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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Superman Gets New Power With a Terrible Cost
The first issue of ended with the Man of Steel emitting a golden glow after awakening from a coma. The meaning of this was not immediately obvious. However, the latest issue confirmed that has developed an amazing new superpower. Unfortunately, using that power takes a terrible toll upon Clark Kent and raises new risks. The first issue of Superman Unlimited found the Man of Steel trying to divert the path of a Kryptonite meteor. He was successful, but the effort put him into a coma for three months. He awoke into a changed world, where Kryptonite was more common. Indeed, almost every criminal organization seemed to be stockpiling the stuff. Compared to that revelation, his skin suddenly glowing was a mere curiosity. Superman Unlimited #2 by Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque depicts the Man of Steel's first battle after being cleared for duty. He confronts a group of Intergang members pulling an armored car heist, while armed with green Kryptonite knives and bullets. Immediately upon drawing their weapons, Clark's skin emits the same golden glow as before. In a flashback, Batman explains what they determined while Clark Kent was in a coma. Exposure to green Kryptonite now causes all the solar energy in his body to radiate outward. This effectively supercharges his system, for approximately 200 seconds. During that time, green Kryptonite cannot harm him. Unfortunately, once the solar energy is vented, Superman becomes completely powerless until his cells can recharge. The problems with this new power immediately become apparent. While he can do a lot in just over three minutes, Superman is not perfect. Even with a group of Metropolis police officers to assist him, he still has to hustle to dispose of the Kryptonite, protect the bystanders, and pacify the villain Knockout, who was acting as Intergang's muscle. To make things even worse, Superman's new weakness is accidentally revealed to the world. The Creeper, who was assisting with stopping the robbery, got bored afterward, and playfully shot a spitball at Superman. Superman's reaction is caught on camera by a live-streamer, who notes that he somehow felt pain after he stopped glowing. This will only further complicate how the Man of Steel makes use of his new power in the future. Superman Unlimited #2 is now available at comic shops everywhere.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
23 People Who I'm Completely Sure Immediately Regretted Literally Every Single Dang Decision They Made Over The Past Seven Days
person who may or may not have acquired super powers recently: person who's going to be using every single one of those Chipotle napkins they have stuffed in their center console: person whose backseat got a beautiful new paint job: person who got but one bean: person whose record removal will be an Arthurian task: person who made an enemy for life on their bike trip: person who got the sorriest excuse for a pizza I have ever seen: Related: 23 Cute, Happy, And Wholesome Posts I Saw On The Internet This Week That You Absolutely Need To See person who had to deal with this nightmare today: person who REALLY needed to get to the 5th floor: person whose lobster cake is more like a... you know: person who met a friend while taking care of business: Related: 40 Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Creepy Wikipedia Pages person whose non-stick pan was more like a, well, you know, STICK pan: person who is very, very luck they have their phone: person whose hair looks like a Goomba from Super Mario: person who got a little extra zip in their coconut: person who is being gaslit by Big Carrot: person who had THIS happen to them: person whose bowl went absolutely nuclear when they needed it the most: person whose poor, defenseless floor got absolutely annihilated: person who got some delicious sludge in their morning coffee: person looking for Schrödinger's drill: person who had a nice, relaxing bath in the trash: the person who accidentally stepped on a thumbtack from Ramesses IV's tomb: AHHHHH! Also in Internet Finds: Lawyers Are Sharing Their Juiciest "Can You Believe It?!" Stories From The Courtroom, And They're As Surprising As You'd Expect Also in Internet Finds: People Are Sharing "The Most Believable Conspiracy Theories," And Now I'm Questioning Everything I Thought I Knew Also in Internet Finds: 51 People Who Quickly Discovered Why Their Hilariously Clueless Partner Was Single Before Meeting Them
Al Jazeera
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Does international law even matter? Ken Roth & Silvia Fernandez
In this episode of Reframe, Ken Roth and Silvia Fernandez discuss what international justice means today, exploring the significance of the ICC and asking if the 'court of last resort' can withstand threats and sanctions by global superpowers and uphold the rule of law.
