Today is Superman Day as declared by DC Comics in honor of the cover date of Action Comics #1 falling in June despite actual release date being April 18th, 1938. We are slightly co-opting the date for Man of Steel (I say “slightly” because it was originally “Man of Steel Day” before being changed to “Superman Day”) because it’s close enough to the release of Man of Steel. As much as I like precision and accuracy, I also value grace and accommodation, which is why I point out DC initially acknowledging a cover date in addition to a release date. So however you term it or celebrate, Happy Man Of Steel Day!
Happy 5th Anniversary #ManOfSteel! 4 years of https://t.co/ZxoyrWkly1 : 74 hours audio (67 released), 17 YouTube videos, 176 (published) blog posts, etc. & with more to come… #ManOfSteelDay pic.twitter.com/aeVwZCo18z
— ManOfSteelAnswers (@mosanswers) June 12, 2018
My stuff is packed up for the move but here’s an old photo and an easy-to-open box. Happy #ManOfSteelDay! #ManOfSteel pic.twitter.com/1ZX5zbrKis
— ManOfSteelAnswers (@mosanswers) June 12, 2018
Anyways, too busy to ramble… let me just throw a few things that have come across my radar or research recently:
- Batman v. Superman: Politics Part 1 | Reel Analysis
- Factfulness by Hans Rosling | Bill Gates
- Newcomb’s Paradox | Wikipedia
- The Origins and History of Consciousness | Erich Neumann
- On Liberty | John Stuart Mill
- DC Comics: 80 Years of Superman | Talks at Google
- Superman: Peace On Earth | Alex Ross Commentary
- Intelligence Squared debate podcast
- “Rebooted” CGI short by Arun & Kral
- Should You Wear A Bike Helmet? | The Guardian
- “Bulletproof” by La Roux | Pomplamoose cover
- Lateral | Tom Scott
- Man of Steel: Anatomy of a Scene | NYT
- SnyderCut Timeline | John Garza
