Pat @Pat@qoto.org

***** 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

If you are experiencing performance issues with qoto, like very long page loads, try switching to a theme that doesn't use the Mastodon instance ticker.

Edit Profile --> Preferences --> Theme dropdown menu

Select a theme the doesn't use the Mastodon instance ticker. (The default theme uses the ticker, so don't use that one.)

If you are not logged in, it will use the default ticker and so you may have performance issues when you are not logged in.

#elon #musk #TwitterMigration #HenryKissinger #love

Here's a live version that includes some historical context...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs

@freemo

qoto server is running very slow this morning. Page loads about 15-20 seconds.

Other instances and sites on the internet seem to load ok.

**** Truth be Told Spoiler – Patsplaining ****

I think all of the individual facts in this #TruthBeTold are correct, but by stringing them together and conflating the various meanings of words, and by limiting the scope of certain concepts, it doesn’t sound right.

(Actually, the last claim is probably false, I don’t think anyone believes that DST should cause geologic activity.)

#TruthBeTold #time #day #solstice #astronomy #sidereal #ISS #relativity

The truth is...

A day is 24 hours long, plus or minus about 20-30 seconds. However, during the winter the days get longer. At the winter solstice the days are the shortest.

But the southern hemisphere is different. In the southern hemisphere the days are nearly always 24 hours (+/- about half a minute).

And on the equator it gets really weird, because a sidereal day on the equator is only about 23 hours, 56 minutes year-round. And at the north and south poles, occasional the day is a second longer (leap second), due to climate change, among other reasons.

In space, astronauts experience time differently because they are in an area of lower gravity due to general relativity. For example, the International Space Station experiences 16 sunrises and sunsets per Earth day.

In areas where there is daylight saving time, on the day those areas enter daylight saving time the day is 23 hours, and when it switches back to standard time it’s 25 hours. These short and long days only occur in the areas where there is daylight saving time which you’d think would cause massive geological strain on the Earth’s crust and upper mantle, but for some reason it doesn’t.

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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

(public domain image from Mediawiki Commons)

(image not to scale)

#QM #QuantumMechanics #entanglement #transportation #qQuantumTeleportation #superposition #teleportation

This guy explains quantum teleportation in less than two minutes! And he hits all of the main points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czi5elPLfvA

This other guy explains it in more detail, but it's a little harder to understand the details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbrO_0EImZ4

(Prerequisite: Understanding of quantum entanglement)

#retrocausality

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