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2024.06.07 13:33 Head_Conversation840 Psychedelic mushroom simulator on Vision Pro!

Psychedelic mushroom simulator on Vision Pro!
My first Apple Vision Pro app is finally launched:
🍄 Trippy Mesh 🍄
https://preview.redd.it/rmwqb6ufy45d1.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad7bc458fd8d8c58b389c4a82e4d802a74663cc9
Which is a psychedelic mushroom simulator, lets you experience hallucinations in a safe environment (LOL).
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✅Official Introduction:
This app utilizes spatial scanning technology to reconstruct your space with dynamic and video textures.
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the friends who greatly helped me during the development process:
1️⃣My interest in Vision Pro development was sparked by Satoshi's tutorial. (X:shmdevelop)
2️⃣The Chinese version of the Vision Pro development tutorial was provided by (X:xchester16)
3️⃣I learned about dynamic textures from JamieScanlon
4️⃣The foundational model texture effects in the app are based on (X:AtarayoSD)
5️⃣Additionally, thank you to the film "The Witness" for inspiring the idea of combining real and virtual spaces, from (Alberto Mielgo)
6️⃣and to "Interstellar" for inspiring the concept of video textures within a five-dimensional space.
7️⃣ DerekNee provides a space for developing in Shanghai
8️⃣ Most important is People on u/visionPro give the Tippy as the Name
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The App was cooperate with Shadow. We hope you can provide feedback.
We will continuously update Tripppy Mesh, ensuring texture updates every month. We will also continue to develop Vision Pro applications based on real space and AI technology.
Link:https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trippy-mesh/id6503210293?platform=vision
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2024.06.05 20:42 Jvic111 CNBC and Wall Street Manipulation of Markets and Public Sentiment

So, all of these CNBC fucks, including Cramer who make ‘rally cries’ everyday for 20 years on specific stocks, various media sources writing very specific articles pro or con a security, and bank execs like Jamie Dimon or any other Wall Street prick making written and verbal statements about stocks and markets, whether something is a ‘buy’ or a ‘sell’, including price targeting is okay?
But a retail investor posting his position in GME, and posting cryptic memes that can’t be directly linked is market manipulation?!
Not to mention the fact that disclosure rules on short selling, swaps, and other cat shit wrapped in dog shit derivates, and naked short selling are virtually nonexistent…or at the very least, unenforced.
Don’t get me started on Doug and Ken the liquidity fairies who manufacture and rehypothecate fake shares in their basements, probably while they slather each other in mayo. Or the FTD warehouse.
And if you tell me that Wall Street doesn’t talk stocks and coordinate certain plays that move markets as standard business practice?! I’ll tell you that if you pull my other leg it plays fucking jingle bells.
Get fucked CNBC, Cramer, and Wall Street….
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2024.06.04 22:23 Intelligent_Break917 Adelia we see you 😂😂😂

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2024.06.02 17:18 subredditsummarybot Your /r/PopHeads [FRESH] recap for the week of May 26 - June 01, 2024

Sunday, May 26 - Saturday, June 01, 2024

Fresh Albums

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229 113 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Bonnie McKee - "Hot City" [Dzr]
158 19 comments [FRESH ALBUM] aespa - Armageddon
128 23 comments [FRESH ALBUM] The Marías - Submarine [Sp] [Dzr] [SC] [SC]
79 18 comments [FRESH ALBUM] ARTMS - DALL (Devine All Love & Live)
70 15 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Shaboozey - Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going [BC] [Dzr] [SC]
59 4 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Yves - LOOP [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
57 8 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Ayra Starr - The Year I Turned 21 [AM] [Dzr] [SC] [YT]
54 18 comments [FRESH EP] Leigh-Anne - No Hard Feelings [AM]
47 21 comments [FRESH EP] Sabrina Carpenter, Mark Ronson - Espresso (Working Late Remixes)
39 14 comments [FRESH ALBUM] ELIO - something in the air [Sp] [Dzr] [SC] [SC]
37 16 comments [FRESH ALBUM] Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
 

Fresh Videos

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721 236 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Eminem - Houdini [Official Music Video] [Sp] [AM] [Dzr]
324 36 comments [FRESH VIDEO] aespa - Armageddon
110 12 comments [FRESH VIDEO] Kehlani - Next 2 U [Official Music Video] [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
94 4 comments [FRESH VIDEO] RM (BTS) - Groin [Sp] [AM] [Dzr]
93 14 comments [FRESH VIDEO] ARTMS - Virtual Angel [Sp] [AM] [SC]
89 11 comments [FRESH VIDEO] [Yves - LOOP (feat. Lil Cherry) [Music Video]
](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTVGkUKdFA) [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
83 3 comments [FRESH VIDEO] ARTMS ‘Virtual Angel' (Human Eye Ver.) Official MV
 

Fresh

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409 57 comments [FRESH] Charli XCX - The 360 remix with robyn and yung lean [Dzr] [SC]
380 280 comments [FRESH] Eminem - Houdini [AM] [Dzr]
272 42 comments [FRESH] Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance
226 140 comments [FRESH] Normani - Candy Paint [Dzr] [SC]
120 11 comments [FRESH] Scotch Mist - qt pi [Sp] [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
76 20 comments [FRESH] Kehlani - Next 2 U [AM] [Dzr] [SC]
58 32 comments [FRESH] GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion, and Cardi B - Wanna Be [SC] [SC] [YT]
54 11 comments [FRESH] Jamie xx on Instagram: "Treat Each Other Right - June 4"
 

Top Performances

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145 81 comments [PERFORMANCE] Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso @ BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2024
55 5 comments [PERFORMANCE] RM (BTS) - Nuts (Live Video) [Sp] [AM] [Dzr]
 

Top 5 Other Posts

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1,410 207 comments [ARTICLE] Rihanna Teases New Album 'R9': 'It's Gonna Be Amazing', “I Feel Like I Made Hits”
1,373 608 comments [NEWS] Jennifer Lopez Cancels Summer Tour
807 235 comments [NEWS] Eminem announces “Houdini” out this Friday, May 31st
744 101 comments [ARTICLE] Zendaya Coleman Says She Hasn’t Ruled Off Returning to Music 'Maybe One Day'
726 178 comments [NEWS] Ariana Grande announces The Boy Is Mine video out June 7th
 
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2024.05.23 14:34 GeoffPit7 How did Ken not get touched by the patch?

Not really looking to complain, just trying to understand the reasoning.
I'll put a long preface, so that we're clear. I understand that Ken is appealing, I understand that it's much more frustrating (and gimmicky) to fight DJ, at all levels, and I'm grateful the hammer hit him between the two. I also understand not wanting to demolish a character, more of a fine tuning like Luke got (some hurtbox extensions, a couple frames here and there etc) so that the character remains solid/strong. I also want to say that I don't mind playing against a very solid Ken, even though he's got every tool in his bag and more.
But Ken went untouched. HOW. The "direction" of the game - character clearly states "reducing low risk moves", for Ken specifically, nerfing his striking. Unless I'm blind, there's virtually nothing significative there except the chin buster t.combo (I think it can't be used to trap anymore), a welcomed change. Ken can still take you to both corners from a "natural" crlp > t.combo. They even buffed heavy jinrai and given better options off of quick dash. What am I missing here?
In comparison, even Lily and Jamie got important nerfs, e.g. Lily's hurtbox on her best button, crHp, Jamie's sweep, his command grab, hurtbox on d.kick comes out 4f frames faster. Even here, these nerfs are in line with the statement, trying to make the characters more solid by also removing oppressive, more gimmicky playstyles. Fine, makes sense.
How does Jinrai get to stay the same (sorry, buffed overall), Dragonlash gets to stay the same (ayo shoutout from the moon where it just scooped me from). I would put Chun in the same upper echelon, and she got a couple nerfs herself (hurtbox to 5lp a notable one).
So is it because of popularity in your opinion? Or do they actually think the chin buster alone is enough to have less character variance in top8?
Please discuss peacefully bois
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2024.05.22 20:48 Unable_Variation_918 Collection of Poems and short stories

