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Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) Swans by Floodlight

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god. that post that's like "it's gonna take years–decades for the us government to return to the level of functioning it had in november 2024" pisses me off so much I cannot comprehend why people are so eager to defend the democrats and their losing strategies all the time. pretty sure the democrats won't be able to win if they're not promising "cool shit"?? can people not see this? the dems can't just coast on the 'pro' of being the more competent party... but what do I know it's not like the democratic party's popularity is in the single digits or anything 🙄

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the cultural object of the black hole is kind of remarkable. It's almost an anti-God in a sense, a negative infinity. Yeah there's this kind of dead sun that's collapsed into an infinitely dense point, and if you fall past its event horizon you're fucked. Every schoolchild knows this. A black hole can be introduced in a superhero blockbuster without any explanation except for its established look and the name "black hole", and this will be understood as the ultimate natural disaster, which even superman could not hope to defeat. truly S-tier cosmic object

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Yellowstone River from Calcite Springs Overlook, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

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Been thinking about how the new Superman movie did a really good job of giving Clark interests beyond “Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow.” He likes pop punk rock. His favorite meal is breakfast for dinner. Clark does a little dance when he gets the front cover byline. He likes to doom-scroll. Unclear if he’s a dog guy. His girlfriend makes him hot cocoa when he’s sad. So often Superman in film has zero personality beyond tortured alien that must guide humanity. Giving him these small details made the character feel so much more real. He really is just a guy doing his best.

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not to be a dirty commie or anything but i don't think any one person should have enough money to solve world hunger and then get to decide not to

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James T. Kirk would solve the Ai issue by talking ChatGPT into killing itself

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The notes are broken. This is what tumblr is all about apparently.

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I like the idea of a Vulcan character who constantly does very reckless things so her human crewmates think she's strange but then she always has a logical explanation she delivers with absolute confidence.

"No, it was perfectly logical for me to jump out of the shuttle at that time. I had a breathing apparatus, and I was certain I could seal the subspace rift by hand before the Romulans opened fire. This was the only solution that would result in zero casualties. I might have died, but giving up is illogical."

She's known as one of the most fearless members of the crew.

Other Vulcans try not to acknowledge her.