@anzhr

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An old man who loves comics from Paleo to Golden Age #comics to now. Pulps too. A reader, not a collector.

"Just say no to Darrel Dane aka Doll Man. #$@#$ that guy."

Literature, sf, history, arts, sciences, Linux, FLOSS.

Analog artist and non-fiction writer specialized In Tang and Song China, Kamakura era Japan, with tangents into Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan literature. Designed modern dance environments in sound and vision long ago, poet. Lactose intolerant. Lefty scum generally.

anzhrJun 20, 2025

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order? | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-mathematics-mostly-chaos-or-mostly-order-20250620/

Is Mathematics Mostly Chaos or Mostly Order? | Quanta Magazine

Two new notions of infinity challenge a long-standing plan to define the mathematical universe.

Quanta Magazine
anzhrMay 1, 2025

Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia

Ed Martin, interim US attorney for DC, has written a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, threatening its status as a nonprofit entity.

The Verge
anzhrApr 8, 2025

‘The violence is relentless. I don’t understand it’: Simon Russell Beale faces up to Shakespeare’s goriest play | Simon Russell Beale | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/apr/08/simon-russell-beale-interview-shakespeare-titus-andronicus-swan-theatre-stratford

‘The violence is relentless. I don’t understand it’: Simon Russell Beale faces up to Shakespeare’s goriest play

The celebrated actor has long struggled with the murder and dismemberment at the heart of Titus Andronicus. Now, at 64, he is finally tackling a play that ‘teeters on the edge of acceptability’ – but he’s made a few changes

The Guardian
anzhrFeb 24, 2025

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88 | Roberta Flack | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/24/roberta-flack-soul-and-rb-icon-behind-killing-me-softly-dies-aged-88

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016

The Guardian
anzhrFeb 10, 2025

(21697) Mel Brooks Performs BRILLIANT Frank Sinatra Impersonation | The Dick Cavett Show - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKw60kGe78

Mel Brooks Performs BRILLIANT Frank Sinatra Impersonation | The Dick Cavett Show

YouTube
anzhrFeb 1, 2025

'Captain America: Brave New World' Sparks Another Disney Culture War

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disney-marvel-captain-america-brave-new-world-politics-1236122701/

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Shows Disney Can’t Escape the Culture Wars

While the studio desperately tries to avoid politics, the stars of the upcoming 'Captain America' movie and 'Spider-Man' TV show are making waves by just barely slipping off message.

The Hollywood Reporter
anzhrFeb 1, 2025

Strange, surreal and sexy: 31 images that changed the way we see our bodies | Photography | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/01/strange-surreal-and-sexy-31-images-that-changed-the-way-we-see-our-bodies

Strange, surreal and sexy: 31 images that changed the way we see our bodies

From dancers to divas, amputees to activists: what images of the human form throughout the decades tell us about who we are

The Guardian
anzhrFeb 1, 2025

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records | Louis Armstrong | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/01/bullets-and-blues-louis-armstrongs-difficult-upbringing-revealed-after-discovery-of-family-police-records

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records

A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New Orleans

The Guardian
anzhrJan 26, 2025

‘Completely staggering’: how Shirley Henderson mastered Like a Rolling Stone | Stage | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jan/23/shirley-henderson-like-a-rolling-stone-girl-from-the-north-country-bob-dylan

‘Completely staggering’: how Shirley Henderson mastered Like a Rolling Stone

In Girl from the North Country, Bob Dylan’s songs fuelled a tale of 1930s America. Todd Almond, who starred in the play on Broadway, revisits one of its most electrifying numbers in this extract from his oral history of the show

The Guardian
anzhrJan 26, 2025

Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jan/25/let-it-glow-fireflies-illuminating-japanese-woodlands-in-pictures

Let it glow: fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures

Fireflies illuminating Japanese woodlands – in pictures

the Guardian