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elucubra , in NASA Is ‘Evaluating All Options’ to Get the Boeing Starliner Crew Home

They are considering sending a 737 max

Treczoks ,

With a set of parachutes.

FordBeeblebrox ,

It will certainly descend fast enough to get them home for dinner

werefreeatlast ,

Once it reaches max altitude to match theirs, a welcome mat is pulled out by the release of the safety doors. A bag of screws is located under your seat under the flotation device. Just pull the rug in and bolt the door back safely.

citrusface , (edited ) in Neil Gaiman: Three Women Accuse Author of Sexual Assault

You fucking dick head. Can’t you people just not assault women? Is it that fucking hard?

Edit: and I get these are just allegations - innocent until proven guilty… But like damn dude. 3 women?

solsangraal ,

if someone had to sign an NDA, then that’s pretty damn sketchy

sgibson5150 OP ,

Three more women for a total of five, the way I read it. Original allegations arrived last month.

rollingstone.com/…/neil-gaiman-denies-sexual-assa…

Telodzrum , in North Dakota voters will decide whether to abolish property taxes

Big A Libertarian Walks into a Bear energy.

catloaf ,

Fun fact. That was in Grafton, NH. NH doesn’t have sales tax. Instead, there’s a correspondingly high property tax.

At least they get good value for it. The schools aren’t terrible, and the roads are better than the much wealthier state of MA right nearby.

AbidanYre ,

Does North Dakota have the same tourism industry that New Hampshire has?

TransplantedSconie ,

Lol. One of the “must see places” was the state capital. Which is a 21-floor art deco style sky-scraper.

Woop-dee doo.

What a weird-ass state.

loie ,

Definitely not. There’s Teddy Roosevelt National Park, which is gorgeous, but it doesn’t attract nearly as much tourism of all the stuff that’s four hours south…

South Dakota has Badlands National Park, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, Mammoth Site, Black Hills National Forest, Deadwood and Sturgis, a couple good private zoos in Reptile Gardens and Bear Country. All of that stuff is within a 1 hour drive of Rapid City, which has plenty of good hotels and restaurants and just generally what you’d expect from a modern midsize city. Rapid City is honestly worth the trip for anyone, but If you’re a real outdoorsy person then you could easily enjoy a month out there. Oh and then not that far away (relatively speaking - 2 hours drive) is Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.

So no… NoDak is comparatively sparse. And they probably like it that way.

No_Eponym ,
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Gonna get even more sparse when they eliminate running water and sewage service.

AbidanYre , (edited )

NoDak is comparatively sparse. And they probably like it that way.

And therein lies the problem. New Hampshire gets away with it because they have money coming in from people visiting the state (and the state owning the liquor stores).

loie ,

And they get some “bedroom community” money from people working in and around Boston that don’t want to live in Mass. Not an unreasonable commute down i93 or i95, especially if your job is in the north burbs.

Pretty sure none of that applies in North Dakota. Maybe there’s folks working in Fargo or Grand Forks that prefer Minnesota? But it’s not many.

FireTower ,
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For anyone interested

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a0a3fa18-ff50-4cc3-9223-8070d2848396.jpeg

For anyone wondering why “Liquor and Beer” doesn’t say tax at the end like tobacco, every liquor store in the state is run by the state.

www.nh.gov/…/where-the-money-comes-from/

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x00z , in ABC Host Received Death Threats Following Trump Interview
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Imagine if Trump said that this is not acceptable… But guess who keeps his mouth shut instead.

Infynis , in Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations
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Yes!! So proud to be a Michigander since we got rid of Snyder

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tyrant , in Neil Gaiman: Three Women Accuse Author of Sexual Assault

Damnit. This always sucks to hear but it sucks even more when it’s someone who’s work is (was) enjoyable.

citrusface ,

The work can still be enjoyable - you can separate the art from the artist.

solsangraal ,

lol this argument just happened in a thread about jk rowling.

enjoy your rapist stories

tal ,
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I dunno about him, but I have. I really like Sandman. American Gods was okay, but nothing that blew me away.

considers

Come to think of it, I’d probably enjoy a work coauthored by Neal Gaiman and JK Rowling.

tyrant ,

I don’t enjoy supporting the artist even if the art is good and don’t buy into this argument. If you support the art, the artist is still making money off of it. Unless they are dead I guess…

floofloof ,

It’s possible to enjoy the art without giving material support or publicity.

rainynight65 ,

But do you have to?

