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[Collin @collinschonhoff]

Find me a more current and relatable meme…I’ll wait @ITYSL_memes #TearsOfTheKingdom

[𝐍.🎀༘⋆ @luvblessingz]

They will literally ban this in the United States because some dental corporation cries to the government that it will lose money.

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Peter Jackson laments the death of physical media:

“You can get Blu-rays and DVDs, but they’re almost a niche product for aficionados now,” Jackson said. “Since they only sell small numbers, no studio wants to put extended features on them or to extend the cuts. We did hours and hours of behind-the-scenes material for The Lord of the Rings DVDs, and so many people have thanked me for doing them. People would watch that stuff over and over again because it inspired them to make films. That’s all gone now, and I think it’s a real shame.”

Do you still get real books and DVDs?

[Nick @NickZararis]

People accused Lucas of being heavy handed in the prequel trilogy then you realized people in real life voted for the Emperor three times and think maybe he wasn't honest enough

[Synth Potato🥔 @SynthPotato]

Shuhei Yoshida has revealed he was fired from PlayStation by Jim Ryan for not listening to him. Yoshida helped games like God of War and The Last of Us

Meanwhile, Jim Ryan’s push to live services resulted in 8 cancelled games, handicapping the PS5 generation.

What a sad mess.

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

I was skeptical, but now I’m completely convinced. Fencing will become super popular due to this one very particular improvement to the sport.

“Sword tip visualization” It’s going to debut at the summer olympics.

Every single duel will look like a bloody lightsaber fight

[Modern Rome in Freefall 🇵🇸 @ljmontello]

I repeat, you *can* demand preemptive bans on corporate surveillance price manipulation before it gets entrenched.

[Tuki @TukiFromKL]

🚨 do you understand what scientists just did to deafness..

researchers injected a modified harmless virus directly into the cochlea the spiral cavity in your inner ear.. carrying a working copy of a gene called OTOF.. the gene that transmits sound signals from your ear to your brain.. without it, your ear hears everything.. your brain receives nothing..

10 completely deaf patients.. single injection.. within weeks all 10 could hear.. 10 out of 10..

here's what nobody wants to say..

cochlear implants cost between $30,000 and $100,000 per patient.. hearing aids sell for up to $7,000.. the global hearing industry is worth over $9 billion a year.. every year.. recurring.. because deafness has never been cured.. just managed..

one injection ends all of that..

and in 2018 goldman sachs analysts literally wrote this in a report about gene therapy..

"curing patients is not a sustainable business model"

that's a goldman sachs equity research note.. sent to investors.. warning them that companies developing one-time cures were a risky bet because cured patients stop buying products..

the science to fix single broken genes has existed in research labs for years.. the same platform used here already cured a form of blindness in 2017.. cured spinal muscular atrophy in babies in 2019..

there are over 10,000 known single-gene disorders.. millions of people labelled "incurable"..

the platform exists.. the proof is 10 out of 10..

the question was never whether they could fix it..

it's whether fixing it was good for business.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Ticketmaster directors were caught bragging in internal messages about 'robbing [fans] blind'

The messages:

• 'These people are so stupid. I almost feel bad for taking advantage of them'

• 'Robbing them blind, baby. That’s how we do it'

• Charging '$50 to park in the grass' and '$60 for closer grass'

They recently reached a deal with the U.S. government to avoid a breakup over allegations of running an illegal monopoly

(via @Business)

[Bark @barkmeta]

Let me get this straight…

OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit. Open source. For everyone. “To benefit humanity.”

Then he raised billions of dollars.

Then he closed the source code.

Then he converted to for-profit.

Then he scraped the entire internet without asking anyone.

Then he used YOUR writing YOUR art YOUR code to train his models.

Now he’s on stage saying you’ll pay HIM to access intelligence. Just like a water meter.

He stole all of your data. He built the product with your work. And now he’s going to bill you to use it…

Corporate greed has reached an all time high, and they’re not even hiding it anymore…

[QG Jenna 🖤 @QuiGonJenna]

Every time you’ve ever watched Imperial-era Star Wars, it’s evident what said Empire is meant to represent: authoritarianism.

When we see fascism on-screen, we all point out & acknowledge that it’s wrong.

Yet when it’s actively happening around us, some people refuse to see it.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Minnesota National Guard was asked why they’re handing out coffee, donuts, and hot chocolate to protesters.

Answer: “It’s a demonstration of safety and security. We’re here to help.”

That’s how you de-escalate.
Not masks. Not threats. Not bullets.

[All Things Movies @ThatMoviePage]

The people yearn for location shooting once again. Like look at this you'd never see anything like it in movies anymore

[goma @soigomaa]

For thousands of years, babies slept with their mothers. When they cried, they were attended to. Then two men came along: Dr. Holt and John B. Watson. They said babies should be trained. That babies had to fit the assembly line schedules of their parents. "Newborns must cry to expand their lungs," they claimed. "Simply let them cry it out." And that's how the "cry it out" sleep training method was born. Watson treated babies like experiments. "Never hug or kiss your child," he wrote. "Shake hands with them in the morning." After all, mothers needed rest, to attend to their husbands and households. Watson had four children. Three attempted suicide. One succeeded. And we still follow it today. Because once you convince a mother to ignore her baby's cries, you've broken something primal.

[Jared Shult @jared_shult]

“Most transparent administration in history”

[lexi ♡ @revduplenticy]

brother i work at a movie theater and had my own coworkers ask me “wdym there’s another 28 years later??? it’s out??? are you sure we’re not re showing the original??”… it’s the marketing

[Jane of the North @JaneotN]

They're not killing us because we're domestic terrorists.

They're calling us domestic terrorists so they can kill us.

[Laura Jedeed @LauraJedeed]

A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I'm real outspoken about my opinion of the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

My latest for Slate

https://t.co/t7WQ00mjtd

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

ICE agents in Minnesota snatched a young Latino boy who was allegedly around 14 y/o walking home from school! They put him in the car without any parents around which they aren’t supposed to be allowed to do,but obviously they aren’t listening so there will be another lawsuit! 🤬

[barbarism critic @barbarismcrit]

If you think this is somehow something that we can wait until 2028 elections to fix you’ve lost your fucking mind. You don’t have any concept of how long three years is.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Ludwig Göransson’s speech for his Golden Globe win for the original score of ‘SINNERS’ was not televised and happened during the commercial break

See the full winners list: https://t.co/u8RneFXtd7