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I find it fascinating that there seems to be a growing consensus that guilt and regret over one's actions is not a valid subject to explore in art. It seems contrary to other modern ideas such as criminals should not be punished via prison but should instead be reintegrated into the community.

Emily Wilson is a classics professor at an ivy league university, she earns her living by being a cranky pedant. Being grumpy about a movie adaptation probably should have been expected.

I think it's fine that a director made a movie about the parts of The Odyssey that spoke to him in 2026 America and in that adaptation left out some of the things that were more relevant to 600 BC Greece.

Rubella is another one that can cause severe complications in the fetus if a pregnant woman becomes ill with it.

Also if a pregnant woman gets chickenpox it can cause a whole bunch of complications for the fetus, including eye problems or intellectual disability. So it was actually pretty reasonable for parents to want their kids to get the disease as children, pre-vaccine!

My dad grew up in the UK when chickenpox wasn't common so he never got it as a kid. He got it as an adult from my older brother, and he was sick for three weeks instead of the typical one week for kids. He also had just a huge number of lesions.

It usually wasn't necessary because oftentimes your kindergarten class served this function. But yes, pre-vaccine, parents wanted their kids to get chickenpox during childhood because it's a much more severe illness if you get it as an adult.

It usually wasn't necessary because oftentimes your kindergarten class served this function. But yes, pre-vaccine, parents wanted their kids to get chickenpox during childhood because it's a much more severe illness if you get it as an adult.

"Someone familiar with the incident told KUOW that one of the wounded is a 2-year-old child."

Yeah vaccines are pretty much the only way to stop it too, because it's super contagious and you're able to spread it before you show symptoms.

It used to be super rare to get chicken pox in the UK. My dad never caught it as a kid, but he got it as an adult living in the US from my older brother and it fucks you up waaaaay longer if you get it as an adult.

Yeah I was talking with my husband about how it's basically the one place in Seattle we've taken the kids to multiple times because there's so much stuff right there. The science museum, Kraken games, the ballet theater is right there too. They love the playground there, we always swing by it.

For those unfamiliar with Seattle, the Seattle Center is the old World's Fair grounds and a big tourist hub. The space needle is there along with several museums, Climate Pledge Arena, a giant fountain, a huge playground, etc. It's huge. There was a food festival going on when this broke out.

Not even the most problematic Sandra Hüller character in recent years lmao

I think John Hamm should do horror or maybe a Bond villain

He did three months of jail in Lebanon then returned to Germany where he was arrested again but the judge gave him a suspended sentence due to time served, so he was supposed to be on parole and attending deradicalization counseling sessions.

I think they're calling it an "Islamic terror attack" because the guy was arrested in Lebanon when he traveled there in an attempt to join ISIS.

I do my best and I let my kids like anime and musical theater and whatever nerdy thing they want but also please don't wear socks on your hands to school 😭

We also talked through about how it wasn't going to be cold enough for mittens in September and we could buy actual mittens for winter if they wanted but they were really stuck on that sock thing for some reason!