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6 votes
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Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is 'morally wrong'. Former UN secretary general accuses ‘powerful’ health interests in the US of blocking universal healthcare
11 votes -
Winners give more as America loses out
4 votes -
Instagram’s Co-Founders to Step Down From Company
15 votes -
Sword killing was ‘practice’ for racial terrorism
4 votes -
Scott Morrison calls for new national day to recognise Indigenous people
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By what metric do you evalute your life?
I'm about ~25% through with my life, and I'm realizing that I'm not happy with what I've done with it so far. I don't want to waste my life. In thinking about this, I've realized that I don't have...
I'm about ~25% through with my life, and I'm realizing that I'm not happy with what I've done with it so far. I don't want to waste my life. In thinking about this, I've realized that I don't have a good way to evaluate what does and doesn't matter. What metric do you measure success by? Money? Happiness? Prestige? None of those options sound great to me. How do you measure success?
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GLORYHAMMER - Rise Of The Chaos Wizards | Napalm Records
5 votes -
Do we feel more empathy for the mentally ill when there’s a biological explanation versus a psychosocial one for their condition?
7 votes -
How Russia helped swing the election for Trump
13 votes -
Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal ahead of Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom
2 votes -
How Grape-Nuts became a cult-favorite ice cream flavor
7 votes -
‘Cwtch’: What the most famous Welsh-English word reveals about global dialects
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Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide. Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death...
Original article in 'The Telegraph': Western Christianity isn't dying out from natural causes. It's dying of suicide.
Same article syndicated in 'The Age': Why Western Christianity has a death wish. (in case the paywall on the Telegraph article blocks you)
16 votes -
I designed a girl based on Walt Disney's vision of the future: Progress City! (Drawn in MSPaint)
9 votes -
Telltale Games has laid off approximately 90% of their employees, leaving a staff of about twenty-five people
32 votes -
Encrypting SNI: Fixing one of the core internet bugs
8 votes -
The Unlikely, Obvious Solution to the Trade War
7 votes -
Study finds no link between transgender rights law and bathroom crimes
21 votes -
Linux gaming finally doesn't suck!
31 votes -
Dallas police officer accused in neighbor’s death fired
12 votes -
Powerlifting doesn't care what I look like
7 votes -
Why you literally can't overcook mushrooms
16 votes -
On holy wars, and a plea for peace
9 votes -
How to teach kids where food comes from – get them gardening
11 votes -
Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway. Here are the results.
14 votes -
The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world
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Culinary Theory?
Is there a "theory of cooking"? I'm interested in learning to cook (but could not spend much time learning it unfortunately), but I don't like the general ad-hoc and very subjective nature of...
Is there a "theory of cooking"? I'm interested in learning to cook (but could not spend much time learning it unfortunately), but I don't like the general ad-hoc and very subjective nature of recipes. Also, information is very disorganised, it's dispersed in many resources, most hardly accessible. I always thought that there should be a general set of theories when preparing food, like what sort of ingredient does what, how things react when mixed together at different times, and what processes like heating, freezing or kneading do to food. Indeed generally it's possible to find detailed and nearly objective information, sometimes even physical and/or chemical explanations to certain stuff, but then it's always ad-hoc, i.e. related to the particular food item or recipe I'm looking for. I've been searching for a resource that aims to be a comprehensive and scientific (as much as possible) intro to cooking that gives the sort of culinary theory I want, but I've been unable to find such a thing so far. Does anybody here know of such a resource?
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European Soccer - This week results (09.24.2018)
Champions League - Matchweek 1 Match Score Statistics Group A Monaco-Atl. Madrid 1-2 18' Grandsir S.; 31' Costa D., 45+1' Gimenez J. Club Brugge KV-Borussia Dortmund 0-1 85' Pulisic C. Group B...
