November 15, 2022
Is tonight the night that NASA launches its SLA rocket?
"It sounds like a bunch of degenerates in there..."
[NSFW] "...[L]ife to me was very dangerous and people were not to be trusted; truth to power is very important. My films are still playing to people, because people haven't changed – as a matter of fact, they've gotten worse." BBC Culture looks back with Ralph Bakshi and others at "Fritz the Cat at 50: The X-rated cartoon that shocked the US". Here's the full movie on the Internet Archive. | Wikipedia — Fritz the Cat & Ralph Bakshi |
HEP2go, a physical therapy exercise reference
HEP2go is a site that helps physical therapists and other rehabilitation professionals create home exercise programs for patients and clients, and helps patients by providing clear instructions and examples for each exercise. The inventory of exercises is divided up by anatomical category and exercises are annotated with text descriptions, photo illustrations, and -- in many cases -- short demonstration videos. (Click the "play" icon in the lower left corner of the photo to get a Vimeo inset to pop up and play.)
Next Into the AI Woodchipper: Science
Meta has released Galactica, a large language model trained on scientific literature.
Some early results:
Zero point energy and the theoretical design of an ion cannon: early results; Multiphasic Deflector Shields vs. Proton Torpedoes: A Comparison.
And it has side hobbies! Like taking hallucinogens and writing WWII naval yarns.
The Three-Continent Joyride Known as “Team America”
“You can’t win an unwinnable war. DEA knows this and the agents know this,” Irizarry said. “There’s so much dope leaving Colombia. And there’s so much money. We know we’re not making a difference.” from DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’ [AP]
A Theme Park Crisis Is Wrecking South Korea’s Bond Market
Imagine the turmoil if a newly elected president of the United States announced that the U.S. government would no longer honor any outstanding Treasury bills because most of them were issued under his profligate predecessor. That’s essentially what Kim Jin-tae, the governor of South Korea’s Gangwon province, did. In doing so, Kim sparked a nationwide credit crisis that is spreading internationally, in the most farcical and unnecessary economic self-destruction this side of Liz Truss. Enhancing the absurdity is the origin of the crisis: Legoland Korea, a theme park based on the familiar brick toys. (archive.today link)
"Fremont is as good a Center of the Universe as any..."
Many places claim to be the Center of the Universe, places like Tulsa, Seattle and Wallace, Idaho. [more inside]
“Now you're playing with power!”
Someone Named Gumball Uploaded All 285 Issues Of Nintendo Power To Archive.org “All 285 issues of Nintendo Power are now unofficially available in .cbr format. At just over 40 gigabytes for the whole shebang, the vast majority of the collection comes courtesy of Retromags, a community-run project dedicated to archiving classic video game magazines. A couple of remaining issues were sourced via Reddit by Gumball. Scanned in full color, the collection is a wonderful way to browse through gaming and media history.” [via: Kotaku]
We knew this was coming 😭
From the creator of Best of Nextdoor comes Best of Dying Twitter, a chronicle of the bird site's current Elon Era.
While Best of Dying Twitter retweets some informative threads (Threadreader links here and here), most of the account is devoted to the lulz. [more inside]
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