Fox News
30-05-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Macron chides Trump, China over trade, Ukraine, Gaza: policies 'will kill global order'
French President Emmanuel Macron struck a serious note on Friday in his address to a Shangri-La security forum in Singapore, in which he hit on some of the biggest crises spanning the globe and appeared to issue an indirect warning to President Donald Trump and China. "I will be clear, France is a friend and an ally of the United States," Macron said. "And [France] is a friend, and we do cooperate - even if sometimes we disagree and compete - with China." "The main risk today is the division of two super-powers," he warned. Macron's speech was a warning to the U.S. and China that if they force nations to choose sides as tensions remain heightened following Trump's triple-digit tariff threat, such a move would "kill the global order." "We will destroy methodically, all the institutions we created after the Second World War in order to preserve peace and to have cooperation on health, on climate, on human rights and so on," he added. "We are neither China nor the U.S., we don't want to depend on any of them," he said. "We want to cooperate. But we don't want to be instructed on a daily basis what is allowed, what is not allowed and how our life will change because of the decision of a single person." But the French president didn't limit his speech to trade concerns, and chided China for aiding Russia amid its illegal invasion of Ukraine, and its refusal to play a part in stopping North Korea from sending troops to fight in the war for Moscow. "If China doesn't want NATO being involved in Southeast Asia or in Asia, they should prevent DPRK to be engaged on European soil," Macron said in reference to the formal name of North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Ultimately, he warned that every conflict that is plaguing European, American, Middle Eastern and Asian partnerships -- including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza -- are interconnected and there is a "big risk" that the universal principles which connect these conflicts have been forgotten. "If we consider that Russia could be allowed to take a part of the territory of Ukraine without any restriction, without any constraint, without any reaction of the global could happen in Taiwan? What would you do the day something happened in [the] Philippines?" the French president asked. "What is at stake in Ukraine is our common credibility to be sure that we are still able to preserve territorial integrity and sovereignty of people, no double standard," Macron said in a counterargument to claims that the war in Ukraine is a European issue. This extended to the war in Gaza, and Macron argued that giving Israel "a free pass" for its military operations in Gaza that have led to a humanitarian crisis could "kill our own credibility in the rest of the world."
WebMD
16-05-2025
- Health
- WebMD
Mania Super Senses
Changes in one or more of the five primary senses during a manic or hypomanic episode seems to be common among those of us with bipolar disorder. Sight is sharpened and hearing is amplified. Smell and taste are stronger and more intense. Some become hypersensitive to touch. We're often hesitant to talk about such perceptual changes. I know I was. I sat in medical screening rooms answering intake questions and thinking that I should be careful how much I shared for fear of being labeled schizophrenic. What I was experiencing was that everything was just more. Colors were more vibrant, like the difference between standard and high-definition television. I would go on walks and try to capture what I was seeing by taking pictures on my phone. I took dozens of pictures of the fields and meadows of a local nature preserve where I was dazzled by the delicate play of the light across the tall blades of grass. I loved the kaleidoscope of colors, from burnished golds and buttery yellows to tones of deep rich honey and chocolate. Those pictures look like a photo essay on the color beige now. I became obsessed with portrayals of enhanced senses in television and movies. One in particular was from the movie Man of Steel, in which a young Clark Kent is shown to be overwhelmed by the enormous sensory input created by his superpowers. It's like he had no sensory filters for the bombardment of sights and sounds he was trying to process. He had to learn to focus his attention by filtering out extraneous sensory noise. I also tried painting what I saw, and with paint I was better able to express the brightness of color and the interplay of light and shadows. In fact, Vincent Van Gogh had bipolar disorder, and in his paintings I feel a similar drive to capture what he was seeing. In my own paintings from that time, I remember thinking that I was able to achieve a radiance and a depth of color that I hadn't been able to achieve before. Not much is known about the specific brain mechanisms involved in sensory changes that occur with bipolar disorder. But I suspect that the secret lies with dopamine. Mania is associated with excess dopamine in certain brain regions. Intriguingly, sensory deficits are reported by many patients with Parkinson's disease, which involves dopamine deficits in some of the same brain regions where bipolar disorder patients have surpluses. I sympathize with those who don't want to take medication because they enjoy the sensory changes and natural high they get during manic episodes. They feel that mania gives them a creative edge backed by seemingly inexhaustible energy, and they don't want to lose it. Sometimes I wish I could recapture the heightened senses of my worst manic episode. The paintings of mine from that time that I felt had a special radiance don't sparkle for me like they did then.