Champions League - Matchweek 1
Match Score Statistics Group A Monaco-Atl. Madrid 1-2 18' Grandsir S.; 31' Costa D., 45+1' Gimenez J. Club Brugge KV-Borussia Dortmund 0-1 85' Pulisic C. Group B BarcelonaPSV 4-0 32', 77', 87' Messi L., 75' Dembele O. Inter-Tottenham 2-1 86' Icardi I., 90+2' Vecino M.; 53' Ericsen C. Group C **Liverpool-Paris SG 3-2 30' Sturridge D., 36'(Pen) Milner J., 90+2' Firmino R.; 40' Meunier T., 83' Mbappe K. FK Crvena zvezda-Napoli 0-0 Group D **Galatasaray-**Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0 9', Rodrigues G., 67' Derdiyok E., 90+4'(Pen) Inan S. Schalke04-FC Porto 1-1 64' Embolo B.; 75'(Pen) Otavio Group E Ajax-AEK Athens FC 3-0 46', 90' Tagliafico N., 77' van de Beek D. Benfica-Bayern Munich 0- 2 10' Lewandowski R., 54' Sanches R. Group F Manchester City-Lyon 1-2 67' Silva B.; 26' Cornet M., 43' Fekir N. Shakhtar Donetsk-Hoffenheim 2-2 27' Ismaily, 81' Maycon; 6' Grillitsch F., 38' Nordtveit H. Group G Viktoria Plzen-CSKA Moscow 2-2 29', 41' Krmencik M.; 49' Chalov F., 90+5'(Pen) Vlasic N. Real Madrid-AS Roma 3-0 45' Isco, 58' Bale G., 90+1' Mariano Group H Valencia-Juventus 0-2 45'(Pen), 51'(Pen) Pjanic M. Young Boys-Manchester United 0-3 35', 44'(Pen) Pogba P., 66' Martial A. Europa League - Matchweek 1
Match Score Statistics Group A Ludogorets-Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 8' Keseru C., 31' Marcelinho; 38',69' Havertz K., 63' Thelin I. AEK Larnaca-Zurich 0-1 61'(Pen) Kololli B. Group B RB Leipzig-Salzburg 2-3 70' Laimer K., 82' Poulsen Y.; 20' Dabbur M., 22' Haidara A., 89' Gulbrandesen F. Celtic-Rosenborg 1-0 87' Griffiths L. Group C Slavia Prague-Bordeaux 1-0 35' Zmral J. FC Copenhagen-Zenit Petersburg 1-1 63' Sotriou P.; 44' Mak R. Group D D. Zagreb-Fenerbahce 4-1 16' Sunjic I., 27', 57' Hajrovic I., 60' Olmo D.; 47' Neustadter R. Trnava-Anderlecht 1-0 79' Oravec M. Group E Arsenal-Vorskla Poltava 4-2 32', 56' Aubameyang P., 48' Welbeck D., 74' Ozil M.; 77' Chesnakov V., 90+3' Shapar V. Sporting Lisboa-Qarabag 2-0 54' Raphinha, 88' Cabral J. Group F Dudelange-AC Milan 0-1 59' Higuain G. Olympiakos Piraeus-Betis 0-0 Group G Rapid Vienna-Spartak Moscow 2-0 50'(OG) Timofeev A., 68' Murg T. Villarreal-Rangers 2-2 1' Bacca C., 69' Moreno G.; 67' Arfield S., 76' Lafferty K. Group H Marseille-Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 3' Ocampos L.; 52' Torro L., 89' Jovic L. Lazio-Apollon 2-1 14' Alberto L., 84'(Pen) Immobile C.; 87' Zalaya E. Group I Besiktas-Sarpsborg 08 3-1 51' Babel R., 69' Roco E., 82' Lens J.; 90+4' Zachariassen K. Genk-Malmo FF 2-0 37' Trossard L., 71' Samata M. Group J Akhisar Genclik Spor-Krasnodar 0-1 26' Claesson V. Sevilla-St. Liege 5-1 8', 74'(Pen) Banega E., 41' Vazquez F., 49', 70' Ben Yedder W.; 39' Djenepo M. Group K Dyn. Kyiv-FC Astana 2-2 11' Tsygankov V., 45+1' Duelund M.; 21' Anicic M., 90+5' Murtazayev R. Rennes-Jablonec 2-1 31' Sarr I., 90+1'(Pen) en Harfa H.; 46' Chramosta J. Group L MOL Vidi -BATE Borisov 0-2 27' Touminen J., 85' Filipenko E. PAOK-Chelsea 0-1 7' Willian English Premier League - Matchweek 6
