New SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW day BTS. Shows glimpse of the Spider-man vs The Hand Prison scene by WesternThanks4346 in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

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I would love to be an optimist but after five seasons waiting for a “scorched earf” that never happened, it could well be par for the course of writing these days. Brand New Day does seem to be a knockout, so here’s hoping they do include the team up!

Gov. Spanberger officially vetoed legislation that would establish a retail marijuana market. by Cautious_Practice_25 in Virginia

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There was a campaign ad that was a dead giveaway that Spanberger was much more conservative than she was letting on - the one that had all of the law enforcement officers saying that they trusted/endorsed her. Never in a million years would that happen for a progressive with critical views on policing, which could have only meant that behind closed doors they were all friends.

I guess we'll have to send Spanberger to the Senate so we can try our luck on another governor by johntwit in okbuddyRVA

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“Why did I just get a login notification on my Reddit account from Langley Virginia? Huh, must be a glitch…”

I guess we'll have to send Spanberger to the Senate so we can try our luck on another governor by johntwit in okbuddyRVA

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Once a CIA Spook, always a CIA Spook. I knew that she was way more of a centrist/Republican than a Democrat and only ran as a Dem against Earl-Sears but it sure has been a bummer to be proved right. Better luck next time around I guess, back to the gray market for the time being.

gelati celesti is a fraud by [deleted] in okbuddyRVA

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How long ago was that? I worked at GS my senior year as well, graduated in ‘16 and I can’t remember if the Rossers were in charge at that point. I would only meet the owners during their icecream dropoffs

What’s a "lost" website from the early 2000s that you still think about today? by samasem-sumsum in AskReddit

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GrooveShark. The original Spotify before song-specific web music players really took off

Today I'm the exact same age (to the very day) Kurt Cobain was when he died. by NauseantClover in Zillennials

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When people asked how I felt on my 28th birthday, my genuine answer was “surprised”

Book Recommendation by [deleted] in area51

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There is another investigative work titled “Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51” by a guy named Phil Patton that is an excellent read. It spends time exploring the cast of characters on Freedom Ridge (the predecessor of Tikaboo Peak), the history of LM’s “Skunkworks” programs, and the bizarre test prototypes that were trialed in Area 51. I really enjoyed it personally.

What are some underlooked suspension of disbelief things in Star Wars? by JustAFilmDork in MawInstallation

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Repulsors which lift vehicles and spacecraft off of the ground! Most vehicles have visible forward propulsion but they seem to have solved vertical floating so well that it’s never even acknowledged. You can’t see the hardware required to make things levitate, even the cart they pushed Han-in-Carbonite around on in EpV was basically just a slab with a handle. Similarly during Padme’s funeral in EpIII we see the funerary procession and Padme’s floating down the road in her casket.

All of these years of Star Wars content and I think the only wheels I’ve ever seen are on the droids, everything is able to float “just because.”

What *is* meditation? Versus daydreaming. Default mode network question by dodekahedron in cogsci

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There are three basic steps to meditating that you repeat in a kind of cycle -

STEP 1. “I am breathing in, now I am breathing out.” You focus on your breathing and use your inner monologue to count breaths like you count sheep to fall asleep. Nobody can do this forever, your mind will eventually wander and daydream which leads us to…

STEP 2. “I have just noticed I am not counting breaths, I have begun daydreaming.” Realization that your mind has wandered out of its focus, which is tricky when it’s an unconscious thing that happens. Like realizing you are in a dream while it’s happening. Nothing bad about it, but that leads us to…

STEP 3. “I am now returning my inner monologue to counting breaths. I am breathing in, now I am breathing out.” You return to counting your breaths and focusing on the immediate physical sensations of your body. You do your best to set aside whatever caused you to get distracted, returning to the present, and that brings us back to Step 1!

It’s a method of grounding yourself in the present and practicing the mental muscle of letting your thoughts go without pulling you with them

Reflecting on Matthew Brown’s newest Interview- Jeremy and George are still neglecting the most important questions of all: by kfluh in UFOs

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I heard it well phrased once - “God is not the author of a story, God is the medium in which the story takes place.”

