed cats put their feet down much more gingerly and are more hesitant with their first steps.

and this is because it hurts.

please don't declaw your cat. just use claw caps or keep their nails trimmed.

thanks for attending my TED talk bye

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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PLEASE PLAY THIS WITH SOUND OMG