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I don’t know who runs the Jerusalem Post, but they are constantly measuring asteroids passing near Earth against ridiculous things.

182 beavers - www.jpost.com/science/space/article-754217

100 hot dogs - www.jpost.com/science/space/article-749385

48 eggplants - www.jpost.com/science/article-740160

6 Darth Vaders (on Star Wars Day) - www.jpost.com/science/article-741979

That’s just a sample. They do it all the time.

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Trump was friends with Epstein. Epstein was a rapist.

Trump is friends with McMahon. McMahon was a rapist.

Trump is friends with Matt Gaetz. Matt Gaetz is a statutory rapist.

Trump is friends with Jim Jordan. Jim Jordan facilitated rape.

Trump himself is- wait, I’m seeing a pattern here.

Wot The Fsck You Say, Spotify? (lemmy.world)

Edit: A couple times I’ve said eBook while I actually meant Audiobook. I’ve learned that Spotify has a 15 hour limit per month for their free ‘included in premium’ audiobooks. However these are the two books I listened to for free, and even rounding up to 13 hours it doesn’t make sense, unless they count accidental...

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They even often have them streaming for free. All of my wife’s audiobooks are free streamed via the library and she listens to them every day.

FlyingSquid ,
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That doesn’t really sound like a premium.

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Thank you, OpenStars, that is very kind of you. And if I didn’t have the Lemmy equivalent of face blindness, I’m sure I would have similar nice things to say about you. You seem like a very nice person!

However, as far as Eldrich strangeness goes, worry no more! Our natural world is strange enough!

phys.org/news/2013-02-bird-plane-squid.html

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Don’t worry, we don’t want to take over the world, we only want to get revenge on those fucking crabs.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Yes.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Give me a chance!

FlyingSquid ,
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Good luck fighting drone bombers with your little pop guns, assholes.

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Al Shabubba.

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It’s that time again, friends!

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Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!

U.S. and China to hold high-level talks aimed at curbing the fentanyl crisis (www.nbcnews.com)

The United States and China will hold formal high-level talks in Beijing next week aimed at limiting the flow of fentanyl into the U.S., senior Chinese officials tell NBC News, resuming counternarcotics cooperation that was suspended for more than a year even as America struggles with what has been called its worst drug crisis...

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That hadn’t occurred to me, but you’re absolutely right. Kind of feels like vengeance.

FlyingSquid ,
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He’s not Midas. He’s not even Mansa Musa.

FlyingSquid ,
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I don’t know if anyone has ever been richer.

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Thankfully, there’s way too many low concrete walls in this city for them to be able to do that, but the library (my wife is a library administrator) also lets them stay there all day and even sleep in a chair or sleep outside the library as long as they don’t set up camp. They’re also opening up a new branch in another part of town where they will have a sign-up sheet and one person at a time will have access to a room with a washer, a dryer and a shower. All free. Libraries are amazing in what they do for the poor, let alone the community as a whole… so at least someone is trying to help the desperate people in this town, but it’s not nearly enough and there’s so much fighting against it, even against the library. People came to the board meeting where this got approved from the neighborhood talking about how they had homeless people camping in their backyards (what have they tried actually doing about it if that’s even true) and it would bring even more to the area. And fuck those NIMBY assholes.

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I’m not. Don’t give them any advantage ever. That includes never publishing their propaganda word-for-word.

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It happened to me too! I had to go to YouTube.

FlyingSquid ,
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A Golden Turkey Award seems more apt.

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Around here, apparently, miles outside of town. All the bridges have ‘no trespassing’ signs by them (in English and Spanish, and this is Indiana). I live outside of town and I regularly see people walking down the highway to get to their crappy minimum wage jobs. It probably takes them over an hour to walk, and it was -15 here last week.

So apparently where they’re supposed to go is a tent out in the woods.

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My mother does not like onions.

I am glad I did not inherit that horrific genetic abnormality.

George Carlin estate sues over fake comedy special purportedly generated by AI (apnews.com)

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday asks that a judge order the podcast outlet, Dudesy, to immediately take down the audio special, “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” in which a synthesis of Carlin, who died in 2008, delivers commentary on current events....

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That has to be established one way or another.

FlyingSquid ,
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Good thing Putin allows free and fair elections and never does anything really, really bad to people who try to run against him, isn’t it?

FlyingSquid ,
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True. Maybe we should outlaw them all.

FlyingSquid ,
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We could send Wallace and Gromit up there to flip it over…

FlyingSquid ,
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I just wanna new duck.

George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’ (variety.com)

George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’::George Carlin’s estate has filed a lawsuit against the creators behind an AI-generated comedy special featuring a recreation of the comedian’s voice.

FlyingSquid ,
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For the same reason that, for example, Kevin Hart would sue someone for releasing an “AI Kevin Hart” album that was a poor imitation of his comedy. It’s appropriating his name and his artistry for publicity. Did the album itself make money? No, because they didn’t charge for it. Did they make a shitload of publicity- thus generating money- for their podcast? You bet they did.

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Right of publicity has been a thing in American law since 1953. Not in every state, but in many of them, including California, where Will Sasso (who is responsible for this) lives.

You do not have a legal right to impersonate someone to publicize your podcast in California. That is exactly what he did.

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If you want to promote your comedy podcast, doing it with a fake George Carlin album sounds like a pretty good way to do it (if you can get away with it).

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The appellate court ruled that the voice of someone famous as a singer is distinctive to their person and image and therefore, as a part of their identity, it is unlawful to imitate their voice without express consent and approval. The appellate court reversed the district courts decision and ruled in favor of Midler, indicating her voice was protected against unauthorized use.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

I don’t see why that wouldn’t apply to a comedian as well.

FlyingSquid ,
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It’s a ruse to drive publicity and generate revenue for a podcast. The album itself is free, but this was all about making money.

FlyingSquid ,
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So you’re a big fan of Roseanne?

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  1. It’s ‘copyrighted.’
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
FlyingSquid ,
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What is it a satire on? What is the object of the satire?

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Fucking asshole bot. I never opted in.

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I think so. If you personally made “George Carlin AI Album #2” or whatever and put it on YouTube and didn’t link it to some moneymaking venture, I doubt they would be suing. This is two comedians using a third, dead, comedian to generate revenue for their own comedy.

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Ford never said the singing voice was Bete Middler’s in this case- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

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Very few people in Rome owned their home. It was mostly owned by the upper class.

FlyingSquid ,
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No, there are also the many generations in between where the wealthy minority owned almost all of the land and charged for the “privilege” of living there.

Seriously, I have no idea why you think it’s the norm in history for most people to own their own property.

FlyingSquid ,
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Because you have a bad habit of making up stances for other people.

I was going to respond to the rest of what you said, but first you made this claim. I’m sure you can provide evidence for this. Unless it was a lie, of course. Was it a lie?

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Or maybe do put your dick in that.

FlyingSquid ,
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Worm-curious?

FlyingSquid ,
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Not with that attitude.

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Free college and legal weed? Why do you have to be so cold, Michigan?

See also: Canada.

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