It's hard to believe that Neil Jordan's biopic Michael Collins is 30. How is that possible?

➡️ Is the film perfect? No. Is it therefore awful? Also no.

➡️ Did Neil Jordan use Michael Collins as a device to talk about the greater arc of Irish history?

➡️ Was Michael Collins a man of war turned man of peace? Or have we misunderstood the whole ball of wax?

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57315/the-rose-tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT4gE4UC1k8

https://www.thejournal.ie/michael-collins-film-neil-jordan-5845651-Aug2022/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2289560/episodes/18941077

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What actually happened on Thanksgiving weekend of 1981? Did Natalie Wood die in a freak drowning accident? Or is there more to the story? What do we know now that we didn't know 45 years ago?

Links:

https://a.co/d/02FoOaSg

https://open.spotify.com/show/5UMKujJsAJrzlGCQtufJKH

This list came up on IMDB right after I told the story of RJ and the celebrity doppelganger stable! https://www.imdb.com/gallery/rg1875155712/mediaviewer/rm2715070465/?ref_=nm_c_ft_g_celebdopp_cta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_St._John

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wagner#Death_of_Natalie_Wood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout_Mountain_Air_Force_Station#Productions

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1979's The China Syndrome is one of the best examples of predictive programming we have, IMO. Twelve days later, the incident at Three Mile Island occurred very similarly to the disaster in the film.

Today, due to the influx of these damn data centers, we're told nuclear power for the electrical grid is basically the only option.

'Twas ever thus.

⚠️ Spoilers lie ahead.

Links:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2289560/episodes/19601219

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078966/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station#Reopening_and_Microsoft_partnership

https://web.archive.org/web/20210102203851/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/18/archives/nuclear-experts-debate-the-china-syndrome-but-does-it-satisfy-the.html

https://www.ans.org/news/article-3812/elon-musk-shutting-down-nuclear-plants-is-total-madness/

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5694656/jared-kushner-new-gaza-plan

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