Match Score Statistics Arsenal-Everton 2-0 56' Lacazette A., 59' Aubameyang P. Brighton-Tottenham 1-2 90+3' Knockaert A.; 42'(Pen.) Kane H., 76' Lamela E. Burnley-Bournemouth 4-0 39' Vydra M., 41' Lennon A., 83', 88' Bernes A. Cardiff-Manchester City 0-5 32' Aguero S., 35' Silva B., 44' Gundogan I., 67', 89' Mahrez R. Crystal-Palace Newcastle 0-0 Fulham-Watford 1-1 76' Mitrovic A.; 2' Gray A. Leicester-Huddersfield 3-1 19' Iheanacho K., 66' Maddison J., 75' Vardy J.; 5' Jorgensen M. Liverpool-Southampton 3-0 10'(OG) Hoedt W., 21' Matip J., 45+3' Salah M. Manchester United-Wolves 1-1 18'Fred; 53' Moutinho J. West Ham-Chelsea 0-0 LaLiga - Matchweek 5
Match Score Statistics Barcelona-Girona 2-2 19' Messi L., 63' Piquè G.; 45', 51' Stuani C. Betis-Athetic Bilbao 2-2 51' Bartra M., 68' Canales S.; 7' Williams I., 18' Garcia R. Celta Vigo-Valladolid 3-3 5', 54' Aspas I., 9' Gomez M.; 39' PLano O., 65' Unal E., 90+4' Suarez L. Eibar-Leganes 1-0 52' Kike Getafe-Atlético Madrid 0-2 14'(OG) Soria D., 60'Leman T. Huesca-Real Sociedad 0-1 64' Merino M. Levante-Sevilla 2-6 12' Roger M., 90'(OG) Kjaer S.; 11', 35', 45' Ben Yedder W., 21' Carrico D., 49' Silva An., 59' Sarabia P. Real Madrid-Espanyol 1-0 41' Asensio M. Rayo Vallecano-Alaves 1-5 30' De Tomas R.; 8' Navarro X., 34', 77' Ibai, 56' Calleri J., 90+5' Burgui Villarreal-Valencia 0-0 Serie A - Matchweek 5
Match Score Statistics AC Milan-Atalanta 2-2 2' Higuain G., 61' Bonaventura G.; 54' Gomez A., 90+1' Rigoni E. Bologna-AS Roma 2-0 36' Mattiello F., 59' Santander F. Chievo-Udinese 0-2 76' De Paul, 90' Lasagna K. Fiorentina-Spal 3-0 18' Pjaca M., 28' Milenkovic N., 56' Chiesa F. Frosinone-Juventus 0-2 81' Ronaldo C., 90+4' Bernardeschi F. Lazio-Genoa 4-1 7' Caicedo F., 23', 89' Immobile C., 53' Milinkovic-Savic S.; 46' Piatek Parma-Cagliari 2-0 20' Inglese, 47' Gervinho Sampdoria-Inter Milan 0-1 90+4' Brozovic M. Sassuolo-Empoli 3-1 13' Boateng K., 57' Ferrari G., 85' Di Francesco F.; 1' Caputo F. Torino-Napoli 1-3 51'(Pen) Belotti A.; 4', 59' Insigne L., 20' Verdi S. Bundesliga - Matchweek 4
Match Score Statistics Augsburg-Werder Bremen 2-3 45+3' Koo Ja-Cheol, 47' Max P.; 34' Kruse M., 36' Eggstein M., 75' Klaassen D. Bayer Leverkusen-Mainz 1-0 62' Havertz K. Eintracht Frankfurt-RB Leipzig 1-1 26' Fernandes G.; 54'(Pen) Forsberg E. Hertha Berlin-Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 31', 63' Ibisevic V., 34' Lazaro V., 73' Duda O.; 29'(Pen) Hazard T., 67' Plea A. Hoffenheim- Borussia Dortmund 1-1 44' Joelinton; 84' Pulisic C. Nurnberg-Hannover 2-0 76'(OG) ANton W., 77' Knoll T. Schalke04-Bayern Munich 0-2 8' Rodriguez J., 64'(Pen) Lewandowski R. Stuttgart-Dusseldorf 0-0 Wolfsburg-Freiburg 1-3 61' Mehmedi A.; 7' Sallai R., 21' Petersen N., 50' Frantz M. Ligue 1 - Matchweek 6
Match Score Statistics Angers-Toulouse 0-0 GuingampBordeaux 1-3 70(Pen) Thuram M.; 53' Kamano F., 80' Karamoh Y., 90+4' De Preville N. Lille-Nantes 2-1 10ì Fonte J., 68' Ikone N.; 82' Coulibaly K. Lyon-Marseille 4-2 27' Aouar H., 51', 60' Traore B., 74'(Pen) Fekir N.; 39' Thuvin F., 82' N'Jie C. Monaco-Nimes 1-1 27' Falcao; 19' Briancon A. Montpellier-Nice 1-0 35' Laborde G. Reims-Dijon 0-0 Rennes-PSG 1-3 11'(OG) Rabiot A.; 45' Di Maria A., 61' Meunier T., 83' Chupo-Moting M. St Etienne-Caen 2-1 48'(Pen) Khazri W., 65' Kolodziejczak T.; 31' Fajr F. Strasbourg-Amiens 3-1 48' Lala K., 66' Corgnet B., 86'(OG) Adenon K.; 45+2' Krafth E. 6 votes -
