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inkican, 23 hours ago to scifi

Sci-Friday #209 – The Making of Tron – Scifi Movies - This homage to imagination and innovation is nothing short of remarkable - enjoy! - https://inkican.com/sci-friday-209-the-making-of-tron-scifi-movies/ #tron #scifi #movies #VFX #art #scifiart #conceptart #Disney

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

As CNN documents, it was outsiders who caused the violence at UCLA, not the students. And it's vital to keep in mind that the police "stood by for hours" -- watching (obviously indifferent if not pleased) as the outsiders beat up protestors and journalists -- and thereby became collaborators with the violent intruders into a peaceful protest.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/ucla-student-protests-counterprotesters-invs/index.html

virtualbri, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/star-trek/107247/Star-Trek-Tricorder-2260s-BlueBrixx-Pro

Woah, how cool is this BlueBrixx TOS tricorder?

#StarTrek

caseynewton, 3 days ago to random

With today’s announcements at Google I/O, the web has entered a state of managed decline https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/

jwz, 5 days ago to random

MichaelPorter, 6 days ago to random

I’m seeing this graphic making the rounds withouth attribution - many versions have the info at the bottom cut off. The creator is alienyrox2 on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/user/alienyrox2/).

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/ic1g5o/colors_of_aurora_oc/

#Aurora #CreditYourSources #AltText

cstross, 6 days ago to random

Deeply telling about how far the Overton Window has shifted in 40 years that Ronald Reagan took a harder line with Israel than Joe Biden, never mind Mitt Romney.

(But then, per wikipedia Romney was best buds with Benjamin Netanyahu at university. So this tracks.)

CaramelizedShallots, 7 days ago to random

#aurora

WorkingFamilies, 6 days ago to random

Basically, this is unionizing.

virtualbri, 6 days ago to hulu

"The Contestant" on Hulu, about the guy who spent a over a year in an empty room surviving on only what he could win in magazine contests, is quite good.

Has actually a few turns I wasn't expecting, which is lovely, because it could be a complete downer.

#Hulu #Documentaries #Streaming

freemancrouch, 6 days ago to random

Att'n. #monsterdon #monsterdoners

Raise one for Roger Corman.

I loved his movies as a kid and later, when I went all cinephile and stuff, I loved them even more.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/

carnage4life, 6 days ago to random

Trump coming out for crypto while Biden's SEC tries to regulate it out of existence will be the tipping point in Silicon Valley VCs shedding the pretense of being liberal and going all in on MAGA.

A bunch of them have taken baby steps but now it's on.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/trump-crypto-biden-00157051

jwillia2, 7 days ago to random

mvsde, 7 days ago to StarTrek

When the Star Trek: Discovery opening credits say “with Tig Notaro” you know you’re in for a treat!

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

rbreich, 8 days ago to random

Trump asked Big Oil execs to give him $1 billion for his campaign.

He promised lower taxes and a rollback of Biden's climate regulations and clean energy programs in return.

Trump is literally willing to take bribes in exchange for the destruction of the planet.

Be warned.

eaton, 9 days ago to random

A few years back, I wrote that the right wing in America believed that human rights were a reward for ideological correctness, rather than a baseline all persons were entitled to. The designation of “stateless” enemies who could be targeted for assassination, and the insistence that noncitizens have no claim to humane treatment or protection under the law, would inevitably slide into arguments that “insufficiently loyal” citizens have no rights.

Keep an eye on this one.

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jack-hibbs-says-campus-protesters-have-no-constitutional-rights/

taylorlorenz, 10 days ago to random

“We found the company's phony authors and their work everywhere from celebrity gossip outlets like Hollywood Life and Us Weekly to venerable newspapers like the Los Angeles Times.” https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content

charliejane, 10 days ago to random

They're trying to sneak the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) into must-pass legislation because they know it's a terrible bill that will censor the internet and silence LGBTQIA+ people. I know we're all tired, but please call your reps again and ask them to put a stop to this terrible bill!

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3QzeZRG

TrekLongIsland, 10 days ago to random

WARNING!! DO NOT BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE. They are scalping tickets to Trek Long Island for much higher prices. WE ARE NOT SOLD OUT! Please share this post to warn friends!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555819151981&mibextid=ZbWKwL

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tusk81, 10 days ago to random

Six years later, 1,400 children remain separated from their families due to the Trump admin’s policy.

Remember that children were ripped from parents without so much as a chance to hug goodbye.

“I had no idea where they were taking us,” one dad said. “I told my son to not be afraid and that everything was going to be OK. I told him to be a good boy.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/07/immigration-family-separation/ #FamiliesBelongTogether

globalmuseum, 10 days ago to random

To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots.

2 weeks before the start of his 25th year as Russia’s supreme political leader, Vladimir Putin made a sweeping proclamation: “Wars are won by teachers.”

The remark shed light on a campaign he is waging: to imbue the country’s education system with patriotism, purge universities of Western influences & quash any dissent among professors & students on campuses that are often hotbeds of political activism.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/to-please-putin-universities-purge-liberals-and-embrace-patriots/ar-BB1lXpvX#

aburtch, 12 days ago to random

“For the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.”

(Gift link, no paywall)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/opinion/global-billionaires-tax.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p00.CniQ.dJF8LuDD2GWj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

#TaxTheRich

DemocracyMattersALot, 12 days ago to eattherich

About 125,000 notices will be sent to high-income earners, including 25,000 people with income more than $1 million, the tax agency said. Maybe we should eat the rich before the price per pound exceeds that of ground beef.

#TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #RepealGOPTaxCuts #NeverAgainTrump #NoRepublicansEverAgain #GIFTLINK

Thousands of millionaires haven’t filed tax returns for years, IRS says 29-FEB-2024 https://wapo.st/49VthDi

TimKarr, 13 days ago to random

"The escalating authoritarianism we’re witnessing in the crackdown on college campuses is, in part, a byproduct of a media system that fails to hold powerful interests accountable for the lies they tell."

How the media cover protests is often a bellwether for the state of a country's free press:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/campus-protests-student-journalism-press-freedoms

lauren, 13 days ago to random

"A time-honored tactic by right-wing agitators brought on the 'crisis' on American campuses. Everyone fell for it—again." - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/university-protests-columbia-college-republicans.html