Beyond humanities control
Once came a giant Octopus- like monster that took control of a city of arts. Once he reached it’s goal, art became extinct and as a result, there came a mass suicide amoung the people. It became so bad that it had driven humanity insane and into madmen. The scientist discovered that creature in the deep dark sea where nothing existed. No meaning to it. Just nothing. The cancellation of music hints at half octopus half big hairless dog.If there is a river delta, there is no need to cancel the rake.
However, I have no friends.
With that being said, I shall sacrifice myself to the Rake.
He is the rake.
The Scientist:Hi. I am doctor Jennifer Lopez. I live in the 24th street of West Avenue. When the climate crisis came, there came a world leader who put a pan on mental labeling since suffering makes growth. "Let us ban all mental illness! Let's be free!" he said. And so, every psychiatrist was put into camps to live out of. Now, I am secretly studied a 2-year old who has a hard time walking and talking. Once, when a bug nearby went extinct. I heard crying upstairs, and I came upstairs and saw a human baby. I guessed that a clone appeared after a species had gone extinct. I took care of it and it looked normal, but almost robot like. At 2 years old, he was not hitting his milestones, but there was nothing that could be done because of the ban on mental labeling. I so then sent him to military school if that ever would improve, it didn't. He became bullied relentlessly and almost committed suicide. I has enough and protested to the government that he needed help and support. "He is a mad genius." They said. Above me stood a giant beaver that whipped me with it's giant tail to stop labeling it. When he got his doll taken away, he just cried to suicide. I don't know how to end this story, but suffering makes you stronger. But at what costs! I have now woken up covered in blood knife in hand, and I am too afraid to protest against the government now.
Squirrels on the wall
Last night, I woke up and saw squirrels on the wall. So anyway, the squirrels started blasting. Bang bang! I ducked and covered beneath my windows to see a white van with a deformed deer-like squirrel following me.
The Knocks on the window
When I was 6 years old, every time I would pet my cat, I would hear tapping and knocking on the window. I told my parents about it and they told me it and they reluctantly agreed to hear the voices in my head. They said it was probably just a bird or something. I knew it wasn’t though. I distinctly heard a person knocking and tapping on the window. As I've progressively gotten older, I heard tapping and knocking on the window every time I would pet anything virtually soft. Then came the night where everything changed. It was night and I was laying in bed, alone with my thoughts, reflecting on my bed. I was clutching a giant lion, so I anticipated the sounds of tapping and knocking on my window, but I didn’t. Finally, I heard a knock, slow and strong, then a tap. With a giant leap of courage, I pulled open the blinds to my bedroom window, and I saw something that would forever haunt me. It was a man, I don’t even know if I would call this a man, had his face upside down, the lips had the width of an asian giant hornet. The figure’s figures looked like a foam finger, both length and width. It had no eyes, just two gaping black holes. I immediately shut the blinds and ran to my parent’s bedroom, screaming like a little girl. My parents have asked if I had gone completely insane. My parents always thought I was paranoid but after this,I’m sure they thought I was just flat out crazy. They searched around the house to find absolutely nothing. I described what he looked like to them, and I immediately heard their tone of voice change to confusion and concern. Since then, my parents have had me see many psychiatrists. They could never find what was wrong because I know I saw that figure, and I know I will be the only one to witness that thing. Recently, we moved out of that house, and right after the family moved in to our house, the youngest daughter of that family was found in a pool of blood, dead in the bathtub. The head was even hidden. They had to look through the house to find her head and I don’t know where they found it, but they did. I wasn’t allowed to go to her funeral. What kills me the most is that otherworldly evil is lurking and hiding around that house, continuing to do what it does, and whenever I tell people about it, they think I’m crazy! I can’t prove my case, but I know this evil energy around that house.
The abandoned arcade place.
My name will be “Ben” for the story and I am a liminal space photographer. What that is is a photographer that tries to find empty, yet familiar spots to the human eye and mind, and the photographer photographs whatever finds surreal to him. My job has been great, until I visited an abandoned arcade place some time ago, called “Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria.” From what I’ve heard, a fox-like animatronic malfunctioned in 1987, causing it to bite out of a child’s frontal lobe. The abandoned place is located just a few miles outside of Richmen Town and into poor man’s land. I stepped inside to this place and I got the most bizarre feelings from it. I was in a place of childhood nostalgia and I am also alone in a dark dark spot of abandonment. The place was creepy as hell, which gave me some perfect opportunities to photograph. I was walking alone in a dark hallway when I spotted a line of dolls based on animatronics. It looked so creepy. They had no eyes, just gaping black holes with spider eggs coming out of them. I heard this faint whisper coming from the very end of the hallway that was too dark to see. I believe it was whispering the words “masking.” I was disturbed enough and ran back into the main stage. The curtains were open and the animatronics were nowhere in sight. Just then, I heard the sounds of pots and pans being fiddled with and jamie. I then saw to the right of me, a rabbit animatronic. I wasn’t even able to let out a scream. I ran into the parking lot and sped home. Out of all places, this was the creepiest, most mysterious, and most surreal place I’ve visited as a photographer. I didn’t take any photos from there, but I’m just very happy I made it out alive. How were these robots able to roam freely? Are they alive? I will never know, and I kinda don’t want to. Hold one, there is a knock on my window. Oh my god! What th-
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The scared gamer
Indeed the gamer became super scared while playing FNAF. “AHHHHHHHHAH! What was that?!?!?!?!” he said. All of a sudden, he heard some knocks on the window. He was the non confrontational gamer type, so he just shut the blinds to tell the pranksters he was not interested. Around half an hour later, he heard the knocks again and this time, it sounded more frantic. Nervous, the gamer did not make a single sound and crept to the window and opened it just a little. That was the biggest and most foolish mistake of his life, because Freddy Fazbear fully pulled the blinds open! Fazbear was pulling on to his arm with a very tight grip. The gamer grabbed the lamp nearby and threw it to Freddy Fazbear. Freddy Fazbear ran into the woods. The gamer has never had a more horrifying experience.
The Book
It was a hot Saturday afternoon. I was reading a book called “War and Peace” when the book opened its eyes and grew its arms and legs. I had to chase the book down, which caused a mess in my kitchen. Eventually, I caught it on the couch and began to shake it like a poodle. That’s when I woke up. I took a giant drink of my coffee and continued to read “War and Peace”. Everything was normal until the words started falling out! I ran to the nearest bucket and all the letters and words fell out! How can this happen to me?! I’ve made my mistake! Again, I woke up and took a giant drink of my coffee. My book was normal, but I saw a giant monkey to the left of me. “OOOH OOOH AAAA AAAAA!” The monkey said. The monkey then proceeded to throw poop at my book. My book was now covered in poop! How can this happen to me?! I’ve made my mistake! The monkey then ripped it apart in two. “Victorious!” he said as if he were Thor. I had enough of this! I strangled the monkey and he strangled me! I was about to die from suffocation, but I woke up in my bedroom! My god! What was that dream! I became absurd by life’s chaos and after that, I fell asleep relatively quickly. The next morning, I realized that I had run out of coffee! I was about to cry, but the monkey gave me a pat on my shoulder and I instantly felt safe and better.
Pet Skateboard
I love my pet skateboard!
It’s alive!
It goes with me everywhere!
I love him!
He has great comedy!
Oh yeah!
It is funny like Guylen!
But what if Conan O’Brian stabbed Jimmy Fallon?
I hate Jimmy Fallon!
I love Conan O’Brian!
Conan O'Brien is much better than Jimmy Fallon!
Jimmy Fallon fake laughs too much!
Perchance Poem
Perchance
Perchance
Perchance
You can”t just say perchance!
Oh that is just a perchance!
FATHERS AND MYSTICISM
Last night, I woke up to see my very own Father staring at me!
He was deformed and twisted!
He looked like a twirl around an angel with no eyes. Just two gaping black holes.
The leg was noticeably bigger than the other.
It’s face, oh it’s face!
My Father had the face of a human, but looked like it was sown onto this thing!
I was about to take off, but he stretched out his long arms and began to strangle me!
“Your writing and your loves are the most worthless piece of goose egg sh@@ I have seen in a very long time!” He said.
He snapped my neck and now I am dead.
I have woken up in the darkness with chainsaws tied to my neck.
A grizzly bear came into the room and said “Obey orders, or you will be a wasp.” He said in a Satanic voice.
“ Nono! P-please don’t do this!”
“Soooooory!”
The bear lifted his chainsaw and into my left arm. I screamed absolute pains of agonizing pain as blood came gushing out of my internal veins!
The last thing I heard before passing out was the horrible sound of my left arm hitting the floor.
I woke up again in darkness. I tried to move, but I made a shocking realization! I am now a yellow jacket. The floating head of my Dad appeared, and he taunted me for ages until he released me into the wild. I have since then been a wasp and the people around my nest treat me as a weirdo. I can’t communicate my feelings to you, nor can you communicate to me. All I know is that I have horrible interests and writings, and everything is my fault, and becoming a wasp has everything to do with my wrongdoings.
The taxidermied human being
The run down house stands the taxidermied human being that does nothing but stand outside of the back door. The squirrels and birds that come and go have to endure the horrible death and decay of humanity.
The poem of nothing
YES
Intrusive Thoughts
There was once a boy in once in a lifetime, imagined visions of his friends being beaten up, and so he did.
Poem dedicated to the top of a mountain
I have finally reached the top of a mountain
As if like a Homer Simpson, He has reached the top
I am an Ubermensch like a flying Eagle
And Darth Vader comes and attacks me.
The Dream
Last night, I had a dream where I was flying over the Texas Desert. Out of nowhere, I saw a group of Kangaroos hopping around. “How can this be? There are no Kangaroos in Texas!” In the far distance, a fire emerged. I woke up and saw fires all around me. Millions of acres were burned for days and I lost everything. I will never know what caused this, but I might be homeless soon.
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The Penguin
There was once a Penguin who plotted against mealworms. Symmetries of color visibly flashed into this Penguins eyes and it went into a state of ecstasy.
The Laughing Poem
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEEEHEHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOOOOOOOOOO Bro, calm down! HAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Dude! Breathe! HAHAHAAHAHAAAH! You’re literally laughing like a clown!
AHAHAAHAHAHA! I laugh like a trumpet! No one even said anything! Ha!
The Gallery
I came across a gallery of Ancient Poems that consumed me. It greatly consumed and deepen my soul.
The Blazing Trumpets
They go high in the air like a toothpick on a C-Sharp

