Couldn't find a poster for Star Trek Voyager series finale episode Endgame Part 1 on H&I tonight (apparently not well liked), so instead I'll throw up the commercial UK VHS box art.
Artist: Unknown
Source: Amazon: https://a.co/d/iBTBMUo
‘How did this film not get nominated?’ https://www.byteseu.com/1013029/ #AcademyAwards #BlackPanther #BlackWidow #Endgame #Entertainment #Film #JuneSquibb #MarvelStudios #MCU #ScarlettJohansson #VanityFair
I've always said Voyager should have gotten home in the midpoint of Season 7 and they could have had 10-12 episodes like DS9 did to show post-Dominion War Earth.
UPN and Paramount spent too much money on Seven's catsuit.
#AllStarTrek #StarTrekVOY @allstartrek #Endgame
HT @btschumy
And this is why we need to #RethinkNotRestart and #ShutDownAllNuclearPlants -- especially the aging ones! This article outlines a very possible #Doomsday scenario -- but it could be a number of things, including a large #SolarFlare...
2030 Doomsday Scenario: The Great #Nuclear Collapse
A timeline of the #EndGame for human civilization
"Humanity has constructed a doomsday Deadman switch that threatens civilization. Climate destruction will make it increasingly difficult to avoid the looming global nuclear catastrophe we've created.
"Here's how our future might unravel:
Late 2020s: Climate Red Alert and Infrastructure Strain
"By the late 2020s, Earth’s climate is in unprecedented turmoil. Global average temperatures are consistently 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Each year brings record-breaking heatwaves, “freak” floods, and droughts that batter infrastructure. Coastal cities flood more frequently, roads buckle in extreme heat, and power grids strain under surging demand for cooling.
"This cascade of climate disasters sets the stage for a systemic collapse: as societies grapple with runaway warming, the resilience of #Criticalnfrastructure (power, water, transit) erodes.
"Energy systems enter a crisis even before 2030. Nuclear power, which in 2025 still provided about 9% of the world’s electricity from ~440 reactors, becomes increasingly unreliable. Many nuclear plants struggle with climate stresses: cooling water sources heat up in summer, forcing reactors to reduce output or shut down to avoid unsafe temperatures. For example, a 2028 European #heatwave pushes river and sea temperatures above 25 °C, triggering emergency shutdowns at multiple reactors that cannot be cooled effectively.
"At the same time, stronger storms and floods threaten reactor safety. Dozens of reactors worldwide are unprepared for #ExtremeFlooding, meaning a dam failure or #StormSurge could lead to a Fukushima-scale accident. Worrisome reports emerge of power plants in #floodplains and #coasts where defenses are overtopped by #RisingSeas and torrential rains.
"By 2029, global carbon output remains high, and natural feedback loops are kicking in. In the Arctic, permafrost thaws and releases methane creating a vicious warming cycle where initial warming triggers more emissions, leading to even more warming. Scientists caution that a tipping point is near, beyond which climate change becomes self-perpetuating (a true “runaway” scenario).
"Society approaches 2030 in a precarious state: aware of looming catastrophe yet unprepared for its speed. The stage is set for the coming collapse, with power grids and nuclear facilities - the backbone of the industrial world - already under severe strain.
Early 2030s: Blackouts and the First Reactor Crises
"2030 marks the breaking point.
"A confluence of climate catastrophes collapses power grids across multiple continents. A severe global heatwave in the summer of 2030 brings record electricity demand while many power plants (nuclear and coal alike) are derated or offline due to overheating coolant water.
"Then powerful Category 5 storms strike in succession: one hurricane inundates the U.S. Eastern seaboard, while an unprecedented typhoon swamps Southeast Asia. These #disasters knock out transmission lines and flood key substations, leading to prolonged blackouts in dozens of major cities. Emergency systems are overwhelmed. With communications down and transportation paralyzed, manpower shortages become acute - many operators and engineers cannot reach their stations.
"Nuclear power plants are among the first to feel the emergency. Grid failure triggers automatic reactor SCRAMs (rapid shutdowns) at plants from Florida to France. Control rods halt the fission reactions, but decay heat in reactor cores still needs cooling for days to prevent meltdown.
