DrollTide

nocontexttrek, 3 months ago to StarTrek

#StarTrek

Some_Emo_Chick, 3 months ago to random

Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class (www.theguardian.com)

Board of education replaces course at 12 public universities with own US history curriculum, in latest ‘anti-woke’ attack...

nocontexttrek, 3 months ago to StarTrek

#startrek ❣️

nocontexttrek, 3 months ago to StarTrek

#valentinesday #startrek

fkamiah17, 3 months ago to UKpolitics

"Bring death to the King's enemies"?!??
WTF is this, the 17th century?
I used to think Tugendhat was one of the normal ones.

#UKPolitics

emarktaylor, 3 months ago to NFL

🏈 @nfl #NFL

Ball... game ...

atomicpoet, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

What even is "rock"? And how is it different from "R&B"?

I ask these questions because, every time an R&B artist is nominated to the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, someone says they don't belong there.

However, I don’t think there’s much of a difference – if any at all. In the 50s-70s, most of the major rock acts described their music as “R&B”. For example, The Who famously described themselves as “maximum R&B”.

What changed is that, as time went on, “rock” became codified as “white music”, while “R&B” became codified as “black music”. And black R&B acts that were once described as “rock” were retroactively described as “R&B”. For example, “Queen of Rock n’ Roll” Tina Turner isn’t even regarded as a rock artist nowadays, even though she was a pioneer. Same deal with Aretha Franklin. Yes, she’s soul – but back in the 60s, people saw soul music as a subgenre of rock, because it was.

Nevertheless, if we get to what rock n’ roll is, at its core, it’s blues with a little extra rhythm. Hence “rhythm & blues” or “R&B”.

If Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin are in the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, there’s no reason Mary J. Blige, Cher, and Mariah Carey shouldn’t also be in it.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/mary-j-blige-mariah-carey-cher-sade-oasis-and-ozzy-osbourne-among-rock-hall-nominees-for-24-1.6763984

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

#Trump and the GOP Fascist Party: It was a peaceful demonstration! Legitimate political discourse! Normal tourist visit! No guns! Loving patriots! (YOU'RE the puppet)

Via Adam Parkhomenko:

Incredible what we are still learning

Ryan Reilly:

NEW: #Jan6 footage appears to show rioter firing a gun in the air during Capitol attack

dangillmor, 3 months ago to random

I am not a fan of Julian Assange, but some of his work over the years has been hugely important.

He is being persecuted -- that is the precise word -- by politicians on both sides of the Atlantic.

His case is a clear and direct threat to ALL journalists, even though they refuse to see it in most cases.

Alan Rusbridger, former editor of the Guardian, implores us to understand reality: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/64791/enough-is-enoughits-time-to-set-julian-assange-free

gutenberg_org, 3 months ago to physics

German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen died #OTD in 1923.

Nobel Prize in Physics won for his discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him. In November 8, 1895, he found that, if the discharge tube is enclosed in a sealed, thick black carton to exclude all light, and if he worked in a dark room, a paper plate covered on one side with barium platinocyanide placed in the path of the rays became fluorescent even when it was as far as two metres from the discharge tube.

#physics #science

First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand Wilhelm Röntgen Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig. It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 January 1896.

Prosybris, 3 months ago to Steelers

Looking at the numbers below, it seems obvious who won the defensive player of the year award last night. Right? RIGHT?!?!

I am genuinely baffled as to why these numbers apparently don't matter when determining who had the better year. Honestly, I thought all this arguing over "pass rush win %" stats was bluster and hype for the award.

I don't get it. I really don't.

#Steelers #HereWeGo #NFL @nfl

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

Welp. 👋🏼

#RonnaMcDaniel, #RNC Chairwoman, Plans to Step Down

#Trump is likely to back an election denier, Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina G.O.P., to replace her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Tk0.WUXt.a7Kx1UekTg-n&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

arstechnica, 3 months ago to random

Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch

"It would be the the biggest miracle if we get it back. We certainly haven't given up."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/humanitys-most-distant-space-probe-jeopardized-by-computer-glitch/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

DrollTide, 3 months ago to random

#SilentSunday

Green_Footballs, 3 months ago to random

Wake me up when the VR goggles are exactly as intrusive as normal eyeglasses.

Instead of a brick strapped to your face.

the_etrain, 3 months ago to random

I'd validate her parking, if you catch my drift.

georgetakei, 3 months ago to random

This is getting way out of hand. https://www.comicsands.com/minaj-megan-stallion-mom-grave-2667139040.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

🎯 I'm Laffy and I approve this message:

"In private, here is how President #Biden refers to #Trump:

“What a sick fuck”

“What a fucking asshole this guy is”

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/02/01/what-biden-really-says-about-trump-behind-closed-doors-00139178

Ashley, 3 months ago to NFL

Mom: who’s this announcer?

Me: Kevin Burkhardt

Mom: 🥴 he’s not great

#NFL @nfl #ChampionshipSunday #DETvsSF

Ashley, 3 months ago to NFL

Still feels like it should be 40-3 doesn’t it? Eep look in the mirror, Ravens, at halftime

#NFL @nfl #ChampionshipSunday #Playoffs #KCvsBal

GottaLaff, 3 months ago to random

How about a candidate found liable for sexual assault, fraud, defamation?

Via Kyle Griffin:

Just 23% of Americans say they would be willing to vote for a presidential candidate convicted of a felony crime by a jury, according to a new Gallup poll. 70% say they're not willing.

cstross, 3 months ago to random

Thinking about compiling a playlist of recent (post-2016) new singles by 80s synthpop bands getting all angry about the crisis of capitalism.

Start with the Pet Shop Boys ("What Are We Going To Do About The Rich?"), then Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ("Kleptocracy").

Suggestions? (NB: must be synthpop or techno, from bands that existed before 1990 and are still releasing new material.)