For me, knowing that the artist is a terrible person ruins the art for me, or at least compromises it to the point where I don’t feel comfortable in my skin continuing to peruse it. And that even if I wouldn’t be buying anything new or otherwise be giving the artist money.

Take as an example Jon Schaffer, head of metal bad Iced Earth, which I liked quite a bit in the past. Later it became clear that he is at least problematic, and once he was identified as having participated in the January 6 riots, that was the end of it. I still own older Iced Earth CDs, but I can’t listen to them any more.

Or Joss Whedon, whose work I used to love, and I own a lot of DVDs of his stuff. But watching it now knowing what he’s done particularly to many women he worked with just seriously hinders my enjoyment of what I once really liked.

floofloof , (edited )

I agree, sometimes what you know about the artist can change how you experience it so that it is no longer appealing. That’s a legitimate reaction too. If philosophy is art we had this situation with Martin Heidegger, who was quite a brilliant thinker but also, at least for part of his life, a committed Nazi. It’s not really possible to read him now without that fact colouring the experience.

citrusface ,
watersnipje ,

What is this?

AlligatorBlizzard ,

Anne Bonny, a pirate.

noobdoomguy8658 ,
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A gentle nudge towards, let’s say, alternative means of acquiring media to enjoy. One that, ironically enough, Neil Gaiman commended himself (under certain circumstances, of course). One that is still better than giving money to someone you don’t want to support as a person or a creator.

watersnipje ,

Ahh gotcha. I thought that somehow the artist had been controversial and that this was an example of separating the art from the artist or something. I was thinking in the wrong direction, thanks.

noobdoomguy8658 ,
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Happy to help!

Silentiea ,
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My new transition goal, duh

watersnipje ,

Fair, fair.

lightnsfw ,

Books can be consumed without paying the author anything.

some_guy ,

I choose to continue to enjoy the work of people who turned out to be shitheads from before learning that they are shitheads. Michael Jackson, Phil Anselmo, now Neil Gaiman (actually, last year for him). All people who created great art that I enjoy and whose future work I will not consume (for the ones that are still alive). To be clear, MJ is only before the allegations. Thriller still kicks ass.

rekorse ,

Is the MJ thing settled or are you just saying you avoid anything thats likely to be problematic too?

some_guy ,

I mean, claims against MJ seem pretty bad and, I think, multiple enough that I can’t ignore them. There’s no proof, to my knowledge. But I’m not comfortable with it.

rekorse ,

I think the running counter story is that he felt more comfortable around kids than adults, but people couldn’t believe it was innocent. Its really hard to play the accusations game. Macaulay Culkin saying he spent tons of time with him and nothing bad ever happened is as much evidence for good as any of the accusations of wrongdoing.

I also think there was and still is a problematic understanding of psychology especially with small children.

mineralfellow ,

Yeah, you can appreciate that people are complicated, and bad people can create good things. If you try to only read books by people who are morally above reproach, you will wind up with a pretty short reading list.

DJDarren ,

I can justify still enjoying Pantera by knowing that most of what made them awesome was Dimebag.

TheFunkyMonk ,
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I just read a super interesting book about this–Monsters by Claire Dederer. It won’t really give you answers, but a thought-provoking discussion on this subject I also struggle with.

solsangraal , in Neil Gaiman: Three Women Accuse Author of Sexual Assault

jesus fucking christ does everyone have to turn out to be a fucking asshole?

massive_bereavement ,

My reaction as well. At least Terry Pratchett left us too early but he is not touched by any of this shit.

I meant it as him and Gaiman being friends.

naevaTheRat ,
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Power is pretty corrupting and anyone who is a famous person (as in, public enough to maintain fame as opposed to just broad recognition) probably has a bit of an ego.