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2024.05.15 01:20 pintord America’s biggest energy scam is happening now BY WILLIAM S. BECKER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 05/13/24 8:00 AM ET

The United States has seen some whopping mishaps and scandals in the oil and gas industry over the years, from Teapot Dome in the 1920s to the collapse of Enron in 2001 and the Deepwater Horizon, Exxon-Valdez and Santa Barbara oil spills.
However, the largest, most egregious and most profoundly damaging scandal is still underway.
The unholy alliance between America’s governments and the fossil fuel industry has been going on for decades, undeterred and unpunished. Federal and state governments subsidize and facilitate the production and consumption of oil, natural gas and coal despite knowing these products are permanently damaging life on a planetary scale.
Many of our elected officials have participated in a carbon cartel that has blocked effective climate action. U.S. scientists began warning in the 1950s that fossil fuels were changing the climate. Yet fossil fuels still provide about 80 percent of U.S. energy, and America has become the world’s biggest oil and gas producer.
The Teapot Dome scandal involved oil industry bribes of a single public official. Today, the oil industry can influence elected officials with unlimited campaign contributions, unrelenting lobbying, and expensive advertising campaigns to burnish the industry’s image.
Open Secrets reports that the oil and gas industry spent over a trillion dollars on election campaigns between 1990 and last month. Between 1990 and 2020, five big oil companies reportedly spent at least $3.6 billion on advertising. While scientists have determined that most of the world’s underground reserves of fossil fuels must remain, the U.S. oil and gas industry keeps drilling, netting an average of $2.8 billion a day over the last 50 years, according to Statista, a data analysis firm. Statista says the industry made more than a trillion dollars annually for much of the past decade.
The industry could have invested these enormous outlays and profits to lead the world’s clean-energy transition. Instead, it has conducted a long campaign to deceive policymakers and the American people and intimidate critics.
For its part, Congress has done virtually nothing to phase out fossil fuels with mandates or market forces. It continues giving the industry billions of dollars in yearly tax breaks that promote oil and gas production. It allows the industry to “externalize” more than $750 billion in social and environmental damages. The damages are not reflected in the market price of these fuels, making it hard for clean alternatives to compete. In 2022, the hidden costs amounted to $2,243 for every man, woman and child in the United States. Congress had an opportunity to correct this market “imperfection” with carbon pricing in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. But it failed to act.
So, Americans pay for fossil fuels four times: first through tax subsidies, second in energy bills, third with health care and environmental cleanup costs, and fourth with the rapidly growing costs of climate-induced disasters.
Before industrialization began, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million (ppm). In the 1980s, it reached 350 ppm, still considered safe. Despite international promises to cut CO2 pollution, scientists expect the concentration to reach nearly 427 ppm this year, higher than it has been in millions of years.
The industry’s deceit and obfuscation is well documented, and a congressional investigation has just confirmed it. But some of the industry’s most recent are worth noting.
For example, oil and gas companies frequently sue environmental organizations (so-called SLAPP suits) that oppose even free speech and assembly. Researchers at Duke University reported as long ago as 1993, “A pattern is emerging across the United States in which citizens and local community groups are being sued for what has long been considered ‘ordinary’ public participation.” SLAPP lawsuits rarely prevail in court, but the industry uses them to intimidate and drain the resources of environmental organizations.
Exxon is even suing some investors who want it to adopt more aggressive climate-stabilization policies. A spokesman for one of the investment groups explains it wants only to “safeguard the long-term future of the company and the global economy in view of the climate crisis.”
Oil-producing states have joined this litigation strategy. North Dakota, Texas, Montana and Wyoming have sued the U.S. Interior Department over a rule to reduce methane leaks, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas operations. Yet new research at Stanford University shows natural gas infrastructure leaks three times more methane than the Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Researchers say economic and public health costs amount to $10 billion annually.
Over the last six years, states, cities, counties and tribal nations have countered with at least 32 lawsuits against oil majors to seek compensation for climate-related damages or penalties for deceptive business practices. The industry tied these suits up for years over jurisdictional issues.
In the meantime, oil producers are engaged in public relations games over their role in climate change. Major producers jumped aboard the “net zero carbon” wagon when oil prices were low, but they backed away and made record-breaking profits when prices rose. Their production plans belie their net-zero promises. “Exxon touts its support for the Paris Agreement while at the same time boasting to investors that it will increase oil and gas production 25 percent by 2030, a scenario that would be game over for the climate,” the Center for Climate Integrity explains.
Oil majors reportedly donate hundreds of millions of dollars to leading universities “to build relationships that could help the industry avoid taking climate action.” And Exxon CEO Darren Woods is trying to shift the blame for climate change to energy consumers. “The people generating the emissions need to be aware of and pay the price for generating those emissions,” he told an interviewer. As Grist explains, “Oil companies make the case that it’s a demand problem – as long as people are driving cars, and thus demanding fossil fuels, then they have to keep producing the gas.”
Democrats in Congress just issued the results of a 2.5-year investigation that found the oil and gas industry has deceived investors, Congress and the American people in a long covert operation of “deception, disinformation and doublespeak” using “dark money, phony front groups, false economic and relentless exertion of political influence to block climate progress.” These findings warrant an investigation by the Justice Department to determine whether the industry broke any laws, including those against racketeering.
But that’s not likely to happen before the election. It’s up to voters to end this scandal by electing a president, Congress and legislators who support policies like these:
Put a price on carbon, as Europe has done. Its emission trading regime produced a 15.5 percent cut in carbon emissions from polluting industries and power plants last year and a 47 percent reduction since 2005, when emissions trading began. End federal tax subsidies for fossil fuel production. Stop leasing public lands for fossil-energy production and suspend all unused leases. Codify state and national “just transition” plans to end all but the most essential fossil energy production in the United States. As U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin put it, the industry’s greed has led us to a “civilizational emergency,” the threshold of a world where suffocating heat, floods, storm surges, wildfires, drought and rising seas are the norm. And unless we stop Big Oil’s scam, we will cross the threshold with no way back.
William Becker is executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), a nonpartisan initiative founded in 2007 that works with national thought leaders to develop recommendations on national climate and energy policies. He is a former senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy.
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2024.05.13 20:11 tri_and_fly Jamie Lee Rattray and Lexie Adzija will both be available for tomorrow’s game 3 vs Montreal, per HC Kessel

