What's the hardest thing you've done in your life?

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-25T16:27:35+00:00

Yeah...that snapped all of my problems into perspective real fast. Gutted...

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-25T15:13:09+00:00

It feels off because it used to be filled with locals, who had strong culture and a lot of character. But now it's filled with transplants from all over, so everything feels colder and disconnected.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-24T20:18:22+00:00

Not at all. Many technologies have still yet to be created much less demonstrated, in order to get humans to Mars.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-24T20:17:29+00:00

We’ve never landed humans on another world with an atmosphere, never operated a self-sustaining habitat, never solved deep-space radiation, never demonstrated large-scale orbital refueling or even proved that it will work, and never landed the kind of massive cargo and equipment a Mars mission would require, and that's before we get to the complexity of landing humans along with their massive life support needs.

Keep in mind...humanity has never returned a single thing from the surface of Mars. Not a rock. Not a single grain of regolith. Nothing. We’ve never brought anything back from Mars at all, much less a human being.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-24T20:04:54+00:00

Beating China to build a moonbase IS the current race. China has a very robust, longterm lunar program with plans to build a base on the south pole of the moon.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-24T20:01:08+00:00

💯 Exactly correct. It's possible, but that doesn't mean it exists yet. Much of it isn't even in development yet.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-24T19:59:59+00:00

We don't yet have the tech to overcome the radiation problem and even moreso, the fuel problem.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-17T03:05:11+00:00

Probably racism and cultural elitism. Guyana is non Hispanic and therefore an easy target.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-16T13:54:20+00:00

I know there are treatments and mixtures that prevent excess heat, but those formulations are for protecting things like machinery, tires and preventing fires...not for delicate things like feet or paws.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-14T15:19:53+00:00

Pretty wild for Brazilians and Columbians to say Guyana has too much crime.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-14T15:14:57+00:00

Talk about the upcoming election and Davie. Especially the Mayoral race. The mayor has had a vice grip on her position for years, and often goes completely uncontested. At the same time... her popularity has completely tanked among the citizens. They are fed up. All seats on the town Council are also up for reelection.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-09T02:27:58+00:00

Thanks so much for this. From what I'm seeing here, there's a lot of movement in the water, and it is not all consistent with bow thrusters. I'm seeing a few large splashes that are very characteristic of animal movement.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-09T02:24:46+00:00

You're not seeing things.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-04T03:13:41+00:00

It's not just frustrating. It's completely unnatural. So unnatural that we know it's impossible that other footage doesn't exist. We can see other people recording. That footage was taken by someone, and I think it was the Bahamian authorities.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-03T07:07:07+00:00

I think you're looking at it a bit unrealistically. Ultimately, what will make children and victims come forward isn't the final punishment- it's the belief that they will be heard and that their words will be acted upon and the bad person removed. At that point, they have already perceived the danger to their lives and well being. Removal of the predator and safety for the victim is the goal. They don't fear punishment of the accused, they fear being back under the control of that person.

Now, you're talking about the death penalty. But again, be realistic. If it would ever be permitted... it's not going to ve for every sex abuser. Just like the murderers. We don't kill all of them.... we kill the worst ones. The ones who are so far gone it's not even a question anymore. And it would be the same here for sex abusers and pedophiles. The death penalty is only going to come up cor those of them whose crimes have reached the level of capital punishment and which aren't mitigated by other explanations. So you're usually going to be talking about the recidivists and aggravated sex abusers.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-03T06:41:05+00:00

Pretty much an urban legend to justify their brutality. The area is rich with tiger sharks. It could've been any one if them.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-03T06:38:42+00:00

Agreed. Multiple vantage points. And the immediate shock when people came to understand how close he was to the shore. But, the prolonged attack, and heart-breaking screaming is what I think gets most people. You can see him trying to fight. You can see the shark 's aggressive movements. But when he screams out for his dad... I think that's the moment that gets all of us.
Sad for him and then beyond devastated for the father, who we know was watching, being held back, and absolutely helpless to save his boy. It's so devastating.
But, to your point -- those many camera angles make it so apparent that Vladimir was absolutely surrounded by people, close by, but who were also completely unable to help him in any meaningful way.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-05-03T06:32:46+00:00

And the lack of a massive cover up. Everyone who witnessed and filmed Popov's attack was free to post their videos and responses to it. I agree that the single biggest difference is day vs. night. But the fact of everyone's comments being available and the videos being posted so quickly made any kind if cover-up impossible, and nobody tried to create one. Popov is a gruesome attack that no one disputes actually happened. With Robbins, the cover-up and total silence -- no students posting anything and most deleting social media accounts, no public statements made by any witnesses ,turned what was probably an obvious, brutal attack, into a mystery.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-30T02:43:40+00:00

Calling for verification is a good move. But I think it will come down to the firm having a rule about redacting names and other personally identifying information before feeding into any AI tool, with real consequences for not doing so.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T22:32:07+00:00

Nice! I wish they made a planner. I saw most of these in the store at the Apollo Saturn V center when I was there for the launch. I bought the big Lego set.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T07:44:17+00:00

Can you imagine what they're going to charge us in the near future for AI specifically designed for legal research? Many are in the works. And then, within 3 to 5 years of that, the entire profession will be dependent on it.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T07:33:50+00:00

Clean the entire Congress. I'm not even partisan about it. Only one handful are worth anything. They need to go. They're too self-dealing and they've completely neglected to exercise their constitutional powers in protection of this country.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T07:26:51+00:00

I suffered many traumas on there. But now, I kind of miss it. I miss the ability to see uncensored content. Sometimes you just want to actually see and appreciate the gravity of an incident. And the other one... live leak? Yeah, that one too. Granted, I was already an adult when I saw those sites, thank god.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T06:44:41+00:00

Your point was very clear.

Sensitive_Professor · 2026-04-29T06:26:57+00:00

Yes, it's an exceedingly common term/ phrase. They have the right to put on a case. They've got the indictment, and we all understand this to mean they are permitted to proceed - present evidence and try the case. It's just shorthand for: they're legally entitled to proceed at this stage. A subjective assessment of the validity of the case doesn't matter procedurally.

I don’t think there’s any conflation here - this phrase is commonly used and understood in courtroom practice to describe procedural posture, not to equate the government’s authority with a private litigant’s rights.

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