"Normally, backup diesel generators would power the cooling pumps, but the scale of the #blackout means diesel resupply is uncertain and some generators fail in flooded facilities. In a grim reflection of 2011’s Fukushima disaster, several coastal reactors lose all power as storm surges drown their backup generators.
"Within hours to days, the first meltdowns occur.
"In 2031, a reactor in South Asia becomes a flashpoint: its cooling pumps falter after the grid collapse, leading the core to overheat. The reactor’s heart melts through containment in a matter of days, releasing a plume of radioactive steam and debris.
"Nearby, an even greater danger unfolds: the plant’s spent fuel pool, packed with years of highly radioactive spent rods, boils dry without cooling. Exposed to air, the zirconium cladding of the fuel ignites, triggering a fire that belches long-lived radioisotopes directly into the atmosphere. This nightmare scenario - once narrowly avoided at #Fukushima by heroic ad-hoc measures - now plays out in full."
Read more:
https://www.collapse2050.com/2030-doomsday-scenario-the-great-nuclear-collapse/
First a gymnastics piece, working on strict pull-ups.
EMOM 6'
* Odd minute: 4-6 Chin Ups
* Even minute: 3-5 Strict Pull-Ups
They went OK but the last set was ... interesting.
Then the #Workout: "Count Dooku"
#AMRAP 2'
* 10 Front Squats (42.5 / 60)
* 10 Box Jump Overs (24 / 30)
* Max Reps Ring Rows
2' Rest
Continue until 100 ring rows.
Finished in 21'12", scaling the front squats to 30kg on the bar, the box jump overs at 20" (I'm short), and spacing the ring rows in 6 rounds, doing 25 / 20 / 17 / 17 / 16 / 5.
Justice for Brie Larson & Captain Marvel! Yes, she's odd & insecure but it's not Brie's fault the script for "The Marvels" sucked.
Reactors Reactions to CAPTAIN MARVEL DESTROYS SANCTUARY II | Avengers: Endgame
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p7djI7QEHTk&si=3rRWOJRXlYnpKjye
#marvel #captainmarvel #brielarson #endgame
Kristen's reaction is one of my favorites. AVENGERS: ENDGAME (2019) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch! | Marvel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0_PgXdyic&si=FQnNUk8atRG7p6wJ
#marvel #endgame #cinepals #reaction
"Patser Uurtje" or .. I guess you could translate it to "Gym-bro hour" or something like that? :p
First build up to 1RM max bench press. Maxed out at 62kg, which is 10kg more than my previous ;)
Second was 4 sets of
* 10 dumbbell floor presses
* 10 bent over dumbbell flies
* 45" plank hold.
The floor presses were done with 2x17.5kg for the first, and then 2x20kg. Dumbbell flies with 2x6kg, and the plank was 1x without added weight, 2x with 5kg plate, and 1x with 10 kg plate.
In general, very happy with my progress :)
#workoutOfTheDay was core today.
4x
* 30" Hollow Hold
* 30" Shuttle Runs
* 30" Sit-Ups
* 30" Step Ups
* 1' Rest
4x
* 30" Walking Lunges
* 30" Tuck Ups
* 30" Up-Downs
* 30" Weighted Sit-Ups (14lbs medball)
* 1' Rest
#AMRAP 15'
* 8m Dumbbell Front-Rack Walking Lunges (2x10kg)
* 15 Weighted Sit-Ups (same medball)
* 6 Dumbbell Front-Rack Box Step Overs (2x10kg)
* 8 Tuck-Ups
* 12 kcal Row Erg
First working on Squat Cleans and Push Jerks. Keeping in mind my shoulder I went in carefully...
5 sets of 3, did 25 / 27 / 30 / 32 / 35kg on the bar. In the end I'm really happy that even the push jerks went painlessly!
Then the actual #workout: "Scouts"
3 rounds for time
* 15m Barbell Front Rack Walking Lunges (42.5/30)
* 15 Strict Pull-Ups
Finished in 8'06"
Scaled to doing the lunges with 25kg on the bar, and 15 elastic assisted pull-ups each round.
Pleased with my progress - going from needing two heavy elastics for the pull-ups to now one :)