Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Ray Harryhausen's Clash of the Titans Bubo vinyl figure (chrome) up for preorder

Other deluxe creatures based on his movies, too.

Illustration of a very vampiric Blood Angel




A World Eater by the same artist:





And speaking of Space Marines, a good thread explaining why an all male Clone Troopers force makes sense thematically in Star Wars, and not in Warhammer 40K:


Wednesday, April 24, 2024

A giant X in the clouds




And check out this jet's livery:










Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to become Mexico’s next president

AP:

Her four grandparents were Jews who immigrated from Lithuania and Bulgaria. She was born in Mexico City and her parents did not raise her under any religion. According to her campaign team, Sheinbaum considers herself a woman of faith, but she is not religiously affiliated.

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In mid-2023, former Mexican president Vicente Fox wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Sheinbaum was “Jewish and foreigner at the same time.”

That comment — denounced as “antisemitic, racist and xenophobic” — was not isolated. 

New Humble Bundle featuring "planning, logistics, automation, and strategic thinking" video games

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