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dannotdaniel, 4 days ago to random

England has a new Queen and her name is Victoria 🤩

mekkaokereke, 4 days ago to random

Some of y'all are still confused as to why it seems that Silicon Valley billionaires are "turning to Trump." That's because you don't listen to Black people, you disrespect poor white people, and you ignore obvious statistics that have been staring you in the face for decades.

Silicon. Valley. Billionaires. Have. Always. Supported. Trump.

Not because they like the tax breaks. Because they are more likely to be racist, and racism is the greatest predictor of Trump support.

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JoshuaHolland, 4 days ago to random

Obsessing over the polls is pointless. These people are going to pull out all the stops to steal this election. #maga #fascism #Election2024

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-think-tank-lawsuit-election-officials-refuse-certify-results-1235032235/

TheSpaceshipper, 4 days ago to random

Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released 42 years ago today.

With one of the best space battles around.

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fabianocerqueira, 4 days ago to StarTrek

Star Trek Celebrations #1 (2024) : IDW proudly presents a one-shot anthology centering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters from across the Star Trek universe! Join legendary heroes from each era of the beloved franchise in stories that showcase the strengths of infinite diversity in infinite combinations, brought to you by a star-studded cast of writers and artists including Vita Ayala, Steve Orlando, Mags Visaggio, and more!

#StarTrek #comics #idw #ComicBooks

GoodAaron, 4 days ago to random

If you like Star Trek, live action, animated, television or film… now is a great time to show your support when #StarTrekProdigy Season Two drops on Netflix this July 1st! 🖖

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TheSpaceshipper, 6 days ago to random

Happy birthday to VFX legend John Dykstra!

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beforesmag, 6 days ago to random

Been watching 'Godzilla Minus One' this weekend? Re-visit all the @beforesmag coverage of the film here: https://beforesandafters.com/tag/godzilla-minus-one/

stevesilberman, 6 days ago to random

The thing about "Godzilla Minus One," which is a stupendous romp and now on @netflix, is that it's one of the most fascinating explorations of the Japanese psyche post-WW2 I've ever seen, while Godzilla is practically an incidental character. It feels like an instant classic.

tofugolem, 7 days ago to random

It's not that we can't meet the needs of the poor, it is that we cannot fulfill the greed of the wealthy.

GottaLaff, 8 days ago to random

Via Kyle Griffin:

The IRS is making its free online tax filing program permanent for the 2025 tax season.

All 50 states and D.C. are invited to participate.

TheSpaceshipper, 8 days ago to random

Scavengers Reign (2023) is now available on Netflix (at least, in the US & UK).

Please watch this beautiful, weird, frightening, fresh, poetic, fascinating sci-fi masterpiece. We have the power to collectively spawn a Season 2. 🖖

evacide, 9 days ago to random

Yes, I know that guy still stands a good chance of winning the election in November, but this is your regular reminder that you can't fight a long fight without stopping to enjoy your victories or you will burn out to a cinder.

GottaLaff, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to random

#BREAKING 💥🔥 #WOMPWOMP #WOMPAGE

TO REPEAT, #TrumpTrial

#TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!!!

mhoye, 11 days ago to random

This is a remarkable graph.

You might have heard that "EV sales are slumping", "people are starting to avoid EVs", etc.

That's not what's happening.

What's happening is "Tesla is cratering so hard that it's skewing the aggregate market data."

ancient_catbus, 12 days ago to random

life under capitalism

seav, 12 days ago to Tokyo

Did you know that there is a 1:1 scale replica of the world-famous #Shibuya Scramble intersection that can be rented by TV and film productions located 80 km northwest of Tokyo in the city of #Ashikaga? The real intersection is so busy that nobody can close it down for controlled filming.

This set was notably used in the hit Japanese TV series Alice in Borderland.

Location in OSM: https://osm.org/go/7Q9Mdm_mk?m=

#DYK #Tokyo #Japan

wxcafe, 14 days ago to random

lmao this makes me want to die

cstross, 15 days ago to random

So doge, very meme, I old; go bye now

cdarwin, 15 days ago to random

Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp
A decade ago, a hedge fund had an improbable viral comedy hit: a 294-page slide deck explaining why Olive Garden was going out of business,
blaming the failure on too many breadsticks and insufficiently salted pasta-water!
But – as David Dayen wrote at the time – the hedge fund that produced that slide deck, #StarboardValue, was not motivated by dissatisfaction with bread-sticks.
They were "activist investors" (finspeak for "rapacious assholes") 🔸with a giant stake in Darden Restaurants, Olive Garden's parent company.
They wanted Darden to liquidate all of Olive Garden's real-estate holdings
and declare a one-off dividend that would net investors a billion dollars,
while literally yanking the floor out from beneath Olive Garden,
converting it from owner to tenant, subject to rent-shocks and other nasty surprises.
In other words they wanted to asset-strip the company
("asset strip" is what they call it in hedge-fund land; the mafia calls it a "bust-out," famous to anyone who watched the twenty-third episode of The Sopranos)
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/#invertebrates

cstross, 15 days ago to random

See also: "FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense" https://web.mit.edu/bbaren/Public/snakes.html

See, MIT has it on their web site so it MUST be valid training input for BullshitGPT!

(FYI @lauren )

GottaLaff, 15 days ago to random

👍🏻👍🏻Via Kyle Griffin:

President #Biden just announced his 50th round of nominees for federal judicial positions — bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 244.

essentialsaltes, 15 days ago to random

For just $555.95, you could get from Los Angeles to Frankfurt in just 65 hours....
#itcamefromtheestatesale
https://itcamefromtheestatesale.com/american-airlines-airship-hindenburg-exclusive-connection-service/

gardiner_bryant, 16 days ago to random

I am in favor of a corporate "death" penalty. Where corporations that actively pursue monopolies are seized, nationalized, and/or auctioned off into pieces.

https://www.guru3d.com/story/microsoft-reportedly-readies-billion-bid-to-acquire-valve-steam/

abucci, 17 days ago to ai

so much of the promise of generative AI as it is currently constituted, is driven by rote entitlement.

Very nice analysis by Brian Merchant ( @brianmerchant ) here: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/why-is-sam-altman-so-obsessed-with

He puts into clear terms what had previously been an unarticulated, creeping suspicion I had about #GenAI. Clearly there are many angles from which to come at what's going on with #AI #hype , but I appreciate this one quite a bit.

#SamAltman #OpenAI #GPT #ChatGPT