When Warner Bros. announced that “Wonder Woman 1984” would land on the streaming service HBO Max on Christmas, the same time it debuts in theaters, many expected it to be an isolated case in response to an unprecedented pandemic. From a report: Instead, the studio will deploy a similar release strategy for the next twelve months. In a surprising break from…
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The Pope Praises Medical Workers, Criticizes ‘Personal Freedom’ Protests
More Americans travelled Wednesday than on any other day in the last eight months — 1.1 million Americans — continuing the country’s long-standing annual tradition of gathering to give thanks. The same week the Pope apparently felt compelled to publish an opinion piece in one of the country’s largest newspapers to share his own thoughts about the pandemic. First, the Pope…
Lindisfarne: The ‘Holy Island’ where Vikings spilled the ‘blood of saints’
This monastery at Lindisfarne held the burials of several saints, but in 793 it was sacked by the Vikings in an attack so savage that some Christians believed that God was punishing them for their sins. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lindisfarne.html
Bones of one of England’s first saints, a 7th-century princess, found in church wall
Experts recently identified bones found behind a wall in a British church as the remains of a Kentish princess and one of England’s first female saints. Source: https://www.livescience.com/uk-earliest-saint-bones.html
Halloween is a cross-quarter day
The 4 cross-quarter days fall between equinoxes and solstices. Halloween is the spookiest one – derived from a sacred festival of ancient Celts and Druids – coming as days grow short and nights long in the Northern Hemisphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/halloween-derived-from-ancient-celtic-cross-quarter-day…
Halloween ghost of the summer sun
At mid-northern latitudes, Arcturus sets about 2 hours after sunset around Halloween, at the same point on the horizon as the summer sun. It’s a Halloween ghost of the summer sun and an echo of long summer afternoons. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/arcturus-ghost-of-the-summer-sun…
Guernsey fisherman records footage of UFO
Saints Bay Hotel manager Ashraf Elsergany noticed the mystery object while fishing in L’Ancresse bay. Elsergany had been out on Sunday evening when he… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330758/guernsey-fisherman-records-footage-of-ufo…