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2024.05.10 05:16 SeeCrew106 Link dumps debunking some climate denial talking points circulating in /rJoeRogan at the moment.

(A) "Methane is worse. Why even worry about CO₂?"

Because it's both, there's much more CO₂ in the atmosphere and CO₂ lingers far longer than methane.
While methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂, there is over 220 times more CO₂ than methane in the atmosphere - as of 2022, 417 ppm as opposed to 1.894 ppm. The amount of warming attributed to methane is calculated to be around 30% of the warming CO₂ contributes. And the atmospheric concentration of both continues to rise (fig. 1).
(...)
Methane should not be underestimated. Once in the atmosphere it has various effects and associated feedbacks that contribute indirectly to warming. Realclimate has an authoritative post detailing some of those, here.
In AR6, the changes in radiative forcing due to methane and other greenhouse gases are presented (fig. 3). The figure shows that while CO₂ is the biggest of our problems, methane is still significant and efforts to reduce its emissions should nevertheless continue to be implemented. But never at the same time let it distract from CO₂. It's not a case of one or the other. They are both big problems requiring different solutions.
https://skepticalscience.com/methane-and-global-warming.htm
Both are a significant problem, but CO₂ is still quantitatively more important. Both need to be addressed, and not one or the other. CH₄ has a far shorter atmospheric lifetime than CO₂ - decades versus hundreds of years.
See also this diagram in the IPCC report.

(B) "CO₂ is plant food"

  1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ask-the-experts-does-rising-co2-benefit-plants1/
  2. https://skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food-advanced.htm
  3. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/12/more-co2-in-the-atmosphere-hurts-key-plants-and-crops-more-than-it-helps/
  4. https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/01/27/how-climate-change-will-affect-plants/
  5. https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chaptechapter-3/

(C) "It's a fantastic loop the earth has: we produce CO2, plants need it and produce O2 that we need"

Atmospheric CO₂ is increasing because the natural carbon cycle cannot absorb all of the CO₂ we emit and we emit 37 Gt every year.

(D) "It's odd for us to even try to reduce our CO2, especially when China is burning endless fossil fuels"

  1. Does it matter how much the United States reduces its carbon dioxide emissions if China doesn’t do the same?
  2. Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?

(E) "It's hard to take climate scientists seriously when they don't recommend nuclear power"

False.
When it comes to nuclear power, there is a 20-point gap between AAAS members’ and the general public’s views, with the AAAS community more inclined than the general public to build more nuclear power plants. Fully 65% of AAAS members favor building more nuclear power plants, while 33% are opposed. Those figures are similar to the subsets of AAAS members who are Working Ph.D. Scientists and Active Research Scientists. By contrast, about half of Americans (51%) oppose building more nuclear power plants, while 45% are in favor.
A majority of AAAS members support more nuclear power plants, regardless of disciplinary specialty. Physicists and engineers are more strongly in favor of building more nuclear power plants than are those in other specialties. For example, 79% of all physicists surveyed and 75% of engineers connected with AAAS favor building more nuclear power plants. The views of Earth scientists are similar to those of all members; 66% among this group favor more nuclear power plants and 32% are opposed.
Pew Research Center - Elaborating on the Views of AAAS Scientists, Issue by Issue
James Hansen is a very prominent climate scientist promoting nuclear power, to name an example.

(F) "It used to be much warmer"

Crocodiles once swam around at the poles. Just because this was once the case though, that doesn't mean we can afford to all go live there now, just so we don't all die from heat stress. Global warming does have the potential to make certain areas of the planet virtually uninhabitable for human beings which were otherwise habitable before.
Introducing: the wet bulb temperature.

Talking point not listed?

Try: https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php
There are 219 debunks there for your reading pleasure, sorted by popularity, descending.
Still not listed? Use my irrefutable climate denial debunking essay. That's what it's for. Want a nice short video instead? Here you go.
Finally, read about the consequences of global warming.
Now get out there and fight back.
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2024.05.08 00:44 ProgressiveVic Phonebank with Progressive Victory for Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks!

With your support, Progressive Victory is launching into action this primary season by phone banking virtually for Angela Alsobrooks, ensuring her voice is heard loud and clear in this pivotal senate race!
We previously helped phone bank for Rep. Summer Lee, who went on to win her primary race in a landslideLet’s help Angela Alsobrooks do the same!
Why should I phone bank for a candidate?
Phone banking is an effective engagement strategy to help the campaigns win. Every call to voters helps us grow our movement, mobilize voters, and win primary races in a landslide!
For Angela Alsobrooks’ Senate Race in Maryland:
Endorsed by Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, Angela Alsobrooks is campaigning on a vision that aligns with ours at Progressive Victory. Her platform focuses on expanding tax credits for clean energy, raising the minimum wage to $15, protecting voting rights, expanding the ACA to ensure affordable healthcare, and safeguarding reproductive freedom. Angela is the advocate Maryland deserves!
Sign up to phone bank for Angela here: https://progress.win/alsobrooks
Are you new to phone banking? No problem!
Your experience level doesn’t matter—whether you’re a seasoned activist or new to the campaign scene, Progressive Victory’s phone bank teams provide comprehensive remote training for volunteers. Our teams will walk you through the process step by step, ensuring you feel confident and prepared to speak to voters about their concerns.
Join the PV discord for additional questions & training!
What are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and join the movement! 📞✨
~ Progressive Victory Team
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2024.05.08 00:43 ProgressiveVic Phonebank with Progressive Victory for Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks!

With your support, Progressive Victory is launching into action this primary season by phone banking virtually for Angela Alsobrooks, ensuring her voice is heard loud and clear in this pivotal senate race!
We previously helped phone bank for Rep. Summer Lee, who went on to win her primary race in a landslideLet’s help Angela Alsobrooks do the same!
Why should I phone bank for a candidate?
Phone banking is an effective engagement strategy to help the campaigns win. Every call to voters helps us grow our movement, mobilize voters, and win primary races in a landslide!
For Angela Alsobrooks’ Senate Race in Maryland:
Endorsed by Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, Angela Alsobrooks is campaigning on a vision that aligns with ours at Progressive Victory. Her platform focuses on expanding tax credits for clean energy, raising the minimum wage to $15, protecting voting rights, expanding the ACA to ensure affordable healthcare, and safeguarding reproductive freedom. Angela is the advocate Maryland deserves!
Sign up to phone bank for Angela here: https://progress.win/alsobrooks
Are you new to phone banking? No problem!
Your experience level doesn’t matter—whether you’re a seasoned activist or new to the campaign scene, Progressive Victory’s phone bank teams provide comprehensive remote training for volunteers. Our teams will walk you through the process step by step, ensuring you feel confident and prepared to speak to voters about their concerns.
Join the PV discord for additional questions & training!
What are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and join the movement! 📞✨
~ Progressive Victory Team
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2024.05.07 18:40 Logical_Chemist Had an interview with an AI.

