#March/April 2024

[walrusmagazine]

The Diminishing Romance of Train Travel

I took a sleeper train across the country. I learned Via Rail is still stuck in the twentieth century

Coach is a land-based version of steerage: in this section of the train, aside from one or two sixty-two-seat cars, there’s a combination modest cafe and dome car; that’s about it. Then, there are the “Sleeper Plus” options: in ascending order, upper and lower berths, cabins for one or two, and bigger configurations like “drawing rooms.” I can remember, on those long-ago family trips, peeking through open doors at these spaces, which seemed the epitome of opulence compared to our berths. There’s a shower on each Sleeper Plus car, and all these options include meals (prime rib, lake trout . . . ). By contrast, economy choices are described, ominously, as “wholesome and comforting,” code for packets of nuts and microwaved cheeseburgers.

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Illustration by Jonathan Dyck (jonathandyck.com)

[fiddlepickdouglas]

Get 'em

[daily-dragon-drawing]

#92 - 小龍 (xiǎolóng / little dragon) - A totally ferocious, fiery dragon! Definitely! 🔥🐉🦎

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Happy April Fool's! :3c

[sersh]

RACHEL ZEGLER via Instagram, March 2024

[northgazaupdates]

2 April 2024

Graphic design artist Moataz Abu Sakran documents the complete destruction by the IOF of Palestine Stadium, in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital complex

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Donate here to help Moataz, his wife Mariam, and baby Maria evacuate Gaza

[sheoftheforest]

2024 Full Moon schedule

(all times Eastern)

Wolf Moon

Jan. 25 — 12:54 p.m.

Snow Moon

Feb. 24 —7:30 a.m.

Worm Moon

March 25 — 3 a.m.

Pink Moon

April 23 — 7:49 p.m.

Flower Moon

May 23 — 9:53 a.m.

Strawberry Moon

June 21 — 9:08 p.m.

Buck Moon

July 21 — 6:17 a.m.

Sturgeon Moon

Aug. 19 — 2:26 p.m.

Corn Moon

Sept. 17 — 10:34 p.m.

Hunter’s Moon

Oct. 17 — 7:26 a.m.

Beaver Moon

Nov. 15 — 4:28 p.m.

Cold Moon

Dec. 15 — 4:02 a.m.

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[transformers-earthspark]

Important news:

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[elminx]

This is just your local astrologer stopping by to remind you that the two weeks between Monday 3/25 (our lunar eclipse) and Monday 4/8 (our solar eclipse) will likely be the most difficult transits of the entire year....

So if you feel like it's too much right now, it is (unfortunately) right on time.

Take your meds. Hydrate. Practice good sleep hygiene. Log off and go read a book. Go for a good walk. Eat foods that make your body feel good. Do what you can to ground and center yourself.

Take care of yourself in whatever way meets your needs best.

It'll be okay (it almost always is, right?) but it might not feel okay right now.

[maldreathezora]

i have excellent news! after my final brain radiation, the cancer was liquified! i am now cancer free!

[lake-lady]

I made the most perfect carrot cake...🥕🍰

[tommishelby]

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[walrusmagazine]

Read the March/April 2024 issue of The Walrus now at thewalrus.ca!

Photography by Jordana Bermúdez (jordanabtp.com)

[shinigami-striker]

The Murder of Sonic (1 Year Ago...) | Sunday, 03.31.24

One year ago, Sega announced and released The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog exclusively on Steam (via Microsoft Windows) as an April's Fool joke before it's revealed to be official. Plus, it's free! It even reached over 1 million downloads worldwide!

[royalchildreneurope]

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg shared this picture of their son, Prince François of Luxembourg, on the thank you cards on the occasion of his first birthday on March 27th 2024, at Fischbach Castle in Fischbach, Luxembourg -April 9th 2024.

📷 : Sophie Margue/Cour Grand-Ducale Luxembourg.

[brian-in-finance]

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KIN and Lies We Tell lead Irish Film and Television Academy Award nominations

Charlie Cox and Clare Dunne in KIN

RTÉ crime drama KIN and psychological thriller Lies We Tell lead this year's IFTA nominations.

The Irish Film and Television Academy Awards will take place on Saturday 20 April with winners being announced across 28 different categories celebrating the best of Irish film and TV drama. The Awards will be hosted for the first time by Emmy-winning broadcaster Baz Ashmawy.

RTÉ's KIN, which follows the notorious Kinsella family, has received 11 drama nominations including Best Drama, as well as Lead Actor for Francis Magee and Sam Keeley, and Lead Actress for Clare Dunne.

Michael Smiley plays a father on the edge in Obituary

Magee and Keeley are up against some strong competition with Michael Smiley (Obituary), Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) Daryl McCormack (The Woman in the Wall) also nominated. While Dunne competes with Sharon Horgan (Best Interests), Niamh Algar (Malpractice), Elva Trill (Northern Lights), Siobhán Cullen (Obituary) and Caitríona Balfe (Outlander).

The Best Drama category showcases a wealth of homegrown talent with Blue Lights, Hidden Assets, Northern Lights, Obituary and The Woman in the Wall also vying for the coveted award.

Agnes O'Casey stars in Lies We Tell

Over in the film categories Lisa Mulcahy’s gothic Irish tale, Lies We Tell, has received a whopping 13 nominations including Best Film, Lead Actor for David Wilmot, Lead Actress for Agnes O’Casey and Best Director for Mulcahy.

It will be a hotly contested battle for the Lead Actor award with Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), Barry Ward (That We May Face The Rising Sun) and Pierce Brosnan (The Last Rifleman) also in the running.

Jessie Buckey stars in the romantic drama movie Fingernails

The same goes for the Lead Actress category which sees O'Casey compete with Jessie Buckley (Fingernails), Eve Hewson (Flora and Son), Saoirse Ronan (Foe), Bríd Brennan (My Sailor, My Love) and Geraldine McAlinden (Verdigris).

Also nominated for Best Film are pharmaceutical horror-thriller Double Blind, John Carney's Flora and Son, quirky sci-fi fable LOLA, John McGahern's That They May Face The Rising Sun and Patricia Kelly's debut feature film, Verdigris.

Stephen Rea will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's ceremony. The award will be presented to the Oscar-nominated actor for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry over a career that has spanned five decades.

Responding to the Lifetime Achievement Award announcement, Rea said: "So much of Irish culture has been recovered and reimagined. Music, language, literature, theatre.

Stephen Rea will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award

"And cinema can be added to that list because of the special energy of John Boorman who produced Neil Jordan's first film Angel. And to my astonishment, my first film too. Neil thrust the script and a saxophone into my hands and suddenly I was in the movies. Well, one really original movie, which was at the beginning of a new confidence in Irish cinema.

"And now many films later, IFTA have, equally surprisingly, offered me a Lifetime Achievement Award. A lifetime of collaboration with the most generous and creative artists you could ever work with. And hang out with. Thanks to all of them. Thank you IFTA."

RTÉ 🎧 Radio News Cip and Full List of Nominations

Remember her 10th IFTA Nomination? ☘️

[northgazaupdates]

1 April 2024

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif documents a woman in Al-Shifa Hospital complex weeping as she looks for the remains of her son. He was crushed by an IOF tank, and she’s trying to find any piece of him she can, even a single bone. All day and night, Al-Shifa has been a rush of volunteers and first responders searching for martyrs. Many of them are no longer whole enough to be identified due to IOF abuse and decomposition.

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