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Warning for psychological horror. This isn’t Black Swan or anything, but there’s some scary mind-control stuff, and the penultimate page shown here has an image that stayed with me for a few days. Also some mild misogyny.

The series title shifts from “Justice League International” to “Justice League America” (no “of”) to distinguish its team from Justice League Europe.

The story starts with that American team avoiding the ringing phone like a bunch of Zoomers.

( Don’t fret, fellas, I’m sure the Atom didn’t REALLY need to reach you guys anyway. )

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https://xkcd.com/3177/

Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles.

https://xkcd.com/3177/

voiceinmyear, a community to share any kind of audio-based narrative entertainment. Here you can recommend, critique, signal boost or otherwise enthuse about:
- podcasts, both fiction and non-fiction
- audiobooks
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- audio essays - YouTube or other video formats are fine as long as it can be enjoyed without visuals
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Just created and I'm keen to post some content soon, but also thrilled if anyone else wants to jump in and share some aural joy.

Current Mood: relaxed
Current Location: Bed
...and now the weather: The chickens wot want to be let out but I'm busy chillin'

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https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-wedding-wreck-is-a-real-stretch-2025

Today Judy L. shares with us "The Inspiration"...

...

... and "The Devastation":

Or, as I like to call it, "The Reason I Can't Stop Laughing."

(But only because "The Leaning Tower of Pisa Crap" is just a little too mean. :D)

******

P.S. I've been shopping for the best Christmas lights to hang outside this year, and I think you'll like what I bought:

BrizLabs Color-Changing Christmas Lights

This is a 115 feet of LED lights, which you can change from warm white to multi-color to any combination of the two! They have 11 different settings like "slo-glow" and "breathing," a remote control, and even built-in timers. All for $27! This is the best price for the most features I've found, plus they have great reviews, which is a must for me.

John & I installed 3 strands of these beauties last weekend, and they. are. GORGEOUS. Highly recommend.

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-wedding-wreck-is-a-real-stretch-2025

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Earn it.

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The Girl Genius comic for Friday, December 05, 2025 has been posted.

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Writing Otto was a real treat. Once I noticed how often I was making him toss out a literary allusion to show off how clever he is, his whole personality just locked into place. -- Al Ewing

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https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-blizzard-of-odd-2025

It's only three weeks 'til Christmas, bakers. Quick! THROW PLASTIC CHRISTMAS FLOTSAM ON EVERYTHING!

Oh come on, man. PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT!

That's better.

Now, go make some cupcake cakes {PATOOIE!} that defy all laws of logic and common sense. DO EEET!

Yessss, and use sprinkles instead of colored icing! GENIUS!

I don't know what's happening here, but I like where your head's at.

Ok, now make a Christmas King Cake, because it's been WAY too long since those things got me in trouble:

Of COURSE you can still use the purple sprinkles and little plastic baby, silly! It's a King Cake! But for Christmas! AND THIS MAKES TOTAL SENSE!

Now pass the eggnog, and let's go flash people on the street with our ugly Christmas sweaters for tinsel!

WHOAH THERE, St. Nick. I said flash our sweaters!

And you call yourself a saint. REALLY.

Thanks to Daisy B., Andrea J., Ginny V., Lizz, Holly H., & Christine V. for the cup of holiday HELLOOOOOO, Santa.

******

P.S. It is possible our obsession with gnomes has gone too far?

Gnome Refrigerator Handle Covers, Set of 8

... or not far enough?

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/the-blizzard-of-odd-2025

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https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2709.html

Episode 2709: Death on the Tiles

Spying is a risky business. Which makes it perfect as a career or job for PCs!

You can set your whole campaign in the spy genre, with a highly cinematic game based on James Bond, more gritty ones like the Jason Bourne or Impossible Mission films, or even humorous like Kingsman or Austin Powers. Several games are dedicated to the genre, including the venerable James Bond 007 roleplaying game*, Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes, and Top Secret, and the more modern Spycraft and Night's Black Agents.

Or you can insert a spying mission into some other campaign to mix it up a bit. Scouting for information can involve spy-like infiltration and action, as can heists or rescues.

* Out of print, but a faithful, inexpensive, and highly recommended retroclone is available on DriveThruRPG: Classified.

aurilee writes:

Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)

Oh. Huh. And here I'd thought we'd have Hux not show up again or get killed by Kylo. Like really, who's this random admiral? With how nonsensical it was for movie Hux to stay behind instead of escaping as well (there aren't restrooms in Star Wars after all), it feels like a waste for Kylo not to be the one with the metaphorical gun. Maybe this is the part of the scene that people didn't like, rather than the surprise assistance.

So ties to Resistance figures? Is Hux meant to be Leia (and Luke)'s uncle or something? I don't think Poe is from Tatooine, and I don't know if we've got enough information to tell if the little girl is meant to be Shmi or Rey. Either way, Hux being related to any of them as a cousin or uncle? That would be really odd.

Transcript

https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2709.html

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Introducing the Absolute versions of not one, but two of the most beloved characters in DC history!

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Warning for mass grave scenes, likely suicide, and overall “humanity sucks” vibes. After establishing themselves as “the funny League,” Giffen, DeMatteis, and Templeton would spend about six issues going dark, and that run starts right here. But before that…

In Action Comics #577, 1986, Keith Giffen broke out one of his AP English vocab words and created Caitiff, the first and now-last vampire. The word “caitiff” means “wretched, contemptible person” or occasionally “villain,” and it shares roots with “captive.” But the word wasn’t generally associated with vampires, AFAIK, until the launch of Vampire: the Masquerade in 1991. It’s possible that VtM got the idea from this. Dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming.

Right from the start, Caitiff lived down to his etymology.

( He was hiding in the sewers and didn’t even make it look fun the way the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did. )

Weirdly, I’d actually been the last person to touch Donald Blake after Donny Cates gave him the role of God of Lies – I was writing a crossover between Thor and Venom, and the main plot point Donny requested was that Blake should become the Serpent at the end, so he obviously had some plans for that status quo that were sadly curtailed, so I wasn’t planning to do much with them at first. But then, the closer I got to actually writing the story, the more Blake wove himself back in. -- Al Ewing

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https://xkcd.com/3176/

Some tires are marketed as 'all-shape tires,' but if driven in a climate with both inverted catenary falls and triangle falls, they wear out really fast.

https://xkcd.com/3176/

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Animal Man In "It's A Wonderful Life"

This Wedding Wreck Is A Real Stretch

Huck: Big Bad World #6

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Chapter 101: Page 3

Girl Genius for Friday, December 05, 2025

Venom #251

The Blizzard of Odd

Nemesis Forever #3

Episode 2709: Death on the Tiles

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Absolute Green Lantern #9

Batman #4: There Is A New Boss In Gotham City

Vampire, Weak End: ACTION COMICS #577, JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #25 (JLI 32)

The Mortal Thor #3 - "The Father of Lies"

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