I applied for a Technical Program Manager via careersinfood.com, an aggregate job search engine for food industry. Check it out. Avoid "The Judge Group" staffing firm posts. These asshats sent me and email from VRJamie, a virtual recruiter, asking if I would take 5 mins to complete the interview by phone. Almost instantly, i get a call and it's Virtual Recruiter Jamie. Wtf, I mean seriously. It was as bad as it sounds. "Hello, you have applied for....TeChNiCaL pRoGrAm mAnAgEr..please say your answers after question.
What is your experiences? I'm sorry I didn't get that, ok, thank you. Why should we hire you?.....
I just started saying asinine shit. I had 500 years experience with sharks with lasers beams on thier heads.
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2024.05.06 20:52 chessnudes There is a bot called Jaime who keeps emailing me data engineering job opportinities.

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2024.04.29 00:52 PHRateOlympics2024 [200TH RATE] The Popheads 2024 Rate Olympics

Welcome to the 2024 Rate Olympics, hosted by u/bigbigbee and Jay!
https://preview.redd.it/b5o6mdqstaxc1.png?width=550&format=png&auto=webp&s=4672afb804d32ca9682f09263a644960d1ba359f
Thank you to u/thisusernameisntlong for designing part of the Rate Olympics logo!
On popheads, we’ve been holding games called “rates” for a long time - almost eight years, now. Rates are competitions of songs against each other. Therefore, for our milestone 200th rate ever (!!!), we decided that a good way to honor the spirit and history of rates would be to theme this rate after one of the world’s biggest and best competitions: the Olympics!
Over the past three weeks, 40 songs have been selected to compete in this year’s Rate Olympic Games: 20 voted in during the Opening and Closing ceremonies, and 20 personally sent by the winners of a series of minigames played in the Popheads Discord #rates channel and Daily Discussion thread. The songs eligible for this rate were any previously rated song that has never made the top ten (all Top 10 songs from past rates were discovered to have used performance enhancing drugs 🙁 and therefore were disqualified in the name of fairness and healthy competition).
The final track list is:
  1. ABBA - Voulez-Vous
  2. APRIL - Oh! My Mistake
  3. The Beatles - Penny Lane
  4. BLACKstreet (ft. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen) - No Diggity
  5. Brandy - When You Touch Me
  6. Britney Spears - Womanizer
  7. Carly Rae Jepsen - Fever
  8. Charli XCX - Claws
  9. Charly Bliss - Percolator
  10. CHVRCHES - Asking for a Friend
  11. City Girls - Act Up
  12. Death Grips - I've Seen Footage
  13. Fall Out Boy (ft. Courtney Love) - Rat A Tat
  14. Flo Milli - Beef Flomix
  15. George Michael - Freedom! 90
  16. Girls' Generation - I Got a Boy
  17. The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
  18. Jamie xx - Loud Places
  19. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
  20. Jay Sean - Down
  21. Jolin Tsai - Honey Trap (美人計)
  22. Kendrick Lamar (ft. Jay Rock) - Money Trees
  23. Kesha - Take It Off
  24. Kid Cudi (ft. MGMT & Ratatat) - Pursuit of Happiness
  25. Lady Gaga - Judas
  26. LOONA - LOONATIC
  27. Mariah Carey (ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard) - Fantasy
  28. MARINA - How to Be a Heartbreaker
  29. MARINA - Bubblegum Bitch
  30. Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu & Chorus [Lilo & Stitch] - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
  31. Mitski - Washing Machine Heart
  32. Owl City - Fireflies
  33. Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter
  34. Post Malone (ft. 21 Savage) - Rockstar
  35. Slayyyter - Daddy AF
  36. Taylor Swift - Begin Again
  37. Ted Poley & Tony Harnell [Sonic Adventure 2] - Escape from the City
  38. The Veronicas - Untouched
  39. The Weeknd - Secrets
  40. Wolf Alice - Play the Greatest Hits

The Rules (What is a Rate?)

Here is how rating works. For a general overview, please watch this video!
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity: 10 the real insanity was that this didnt win its original rate
This is the ONLY correct way to write a comment. Any other format, such as the below, will break the rate machine program, and will get your ballot rejected until it’s fixed.
Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter: 10: I love anime ❌
If you want to change scores or add comments after sending your ballot, feel free to send a message to this account or to u/bigbigbee. Additionally, both hosts are active on the Popheads Discord, so if you have Discord you can message us at @you.lose or @bigbigbee. The server's #rates channel is a blast, very welcoming, and always filled with great music discussion - come join us!

Links and Deadlines

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2024.04.27 01:23 TragicKingdom1 A Rater Double Header - Rate Olympics Closing Ceremony and Payola Slot Vote

