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Friday, January 23, 2026
"Let It Go" in Klingon
Know Your Motivational Speaker
One of the hardest things to learn is who to listen to and who to trust. To get to the point you can really tell, you will have to make mistakes, but the best thing to do is own up to it and learn from it. But from my many years of experience, I will tell you that this guy is pretty sketchy. Maybe it's the mustache. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Masters of the Universe Trailer
We haven't had a live-action He-Man movie since 1987, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. The new Masters of the Universe has been in development for twenty years, but couldn't get off the ground because of the huge investment required, so the rights have been bandied about like a balloon. But by the power of Grayskull, the movie was finally made.
This movie is an origin story, in which Prince Adam Glenn/He-Man is exiled as a child to modern-day America for his own safety, but returns to Eternia as an adult to fulfill his destiny and defeat the evil Skeletor (Skeletor, no! Everyone loves Skeletor!) played by Jared Leto (oh, never mind, then). He-Man is played by Nicholas Galitzine, and the movie also features Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Kristen Wiig, and Idris Elba.
In case you're wondering, yes, Mattel still sells Masters of the Universe toys, the 1983 TV show can be found on streaming services, and there was an animated reboot in 2021. Masters of the Universe will open nationwide on June 5, 2026. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Miss Cellania's Links
The urgent mission of Percival Dunwoody, Idiot Time-Traveler from 1909. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
Meet 13 People Who Survived on Deserted Islands, From a Real-Life Robinson Crusoe to a Noblewoman Marooned With Her Lover.
What is the scale of the resistance in Minnesota? (via kottke)
20 Slang Words and Phrases That Are Much Older Than You’d Think.
Many, many suggestions for a theme song for ICE. With videos.
Witness a truly awesome big brother.
Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine. I get the irony, but you can opt out by getting the capitalist Medicare Advantage, which benefits insurance companies but is less likely to approve claims.
A century in the Siberian wilderness: the Old Believers who time forgot. (via Damn Interesting)
Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek: Voyage to Vengeance
If Quentin Tarantino directed the next Star Trek feature film, it would be the weirdest, bloodiest, most intense Star Trek ever! Luckily, we have some footage that fits the bill in this trailer. This is not for children. Nerdist presents a vision of Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Bones, and the rest of the crew in a grindhouse B-movie you can't wait to see. (via Digg)
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Stairway to Gilligan's Island
Today we are used to song mashups that set the lyrics of one song to the tune of another. This goes double for the theme to Gilligan's Island, which can all be interchanged effortlessly. But the granddaddy of such shenanigans is "Stairway to Gilligan's Island."
The San Francisco band Little Roger and the Goosebumps came up with the song in 1977 to fill out their live sets. They recorded and released a single in 1978 titled "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)." Led Zeppelin's management threatened to sue for copyright infringement, which seems hilarious these days. But Little Roger and the Goosebumps couldn't afford a defense, so they pulled the single. It was still played on the Dr. Demento Show just enough to draw a following, because you couldn't forget it once you heard it. The band reissued the song on a 2000 album under the title "Stairway to Gilligan's Island." (via Metafilter)
Morals and Responsibility
Most of us realize that the world does not revolve around us, and that we have to consider other people. Still, the amount of selfishness and empathy varies widely from person to person. You probably know people who are just plain awful even though they know better. But what if evil and selfishness were all you ever knew, and it was completely normal in your world? You'd still be a complete failure as a person, but was that your fault, or the fault if the way you were taught? In other words, how responsible are people who never learned ethics or morality?
You'd be hard-pressed to find examples of people who never had the opportunity to develop a moral structure, but that brings up the subject of psychopaths, who have a personality disorder and would like you to think it's not their fault. That subject isn't discussed here. Rather, this is a thought experiment about the responsibility of evil, which philosophers have argued about for thousands of years.
How Long Could We Survive With No DNA?
In the latest episode of the What If? series by Randall Munroe and Henry Reich, the question is: "If someone's DNA suddenly vanished, how long would that person last?" While the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, it's the DNA that tells a cell what to do.
As far as we know, this scenario has never happened. But to give an answer, they looked at a few scenarios in which our DNA becomes damaged and can't do its job. Those are mushroom poisoning, chemotherapy, and radiation poisoning. The consequences of each are pretty ghastly, even though they don't completely destroy the DNA in each cell. Without DNA, we would certainly be up a creek without a paddle.
PS: Commenters cited the case of Hisashi Ouchi, which is a grim and tragic read.
Mantis Squad
What's going on with these mantises? Are they about to fight? Are they posing for a picture? Are they even alive? Yes, they are alive, but it appears to be a kind of stand-off, where they are bluffing each other, waiting and even daring one of them to make the first move.
Turns out they are in their fighting stance in reaction to the camera. They sure are pretty, for a bunch of bugs. Adrian Kozakiewicz of InsecthausTV has plenty more videos that delve into the mysterious world of insect behavior. (via Boing Boing)
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
An Honest Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Since the extended versions of The Lord of the Rings movies are playing in select theaters to commemorate the silver anniversary of the the beginning of the trilogy, Screen Junkies is taking a cockeyed look at them, one at a time. The Two Towers is like many middle trilogy episodes, dark and violent, to build the suspense for the triumphant end in the next film. Yeah, there's plenty of backstabbing and bloody warfare, but also a few newcomponents. There's Gollum, which, thanks to motion capture, comes surprisingly close to your vision of him from the books. There are the ents. And there's a thirsty focus on Aragorn, in case the first movie didn't make clear that he's the hero. But Saruman gets the best joke.
Two-legged Cat Gets the Home She Deserves
Roux was born with nubs instead of front legs, but she learned to get around surprisingly well. Her owners were lucky she used the litter box at all, but she didn't do it to their standards, so she was relinquished. Duh, all you had to do was scoop more often. But now she's with a family who really appreciates Roux for who she is. You can follow her on Instagram, where her gallery is called lilbunnytrexcat.
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