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November 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Dr. Awkward, MC Lars, NekoCon, Professor Shyguy, Tribe One

NekoCon Staff Loses Its Sh*t, Cancels Multi-Guest Concert During First Song

When you go to a convention as an attendee or vendor, there’s an expectation that you’ll be treated with some

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November 9, 2015 Trae Dorn Baron Mordo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Doctor Strange, Marvel

First Look at Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo in ‘Doctor Strange’

Last week we got a bunch of images of Benedict Cumberbatch on set as the title role in Doctor Strange.

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November 6, 2015 Trae Dorn Blizzard, Legendary, trailer, Warcraft

Hey Look, It’s a ‘Warcraft’ Trailer

Legendary’s first trailer for the Warcraft movie came out today. Based on the video game series… it’s very Warcraft-y. I

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November 6, 2015 Trae Dorn Episode VII, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, trailer

And You Thought We Were Done With ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailers

J.J. Abrams may have said that the previous full trailer we got would be the end of new footage from

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November 6, 2015 Trae Dorn Batman, Batman 66, George Barris

Creator of the ’66 Batmobile, George Barris, Dies At 89

George Barris, the man who built the iconic Batmobile from the 1966 Batman TV series, passed away early Thursday morning.

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November 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Alice Through the Looking Glass, Tim Burton, trailer

The ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Trailer is All Sorts of Weird

I don’t know if I’d say Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland was a good movie, but it was certainly

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November 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange, Marvel

First Look at Benedict Cumberbatch as ‘Doctor Strange’

So over the last couple of days a bunch of photos from the forthcoming Doctor Strange movie have shown up

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November 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Doctor Who, Lego, Lego Movie 2, Rob Schrab, Warner Bros

The Doctor Could Appear in The Lego Movie 2

The Lego Movie was jammed packed with cameos of a wide array of pop culture icons. Besides characters like Batman

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November 5, 2015 Trae Dorn CW, Danielle Stokdyk, Deirdre Mangan, Graham Norris, Rob Thomas, Tempest

Rob Thomas Developing SciFi Series ‘Tempest’ at The CW

Deadline is reporting that Rob Thomas (the one behind Veronica Mars and the adaptation of iZombie, not the singer) is

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There’s an annoying thing in the witchcraft community where every new idea or trend gets cast as an “ancient” practice even if it’s just a few years old. Time and time again, we see people constructing false narratives about the supposed historicity of ideas, spells, and rituals in witchcraft spaces, and all of it is bad for us. Why do people feel the need to lie? Why does something being a new idea make it less credible in people’s eyes? Why have we been doing this as a community from the start?

So I thought about calling this “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Part 2” or “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Redux” since this is some of the same territory we covered back in episode 17, but I think I’ve gotten more surly on the topic over the last six years, and wanted to talk about it again. Also, I kind of forgot I’d recorded an episode on this when I was prepping the episode, but I like this version better.

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