I mean your average normal person would be like “Don’t idolise me, I’m just someone who writes books you like. Now please leave me alone” not posting on tumblr to adoring young fans.

solsangraal ,

i don’t like to assume everyone famous or powerful is a rapey asshole. but the more time goes by, the less shocked i am when i hear about it

Crashumbc ,

Your normal person would start out as “don’t idolize me” but that much attention is in itself corrupting over time.

Enough people tell you, your shit doesn’t stink, and eventually you believe them. From there it just gets worse.

Rhaedas , in Trump says he has 'no choice' but to support electric vehicles because Elon Musk 'endorsed me very strongly'

"I'm no puppet! You're the puppet!"

sxan , in Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

Locking Trump up in the same cell as Elon would be not only so immensely gratifying, but would probably be fitting and almost unbearable for both of them.

Infynis ,
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Unfortunately it would be unconstitutional, because locking either of them up with anyone would be considered cruel and unusual

peopleproblems ,

“We used to throw problem prisoners into solitary. We have something much better now.”

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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Put them in with Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon. It’ll be like a more satisfying version of the last episode of Seinfeld

p5yk0t1km1r4ge , in Louisiana mayor arrested on child rape accusations after abrupt resignation
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Haha holy shit this is the year of pedos. Wtf

CaptainSpaceman , in Study Finds Faces Evolve to Match Names Over Time - Neuroscience News

Based on the methods, seems a stretch to say this isnt correlation alone

Gsus4 OP ,
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I don’t care which way the causation goes or whether it comes from the name choice and preferences of the parents (yea, bad title), what surprised me is that ML can predict a name based on a face at all, there should be no correlation in first place.

Windex007 ,

I disagree. Age biases the statistical likelihood of a name. Features that hint in any ethnic direction. Also some visible features might bias towards urban vs rural upbringing which also would also lean names in another direction.

Gsus4 OP , (edited )
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Oh yea, baby name trends, ethnicity, I don’t know how heterogeneous the datasets they are using are when they mention the strength of the correlation, I was imagining it would distinguish a John from a Peter, but there could be a much lower correlation in that subset.

givesomefucks ,

Yeah, just the wording of the title is a huge red flag.

I’m curious if “faces” are really just faces or shoulders up where hairstyles and clothes give clues.

Like, an a adult that goes by Bob, Bobby, or Robert looks different. And people would subconsciously account for age and what names were popular.

A lot of shit goes on behind the scenes and sometimes the conscious brain doesn’t know and makes up it’s own reason for why it decided something.

cygnus , in North Dakota voters will decide whether to abolish property taxes
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They’re replacing it with Land Value Tax, right? Right?..

Rhaedas ,

Or sales tax, or something else. High taxation and misuse of taxes is bad, but taxes themselves support the infrastructure everyone uses. So if they get rid of this, something else is going to have to take its place unless the property tax was way too high.

Brkdncr ,

I thought we’ve seen what happens when you don’t have blended tax sources.

No_Eponym ,
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But surely, this time, it will work?!

interdimensionalmeme ,

Direct wealth seizure

hperrin , in ABC Host Received Death Threats Following Trump Interview

They’re in favor of a free press, except if that press isn’t in support of their political agenda. Then all of a sudden that free press isn’t supposed to be so free.

If the freedom you want has a required political position, it’s not freedom that you want.

PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

Just like how they only use “free speech” to defend the indefensible things they say. Because they can’t actually justify the things they say, so they fall back to “well you technically can’t stop me from saying it.” The “free speech” defense is just about the lowest bar you could find, and if you’re using it you should seriously examine why you’re saying the things you are. Because if you’ve fallen into the “free speech” defense, it means you have no other defense.

hwW37 ,

this is a little odd because it comes off as you attacking free speech a little

Sconrad122 ,

It’s definitely not that. They are just pointing out that the right to free speech prevents the government from impeding someone’s ability to say something, it doesn’t (despite implications made by a lot of people who cry out that their right to free speech is being impeded) force others to listen to or agree with that thing being said. If anything, the people that abuse the name of free speech by implying that it means people need to agree with them, or need to amplify their message, are attacking free speech by mudding the water around what it means and making it harder for good faith entities to invoke that right

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