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• Sat, 16:55:

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  I hadn't realized CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR was actually Black Panther's (and thus Chadwick Boseman's) introduction into the MCU, with a pretty hefty subplot at that. This was one of the many movies I had not bothered to watch back when originally released, just because I was so sick of superhero movies with essentially the same plot. Well, I watched it today for the first time, and liked it notably better than I expected. It still has a lot of hallmark superhero dumbness, but it also had a lot of great humor, and most notably, a scaled-down A plot that finally eschewed villains threatening an entire city (or entire planet, or entire universe, and on and on). It actually directly addresses the collateral damage that virtually all other superhero movies don't even bother acknowledging, which I quite liked. It's still nowhere near as good as BLACK PANTHER itself, which could easily be argued to be the best of all MCU films, and which I will likely also re-watch soon. But, when I found out he was in this earlier film, I wanted to finally watch it just as my own, very small, way of honoring Chadwick Boseman's great work, whose impact truly cannot be overstated.

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My tweets

• Fri, 7:47: Just received a request to correct a shelf tag typo reading "Hazelnut Butter Crips." I figured I better fix it; we don't want to start any shit with the Hazelnut Butter Bloods.
• Fri, 10:31: 6 feet may not be enough to protect against coronavirus, experts warnAs is far too often the case, the headline here is slightly misleading, but also: anyone who has bothered to do even the slightest amount of extra reading on this has already known about these nuances SINCE MARCH. Most notably: "researchers say six feet is a start — but only a start — warning that more space is almost always better, especially in poorly ventilated areas indoors." As in, the room can be huge, but especially without a mask on, being indoors with others outside your household, the risk is far higher. It's about minimizing and mitigating risk. No scenario is absolutely zero risk—something mask-deniers love to conflate with a supposed reason not to wear them at all. Masks, *especially* indoors, slow the spread, and are arguably the most effective tool we currently have. Conversely, even without a mask, but at least distanced from others, being outside the risk is far lower.
• Fri, 22:58: Someone needs to start a business running computer tutorials for dairy farmers and florists.
• Fri, 15:51: This headline made me LOL. https://t.co/fE7kjuFuzZ
• Fri, 22:42: https://t.co/OuSQe38XCX