This zero-waste distillery is turning Holland's iconic tulips into vodka
7 votes -
SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion
9 votes -
Sander & Jugurtha - Le Regard Du Loup (2018)
6 votes -
The Polymega hoax exposed
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Should comments show votes?
I feel like showing the number of votes a comment has gotten will lead to people voting something simply because it's gotten many votes and that must mean it's right. You see it happen all the...
I feel like showing the number of votes a comment has gotten will lead to people voting something simply because it's gotten many votes and that must mean it's right. You see it happen all the time on Reddit. Someone will say something that sounds correct, and before someone else can come correct them they'll get a bunch of upvotes. Partly because they sounded correct, and partly because "all these upvotes must mean this is true".
I don't really see any benefit to showing votes on comments.
17 votes -
Microsoft Azure: A ten-point IT maintenance plan
3 votes -
National parks are getting hotter twice as quickly as the rest of the US
8 votes -
Elephants have a zombie gene that comes back to life to fight cancer
8 votes -
A look at the Joker with makeup from the new origin story of him. Movie titled "Joker"
15 votes -
Firefox just installed two addons into my browser without consent... again
Here is what just happened to me: Firefox installed two addons - fxmonitor@mozilla.org.xpi and telemetry-coverage-bug1487578@mozilla.org into my browser silently, even though I've explicitly...
Here is what just happened to me:
Firefox installed two addons - fxmonitor@mozilla.org.xpi and telemetry-coverage-bug1487578@mozilla.org into my browser silently, even though I've explicitly turned all the telemetry off.
This have happened before, and Mozilla apologized for it, however it seems that they learned nothing and are willing to do so again.
There goes the last scrap of my trust into Firefox. I suggest you check your browsers too.21 votes -
Tiger Woods earns his first PGA Tour victory in five years. Finishes number one at the Tour Championship and number two in the FedEx Cup.
8 votes -
60,000 Canadians have complained about the CRA phone scam — but Indian police say Canada isn't asking for help
6 votes -
What's in a name? Patience Phillips' Catwoman
For anyone who doesn't recognize Patience Phillips, she was Halle Berry's Catwoman in the most terrible superhero film - Catwoman (2004)...that I really enjoyed it. Probably because it wasn't...
For anyone who doesn't recognize Patience Phillips, she was Halle Berry's Catwoman in the most terrible superhero film - Catwoman (2004)...that I really enjoyed it. Probably because it wasn't well-received, it's often overlooked when talking about things like "the first female hero on screen" or "the first black hero..." sort of things. And technically, Catwoman's not a superhero.
