Bruce Campbell, The Evil Dead (1981)
Our critic Annalisa Quinn says Rachel Maddow’s jokey tone grates, but Blowout – her book about the misdeeds of the oil and gas industry – “usefully compiles the most convincing research and journalism on the harm that oil and gas have done to global democracy, and then weaves together a narrative of greed, power and corruption.” Check out her full review here.
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Abu Simbel
View of one of four colossal statues of Ramesses II in his Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Lower Nubia.
Photo: Thibaud Chosson
npr:
Hong Kong’s government is expected to take the rare step of invoking emergency powers on Friday so that it can enact a ban on face masks like the ones pro-democracy protesters have worn during months of demonstrations.
Media reports of the possible action emerged days after police shot a pro-democracy protester in the chest during an altercation, signaling a more strict stance by the authorities and bringing protesters’ rage to new heights.
That demonstrator, identified as 18-year-old student Tsang Chi-kin, survived and was taken to the hospital. But he now faces criminal charges of rioting and assaulting police officers. Video from the scene shows that he swung a metal rod at the officer just before being shot.
The shooting brought a new intensity to a day of stark contrasts, coming while China celebrated its National Day anniversary. As mass protests took place in Hong Kong, soldiers marched and crowds waved flags in Beijing.
If Hong Kong’s leaders indeed use emergency powers to ban face masks, it would be the first time in half a century that a chief executive has used those measures — which date to 1922, when Hong Kong was under British rule.
Hong Kong May Ban Face Masks By Invoking Colonial-Era Emergency Powers
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Carrying Chest Surmounted by Anubis
This carrying chest is surmounted by the Anubis, a jackal-headed god made of wood, varnished black, and wrapped in linen.
The details of the animal are gilded except for the claws, which are made of silver. The eyes are made of alabaster and obsidian. The chest is in the form of a shrine, decorated with friezes of the Djed and Tyet signs, which are symbols of stability and protection.
The chest had been placed on a sledge with four carrying poles. The roof of the shrine acts as a lid. Numerous amulets in faience, eight pectorals, and alabaster vases and cups were placed in the compartments inside.
From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61444
Photo: Jon Berghoff
