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Following reports of The Flash, Batwoman, and more ending their series runs, another superhero show in DC’s ongoing Arrowverse has just been canceled by The CW.After months of uncertainty and cancellations, the future of the DCU finally looks bright now that Warner Bros. Discovery tapped James Gunn and Peter Safran to lead DC’s film, TV, and animation sectors as co-CEOs of DC Studios.However, the same can’t be said for blue brand content on the soon-to-be overhauled The CW in its targeting of older audiences....

It’s a common misconception, but EVs don’t need expensive charging stations to get a charge. As Lloyd wrote yesterday, electric cars could help “kill the duck” if more people charged at times of low demand and/or high supply. In solar-heavy regions, that means utilities are very motivated to get people to charge during the day at work. Yet employers are often intimidated by the idea of installing expensive electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, especially if they aren’t sure how many people would actually use it....

Ever since that idea to bring together a group of remarkable people came to fruition, Marvel Studios’ solo installments have been questioned by fans. Where was Captain America when a fire-breathing terrorist chained the United States’ President on a container port? Did Hawkeye sleep in the day three helicarriers shot each other out of the sky? Was Bruce Banner incapable of getting angry when a barrage of dark elves invaded London?...

Next up on Marvel Studios’ theatrical slate is Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth solo film in the MCU featuring Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder. The former King of Asgard is set to take on his wildest adventure yet after defeating Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, and this journey won’t take any pressure off of him whatsoever. The marketing tour for Thor 4 has taken plenty of twists and turns, with the first trailer only having premiered in April, giving the movie the shortest promo tour of any MCU movie in history....

Author Craig Murray says, “The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism.” Europe has a wonderful high-speed rail service that can take you almost anywhere. But in fact, it is cheaper to fly; it sometimes seems like they are giving the flights away. Author, broadcaster and human rights activist Craig Murray says that it’s time we put a stop to this. He writes: Murray describes a major reason the flights are so cheap: jet fuel isn’t taxed, on the premise that if it was, the airline would just buy the fuel somewhere else....

Summer is prime seed saving season for me. I collect seeds from my own garden, but I also responsibly collect seeds from gardens around me. Even if I don’t want to grow a particular plant I’ll collect and save the seeds because I may come across a gardener that is looking for that seed. Through seed saving I’m able to communicate with gardeners who I may never have interacted with otherwise....

Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff has been the surprising standout of the MCU’s post-Endgame Phase 4. From starring in the reality-bending sitcom WandaVision to co-leading Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the powerful hero has grown into one of the most popular out there in recent years, as she transforms into the Scarlet Witch. Following the death of her synthezoid lover Vision in Avengers: Infinity War, WandaVision saw the magic-using Avenger brainwash the town of Westview to create her dream suburban family lifestyle with a husband and two kids....

DC’s Batwoman was the Arrowverse’s foray into the world of Gotham. The character first debuted in the multi-series crossover Elseworlds, which served as a springboard into her solo series. At the time, Batwoman herself was Kate Kane, as played by Orange is the New Black’s Ruby Rose. Rose’s stint was short-lived, however, and in the second season, a new character was created to take on the mantle of Gotham City’s caped protector....

Each year since 1997, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has conducted the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count, an annual event in which citizen scientists count the monarch butterflies overwintering in California. The most recent results — collected in November 2019 and released this month — are not good. Volunteers reported 29,418 monarchs, according to the Xerces Society, which is just barely above last year’s all-time low of 28,429. Like last year, it’s also less than 1% of the millions of monarchs that wintered in California as recently as the 1980s, indicating the western monarch butterfly population “remains at a critical level....

You can paint a picture of people flying all over the world to get to dive sites where they throw anchors over the side from diesel fuel spewing boats into coral reefs, break off pieces of coral as souvenirs, spear fish from unsustainable species and push poles into holes in the coral to grab lobsters by the neck. In Greece, divers are looting archaeological sites. In South Africa, divers are destroying the abalone stocks....

