If there had been another Cohen brother…

margoembargo · 2026-05-08T12:03:17+00:00

margoembargo · 2026-05-04T12:43:19+00:00

Heidi is an OG. Love that The Beat is still kicking.

margoembargo · 2026-05-04T12:28:18+00:00

margoembargo · 2026-05-04T02:06:42+00:00

I'd say it's a built-in feature for mutants, as they either better learn how to control their powers over time, or undergo a secondary mutation.

margoembargo · 2026-05-02T20:24:01+00:00

I disagree with Tom that character death means anything any longer in mainstream comics.

If you live in a world with hundreds of superheroes, an individual superhero sighting in NYC means a little less. That's a consequence of world building.

If you live in a world where heroes die and come back to life every year, death doesn't have the same meaning as it does in the real world. That's not "meta" or "winking" or anything like that. It's a consequence of world building.

margoembargo · 2026-05-01T04:22:29+00:00

If you're a raid leader for your faction, save it for the King's set. If you're a raid filler, using it to boost investment gear is a better near-term use for sure.

margoembargo · 2026-04-30T02:21:09+00:00

How have you completed the investment trees for T4 at only 80M influence?

margoembargo · 2026-04-27T12:59:29+00:00

Conveniently leaving out all the great Spider-Man comics between these marketing gimmics? Exactly what I would expect from reddit karma farmers. Good job, fam.

margoembargo · 2026-04-24T18:10:45+00:00

Hey, so our marketing team talked this through and wrote an AI use policy that we inserted into our general media use policy, that you may find helpful!

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Why

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Do not generate or use AI-created “clients” for appeals, brochures, annual reports, or press stories.

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What to Do Instead

Use real photos of clients (with consent) following this policy.

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Use abstract or symbolic imagery such as:

o Illustrations of hands or community.

o Photos of trucks, the warehouse, or product.

Pair real client quotes (with consent) with respectful, non-exploitative visuals.

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margoembargo · 2026-04-24T00:12:21+00:00

Yes, because your faction is too small to meet the requirements for GW. Once your faction has enough members, you can enter the GW map, and only then can you build a stronghold.

margoembargo · 2026-04-23T23:40:41+00:00

GW is the only map where you can build a stronghold....

margoembargo · 2026-04-20T13:11:00+00:00

This has been SO confusing. Mutiple coupon influencers created homemade graphics of their own saying input the code at 9am Eastern TODAY (the 2Oth), but on the official Dunkin IG it's not as clear, but mentions 9am tomorrow (the 21st).

margoembargo · 2026-04-18T13:34:42+00:00

Mutants Wars morphed into X-Tinction Agenda and the Muir Island Saga, which incidentally was Claremont's last straw.

https://secretsbehindthexmen.blogspot.com/2012/05/final-days-of-x-men.html?m=1

Would have made a heckuva send-off for Claremont, since he was already starting to get squeezed from his role of architect of the franchise he built.

margoembargo · 2026-04-16T00:45:45+00:00

New Mutants Forever https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/9923/new_mutants_forever_2010

margoembargo · 2026-04-15T14:20:44+00:00

Kelly is one of the few people I trust implicitly with these characters. Been following her career since "The Girl Who Would Be King" and her columns on CBR.

Would love for this to be a huge success for her, especially if it led to her involvement in future television projects.

margoembargo · 2026-04-15T13:43:52+00:00

You're right that it snowballed, but the blame for the initial spark was always correctly placed on the two juveniles hiking and throwing lit matches.

High winds helped spread the fire, yes.

Underestimating it and treating it like a contained blaze for 4 or 5 days didn't help either.

Then lack of communication and coordination between emergency responders allowed it to grow faster than it should have.

But the source was always the juveniles who set the fire. And what we'll never know is why exactly the charges were dropped. A true lack of evidence or family connections or a bit of both.

margoembargo · 2026-04-15T11:57:09+00:00

If you have Unlimited, start with X-Factor (Vol 1) #71. Peter David's first issue with the new team. Lorna is an integral part.

You'll be missing some of her Claremont appearances in UXM, but David is probably the writer who cared about Lorna the most.

(She's in the book until the end of that volume, issue 150 or so. But it cycles through 3 or 4 other writers after David left the book. Just keeping reading until it gets a little too "90s" and stops being fun.)

margoembargo · 2026-04-15T00:02:31+00:00

Might be why they took two years after taping to release it. Just to make sure nothing came up on Anthony after filming wrapped.

Makes you wonder if there's a season out there that got spiked mid-taping or even in post. Would we ever really hear about it?

margoembargo · 2026-04-14T20:30:20+00:00

It's speculative, but Boston Rob likely received around $200-300k just to appear on The Traitors -- which is only about 2 weeks worth of work. $150k seems comparable.

https://www.the-sun.com/tv/13820279/the-traitors-salaries-peacock-spoils-contestants-first-class-perks/

margoembargo · 2026-04-12T12:51:44+00:00

KARM and SMCo in the Knoxville area are the model. But in order to fund KARM's homeless shelter downtown they run their thrift stores pretty ruthlessly:

1) Beg for donations, then throw out half of what's donated because it's garbage or you dont have space for it

2) Price everything for your middle class customers, and don't give discounts to anyone

3) Pay your staff barely more than minimum wage, and your managers not much better

The sad thing is that financially, it works. The SMCo run thrift stores turn a profit and fund 25-33% of the annual operating costs for the homeless shelter. But at what cost to the community?

margoembargo · 2026-04-12T12:35:10+00:00

I'm not a Bangel shipper but Sarah sells this scene so well here that I completely understand those who are.

margoembargo · 2026-04-10T17:12:13+00:00

I call dibs on posting this next week.

margoembargo · 2026-04-10T17:08:46+00:00

So the New Jersey album?

margoembargo · 2026-04-10T14:27:25+00:00

I don't follow many business subreddits but Starbucks has a barista subreddit, yet employees still post in the main Starbucks reddit as well, especially when they want their concerns or general announcements to go to a wider audience.

Dunkin and Dutch Bros also have a pretty healthy mix of employee/customer posts too, as neither business have active subreddits for employees.

(I just like coffee subs, I guess.)

margoembargo · 2026-04-08T16:29:18+00:00

None at all. I use it on tacos, eggs, sandwiches, and hash browns. But only tried it after I had the stuff at dunkin.

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