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10 best horror films of 2024 according to Rotten Tomatoes
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The top 20 horror films of 2024 according to Rotten Tomatoes
1. Late Night With The Devil – 97%
2. Oddity – 96%
3. Nosferatu – 94%
4, Infested – 95%
5. In Flames – 95%
6. Strange Darling – 95%
7. New Life – 94%
8. MadS – 93%
9. Heretic – 91%
10. Stopmotion – 91%
11. The Devil’s Bath – 91%
12. The Substance – 90%
13. V/H/S/Beyond – 89%
14. A Quiet Place: Day One – 87%
15. Monolith – 87%
16. Longlegs – 86%
17. Smile 2 – 86%
18. Out Of Darkness – 85%
19. I Saw The TV Glow – 84%
20. Speak No Evil – 83%
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The top 20 horror films of 2024 according to Rotten Tomatoes
1. Late Night With The Devil – 97%
2. Oddity – 96%
3. Nosferatu – 94%
4, Infested – 95%
5. In Flames – 95%
6. Strange Darling – 95%
7. New Life – 94%
8. MadS – 93%
9. Heretic – 91%
10. Stopmotion – 91%
11. The Devil’s Bath – 91%
12. The Substance – 90%
13. V/H/S/Beyond – 89%
14. A Quiet Place: Day One – 87%
15. Monolith – 87%
16. Longlegs – 86%
17. Smile 2 – 86%
18. Out Of Darkness – 85%
19. I Saw The TV Glow – 84%
20. Speak No Evil – 83%
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Nuclear Power
Nuclear Reactors, The Comeback
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Texas wants to lead development of new type of nuclear power | The Texas Tribune
Nuclear Reactors, The Comeback
Texas wants to lead development of new type of nuclear power | The Texas Tribune
Knygathin
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This has been touched upon earlier, but I just found out, and have to mention it:
Lord Dunsany's great grandson, Randal Plunkett, is now the 21st Baron of Dunsany. And still lives in Dunsany Castle. He is a death metal fan, with long hair and the rest of the trappings - amusing how even some of the nobility transform with the times, although I would say Lord Dunsany was not completely conservative himself for a baron, dressing somewhat curiously, and bohemian in vision - and he is also vegan. He has turned 750 acres of the Dunsany estate into wildlife so the original species may return to the land. He has stopped the sheep farming and replaced it with organic crop farming, and warded off hunters, and because of this receives death-threats. It seems he is alone in Irland with a project like this. Good show.
Lord Dunsany's great grandson, Randal Plunkett, is now the 21st Baron of Dunsany. And still lives in Dunsany Castle. He is a death metal fan, with long hair and the rest of the trappings - amusing how even some of the nobility transform with the times, although I would say Lord Dunsany was not completely conservative himself for a baron, dressing somewhat curiously, and bohemian in vision - and he is also vegan. He has turned 750 acres of the Dunsany estate into wildlife so the original species may return to the land. He has stopped the sheep farming and replaced it with organic crop farming, and warded off hunters, and because of this receives death-threats. It seems he is alone in Irland with a project like this. Good show.
David Noone
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Re: Articles of interest Randall Plunkett
Being from Ireland what I know about Randall Plunkett is that his actions are either insincere & merely an attempt to garner some publicity or they are deluded since he's claimed he's willing to do time for his cause - it's important that people be aware that his presence in Ireland is a result of 800 years of British colonisation of this country when from that very castle his ancestors would have watched those of my lineage starve while feasting quite happily on their plentiful supply of personal nutrition & previous to that forbidding us to speak our own language & practice our religion - that he portrays himself as an outsider who receives little sympathy is more than a touch ridiculous when there are far more worthy things he could be devoting his time to if he wished to engage in helping the country such as the homeless epidemic - the energy crisis - the fact that 1 in 5 people have been sexually abused before the age of 18 in this country & that the punishment for committing such a crime against a child is 5 years in a prison occupied solely by other paedophiles & those who have committed crimes against women - this is why he's alone if in fact he is - there are more pressing issues that need to be dealt with
Being from Ireland what I know about Randall Plunkett is that his actions are either insincere & merely an attempt to garner some publicity or they are deluded since he's claimed he's willing to do time for his cause - it's important that people be aware that his presence in Ireland is a result of 800 years of British colonisation of this country when from that very castle his ancestors would have watched those of my lineage starve while feasting quite happily on their plentiful supply of personal nutrition & previous to that forbidding us to speak our own language & practice our religion - that he portrays himself as an outsider who receives little sympathy is more than a touch ridiculous when there are far more worthy things he could be devoting his time to if he wished to engage in helping the country such as the homeless epidemic - the energy crisis - the fact that 1 in 5 people have been sexually abused before the age of 18 in this country & that the punishment for committing such a crime against a child is 5 years in a prison occupied solely by other paedophiles & those who have committed crimes against women - this is why he's alone if in fact he is - there are more pressing issues that need to be dealt with
Knygathin
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Thank you for your input. OK, this is interesting, I respect your point of view coming from Irish background. I am sure Randal Plunkett's particular activities can be evaluated from different aspects. His background appears from your description to be historically somewhat troublesome and complex. (The question as to "who owns" a land is an eternal question, because all lands have been conquered, and re-conquered, over and over from the beginning of time. The crass truth may simply be that those who are strong enough to claim and take a land, "own" it for the time being, until someone else comes along and shoves them aside - or a mature truce develops. There is no definite objective justice in this. It is the way of Nature and Evolution. For instance, a major and rapid replacement of native origin is now taking place all over Western Europe from foreign cultures, and it remains to be seen how far this will continue and what the full consequences will be.)
