MangoSentinel

Twenty-something. Seattle. Coffee addicted, sartorial minded, comic book obsessive, tech lover with unstoppable grit. Eternally following the footsteps of Super-Man... which is difficult since he flies most of the time.

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Poppy Medical ID Bracelets

Medical IDs, Minus the Shame. The only brand creating chic, minimalist, life-saving IDs that people actually want to wear. Founder T1D.

There are more than 30 million women living in the United States with life-threatening, chronic conditions. Medical ID bracelets make life safer for these women and should be worn 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But nobody wants to wear them. 

Sarah Harmon - the creator of the Poppy Medical ID project - after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1998, spent much of her teens and early 20s wearing her a visible reminder of disease on her wrist. It was painfully awkward, both physically and psychologically, having to explain the ugly, utilitarian bracelet that broadcast her disability to everyone she met. Why couldn’t something functional, effective and medically essential also be beautiful? 

Two years ago, Sarah quit her job in business development to start Poppy Medical, a company that would make medical ID bracelets that women (and children) actually wanted to wear. She enrolled in jewelry school, learned 3D printing and set up her supply chain. Now Poppy Medical’s Kickstarter campaign is trying to raise funds for production and to take preorders for the bracelets. This a community driven campaign and the community is needed - Let’s make a difference! 

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Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All

In “The Art of the Deal,” Tony Schwartz helped create the myth that Trump is a charming business genius. Now he calls him unfit to lead.

Extraordinary piece on Donald Trump's ghostwriter, who wrote ART OF THE DEAL. What a scary read when given the context of where we are now.  Choice quotes:

- “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

- Schwartz told me that he has decided to pledge all royalties from sales of “The Art of the Deal” in 2016 to pointedly chosen charities: the National Immigration Law Center, Human Rights Watch, the Center for the Victims of Torture, the National Immigration Forum, and the Tahirih Justice Center. He doesn’t feel that the gesture absolves him. “I’ll carry this until the end of my life,” he said. “There’s no righting it. But I like the idea that, the more copies that ‘The Art of the Deal’ sells, the more money I can donate to the people whose rights Trump seeks to abridge.”

- “I don’t take it personally, because the truth is he didn’t mean it personally. People are dispensable and disposable in Trump’s world.” If Trump is elected President, he warned, “the millions of people who voted for him and believe that he represents their interests will learn what anyone who deals closely with him already knows—that he couldn’t care less about them.”

[micdotcom]

Sage advice. See more highlights from Drake’s SNL.

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Preach.

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Reference to this conversation between Marvel and Sony on the “lack of interest” around female Super Hero movies - it’s always bothered me. 

CORRECTION - from those examples they’re saying that they chose to hire shit writers to make movies they cared very little about for a quick buck (Catwoman), and/or they chose to take over creative liberties to make studio changes that they thought would make a better super hero female film (Elektra was re-written multiple times at Fox’s request and production was rushed to accommodate Garner’s Alias show’s shoot) - gtfo out of here with that bullshit.

My baby niece deserves to know she can grow up to be strong, confident hero. Don’t tell me we aren’t ready for a female super hero franchise.

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#dead.

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“I could sleep right now, but is the competition sleeping?” Things that keep me up at night.  #Onward

[xsoldier]

This is, unquestionably, the greatest moment I’ve ever read in any piece of Star Wars media. It shook me to the core going through this panel-by-panel on ComiXology. Holy. Shit. So. Good.

[itswalky]

It is pretty cool until we get to that panel of Luke mid-sneeze.

[atopfourthwall]

Ummm… not to detract from the power of these panels and how good they are, but… didn’t Vader first find out about Luke being his son when the Emperor TOLD him Luke was Annakin’s son in Empire Strikes Back?

[itswalky]

well depends on which version you’re talking about

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THIS IS AMAZING.

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This was pretty cool to see.

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Mid-week vibes. #Onward

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Looking up the hashtag “CorgiCon” on Instagram was a very bad idea.

[sandandglass]

The Creative Act of Listening to a Talking Frog

Kermit the Frog gives a talk on creativity and creative risk-taking

[fallfeatherspony]

did a puppet just fucking give some of the best advice ever.

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Kermit slaying.

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Super: The Inhumans and the Sinister Gentrification of Otherness

"What’s frustrating as an X-Men fan is that these stories aren’t about villains trying to wipe out mutants; they’re about Marvel editorial trying to wipe out mutants. And when you see mutants as a metaphor for otherness and queerness, that’s troubling, and emotionally exhausting."

yes, yes, yes, and yes - nailed it. Every since it's origin, the X-Men franchise draws deliberate parallels between the oppression of mutants and that of other marginalized groups (originally meant to be Communism). As long-time X-Men writer Chris Claremont explained back in 1982, "The X-Men are hated, feared, and despised collectively by humanity for no other reason than that they are mutants. So what we have..., intended or not, is a [franchise-narrative] that is about racism, bigotry, and prejudice." As a result, these important but usually avoided themes have become part of the dialogue - both online and at "the water-cooler". 

TL;DR - yea.. I'm frustrated too.. and if the rumors are true, there’s nothing we can do about. #SaveTheXMen

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Know it. 

Live it. 

Deal with it.

[nevver]

How to Lace Your Dress Shoes: An Illustrated Guide

[wakandansleeperagent]

If he’s not a fave, you’re not a fave

[memewhore]

I say it every time I reblog him: Terry Crews is a national treasure.

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THIS.

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This totally explains how our perspective determines what we see as "true." Here's to understanding that what is true for me and what is true for you are not different realities, but an opportunity for us to have a conversation and explore where we are both human. 

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Earthbound’s creator reflects on Iwata’s passing ⊟ 

Mother/Earthbound series creator Shigesato Itoi collaborated with Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s celebrated president and CEO who passed away suddenly over the weekend, a number of times over the years. Iwata, a brilliant programmer, actually came in and saved Earthbound from problems that would’ve likely killed the project many years ago, and the two men had been friends since.

Itoi posted a farewell to his friend this morning – here it is translated by Yomuka/Lindsay Nelson (Hobonichi Techo translator):

“When I’m parting with a friend, regardless of the circumstances, I find it best to just say, ‘See you later.’ We’ll meet again. After all, we’re friends.

That’s right—nothing unusual about it. I’ll see you later.

You went on a trip far, far away, even though it was planned for many years from now. You wore your best outfit and said ‘Sorry for the short notice,’ though you didn’t say it out loud.

You always put yourself last, after you’d finished helping everyone else. You were so generous as a friend that this trip might be your very first selfish act.

I still can’t grasp what’s happened. It feels like I could still get a light-hearted e-mail asking me out to lunch at any moment—after you’ve made sure lunch wouldn’t disrupt my schedule, of course.

You can invite me out whenever you want. I’ll invite you, too.

So for now, let’s plan on meeting again. You can call me up whenever you like, and I’ll give you a call, too. I still have a lot to talk to you about, and if I come up with any particularly good ideas, I’ll let you know.

So let’s meet again.

No–I suppose we’re already meeting. Right here, right now.”

The sprites of Iwata and Itoi above come from an interview with the two conducted by Japanese magazine BRUTUS – read it in English here.