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Rapidcreek , to news in BBC News - US actress Piper Laurie, star of The Hustler and Carrie, dies at 91

Political fun fact: Piper lost her virginity to future President Ronald Reagan while filming the 1950 movie Louisa. She was 18. He was 39. She played his daughter. Enjoy your nightmares, everybody.

crypticthree , to news in BBC News - US actress Piper Laurie, star of The Hustler and Carrie, dies at 91

Katherine Martell rightful owner of the Packard Sawmill

Salamendacious OP ,
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A Twin Peaks reference if you’re like me and had no clue what this was about.

crypticthree ,

You should watch Twin Peaks. It’s really good.

distantsounds ,

Mr. Tojamura, always and foverever

Koof_on_the_Roof , to world in UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years

If UK is going to go it’s own way, I don’t see why they don’t just keep the reactor going. Not that going it’s own way seems very sensible anyway.

CheeseNoodle ,

I mean we’re increasing restrictions on solar and some fairly high profile politicans are talking about the lost benefits of oil and coal so… I’m pretty sure going our own way involves some kind of reversion to steam power medicine based on the four humours.

ThePyroPython ,

Nah, the Tories plan on burning poor people this winter, they’ll lure them in by promising they’ll be warm for the rest of their lives.

SinningStromgald ,

But what about the vapors?

WhatAmLemmy , to news in BBC News - US actress Piper Laurie, star of The Hustler and Carrie, dies at 91

I will always remember her as a creepy teacher in the faculty.

Salamendacious OP ,
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I completely forgot about that movie. It’s on Paramount+ apparently JustWatch link

autotldr Bot , to world in UK's nuclear fusion site ends experiments after 40 years

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Barry Green recounts the moment in June 1983 when the JET fusion laboratory in Oxford undertook its first experiment.

The chosen model was tokamak, which uses magnetic fields to confine the plasma - a hot, ionised gas - inside a vessel.

And the hope of producing enough energy to power homes remains a long way off - 59 MJ is only enough to boil about 60 kettles’ worth of water.

Joelle Mailloux is the JET science programme leader overseeing the third round of deuterium-tritium experiments which end on Saturday.

She says the key challenges they are focusing on are making the plasma more stable, spreading the power load and looking at improving materials in the reactor to withstand the conditions.

Paul Methven, STEP programme director at the UK Atomic Energy Agency, told the BBC: "On endeavours like this, you need to be simultaneously really ambitious and also realistic.


The original article contains 664 words, the summary contains 148 words. Saved 78%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

Spzi , to world in Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson

No-one can possibly defend the murder of civilians, especially children and even babies - nor attacks on innocent, peace-loving people who are attending a music festival.

No-one, except for racists who work for the genocide of that population.

But this doesn’t mean that we should start saying that the organisation whose supporters have carried them out is a terrorist organisation, because that would mean we were abandoning our duty to stay objective.

That makes it sound as if the Hamas was a regular, military organization with legitimate goals, which eventually settles their dispute at the negotiating table. And I think that’s giving a false picture of that organization. But let’s hear what they have to say about themselves:

Quoted from article 7:

“The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews.” (related by al-Bukhari and Moslem).

Quoted from article 13:

There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.

These people (Hamas, not Palestinians) see it as their religious duty to kill all Jews.

I think the BBC’s position makes sense in most conflicts, but not in this one. They probably just try to appease both sides, with an explanation that sounds reasonable, if you don’t look too much behind the curtains.

some_guy , to world in BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police

That the BBC would report on this unironically is noteworthy.

We gave Israel a free pass to treat people terribly. They treated our people terribly.

What else do they expect?

beebarfbadger , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

Looking forward to see how this will improve the quality of Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard-EA-Ubisoft’s games and those of the competito- oh, never mind. None left.

ArghZombies , to technology in FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial

Love the nominative determinism at play here for Mr Bankman-Fried.

dependencyInjection , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

Probably paid for with the money they made not paying $29B in taxes over the last 20 years.

We ain’t even playing the game with the same rules and they don’t even need to pretend anymore.