Greetings raters! The next month is going to be crazy eventful for rates so I thought I would combine both of these posts of interest into one to save a pin slot and hopefully get more votes for both.
The inaugural Popheads Rate Olympics has been a rousing success thus far, with our Opening Ceremony vote and the ten days of games in our Discord server having concluded yesterday. All in all, thirty songs have already earned their way in; the tl;dr of what we have to accomplish today is to round out our rate with a final ten songs.
In case you missed it in our Discord server, the songs currently in the rate are:
  1. April - Oh! My Mistake
  2. Blackstreet - No Diggity
  3. Brandy - When You Touch Me
  4. Britney Spears - Womanizer (voted in)
  5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Fever
  6. Charli XCX - Claws (voted in)
  7. Charly Bliss - Percolator
  8. City Girls - Act Up
  9. Death Grips - I've Seen Footage (voted in)
  10. Fall Out Boy - Rat a Tat
  11. George Michael - Freedom! '90
  12. Girls' Generation - I Got a Boy
  13. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (voted in)
  14. Jamie xx - Loud Places (voted in)
  15. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
  16. Jay Sean - Down (voted in)
  17. Joli Tsai - Honey Trap
  18. Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees
  19. Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness
  20. Lady Gaga - Judas (voted in)
  21. Lilo & Stitch - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
  22. Mariah Carey - Fantasy Remix
  23. Marina - How to be a Heartbreaker
  24. Mitski - Washing Machine Heart (voted in)
  25. Owl City - Fireflies (voted in)
  26. Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter (voted in)
  27. Post Malone - Rockstar
  28. Taylor Swift - Begin Again
  29. The Beatles - Penny Lane
  30. The Weeknd - Secrets
The ones I marked as (voted in) are important, because those artists cannot have duplicate songs voted in; however, there can be duplicates from artists that only have songs in from game winners. Thankfully, TiltControls has updated the eligibility list for us. Otherwise, the rules of this vote are the same as last time; you can vote for ten songs, and the ten songs with the most votes will earn their spot in the rate. However, there is one added twist to help you all vote strategically: below is the list of songs that came closest to getting into the rate in the previous vote. They have no other advantage in this vote, but if you want to avoid voting blindly, some combo of these would be the picks.
  1. ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me
  2. ABBA - Voulez-Vous
  3. Addison Rae - Nothing On (But the Radio)
  4. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
  5. Beyoncé - Blow
  6. Billie Eilish - Ocean Eyes
  7. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss
  8. Chloe x Halle - Tipsy
  9. Christina Aguilera - Your Body
  10. CHVRCHES - Asking for a Friend
  11. CHVRCHES - Final Girl
  12. Daft Punk - Giorgio By Moroder
  13. Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts
  14. Flo Milli - Beef FloMix
  15. Hilary Duff - Come Clean
  16. Jai Paul - BTSTU
  17. Kesha - Take It Off
  18. Kylie Minogue - Supernova
  19. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
  20. LOONA - LOONATIC
  21. Lorde - A World Alone
  22. Lorde - Hard Feelings / Loveless
  23. Mariah Carey - Obsessed
  24. Marina - Bubblegum Bitch
  25. Mon Laferte - Tu Falta De Querer
  26. Rina Sawayama - 10-20-40
  27. Shygirl - Freak
  28. Slayyyter - Daddy AF
  29. Sonic the Hedgehog - Escape from the City
  30. The Veronicas - Untouched
  31. The Weeknd - After Hours
  32. Tinashe - Superlove
  33. Wolf Alice - Play the Greatest Hits
Our other topic of the day is the much beloved Payola Slot, an underrepresented category of rate that we guarantee placement in our next rate selection cycle (which will kick off in full sometime in the second week of May.) The vote here will require you to rank each of these categories from most (1) to least (4) preferred to get payola'd into the next cycle. When the submission form opens, people will be able to submit their ideas that fall under this category, and one will be guaranteed to be selected. The categories to choose from this cycle are:
Commercial Male Hip Hop (last rate: April 2018)
  • This category aims to highlight the primary hitmakers of hip hop from its inception in the 1980s to the present. Our previous hip hop rates have primarily been in one of two categories: women, or rappers with more critical acclaim than impact on the charts (Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, etc.) These biases have kept us away from some all time classics of the genre and created a major blindspot, especially now that hiphopheads is on hiatus from doing rates.
  • Example unrated albums: NWA - Straight Outta Compton, Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt, 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin', A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP
Dad Rock (last rate: August 2019)
  • Our visits to pre-21st century popular music have largely focused on specific, gay-pop-fan-approved niches like disco, new wave or commercially successful women. But that leaves plenty of untapped wells, primarily in the realm of "dad rock" that you'd hear on oldies AM radio or see get inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame: moments like easy listening, yacht rock, and even hair metal. This category is purposefully broad, but any rate from the 90s or earlier with appeal to the heterosexual masses and at least one male vocalist would most likely suffice.
  • Example unrated albums: Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills, The Eagles - Hotel California, Paul Simon - Graceland, Green Day - Dookie
Music from Western Media Other than Disney (last rate: October 2018)
  • We've done a really good job feeding the Japanese media fans with our anime and video game rates, but our most recent forays into western media soundtracks have involved Disney in some capacity (their animated films, or their Disney Channel films/TV shows). This category aims to cover any music from any Western media industry: film, TV, theater, podcasts maybe? There is plenty to choose from here, but it has been a long time since anyone constructed a rate idea popular enough to be chosen without the all-unifying Mouse.
  • Example unrated albums: Soundtracks to Hamilton, Barbie, Succession, Minecraft
Overlooked Regional Scenes (last rate: February 2017)
  • This category covers popular music local to a particular region that gets minimal coverage on the subreddit. Although the category is not limited to country lines, that is probably your best starting point; think of the long writeups we get sometimes about the superstars of the Philippines or Romania or something that nobody from outside those countries knows.
  • Example unrated albums: Arkells - Rally Cry, Aya Nakamura - Aya, Peso Pluma - Génesis, WizKid - Made In Lagos

HERE is the link to the form that covers both of the above votes. Due at noon EST on Sunday, April 28th, so less than 48 hours from now!

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2024.04.21 22:42 PorcelainDalmatian Are Democrats Finally Coming Around To the Fact That RFK Jr Is An Enormous Gift?

For months now I’ve been posting on this board, to much consternation and ridicule, that RFK Jr’s candidacy is a huge gift to the Democrats, and they should be promoting the hell out of him. Finally, it seems like at least some people are coming around to this reality. Voices as desperate as Sarah Longwell, Josh Barro, Marc Caputo, Adam Kinzinger, James Carville and Astead Herdon have all all started to embrace it to varying degrees, and polls are finally starting to bear it out as well. Some prominent Conservatives are starting to turn on him as well, because even they get it.
The narrative that RFK will pull more from Biden than Trump has always been absurd on its face. It’s like saying that an AOC candidacy would pull more from Trump than Biden. When you stand back and think about it, it defies logic. This entire false narrative is based on a single set of polls taken almost a full year before the election, in which RFK was the only third party option for grumpy, disaffected , “third party curious” voters to choose. They didn’t know Robert Kennedy from TV funnyman Jamie Kennedy from ‘70s super-hunk George Kennedy. They just saw a 3rd party box and checked it. Yet this false narrative soon cemented itself amongst the punditocracy. Thankfully it’s beginning to crumble, brick by brick.
Over the last few months, those same disaffected voters hungry for a third party option have slowly been getting to know RFK. As I predicted, two distinct trends are emerging:

  1. RFK is losing support. His overall support started at 19% a few moths ago, but as people have discovered that he’s nuttier than a squirrel turd, he’s down to 8% (and dropping).
  2. As people get to know RFK and what he stands for, he’s starting to pull more Trump supporters than Biden supporters. In fact, an NBC News poll released just today shows him ensuring a Biden victory!
Why? Because despite his famous last name, RFK Jr. is practically Trump’s mini-me. There’s a reason Trump asked him to be his running mate.
History shows that most “third party curious” voters lean towards one of the major parties, and the vast majority return to that party by election day, rather than throw their vote away. Suppose I’m an anti-vax lunatic who thinks COVID was a hoax/conspiracy, vaccines cause autism, the January 6th rioters are “political prisoners,” chemicals in the water are turning kids trans, Texas should supersede Federal authority at the border, “Big Tech” is conspiring to censor Conservatives, and the US government is actually run by a secret cabal called “The Deep State.” I’m angry at Trump for the vaccine and the COVID lockdowns so I’m open to a third party. In a two-person race, I still come home to Trump. In a three-person race, my vote goes to RFK. He could literally peel away millions of Trump votes, as long as people get to know who he really is. The Democrats need to make that a major goal, up to and including actively promoting him by micro targeting traditionally pro-Trump, anti-vax circles.
RFK also has a unique appeal to the Joe Rogan/Elon Musk/Alex Jones/Jordan Peterson/ pseudo-libertarian/wannabe intellectual/dark web/crypto/blockchain/ dude-bro idiots who sit around all day playing video games while convincing themselves they’re brilliant. He routinely goes on their shows to fawning adoration. Here’s a pic of him with Peterson and resident tubtard Dr. Phil just last week. In a two man race, those guys all return to Trump. Now they’ve got an option.
If you’re still skeptical you might want to check out the myriad articles in which hard news reporters go to RFK events. They always show up with the conventional narrative firmly implanted, expecting to find nothing but disaffected Democrats. Instead, they’re surprised to find……..former Trump voters! Tons of them. It always shocks them. In their typical effort to “both sides” everything they’ll always find one or two former Dems to interview, but the crowd is always overwhelmingly Trumpkin.
If you still doubt me, do yourself a favor and sign up for RFK Jr’s email list. I didn’t, but somehow I got on it (maybe by mentioning him on Twitter?) so now I get his daily emails. They’re virtually indistinguishable from Trump campaign emails. Without the logo at the top I wouldn’t be able to discern who sent them. Anti-Biden? Check. Anti-vax? Check. COVID conspiracies? Check. Deep State? Check. Big Tech Censorship? Check. Border panic? Check. The one thing that’s always missing? Any criticism of Trump. RFK knows who his voters are.
The Democrats desperately need to shake off this false narrative and understand the enormous gift they’ve been given in RFK, Jr. At his heart he’s a nutball conspiracy theorist, and a uniquely Trumpkin one at that. He appeals to Trump’s lunatic fringe and is their best hope to eek this one out. Get on it, Dems.
(NOTE: Before you all go nuts in the comments, yes I know there is a small cadre of Lulu Lemon yoga pants wearing, crunchy granola, vaccine skeptic, ditzy, rich soccer moms in Marin County that will vote for Kennedy, but they are nowhere near the majority of his voters. Also, please don’t bother to comment until you’ve read the myriad links contained in this post and have done a deep-dive into RFK’s positions/promotional material.)
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2024.04.19 14:40 steevie_weevie CHALLENGE! Is it time to Migrate off VMware onto another #virtualization #hypervisor Stack?

