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McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, and More Remove Onions Over E. Coli Concerns
The outbreak affects 12 states and has been linked to one death. At the start of the summer of 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Morgen Chesonis-Gonzalez, a Miami public school clinical art therapist, felt a persistent pain in her right armpit that set off some internal alarm bells. She knew…
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‘I Was Diagnosed With Two Different Types of Breast Cancer at the Same Time (Yes, That Can Happen)’
Had she not chosen to get her mammogram in 2020, her story might’ve been very different. At the start of the summer of 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Morgen Chesonis-Gonzalez, a Miami public school clinical art therapist, felt a persistent pain in her right armpit that set off some internal…
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New Study Finds Political Polarization Is Actually Making Americans Sick
A sweeping new study makes it clear. At the start of the summer of 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Morgen Chesonis-Gonzalez, a Miami public school clinical art therapist, felt a persistent pain in her right armpit that set off some internal alarm bells. She knew something in her body wasn’t…
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Where Is Everybody? The Twilight Zone’s First Episode Tackled Atomic Anxieties
The following is a guest essay from pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (writer/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) and is featured in his book The Five Themes of The Twilight Zone, a collection of incisive essays on the most classic episodes of the show. “The place is here…the time is now…and the journey…
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Venom 3’s Ending Is About ‘Love Lost’ Between Eddie and the Symbiote
One thing was clear to Tom Hardy and Kelly Marcel back before Venom’s black gooey goodness ever slithered off the comic book page: Venom 3, or Venom: The Last Dance as it became known, needed to be the end of the story. “We always knew this was the conclusion,” writer-director Marcel explains while stepping into…
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Dune: Prophecy Just Teased the Most Powerful Weapon in the Frank Herbert Universe
“We’ve never seen a force like this,” says Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson) in the final trailer for the HBO prequel series Dune: Prophecy. That comment is delivered amidst images of impressive forces, including the sandworms of Arrakis, the Bene Gesserit witches, and Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong). But the most striking image might be the…
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The Most Useless Supe Abilities in The Boys and Gen V
The Boys will end with its upcoming fifth season, but the currently available seasons already include a host of supes with various superpowered abilities. While some powers are useful and would be amazing to have in countless situations, others are rather lackluster. As a satire of the superhero genre, it’s fitting that The Boys and…
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What The Acolyte’s Darth Plagueis Could Have Looked Like in Canceled Season 2
Somehow, Darth Plagueis returned—and was quickly ushered off the stage, never to be seen again. At least not on The Acolyte, which was canceled following the end of its first season in July. The show, which teased it would reveal more about Darth Plagueis’ plans for the Sith in the decades before The Phantom Menace,…
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Netflix’s This Is the Zodiac Speaking Doc Bolsters a Major Suspect Theory
This article contains “spoilers” from the Netflix docuseries This Is Zodiac Speaking. How to put this politely? Many streaming documentaries of late have demonstrated … low effort. The public’s endless appetite for fresh true crime content has led to a steady churn of titles that largely range from uninteresting to unnecessary. Netflix’s latest investigative offering,…
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Star Trek Just Brought Back the Weirdest Version of Its Oldest Aliens
This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers. When it comes to Star Trek aliens, inconsistency is consistent. Klingons, Trills, and Ferengi have all undergone revisions, some very radical. Heck, Spock is all smiles and happy-go-lucky in the first Star Trek pilot “The Cage.” So it isn’t too much of a surprise that the Orions,…