Marvel Studios started 2021 with WandaVision, a show which was not only the first entry in Phase 4 but also its first Disney+ venture. It was a hit and spawned intense discussions every week as the show gripped the imaginations of its audience.What many may not know is that Wanda’s show was actually one of the first building blocks to The Marvels, the sequel to Captain Marvel. This was due to the introduction of Monica Rambeau and the acquisition of her new power set....

It looks like the upcoming Ahsoka Disney+ series will include some visual similarities to Kylo Ren’s time in the sequel trilogy.Star Wars’ latest batch of sequels (Episodes VII-IX) is a divisive subject amongst many—some hate them with every fiber of their being, and others absolutely adore them. No matter what side of the equation one might be on, it’s easy to say that Kylo Ren was one of the more well-received elements of their recent movies (not including his ending, which many abhor)....

Restoration Hardware/via Whether it’s made from coffee cups or secondhand books, we’re big fans of one-of-a-kind lighting made from eccentric recycled materials. Combining a sizeable birdcage and chandelier-style lighting, we first spotted this attractive idea of the “birdcage chandelier” over at luxury furnishings company Restoration Hardware. Restoration Hardware/viaLovely it is, but theirs is an expensive reproduction version costing around US $2,500, so we went on to find other more affordable versions that even an enterprising do-it-yourselfer could potentially make – just as Jesyka D’Itri Marés did over at Craftzine, turning her wedding decor into unique lighting:...

The Flash may be in its final season, but set photos have offered exciting cameos from unexpected DC villains that could make this upcoming batch of episodes the most highly-anticipated yet. The Flash Season 9 is set to wrap up most of the Arrowverse series’ storyline while also confirming a significant cameo from at least one notable superhero. Set photos revealed that Batwoman actress Javicia Leslie will return as both a DC villain named Red Death and the female Caped Crusader....

GTA 6 is quickly becoming one of the most-anticipated projects in entertainment history as Grand Theft Auto V is about to turn 10 years old.Rockstar has publicly acknowledged that a GTA 6 is in production, and reports have suggested the title will “include a playable female protagonist” and take place in Vice City (a fictionalized Miami). But nothing from the title has been shown and an official announcement for its release has yet to even happen....

You think Big Ben is tall? It’s got nothing on the tallest tree in the world. Humans are the funniest species; and I don’t mean in a stand-up-comic kind of way. Just because we send people to the moon and have invented things like processed cheese snack in a spray can smartphones, we think we’re the coolest organisms out there. But you know what other organism are cool? Well, all of them actually, besides mosquitoes … but I’m heading towards trees here, because trees are just really, truly magnificent....

Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further. There are a lot of variations of designs for homes built with earth, from Mike Oehler’s classic $50 underground house to rammed earth and adobe, but earthbag construction appears to be one of the most economical options that lends itself easily to DIY construction. Granted, there’s a lot of ‘sweat equity’ required to build one (though probably not nearly as much as an Earthship), but the finished product is considered to be not only earthquake- and flood-resistant, but also bullet-proof, which is something to consider when building your apocalypse-proof dwelling....

Begin With the Basics Stagger the Plants Yummy Replacements Final Touches Why surround your home with landscaping that is merely ornamental when it could feed you, too? Edible landscaping can be just as beautiful as traditional landscaping, replacing everything from groundcovers to trees with food-producing plants like mint, strawberries, asparagus, and sunflowers. The first trick to creating an edible garden is thinking outside the rows. Food crops don’t always need to be planted farm-style, one row after another....

A rapidly-growing evergreen when young, Leyland Cypress will easily grow three to four feet per year, even on poor soils, and can ultimately attain a height of some 50 feet. The tree forms a dense, oval or pyramidal outline when left unpruned, but the graceful, slightly pendulous branches will tolerate severe trimming to create a formal hedge, screen or windbreak. The tree quickly outgrows its space in small landscapes and is too big for most residential landscapes unless regularly trimmed....

You can build almost anything out of wood, and you should. Nobody wanted the Mosquito. The Royal Airforce wanted bigger, heavier planes made out of metal, not wood; the American government asked aircraft companies to evaluate it and the inappropriately named Beech Aircraft said it “sacrificed serviceability, structural strength, ease of construction and flying characteristics in an attempt to use construction material which is not suitable for the manufacture of efficient airplanes....