Gregorech ,

Well hlf of it was used for that the rest came out of the couch cushions at Mr Gates summer retreat.

greedytacothief , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

I don’t know, maybe I should be angry or something. But Activision/Blizzard have been pretty shitty for a while now. This will just be more of the same and more of me continueing to not buying their games.

normalexit ,

I grew up on Blizzard and Activision games, but the good feelings and nostalgia wore off when they started treating beloved franchises like DLC piggy banks.

Amir , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard
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I’m missing the “haha funny number” comments from Reddit :(

datavoid ,

Nice

Do you feel better now?

turbowafflz ,

haha funny number

TheGrandNagus , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

Market consolidation 🥰🥰🥰🥰

pdxfed ,

“more choices” per the new CEO. Speech has absolutely been neutered by corporations in the last 30 years. Literally the opposite. “Product enhancements” announced by an airline, everyone starts looking for what is worse.

idunnololz ,
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Whattttt. I love AOL-Time-Warner-Pepsico-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota-Trader-Joe’s.

LemmyIsFantastic , (edited ) to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

Finally. Thank God that’s over and I can get my free Diablo soon. Gamepass is fantastic!

drmoose ,

Ew

dependencyInjection ,

Not sure why you’re being downvoted. You do you I guess.

I will say it’s not technically free, game pass has a fee, ergo you’re paying for it.

I don’t know enough, nor care enough to weigh in on the implications of this deal.

I play Minecraft Java and Factorio and really am not interested in any other games as I found these two be be good for what I enjoy and they don’t ask me for more money all the time.

LemmyIsFantastic ,

Fair enough on free. But I spent $70 for 3 years of game pass. Might as well be free at that price point. Literally less than a gallon of milk.

dependencyInjection ,

$70+ for a gallon of milk is insane.

I’m only joking, I couldn’t help myself. Have a nice day!

ichbinjasokreativ , to technology in Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard

What a shit time to be a gamer. Fuck Microsoft and fuck regulators for allowing this

LemmyIsFantastic ,

Lmaoooooo that’s absurd. Y’all just want to be angry. It’s a fantastic time to be a gamer.

RE4, TotK, Hifi rush, street fighter, mk1, Diablo, starfield, armored core, lies of p, bg3, octopath 2, Hogwarts , pikeman, amnesia , like a dragon, fire emblem, age of wonders, assassin’s Creed, attic heart, blasphemous 2, company of heroes, darkest dungeon 2, dredge, Forza, immortals of avium , lords of the fallen, total war, Spider-Man in a few days, remnant, survivor, system shock, etc.

I’m sure I missed quite a few good games and that’s 23 only.

Fishytricks ,

Of your list, while there are multiple good games, I’m still waiting for the next great game that I can enjoy.

LemmyIsFantastic , (edited )

Spiderman, few days. Already covered it for ya 😜

bitsplease ,

Great example, because that’s a play station exclusive, so unless you have that specific console, you’re fucked thanks to corporate greed

NOT_RICK ,
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PC will get it in a year or two. You can play everything (including emulating a switch) on PC.

there1snospoon ,

Steam deck is also fantastic for emulating many games.

wagoner ,

The regulators fought it in court. Blame the judge.

grayman ,

So it’s the judge biased or corrupt? Or maybe it’s the garbage laws and politicians?

wagoner ,

From my reading, the judge was flawed.

Astroturfed ,

Activision already ruined blizzard and is/was a shit company. Anyone buying their games still is a sucker who loves being ripped off. Nothing of value was lost here.

terminhell ,

IDKY you’re getting down votes. It’s true. Nothing they’ve done for a while now is worth the time or money.

Astroturfed ,

People still playing their games are mad I called them suckers probably.

dm_me_your_feet , (edited )

Activision waa such a piece of shit, I m actually very excited for this. They shitcanned Bobby too. It can only get better.

LoreleiSankTheShip ,

This is getting closer and closer to a monopoly. It won’t end well

dm_me_your_feet ,

What monopoly? M$ revenue + Nintendo revenue = Sony Gaming revenue

If anything, playing field just got level, as M$ post merger will be about the same size Sony is.

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