Mike Fisher laying down a challenge on LinkedIn!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mike-fisher-053828_virtualization-hypervisor-migration-activity-7187065466702471169-CeEa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Is it time to Migrate off VMware onto another #virtualization #hypervisor Stack?
Are you coming up your VMware renewal but can't get your move forward licensing costs from Broadcom to make an informed decision and/ or justify the move?
A nasty game indeed - but don't worry you aren't alone - many others are struggling in this regard.
If you think your #migration window is closing - think again, as Verge.io is here to help!
I will challenge anyone in our Market to show me a faster and more efficient #migration process for VMware when compared to the speed and ease of Verge.io's #VergeOS, with a built-in VMware #migration Service.
Watch for yourself. (don't take it from a "salesguy") https://lnkd.in/gvDgAhSt
Then challenge us. (I dare you) Aaron Reid Paul Caron Chris Lehman George Crump Aaron Richman Paul Hodges IV Mike Wall Yan Ness Jason Yaeger Rob Motanagh Carl Rodabaugh Jeffrey Campbell Jamie Hawkins Greg Campbell Byran K. Josh DeWitt Brandon Gill
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2024.04.19 03:44 ivanx29 Set Times Prediction

Please don’t judge me lol, I had a lot of free time at work. So I decided to kill some time and come up with this. Let me know what you guys think. Bottom is opening set and the names at top are the closers
KINETIC FIELD FRIDAY *SUBTRONICS *ARMIN BAN BUUREN *ILLENIUM *DAVID GUETTA *STEVE AOKI *MK *MADDIX *OWNBOSS *NINAJIRACHI
SATURDAY *ALISON WONDERLAND *DJ SNAKE *TIESTO *ZEDD *BENNY BENASSI *ACRAZE B2B KREAM *MATRODA *MITIS *RAYBEN
SUNDAY *KASKADE *GRYFFIN *ALESSO *JOHN SUMMIT B2B GREEN VELVET *FISHER *LOST FREQUENCIES *MAU P *WUKI *ZUEZUE
CIRCUIT GROUND FRIDAY *BEFORE DAWN *VINTAGE CULTURE *JOHN SUMMIT *ERIC PRYDZ *PEGGY GOU *CHRISTOPH *CASSIAN *BRINA KNAUSS
SATURDAY *MK *DOM DOLLA *FOUR TET *ELI BROWN B2B HI-LO *WADE *KYLE WALKER *BEN HEMSLEY *AIRWOLF PARADISE
SUNDAY *TIMMY TRUMPET *MARTIN GARRIX *EXCISION *SEVEN LIONS *KAYZO *SUB FOCUS *KOVEN *IVY
COSMIC MEADOW FRIDAY *LSDREAM *HAMDI *SLANDER *DABIN *DEVAULT *FROSTTOP B2B REM K *KHIVA *SICARIA *NOIZU B3B WESTEND B3B MELE
SATURDAY *WORSHIP *TROYBOI *DILLON FRANCIS *BOYS NOIZE *DEORRO *PURPLE DISCO MACHINE *ODD MOB *CAMDEN COX
SUNDAY *DIPLO *VALENTINO KHAN *DEADMAU5 *SOFI TUKKER *HUGEL *KASABLANCA *DEEPER PURPOSE *MARY DROPPINZ
BASSPOD FRIDAY *JESSICA AUDIFFRED *ADVENTURE CLUB *ZOMBOY *NGHTMRE *MARAUDA *HOL! *VUIIIGAR *MERSIV *TAPE B *LAYZ *NIGHTSTALKER
SATURDAY *CASPA *BOOGIE T *SUBTRONICS B2B LEVEL UP *WOOLI *HEDEX *WILKINSON *BOU *CRANKDAT *RATED R *CHEF BOYARBEATZ *FALLEN
SUNDAY *VIRTUAL RIOT *KAI WACHI *SVDDEN DEATH *GHASTLY *ATLIENS *DIMENSION *ZINGARA *EMORFIK *JEANIE *JON CASEY *RICHTER
NEON GARDEN FRIDAY *CARL COX B2B NICOLE MOUDABER *CARL COX *NICOLE MOUDABER *ADAM BEYER *LILLY PALMER *CHELINA MANUHUTU *HEIDI LAWDEN
SATURDAY *JAMIE JONES *LOCO DICE *JOSEPH CAPRIATI *PEGGY GOU B2B MARCEL DETTMANN *PEGGY GOU *MARCEL DETTMAN *BEN STERLING *MALONE
SUNDAY *DEBORAH DE LUCA *KLANGKUENSTLER *SARA LANDRY *INDIRA PAGANOTTO *SHLOMO *TRYM *ADAM X
QUANTUM VALLEY FRIDAY *GIUSEPPE OTTAVIANI *INFECTED MUSHROOM *MARKUS CHULZ *ANDREW RAYEL *ORJAN NILSEN B2B MARK SIXMA *PAUL OAKENFOLD *BLASTOYZ *ALCHIMYST *NIFRA *TAYLOR TORRENCE
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2024.04.19 01:52 nowhereman136 All Guild Awards Nominees and Winners 2024

(NOTE: Only feature film categories are listed. Certain nominations omit teams of nominees and only list the film and/or certain individuals. Winners highlighted)

Producers Guild of America

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

Directors Guild of America

Feature Film
Documentaries
First-Time Feature Film

Screen Actors Guild

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Writers Guild of America

Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Documentary Screenplay

American Society of Cinematographers

Winners Announced March 5
Theatrical Feature Film Nominees
Spotlight Award
Documentary Award

American Cinema Editors

Best Edited Feature Film (Drama, Theatrical)
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical)
Best Edited Documentary (Theatrical)
Best Edited Animated Feature Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical)

Visual Effects Society

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Feature
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
Outstanding Composition and Lighting in a Feature
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project
Emerging Technology Award

Motion Pictures Sound Editors

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Animation
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Documentary
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Foreign Language Feature
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Dialogue ADR
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Effects/Foley
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing - Documentary
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing - Feature Motion Picture

Cinema Audio Society

Motion Picture: Live Action
Motion Picture: Animated
Motion Picture: Documentary

Casting Society of America

Feature Animation
Feature Big Budget - Comedy
Feature Big Budget - Drama
Feature Studio or Independent - Comedy
Feature Studio or Independent - Drama
Feature Low Budget - Comedy or Drama
Feature Micro Budget - Comedy or Drama
The Zeitgeist Award

Art Directors Guild

Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film
Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film
Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film
Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film

Guild of Music Supervisors

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under
Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

Costume Designers Guild

Excellence in Contemporary Film
Excellence in Period Film
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Excellence in Costume Illustration

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild

Best Contemporary Make-up
Best Period and/or Character Makeup
Best Special Makeup Effects
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling

Society of Composers and Lyricists

Outstanding Original Score For a Studio Film
Outstanding Original Score For an Independent Film
Outstanding Original Song For a Drama or Documentary
Outstanding Original Song For a Comedy or Musical
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent

Set Decorators Society of America

Best Achievement in DécoDesign of a Contemporary Feature Film
Best Achievement in DécoDesign of a Period Feature Film
Best Achievement in DécoDesign of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film
Best Achievement in DécoDesign of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film
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2024.04.18 17:16 welp007 Today’s Financial System is “Dangerously Unstable”. The only lasting and meaningful way to reform the Wall Street megabanks is to restore the Glass-Steagall Act via Congressional legislation and permanently separate federally-insured banks from the trading casinos on Wall Street.

