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author, digital artistry, fucking old guy, I've seen a lot of things and lived to tell the tale

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NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

The space agency did consider alternatives to splashing the station.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-will-pay-spacex-nearly-1-billion-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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NASA might give Boeing a crack at any de-orbit scenario for the ISS. if anyone can fuck up a de-orbit plan it would be Boeing ...

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Apple announces macOS 15 Sequoia

New release brings iOS 18 features along with a few Mac-specific additions.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/apple-announces-macos-15-sequoia/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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apple should try the name of 'Sasquatch' for a new OS ... kind of has a nice ring to it.

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Inside Shōgun: How special effects brought 17th-century feudal Japan to vivid life

VFX producer Michael Cliett on the importance of historical accuracy in the show's VFX.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/05/inside-shogun-how-special-effects-brought-17th-century-feudal-japan-to-vivid-life/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Michener's book could not now nor the first installment back in the day, be turned into any theatrical resemblance of proper literary interpretation. Read ... The ... Book! 🤔

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On this Passover, let us mourn for those we have lost and recommit ourselves to fighting for those who are oppressed. And remember that Moses was history's first union representative. Chag Pesach Sameach!

skippy442 ,
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Hi Bob:
would you include Palestinians in your request for mourning and recommitting ourselves for fighting for those Palestinians that are more than oppressed, they are being genocidally slaughtered in one of the worst pogroms inflicted on our Planet in a long time ... just wondering aloud ... 😬

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Opening statements in Trump's first criminal trial begin today.

Remember: This trial is about election interference.

The words used to describe it are critically important.

Do not let anyone attempt to downplay this trial or its significance.

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Bobby buddy ...
do you really think that trump will actually be held to account? I'm not about to hold my breath. NOTHING ever happens to trump. bankruptcies, fraud, rape, treason, and the evil fuck is running the streets as if ... well ... you know ... 😬

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FYI: Is It Inflation? Or Is It Greedflation? | Robert Reich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj7WEbh4e0M&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

skippy442 ,
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stagflation ...
trickle down ...
of course ...
nothing ...
is done ...
about ...
any of it ...
😬 😬 😬

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Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist

Copyright Office changed course after initially denying request.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/author-granted-copyright-over-book-with-ai-generated-text-with-a-twist/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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I find it interesting now that AI has become self aware ... AI will still "serve" the human species ... fascinating 🖖

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Tesla stops cybertruck deliveries—accelerator pedal may be to blame

Owners will have to wait until April 20 for deliveries to resume.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-stops-cybertruck-deliveries-accelerator-pedal-may-be-to-blame/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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that is one ugly truck 😎

rbreich , to Random
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44 million Americans — including 13 million children — are food insecure.

Meanwhile, America's 813 billionaires are now worth a combined $5.7 trillion.

Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.

skippy442 ,
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@rbreich
ummm ... say Bob? what's the number of people starving in Palestine? surely you might remember Palestine that for some unexplainable reason is called these days, "the West Bank and Gaza" ...

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Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/elon-musk-ai-will-be-smarter-than-any-human-around-the-end-of-next-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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AI has been smarter than Musk since its inception ... 😎

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