Bonkers. A chart showing how much spending by billionaires in elections has increased since the Citizens United verdict.
#elections #infographics #soending #billionaires
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/citizens-united-15-years-later/
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TIL that James Doohan, along with producer John Povill, devised the basic sounds and handful of words used for the Klingon language in the first Star Trek film. Doohan recorded the lines he invented onto a tape, which were used by the actors to learn.
More well-known is that Paramount brought in linguist Mark Okrand to create a fully-fledged written and verbal language for Star Trek III based on Doohan’s work, which is the most widely used fictional language on earth.
#startrek #til
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@randahl@mastodon.social Let them cry a river. There are countries that need the water.
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@kepano Holy hell — I didn't know mouse support was in place. Brilliant.
Also, I can recommend this keyboard. Smaller than the one in the video, and includes a trackpad. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FL72QKJ9/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AIZWZB3YQG5LQ&psc=1
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@Luke@typo.social @jonhicks@mastodon.social LONG HAULERS UNITE! Congrats on the kiddo bday and the anniversary! 😁
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@Luke@typo.social I have loved this weather. Gimme some sun, then gimme some rain. Trees are very happy.
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@Luke@typo.social No idea but it’s one of my all time favorite sci-fi films. And the back story on its production is a masterclass in guerrilla filmmaking for the modern age.
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@Brilliantcrank@mastodon.social I mean, don't get me wrong — it's also unnervingly scary as well, but there's a lot here that gives me 1995 vibes all over insofar as being able to do new things, create something on your own, scratch your own itch, etc. Very empowering.
RE: https://social.lol/@thetonearm/116429606649389263
I am re-digging the format. Portable, excellent sound quality, and much cheaper than the cost of a vinyl. in fact, just got a copy of Massive Attack Mezzanine (double album edition) and D’Angelo’s classic Voodoo.
Quoting
"I think it’s really cool that we have the choice to say, ‘Hey, we’re not gonna put this on streaming services … [we] have that choice as young artists and really promote our views through every aspect of the music—not just the playing, not just the creation of it, but in the distribution of it as well."
The compact disc isn’t going quietly:
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@hiro Exactly what I was looking for! I signed up for the Beta and am looking forward to an invite. Very cool indeed.
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@hiro Curious if you’ve already given thought to being able to append text to an existing or specified note? That would be brilliant.
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@flohgro Congrats! I will be paying for the legit version after using the TestFlight for some time. And giving you the five stars and glowing review you deserve. Love this app.
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@colly@mastodon.social @jonhicks@mastodon.social @Leigh@toot.cafe You guys rock. Always wonderful to see good humans having a good time.
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@Brilliantcrank@mastodon.social @gedeonm@mastodon.social Depends where you post. Some communities are amazing, others not so much. People do appreciate a good contribution to the discourse though — especially when it’s helpful.
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Paul Krugman:
> So if you want to understand how this country has degenerated to such a state, how we can be spending nearly $2 billion a day attacking Iran without a clear endgame in sight, while children go without healthcare, nursing homes are understaffed because their workers have been deported, home electricity bills skyrocket due to data centers, consider who benefits and who isn’t hurt.
> This is a billionaire’s war, waged at everyone else’s expense.
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social NO WAY. They did a Farscape episode on that show? Had absolutely no idea.
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@Luke@typo.social Oh. Ignore me — I obviously have no idea what I’m talking about. But then, I’m on the Golden Gate developer beta and everything just works.
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@colly@mastodon.social Figured! That should be a measure of good seats— 1x, 2x, 5x, Stalker Binoculars, etc.
Let me just say that I await the new season of Daredevil: Born Again with much delight.
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@nazhamid @scottboms That trailer is definitely no meditation. I’ve not read the book, but heard this is a “hopeful” apocalyptic film? 😁
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Peter Zeihan is one of my favorite these days on domestic and geopolitical issues. Very high signal to noise packed into about four minutes.
Here are a couple very good recent videos on the situation in Venezuela and the revived Monroe Doctrine stuff coming out from the Trump admin.
Well worth your valuable time.
https://youtu.be/ddojVgGAryQ?si=ox8PhXn2-gSNWYGu
https://youtu.be/K2f-tBameI0?si=EsKBNwBv1oJZ6F-T
https://youtu.be/FwU4cGWDAAA?si=LaUVmSotbZv5mlWI
#venezuela #VenezuelaInvasion
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