Spoilers ahead. I'm also going to keep my points to the story and characters themselves. I honestly had no issues with any of the actors.
The good
- The theme and social commentary on make-up, beauty products, self-harm/addiction and image issues woman do face. The added layer of cooperate greed. The idea of what you see in the mirror vs. what others see (and if they're right), alongside what you want to present to the world or to specific people - honestly this movie has probably one of the best takes on "the cost of beauty" that I've seen in a while, and since.
- The scene where Tom thinks he's saving a jumper, but Patience is actually trying to save a cat. This random scene turns out to be a great storytelling scene when brought up again after Tom arrests Patience for murder and she asks him what he first saw the first time they met.
- Laurel is probably the most interesting character in this movie. There's a really well-framed shot of her photos being removed from her company lobby in favour of a younger model. I think it's one of the best scenes in the movie. Laurel is capable, powerful, rich and very accomplished, but somehow her relevance still fades as her beauty does. (I can honestly say I generally can't stand the evil step-mother wrestling with her fading beauty and taking out her bitterness on some young snow white-y girl, but this one worked for me.)
- I loved that Batman wasn't in it (but didn't really like that a love interest still had to be introduced).
The bad
- That she's call Patience Phillips...but honestly this is the warning to divorce this from any Catwoman or female superheros (or anti-heros) you know.
- Patience doesn't earn her "powers" - Selina Kyle (Catwoman in basically all other versions) works obsessively to perfect all her abilities. She's an insanely good cat burglar, not a magic cat.
- Patience doesn't earn or drive her own growth. There is basically no growth as a character. A magic cat ghost could have simply possessed Patience's body and the story would be the same.
- Oversexualization of Catwoman...which I didn't even know could be a thing until this movie. Black leather for a sexy Catwoman - awesome. Whatever the belt thing was - grossly missed the point while trying to copy Pfeiffer's patched up catsuit.
- I'm also not the biggest fan of make-over tropes in general.
The ugly
- The basketball scene - just everything about it.
- The hate that surrounded the movie because Catwoman wasn't blonde (or Michelle Pfeiffer), and that Batman's not in it.
- The physical punch-them-out fight scene between Laurel and Catwoman in the end - just why? This isn't a movie at all about physical strength, and having a "face like marble" isn't a real power. (To be fair, I don't like this showdown in really any superhero movie, with the exception of The Death of Superman.)
The cheesy
- The crazy cat-lady Patience goes too, and her tossing a cat toy at her
- The sushi eating scene
- The in case of date emergency kit her friends gave her.
- Laurel seeing her cracked beauty in the moment of a showdown fight
- The cat scratches on Tom
- Her best friend hooking up with her doctor
- The comparing signatures on the coffee cups
- Her Marvel-like comic book name
Final thoughts
So yeah...I would recommend this movie, and really hope that when they do make another Catwoman film that it might share some themes. Have you seen this movie? Did you hate it? Who's your favourite Catwoman? What would you like to see in a Catwoman movie?
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Yowza! 300 new words added to Scrabble dictionary
9 votes -
Goths for Trump - Inside the unholy alliance of goth culture and radical right politics
8 votes -
Voting on the main page discourages discussion
I realize preventing people without first reading the link or text is impossible, but the least we can do is to not encourage it. By that, I mean the vote counts on the right hand side here...
I realize preventing people without first reading the link or text is impossible, but the least we can do is to not encourage it. By that, I mean the vote counts on the right hand side here shouldn't be clickable if discussions are the priority for Tildes.
What do you think?
EDIT: Just to be clear - I'm not against showing the votes on the front page (though @AllMight below has a fair argument for that).
21 votes -
Facebook
7 votes -
The influence game: How to access power in Australia.
4 votes -
We're the last humans left
14 votes -
Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any other pet. But what does the complex human-avian bond say about us?
9 votes -
Senate Democrats investigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct from Brett Kavanaugh’s college years
15 votes