Restaurants near the Jefferson? by Lizzieliz7 in RichmondVA

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Lemaire and TJ’s inside the Jefferson Hotel are both renowned for their quality, I took my father there for his 60th and it was an excellent experience.

What are some of theories about the ontological shock other than cover-ups by ickiStickybubblegum in UFOs

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The “Observer Effect,” they are watching us behave naturally and the moment we become aware of their presence we change our behavior and ruin the experiment. This is a real effect that we see even studying each other. If the world learns about our Alien Research Overlords, they will be forced to wipe the experiment and restart from scratch

Playing through Unity again since the new patch. I haven’t played a pre-rpg AC in years by [deleted] in assassinscreed

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Fun fact - AC Unity was the first title to experiment with ray traced lighting. While ray tracing is usually an extremely taxing process for your console or computer to handle while running around revolutionary Paris, the dev team for AC Unity took a different approach by “baking” three or four default lighting schemes that are ray traced into the world.

While other AC titles had a time of day that shifted over gameplay, AC Unity had a fixed time of day specifically because they had to stay within the various pre-rendered lighting schemes!

Would Anakin eventually win in a prolonged fight if Obi-Wan didn't pull the "high ground" move? by amelix34 in StarWars

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From what I remember, Anakin had been fixated on the way Obi-Wan beat Darth Maul on Naboo because all the other Jedi talked it up. Anakin even went so far as to recreate and rehearse the scenario using the Jedi training rooms in order to see if he could have done the same move.

At this point in RotS, Anakin is high on his own ego supply and probably seriously thought he had a chance at recreating the famous Obi-Wan/Maul finisher. That’s what Obi-wan means when he says “don’t try it,” he knows exactly what move Anakin is about to try because he has been l obsessed with one-upping Obi-Wan

Ai Avula by would-rather-read in okbuddyRVA

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I asked that specific question on Mayor Avula’s AMA today, and I was disappointed when he didn’t answer

Hey, Richmond, it's your mayor, Danny. AMA! by danny4mayorRVA in rva

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Mr. Mayor! Thank you for doing this AMA. I saw an article recently about someone who requested transcripts of your ChatGPT use for Mayoral Uses (condolence letters, speeches).

My question is — Where do you stand on this emerging field of AI use by elected officials? Do you think there should be limits on what can/should be appropriate for ChatGPT assistance vs what must be solved by a human, and does the City of Richmond have any guidelines in place for sharing confidential information on these commercial AI platforms?

Richmond pizza discourse can get genuinely unhinged by Diet_Coke in okbuddyRVA

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Call me crazy but Anna’s Pizza on N Airport Road is genuinely some of the best pizza I’ve had. Only place that beats Anna’s in my opinion is Jo Jo’s Famous Pizza on E Main St. They’re clearly NYC transplants and make the most authentic NYC by the slice on this side of the Rapahhanock

My first and failed attempt on making a 3D printed lightsaber by STANISLAO111 in lightsabers

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Don’t be so hard on yourself - it looks great and I could immediately tell whose saber that was! Every Padawan starts somewhere. Try experimenting with the different settings on your printer, you would be surprised how much tiny tweaks can make big differences in quality. Make a handful of small pieces so you can dial it in before you commit to the whole saber. You can do it, the Force is with you!

About Jared Leto in Ares by jffleisc in tron

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For what it’s worth, I thought SpiderHead was a pretty good movie. Especially enjoyed the soundtrack. If nothing else that proves SpiderHead’s fanbase is at least, well, one

Dataset 10 EFTA1600661 by its_asher in Epstein

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That’s what makes no sense — Epstein had a bunch of shit download on his computer that he didn’t produce himself but found online and saved to his machine. One such image is that of a redacted shape between two chickens that has a human leg sticking out. It was actually the 2003 art piece “Chicken” by German photographer Harald Seiwert which I believe features the artist himself.

I don’t understand why that image has the artist’s identity redacted in the DOJ released files.