Honestly, I think Cats is worth the watch. I was never bored; it was an absolute rollercoaster of terrible filmmaking decisions. It was never boring. Morbius, by comparison, wasn’t even that much fun as a trainwreck watch.
That tens of thousands number is always brought up, but it’s an average that is affected by the actions of Spiders Georg, an outlier who should not be counted.
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers....
If Clear’s entire business model is predicated on getting money from people who don’t want to deal with the standard security system, then they are 100% incentivized to keep security as unpleasant as possible. Suppose that Congressman Jones introduces the Make TSA Less Horrible Bill. That bill would be an existential threat to Clear, so they would absolutely lobby against it, even though it would objectively improve the lives of everyone who travels. By that same token, if Congressman Chudknuckle wanted a campaign donation from Clear, he might just so happen to introduce the TSA Now Can Stab You in the Ear with an Unfolded Paperclip Bill, and Clear would happily oblige.
Clear may not have created the problem for which they are selling the solution, but they have every incentive in the world to keep the problem as bad as possible, and even make it worse if they can.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theories, vitriolic language, and xenophobia have made her a darling of the right and a pariah on the left—and now, she’s gained admiration from Russian state television....
I feel like they contracted some kick-ass fantasy illustrator, someone nearly at Boris Vallejo or Frank Frazetta’s level, but then they just told him to paint a headless buff barbarian, and then after he was done they sent him a headshot of the star and he just did his best to make it match.
What’s the comic where someone sees the turtles eating extra cheesy pizza with their bare hands while literally living in a shit-covered sewer and they absolutely barf all over themself?
The only thing I ever hear about David Zaslav is how he’s a notorious piece of shit who only makes terrible decisions about how to further ruin the reputation of his company. That, and now about how he’s getting a huge raise.
Think about the ways that information tech has revolutionized our ability to do things. It’s allowed us to do math, produce and distribute news and entertainment, communicate with each other, make our voices heard, organize movements, and create and access pornography at rates and in ways that humanity could only have dreamed of only a few decades ago.
Now consider that AI is first and foremost a technology predicated on reappropriating and stealing credit for another person’s legitimate creative work.
Now imagine how much of humanity’s history has had that kind of exploitation at the forefront of its worst moments, and consider what might lie ahead with those kind of impulses being given the rocket fuel of advanced information technology.
In all honesty, it seems like they’ve been trying to make 3D happen every ten to fifteen years since the 1950s. And they tried making VR a thing in the 80s and 90s, too until it went to sleep for a little while.
I’d describe myself as fairly liberal. I’m from Vermont and I am pretty bummed that neither Howard Dean nor Bernie Sanders got to be president. I’ve voted D in every presidential and congressional election for the last twenty years.
A couple elections ago I was doing non-partisan voter registration, just standing out in front of a big box store asking people to register to vote. It felt great because I got the feeling that I was directly helping, and even if I was registering some people who would go on to vote R, I actually believe that the more voters there are, the healthier the democracy.
I asked one young guy to register and he asked me “Do you believe in the right to keep and bear arms?”
And I thought about how the marjority of gun deaths in any given year are suicides and how we have an absolutely unacceptable number of mass shootings in this country, and how by all that is reasonable that we ought to be able to do something about it.
And then I thought about my uncles who hunt white tail deer to help control the population, and my friend who is a self-employed gem cutter and who has been robbed and who now owns a pistol for self defense.
And in all honestly, I said “Yes,” though on the inside I thought “…but probably not in the exact same way that you do,” and that young guy registered to vote.
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They never saw it coming (lemmy.world)
Willie Eason - Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Poor Man's Friend (youtu.be)
A steel guitar song about how awesome F. D. Roosevelt was.
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California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines (www.cbsnews.com)
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers....
The Mountain with normal people Vs with his Father and Grandfather (files.catbox.moe)
Guess Where Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Suddenly Gotten Popular? (newrepublic.com)
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theories, vitriolic language, and xenophobia have made her a darling of the right and a pariah on the left—and now, she’s gained admiration from Russian state television....
rule (lemmy.world)
Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1983) (feddit.nl)
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/2798ebfe-8317-4048-94cc-7f7bf4031260.jpeg...
Mutant (lemmy.world)
Bing
Tax the rich (i.imgur.com)
Iran Might Receive Its First Su-35 Flanker Fighters From Russia Next Week (www.forbes.com)
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Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient (www.nbcnews.com)
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus....
And the comments were all "AMEN"s and praying hands emojis. (lemmy.world)
I know I shouldn’t be wasting brain cells on this AI-generated boomer-bait, but I have so many questions:...
banaynay (mander.xyz)
[INSPO] What would you call this style? (lemmy.world)
AI nowaday is like Bluetooth 20 years ago: they put it everywhere where it's almost never useful
Everybody Sucks Here (lemmy.world)
Me too. Thanks.
I don't think I was using lemmy back when Easter happened so better late then never (lemmy.world)
This CAPTCHA is unfair! (lemmy.world)