DG Stewart 🐀 (World ComicBook Review)

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@BravoKilo6464 That’s a trophy of war. Virginia lost it and has no entitlement to it. It’s Minnesota’s. In the Bundestag in Germany, graffiti from invading Soviet soldiers is kept as a reminder of the consequences of bad government. Let the captured colours be that reminder to Virginia.

Private Marshall Sherman, in an act that would win him the Medal of Honor and set off a long-running feud between Minnesota and Virginia, would capture the 28th Virginia's colors, still displayed in the Minnesota Capitol today.

It's the 160th Anniversary of Gettysburg. I want to talk to you about one of the most mindblowing feats of heroism on any battlefield before or since. Most folks know about Little Round Top and the 20th Maine. That's not who I'm talking about today.

@jeredolan2 @BackintheBronze If Dredd counts, he wins the contest.

Who is the greatest "superhero" created outside of the big two publishers (Marvel and DC)? What is the best superhero comic outside of the big two?

@ThalaSelva292 Nope. Sorry.

Can anyone explain about #RussiaCivilWar and #WagnerGroup ?

@YoureaDickSean @Rainmaker1973 I’ve no desire to discuss climate change reversal with someone who in their opening question uses the phrase “in your perfect world”. You’re looking for an internet fight with a faceless stranger, not a rational debate. It would be pointless and irritating to both of us.

Why 536CE was ‘the worst year to be alive’. A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East & parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months. Now we know that a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in Iceland spewed ash across the Northern Hemisphere ow.ly/iyUG30mL5bC

@GailSimone #myspidermanvillainnameis The Tartan Salamander. (Visit to Sydney last weekend.)

Your Spider-man villain name is the color or pattern of your current underwear, plus an animal whose first letter is the same as the last town or city you visited that is not your home. GO. Please use hashtag #MySpideyVillainNameIs

@GailSimone Paul Hogan.

Aside from Nightcrawler, are there any other Australian superheroes?

@LevSzeps @incunabula My humble major in literature and classics was the springboard to a law degree, and from there to a masters in law. Tertiary education is not a trade school. It is a place to learn how to learn.

@incunabula My humble major in English literature gave me work (good work) for life, plus a lot of other benefits

"The decline of English as a subject for study at university seems to me a healthy development. Literature is lovely stuff but it’s not a way to earn your bread." thetimes.co.uk/article/we-sho…

@Samanth09097417 @WarMonitors I think that old boiler had a lot of aluminium-magnesium alloy in it. Tch.

⚡️Fire in the Belgorod Ministry of Emergency Situations

@ByzantineGener9 @HseyinDural13 @culturaltutor Actually that’s not right at all. There are very many historical sources describing the significant presence of Viking mercenaries in the region, backed up by genetic research: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_ex…

@HseyinDural13 @culturaltutor lol. well tried, but nope. the norse had nothing do with arabs

This 600 year old painting has a hidden secret. It might seem like an ordinary Renaissance work of art, but look closer — the halo around Mary's head has an inscription written in Arabic. What does it say? Well, that's where it gets interesting...

@GailSimone Straight man (lawyer and college professor) with four kids here. To my three girls: this peacemaker / diplomat / diviner of truth is a character to aspire to. To my 9 year old son: this peacemaker / diplomat / diviner of truth is a character to aspire to. Wonder Woman, of course.

It’s all just comics, right? You would not believe how much people get inspired and motivated by these characters. I have heard so many stories about how a certain character saved someone’s life or mental health just by existing. Wonder Woman, Spider-man, Deadpool. 1/

@nexta_tv @Elpaintrain @nswpolice @ASIOGovAu a person of interest.

@Elpaintrain @nswpolice

‼️🇦🇺 In #Australia the police stopped a Russian Z-patriot because of his noisy behavior on the road on May 9 - inadequate fan of Putin, taking advantage of the fact that the police do not understand Russian, rudely insulting the police officers. "Stinky fucking cops, faggots," a man said to police officers in Russian. The documents turned out to be all right and the man was politely released by the police. In response, the man politely answered the police in English and then continued to insult them in Russian. We know that people from Australia also subscribe to us. We ask you to tag the police accounts and Australian media in the comments to bring this Russian scum to justice for insulting police officers and for propaganda of Putin's aggression. @AusFedPolice @SAPoliceNews @WA_Police @QldPolice

@carnouchec I love seeing that sort of thing. Casual flexing.

Someone drew some beautiful manga sketches where you test the pens at Kinokuniya bookstore.

@Mylovanov What a pretty city. I’ll have to visit one day.

What language do Ukrainians speak in Kyiv? Russian propaganda says people afraid to speak Russian in fear of prosecution. Ukrainians say Kyiv is multilingual and people are free to speak any language. I took a walk this morning and counted. 1/

@saltyasvegemite @culturaltutor It is. It’s a great walk for people watching. Very crowded most days. (Kyoto has a much smaller one parallel to the historic Potoncho alley but I can’t remember what that mall is called….)

This is not a royal palace — it's a 19th century shopping mall in Milan, Italy. So here's a brief history of malls, and why they don't have to be soulless places:

@GailSimone If a customer is a dick in Australia, then the customer can expect that someone will spit in their food or drinks. As in, just expect it. You still see dick customers, but you know they’ll be eating or drinking the spit of the people who just served them. Polity.

On our trip back home we kept having the same nice thing happen to us several times. At first we thought, ‘oh how nice!’ Now I am realizing that it probably means something not very nice at all. A short thread. 1/

Re-tweeting something from work Twitter account. @sxbond and @shadychars

@NeilJohnno @ChrisO_wiki There’s been a noticeable uptick in RU trollbots.

@ChrisO_wiki It’s amazing how many people here didn’t read as far as tweet #3, let alone all the way to #9.

1/ The Russian government has already spent a third of its budget for 2023 amidst a record level of spending and a collapse in oil and gas revenues, according to Russian economists. The government will need to make a 40% cut in daily spending to meet its annual budget. ⬇️