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Disney's Visually Impressive Animation Series Iwájú Might Be Too Realistic About Lagos

06-03-2024 23:41

The series is about so much more than a robotic lizard.by Charles MudedeThe end of February, Disney+ released Iwájú, an animation series set in a future Lagos and written, directed, and produced by Black Africans. Its story concerns, Tola, the daughter of successful and very stressed computer scientist, Tunde, who works for a no-nonsense Nigerian tech company. The father is developing a lizard-looking robot that can protect rich people, all of whom live on "the island" (the rest li

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Splash Attack

06-03-2024 23:00

I hope every tiny thing you possess is soaked with pisswater.by AnonymousHeyo random dude in Post Alley, I'm really sorry I splashed you.I was driving my friend home after our menial jobs, I didn't realize how deep that puddle was, I wasn't really clocking my speed, and I actually meant the apology I yelled at you as I drove past. Based on your language, the puddle must have got you good.Again, I'm sorry about that. I just never go that way, but I've also never gone through the effort of throwin

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Stranger Suggests: Tessa Hulls with Putsata Reang, Jess Williamson, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Bad Bunny, Geraldine DeRuiter

06-03-2024 21:50 via thestranger.com

One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 3/6
Tessa Hulls with Putsata Reang: Exploring Generational Echoes
(BOOKS) Artist-adventurer Tessa Hulls, the lead artist in the Wing Luke Museum exhibition Nobody Lives Here, has also been developing her genre-bending graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts for the last decade. The tome tells the story of three generations of women in her family—her Chinese grandmother Sun Yi, a bestselling author and journalist i

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LGBTQ Advocates Are Ready to Fight the Parents’ Bill of Rights

06-03-2024 18:00

LGBTQ advocates vow to fight the parents rights bill the Legislature just passed.by Vivian McCallWashington state advocates for queer, reproductive, and civil rights stand ready to fight school districts that violate the privacy or rights of students in Washington schools based on Initiative 2081, which sailed through the State Legislature this session with little resistance alongside two other initiatives from Let’s Go Washington, a conservative group funded by multi-millionaire Brian Hey

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Slog AM: Haley Drops Out, Hospital Merger Oversight Bill Fails in WA, Seattle Cop Allegedly Slashed Tires During Protest

06-03-2024 17:30 via thestranger.com

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallHospital oversight bill died in the House: The Keep Our Care Act (SB 5241) seemed pretty cool, but it never reached the House floor after passing the Senate. The bill would have given the Washington Attorney General’s Office more power to impose conditions on big health care mergers, or to reject them altogether if it found negative impacts on patient care, a decision that would be subject to judicial review. We’ve got a bit of a pr

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