Pat @Pat@qoto.org

#climate #ICSEngine #oil #EV

So when did we learn that putt-putt cars cause environmental damage?

At least this long ago...

(fair use clip from the Jack Benny Program, 1955)

Brains are amazing. That's just about 5 seconds of thoughts and there were several others mixed in there that I didn't write down.

And this goes on constantly, all the time in our brains...

wow.

#random #thoughts

Some random thoughts...

I need to clip my toe nails. That clip of Jack Benny I just posted is funny because it is about the past and future. Benny the dog was frozen and then revived in the future. Vanilla is tasty and the sky is clear.

That's it, no more thoughts.

#horoscope #JackBenny #USPol #joke

#retrocausality

(fair use clip, Jack Benny Program 1956, and maybe in the public domain due to lack of copyright notice)

#nasa #artemis #moon #apollo #spaceflight #BackToTheMoon

"Orion completed the outbound powered flyby at 6:44 a.m., passing about 81 miles above the surface at 6:57 a.m. The spacecraft speed increased from 2,128 mph before the burn to 5,102 mph after the burn. Shortly after the outbound flyby burn, the space craft passed about 1,400 miles above the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility Base at 7:37 a.m. Orion later flew over the Apollo 14 site at about 6,000 miles in altitude and then over the Apollo 12 site at an altitude of about 7,700 miles "
- NASA blog, 2022/11/21, 8:19pm

(image from nasa.gov, Artemis I, on the far side of the moon)

#society #philosophy #life

Would you give up your life to save the lives of a million people?

***** Movie Spoiler – The Stepford Wives *****

Along with the womens liberation movement, there was a technological development that happened shortly before this film was released – Walt Disney developed “Audio-Animatronics”. This was a new way of making android-type figures move in synchronization with their voices. The technology first debuted at the World’s Fair in 1965 and became the central feature of Disneyland’s “Carousel of Progress” attraction in 1967, where the android figures were on a series of central stages and the audience rotated around them between each act of the production. The attraction and Audio-Animatronics were well publicized and nearly everyone was aware of the new technology at the time.

Another film, Westworld (1973) also began development and production at the same time as The Stepford Wives, however, the latter became delayed in production so it was released a little later. Westworld is much more well known to the public today because of the HBO TV series which refreshed that franchise in 2016.

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #FTW #film #movie #snowflake #tranquilizer #populux #MaidenformBonefire #Fred #alien #Disneyland #FX #KatharineRoss #PaulaPrentiss #TinaLouise #suburbia

Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

The Stepford Wives (1975)

Something is not right in Stepford.

This film draws on two major cultural happenings during the early 1970s, the women's liberation movement and another development which I’ll explain under a CW (content warning) later in this thread because it’s a spoiler. The protagonist, played by Katharine Ross (The Graduate, The Final Countdown) and her new friend played by Paula Prentiss (Catch 22) notice how seemingly idyllic the town of Stepford is, but how backward and subservient all the women are.

During the late 60s and early 70s the women's liberation movement was at its height, with women burning their bras to protest their subjugation and demonstrate their liberation. The Stepford Wives is full of contemporary references and really gives you a feel for what was going on regarding changing roles between men and women at the time.

The film also features Tina Louise, who played “Ginger” on Gilligan’s Island.

A very well-made film, highly recommended.

(fair use image from the film)

#caturday #qm #uncertainty #probability #density #matrix

This is the cat on my profile page. I named him Schroedinger.

#musk #birdsite #twitter #twittermigration #valuation

adding some hashtags...

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#HistoryRhymes

- "In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million...."

- "June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo! and Google to become the most visited website in the United States."

- "By 2019, the site's monthly visitors had dropped to seven million."

- "June 2011, Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake jointly purchased the company for approximately $35 million."
(They later sold it for $87M)

(quotes from Wikipedia, Lic. CC-BY-something-or-another...)

Which is Roman for "100 pounds"

Actually, it's "C pounds"

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C# - pronounced "C hashtag"

#MarALago #USPol #wall #TheWall #WheresTheWall #BigFail #election2024 #2024election

Where's the wall?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall

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There's a 99.99999875% chance that you are on Earth right now.

#human #space #flight #8billion #ISS

#artemis #moon #nasa #space #rocket

Here's a short video explaining the orbital mechanics of the Artemis mission.

#artemis #moon #nasa #space #rocket

Congratulations to NASA for a successful launch and translunar insertion burn. It's now on it's way to the moon.

Here's the thread that discusses this issue...
https://qoto.org/web/statuses/109348691021016561

#qoto #meta #tech #slow #support #MastodonTicker #performance

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