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I'd love to have a gif from the end of the 1972 Tales from the Crypt movie where each person individually walks through the door that opens in the wall only to fall into the lake of fire.

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38 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

Anita Bryant died so 2025 is doing something right at least.

Oh good, someone else posted it before I could. 

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I got Anita Bryant and Anita Baker mixed up. I was like "how could the singer of Sweet Love be such a horrible homophobe and why are the news articles only printing pictures of this white bitch?"

James

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Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor has died. 

She was 113.

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James Harrison - who is estimated to have saved the lives of 2.4 million babies with his blood donations - has died at the age of 88

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James Harrison, an Australian railway clerk who helped save 2.4 million babies by donating the rare antibodies in his blood every two weeks for over 60 years, died Feb. 17 at a nursing home in Umina Beach, a suburb north of Sydney. He was 88.

His daughter, Tracey Mellowship, confirmed his death to The Washington Post on Monday. A cause of death was not disclosed.

James Christopher Harrison was born Dec. 27, 1936, in the town of Junee, New South Wales. His lifelong dedication to giving blood came after his own hospitalization: He underwent major lung surgery at age 14 and later described waking up in intensive care and discovering he had received extensive blood transfusions.

According to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, which organizes blood donations and distributes plasma to hospitals, Harrison gave blood from 1954, when he became old enough to donate under Australian law, to 2018, when he was advised to stop because of his age.

In 1966, scientists discovered that blood plasmas containing Anti-D, an uncommon antibody, could be administered during pregnancy to help prevent hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), which can cause serious complications including stillbirth and neonatal death.

Soon afterward, medical officials discovered that Mr. Harrison carried unusually high concentrations of Anti-D.

“The antibody from his plasma was administered to 2.4 million babies,” Jemma Falkenmire, a spokeswoman for Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, said in an interview Monday, estimating the number of babies whose mothers received the injection while pregnant. “There are so many people walking around with a little bit of James.”

Scientists in Australia have used Mr. Harrison’s plasma to manufacture over 3 million doses of the Anti-D immunoglobin injection since 1967, with every ampoule administered in the country containing his donated antibody, according to Lifeblood. Only a minuscule volume is required to prevent HDN in a pregnancy deemed to be at risk.

Every year, the Anti-D injection that contains Mr. Harrison’s antibodies is administered in about 17 percent of pregnancies in Australia. His daughter, Mellowship, is among those who received it.

“He was relentless. He really wanted to help others,” said Falkenmire, recalling how he hated needles and preferred to be distracted by conversation during a donation. “Having a donor with that amount of antibody was incredibly important for Australia.”

His prolific donor history — 1,173 donations — also earned him the moniker “The Man with the Golden Arm.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/03/03/james-harrison-australian-blood-donor-golden-arm/

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John Feinstein passed away. One of his books is the name of the Golf thread on here (a good walk spoiled) but I guess he’s best known for A Season On The Brink

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Learned of him from his appearances on Bob & Tom way back when and loved his book on the punch that ended Rudy Tomjanovich's career.

 

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I was pretty damn shocked when I finally saw When We Were Kings and realized how hated George was then, specifically for that matchup. Walking around with a doberman pinscher... not exactly the best idea in a country ruled by a genocidal dictator. Of course this comes after the lovey-dovey, "aw shucks" good guy persona I'd grown up with. 

RIP

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29 minutes ago, DragonZombie said:

Val Kilmer is dead, he was 65 years old.

He was good in The Doors movie.

He was so good in a lot of stuff! Top Gun, Top Secret, I hear some people like Tombstone, as well!

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On 4/2/2025 at 1:51 PM, Shartnado said:

He was so good in a lot of stuff! Top Gun, Top Secret, I hear some people like Tombstone, as well!

I'm your huckleberry. 

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Biggest annoyance about the Pope dying, besides the overblown degree of wall-to-wall coverage, is that places keep mentioning 'camerlengos' and now I want to play Blood & Wine again...

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3 minutes ago, Contentious C said:

Biggest annoyance about the Pope dying, besides the overblown degree of wall-to-wall coverage, is that places keep mentioning 'camerlengos' and now I want to play Blood & Wine again...

And I'm pitching this for me and my friends' weekly movie night:

 

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On 4/21/2025 at 2:49 PM, odessasteps said:

All other issues aside, it was cool that this Pope was a big futbol fan. 

considering the last few Popes were from Argentina, Germany, Poland, and 400+ years of Italians, it's gonna be weird if they pick somebody who isn't from a futbol country..  bad news for the candidate from the Philippines

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