Pat @Pat@qoto.org

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New York DA releases Trump Mugshot...

@stux

Lots of reasons not to live in the US. If I wasn't so old I'd consider leaving.

We just killed a million of our own citizens, did you know that?

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Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

Jurassic Park (1993)

In 2013, this film was re-released so I think even most young people have seen it. Plus it was turned into a franchise so there are about a half-dozen of these Jurassic blah..blah..blah films out there now. For those of you who have been extinct and recently revived, this film is about a guy who took DNA from fossils and de-extincted various dinosaurs and put them into an amusement park. What could go wrong?

I’m including this one in the Retro SciFi series because it will likely be in the news soon. It stars Laura Dern, Jeffrey Goldblum, and Sam Neill.

One of the notable aspects of this film is that it marks the transition from the use of mostly practical effects in the film industry to primarily using digital effects. The dinosaurs were mostly high-quality robotic puppets, but digital techniques by Industrial Light and Magic were also used for scenery and composites.

There’s a real story here and top-notch acting so it’s not just a bunch of FX, which it makes it worth watching.
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Accessible video description:

Goldblum’s character is asleep in a jeep when he hears the thunderous footsteps of a dinosaur. He looks at a puddle and the water shows waves of disturbance from the seismic vibrations. (Glodblum: Anybody hear that? It’s a um... an impact tremor is what it is… Fairly alarmed here.) He calls and gestures to two other characters who jump into the jeep (“Start the engine!”) and they speed away as a T-Rex chases them. (“Must go faster.”) The T-Rex gains on them. Goldblum accidentally bumps the stick-shift in the jeep. (Driver: “Get off the stick, bloody move!”) (Dern: “Look out!”) The jeep drives under a fallen tree trunk and the T-Rex crashes through the tree trunk shattering it into pieces. (more screams) The T-Rex tries to bite them and he bumps his head against the jeep. The jeep finally pulls away and escapes. (Goldblum: “Think they’ll have that on the tour?”)

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #FTW #sfftw #film #movie #billionaire #DNA #Disney #extinction #helicopters #dinosaurs #CGI #FX
(fair use clip)

@gricka

The reason they are doing this (and why every other politician talks about this issue) is to distract people from the fact that the US just killed a million of its own citizens through public heath policy that they knew would make the pandemic worse.

@gricka

>"Idaho to become first state to restrict interstate travel for abortion"

No, they won't.

The Privileges and Immunities Clause prevents states from doing that.

@dbread

Seems like that would do random things.

@medigoth

>"...Also, I’m always just happy to pass on any news that demonstrates how much the modern idea of the “#paleo diet” is bullshit...."

It amazes me how people are so eager to adopt a diet eaten by humans who had an average lifespan of 40 years.

@braindouche

>"Weird things that bothered you as a child? ..."

It bothered me that no matter how fast I ran, I could not catch my shadow.

@trinsec @freemo

@SteelFolk @freemo

>"If you put one lasgana on topnof another lasagna you still onky have one lasagna...."

That's because it's a mass noun, like money or time. It doesn't take the 's' in most constructions.

(Unlike "onky" which is an Equidae in upper-class Bostonian* dialects and takes the "ies" for plural.)

(* - not to be confused with the other Equidae thoroughbred)

@SteelFolk @freemo

That the tuck?

@timely_pace

Are you thinking about this or are you ghosting me?

@skanman

They can't get in. We built a wall, remember?

@Acer

I just found this article about honesty in different countries around the globe.

But the article is behind a paywall...

Maybe someone knows how we can cheat to get around the paywall. 😂

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aau8712

@ech

Early in the pandemic there was a case of someone who became infected at an outdoor cafe who was sitting 24 ft. from the guy who infected them.

There are a lot of variables outdoors -- notably air currents and UV. At night when the air is still the virus will survive outdoors.

My rule of thumb is that if anyone around you was smoking would you be able to smell the smoke? If yes then wear the respirator. Chem odors from smoke will transmit more readily than the virus, so this should provide a margin of safety.

>"I'm not going to wear a mask for the rest of my life."

Depends on how long you live.

@Acer

>"I just noticed 多哥."

Yeah, I don't think there are any stereotypes about Togo at all.

@/meowski.fluf.club

>"please stfu, these type of masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of viruses, even n95+ worn properly only offer marginal protection- and in most cases increase respiratory infections
"pointless virtue signal. good try though"

A properly worn N95 is greater than 95% efficient at filtering virus particles. The most effective respirator at a reasonable price is an elastomeric N100 / P100, which filters 99.97% of virus particles.

@freemo

video.qoto.org is broken, videos won't play.

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More people died in the US during the past half-hour from COVID-19 than died in the Nashville shooting.

Please wear your respirator when you are in a public place or anywhere where others are breathing in the same space.

(image: Martin Von Creytz, creative commons, modified, CC-BY-SA-2.0)

@dbread

The qoto video site is broken right now -- videos aren't playing. Maybe it will be fixed soon...