Today’s Financial System is “Dangerously Unstable”. The only lasting and meaningful way to reform the Wall Street megabanks is to restore the Glass-Steagall Act via Congressional legislation and permanently separate federally-insured banks from the trading casinos on Wall Street.
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: April 18, 2024 ~
George Washington University Law Professor, Arthur Wilmarth, has done it again. After authoring the seminal book on the insidious evolution and enormous dangers still posed by the Wall Street megabanks (Taming the Megabanks: Why We Need a New Glass-Steagall Act) Wilmarth is now out with a new, gripping paper. In the paper’s abstract, Wilmarth explains how the risks posed by the Wall Street megabanks in 2008 have become exponentially more dangerous today. He writes:
“The dangers created by universal banks (including their ‘internal’ shadow banking affiliates) and ‘external’ shadow banks have intensified since 2009. A toxic symbiosis has developed between the syndication and underwriting of risky loans and debt securities by universal banks and the origination of speculative private credit by ‘external’ shadow banks. That noxious partnership has helped to generate unprecedented levels of risky consumer and corporate debts.
“Universal banks and shadow banks have created dangerously unstable financial markets that depend on frequent bailouts from central banks and other government agencies. Four serious financial disruptions since the GFC [Global Financial Crisis] have triggered significant government interventions and bailouts—the repo crisis of 2019, the pandemic financial crisis of 2020–21, the failures of three U.S. regional banks in 2023, and the collapse of Credit Suisse. Those episodes demonstrate that universal banks and shadow banks pose massive and unacceptable threats to our financial system, economy, and society.”
Wilmarth’s paper expands on the groundbreaking work of Patrick Corrigan, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, who last August did a deep dive into the shadow banks that exist off-balance sheet in the form of Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) at the largest Wall Street megabanks (a/k/a universal banks). Corrigan documents the key role these shadow banks/VIEs played in the financial crisis of 2007-2010.
Wilmarth explains the breakthroughs in Corrigan’s research as follows:
“…Professor Corrigan shows that universal banks used off-balance-sheet VIEs [Variable Interest Entities] to evade rules governing bank capital, bank affiliates, and investment companies. The Basel Capital Accords and implementing rules adopted by U.S. regulators ‘allowed banks to reduce their capital requirements either by moving their loans (through securitization) to off-balance sheet conduits or by obtaining financial guarantees from AAA- or AA-rated companies’— such as AIG, Ambac, and MBIA. The most extreme example of such arbitrage occurred when federal regulators allowed universal banks to reduce their risk-based capital requirements by 90% if they transferred RMBS [Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities] or CDOs [Collateralized Debt Obligations] to off-balance-sheet conduits that were backed by short-term guarantees (liquidity puts) from banks.
“Professor Corrigan makes a new and important contribution to the securitization literature by showing that the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) exempted off-balance-sheet securitization conduits from regulation either as affiliates of the sponsoring banks or as investment companies. An informal exemption granted by the Fed and a 1992 rule issued by the SEC allowed bank sponsored VIEs to escape a host of regulations governing bank affiliates and investment companies—including capital rules, restrictions on affiliate transactions and investments, prudential supervisory standards, and special receivership proceedings. By allowing securitization VIEs ‘to avoid virtually all of the rules that apply to bank affiliates and investment companies,’ the Fed and the SEC ‘exacerbated distress as the 2007–2009 financial crisis unfolded.’ ”
The poster child for off-balance sheet hubris before, during and after the 2008 financial crisis was the megabank, Citigroup. The official report from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission provides these shocking details:
“…More than other banks, Citigroup held assets off of its balance sheet, in part to hold down capital requirements. In 2007, even after bringing $80 billion worth of assets on balance sheet, substantial assets remained off. If those had been included, leverage in 2007 would have been 48:1, or about 53% higher….”
For our as-it-happened reporting on the collapse of Citigroup in 2008, see The Rise and Fall of Citigroup. By March of 2009, Citigroup was a 99-cent stock.
What is lurking in the form of off-balance sheet VIEs today at some of the megabanks on Wall Street is just as opaque and dangerous (if not more so) than it was in 2008.
JPMorgan Chase’s 10-K (Annual Report) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (page 202) shows it has $1.498 trillion in off-balance sheet exposures as of year-end 2023. This is the same bank whose Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, is bullying his regulators to drop their demand that his bank hold 25 percent more capital.
Where Corrigan and Wilmarth part paths in their latest papers is how to reform these off-balance sheet risks to the U.S. financial system. Corrigan proposes rule changes while Wilmarth sticks to his book’s well-documented case that the only lasting and meaningful way to reform the Wall Street megabanks is to restore the Glass-Steagall Act via Congressional legislation and permanently separate federally-insured banks from the trading casinos on Wall Street.
Given the corrupt revolving door between Wall Street and its regulators, and Wall Street’s long-held attitude that “it’s legal if you can get away with it,” clearly Wilmarth has the only workable reform idea.
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2024.04.18 16:26 Patient-Peace High School Biology, Physics, Geometry resources

Sharing in case this is helpful to anyone else in their planning. I've always loved looking at the plans and lessons of those who have gone before in so many beautiful ways, and pulling ideas. I'm currently planning for son's Ninth Grade year, and these are some things I have bookmarked and am leafing through in the process of jotting down our lesson plans.
We're going to be using a combo of Prentice Hall's Dragonfly Biology book, paired with the latest Campbell's AP Biology text (the 12th edition) for deeper diving (and cross-checking for up to date info, in case of discrepancy in the older Dragonfly book. We chose the Dragonfly version because we collectively loved it the most out of the texts we looked at, and it has lots of available resources).
And for Physics we're using Glencoe’s Principles and Problems coupled with various added in books and resources.
For math, son’ll be in Geometry, and we're pulling in Making Math Meaningful for extra fun along with continuing with Math U See, AoPS, and Ray's.
Here's a running list of where I'm gathering ideas from, in case anyone else is on the hunt in these areas 🙂:
Biology Resources:
https://biologyjunction.com/
For Prentice Hall Dragonfly book:
https://www.biologycorner.com/textbook-resources/
http://www.millerandlevine.com/chapte
Well Trained Mind Forum Posts on Living Books for Biology:
https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/489738-living-books-approach-to-9th-grade-biology/
Biology and Chemistry blog/class by Quarks and Quirks from Well Trained Mind Forums:
https://quarksandquirks.wordpress.com/biology-hs-level/
More Living Books Biology links from Well Trained Mind Forums:
https://charlottemason.tripod.com/biology.html
Wayback machine of JanieMcMillin’s Living Biology books:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120512114608/http://www.jamiemcmillin.com/?page_id=73
Some AP Biology resources:
https://sd41blogs.ca/pereirav/other-classes/ap-biology/ap-biology-resources/
Physics Resources:
https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/492610-physics-for-poets-my-attempt-at-a-living-books-approach-to-physics/
https://charlottemason.tripod.com/physics.html
Kinetics Physics labs:
https://www.perfectionlearning.com/series/first-person-physics.html
Teaching Company Great Courses (Wondrium)
Fairytale Physics and Stick Figures Physics books
Physicsclassroom.com
Glencoe Book resources: https://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/0078807220/student_view0/chapter_test_practice.html
Virtual labs at McGraw Hill: https://www.mheducation.com/prek-12/product/inspire-science-high-school-virtual-lab-1-teacher-1-student-digital-bundle-1-year-subscription-mcgraw-hill/9781265208011.html
Algebra and Geometry (and more):
Free downloads of lesson plans and supplements of Making Math Meaningful by Jamie York:
https://jamieyorkacademy.com/free-downloads/
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