I guess Plunkett engages in such projects as are nearest within reach for him to realistically accomplish: in that of his inherited estate. A further factor may be that he is of 75% Brazilian stock, which as a citizen of ethnic minority living in Ireland, with identity fluctuating, perhaps also motivates him towards a more globalistic view on environmental issues than local (he mentions "global warming", and wildlife preservation, and of contributing any way he can, since no one else acts). The other societial issues you bring up, and the awful crimes, I really don't think he can do much about as an individual.
David Noone
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Our land was famously taken from us twice - initially by the Vikings who didn't stay very long & then by the British who still occupy a section of the island - if you want to use the argument that those 'who are strong enough to claim & take a land own it' you could say that when we were reclaiming our land we refrained from executing his family in the early 20th century as it wasn't necessary to do so (though our oppressors didn't have the same qualms - one such example being when the British armed forces entered a football stadium during a game & indiscriminately opened fire on the crowd in addendance). In relation to what he as an individual could do concerning the issues I believe are more pressing, is he could speak about them & instead of being divisive actually bring people together to tackle the problems given it was such actions as these that lead to same sex marriage & abortion being legalised in this country in relatively quick succession during the last decade.
I can tell you that in terms of his status as being 75% Brazilian nobody cares about that in the sense that if he's discriminated against that's not the reason, that he has a title from the King of England is & that he lives in a castle is a constant reminder of this to anyone aware of him here. Ireland has become much more multicultural in recent years for the main part due to our economic growth which had been so bad up until the late 1990s that nobody wanted to move here by choice & (this may possibly relate to our population only being 5 million) there have been few reported (I will stress reported as I can't make a universal claim) racially motivated incidents & any time I have personally witnessed someone saying something offensive to someone related to their race people passing by have stopped & intervened reprimanding the perpetrator. When a Baron is claiming ownership of land & preventing people from making their living it's going to bring up past memories - we haven't had an independent republic for a century yet, so these wounds are still relatively fresh.
I can tell you that in terms of his status as being 75% Brazilian nobody cares about that in the sense that if he's discriminated against that's not the reason, that he has a title from the King of England is & that he lives in a castle is a constant reminder of this to anyone aware of him here. Ireland has become much more multicultural in recent years for the main part due to our economic growth which had been so bad up until the late 1990s that nobody wanted to move here by choice & (this may possibly relate to our population only being 5 million) there have been few reported (I will stress reported as I can't make a universal claim) racially motivated incidents & any time I have personally witnessed someone saying something offensive to someone related to their race people passing by have stopped & intervened reprimanding the perpetrator. When a Baron is claiming ownership of land & preventing people from making their living it's going to bring up past memories - we haven't had an independent republic for a century yet, so these wounds are still relatively fresh.
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Knygathin
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I should think so. And he has stopped the use of chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizers, that poison the land, go down into the ground water and out in the seas.
Knygathin
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The right person in the right place. I am afraid life works so, people are engaged in issues they have some experience of and understand, or have a personal relation to. Things close to them. It is very simple really. We each work within the field we know, and do what we are good at. Whatever comes natural to us. And I don't believe Randal Plunkett is a unifying general politician, whose role it is to speak out like a father figure for all of Ireland. That is a job for others; perhaps even for you? You sound engaged enough, and close enough to the issues, to walk up on stage in the square. It requires no money to do - but will.
David Noone
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I have spoken about these issues publicly in the past, most people are shocked by specific facts (particularly those pertaining to sex offenders in this country) & will continue to do so, however I am not a politician nor am I an activist - I attempt to dispel myths when I can & bring people's attention to things they may not be aware of but I am not a hopeful creature though I believe like Lydia Lunch that 'art is the universal salve' & so I dedicate myself to it as that which I do best & that which I do best is what gives me the opportunity to address these issues for what good they may or may not do.
David Noone
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Here is such an instance
Extract from an interview with David Noone originally published in The Savage Kick
SK: Do you read back there? What are you reading and what other opportunities do you have to pass the time?
DN: I tend to inhale books in here. I've just finished Derek Raymond's He Died With His Eyes Open and loved it. Raymond has this wonderful take on crime and specifically crime which is not considered newsworthy. Living in a country where one in every four people has been sexually abused that seems important to me given that the Catholic Church were not responsible for the majority of those abuses but they make bigger headlines than Uncle Johnny fingering his 13 year old niece.
To be honest, though, there are other activities to partake in... they're not for me so I read and smoke instead. I could be doing a lot worse with my time.
SK: "Chemical cosh" is an often unfair phrase used when it comes to mental health care. What are your experiences of dealing with anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs?
DN: That is a term used by people with absolutely no insight into psychiatric illness and an attitude that kills people. What I find ironic is that the majority who say that usually have absolutely no problem with having a drink could come up to this ward now and speak to any of the patients and they'd make a hell of a lot more sense than anyone you'd meet in the pub an hour before closing. Don't get me wrong there are still a few unscrupulous doctors out there who over medicate their patients to make their jobs easier but they've been getting found out and slowly removed from the service.
My own experiences on meds are all positive except for a couple of misfires where unwanted side effects have occurred but once detected my docs have taken me off them as quickly as is safe.
