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After a presentation of my book, Living the 1.5-degree lifestyle, to the Literary Table at Toronto's Arts and Letters Club, I did the rounds of tables when a gentleman confronted me about red meat, which I had said was a huge problem and had been cut out of my diet. I had shown my usual slide from Our World in Data, with beef at the top, demonstrably worse than any other food.

Was it all a fart-ce? Propaganda? One big stinking, steaming cow pad ready for the uninitiated to step into with two feet and a celery stick for a paddle. Was any part of Cowspiracy true? Or was the hit Netflix documentary film made to appear like a home-grown effort to uncover the so-called truth behind bovine flatulence. The gaseous secret that might get you knocked off by Big Business agri barons, if you dared mention the dangers of escaping methane from endless cow butts and nostrils into the environment, to destroy the planet.

Hey Reader! Whether this is your first time or thirtieth time reading The 90-Minute Movie, you’re here today and for that I am forever thankful. I have always loved movies and being able to write about them week after week and discuss each one with you all brings me so much joy. I can’t believe I’m not bored yet. And hey, if you aren’t either, go ahead and subscribe so we can do this together every Friday.

Greetings from the Land of Enchantment, you’re receiving this as I make my final rounds on a four-day tour of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, but I remain on the job for the 405 diningscape. Our next-door neighbors to the west are known for chiles in green and red with sauces served Christmas-style, but this trip has led beyond what’s hatched from the fields in Hatch or Chimayo. More on that as we near Labor Day.

This recipe originally appeared on my food blog, where it received dozens of rave reviews. It is now available exclusively on Substack for supporting members. Here’s what one reader had to say about this recipe: This rice pudding recipe is one of the first things I taught my son how to make. I remember the first time we made it too: he remarked on how it felt like magic. And you know what?

As we journey through the creative process of weaving romance tales, we arrive at one of the defining moment in our narrative – the Grand Gesture. This climactic beat, often resolving the Dark Night of our story, is where love triumphs, and hearts are won or mended. Inspired by the heartwarming vignettes of Love Actually, let's explore how to master this pivotal plot point. The Essence of Grand Gestures The Grand Gesture is where our character, usually the one who has undergone the most transformation or stands to lose the most, makes a significant, heartfelt move.

Craig Hodges couldn’t believe what he was holding. But there it was. A check for $20,000, his prize money for winning the 1990 three-point contest at All-Star Weekend. He wanted to do something real with that money. This was a chance to make good on his vision. “I threw it in the middle of the floor in the locker room and said, ‘Let’s get together and do… ncG1vNJzZmiqlZaxq63CpGWsrZKowaKvymeaqKVfpXykvsCinmagn5m0pr%2BMrZ%2BeZaKarqW2wJyiZqGeqbKzwsierg%3D%3D

Happy Sunday! This is a special, extended issue of the Animation Obsessive newsletter: a conversation with Craig McCracken on process, design, storytelling, inspiration and his new gallery show. McCracken is a cartoon legend. He made The Powerpuff Girls in the ‘90s and has stayed consistent with each series since — from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends to Wander Over Yonder to Kid Cosmic. This year, the Annies handed him a Winsor McCay Award for lifetime achievement, putting him in the company of Hayao Miyazaki and Mary Blair.

Last month I wrote about the extraordinary trial which pitted an Australian IT expert Craig Wright who claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, against the Bitcoin establishment in the form of COPA, which said he was a fraud. The case wound up yesterday with closing arguments from both sides and while most unbiased observers thought Wright’s evidence had been as full of holes as a Swiss cheese, just about everyone expected the judge Mr Justice Mellor to say we would have to wait for his written judgment to be delivered in a few months.