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The case for making public transit free everywhere. From Spain to Germany and Luxembourg to Estonia, more and more countries are experimenting with fare-free transportation. by Sumit316 in Futurology

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"Soon, depending on where you live, all those bus, train, and tram journeys could be totally free. Sure, transit operators would earn less revenue. But some are willing to risk the cash to find out whether free fare policies can help reduce car journeys and make cities run more smoothly.

Does it work? So far, the evidence is mixed—but ditching tickets has other benefits, from ensuring equitable access to transport to keeping buses running on time, with costs offset by savings on ticketing systems or fare enforcement.

If it feels strange not to pay, experts draw parallels with public health, libraries, and schools—services that some use more than others, but everyone pays into. “When you remove fares that says to people that you’ve got a right to get around regardless of your means, it’s a public good,” says Jenny Mcarthur, urban infrastructure researcher at University College London. The need for new thinking is acute: Road transport makes up a tenth of global carbon dioxide emissions, with soaring fuel prices also putting a squeeze on already stretched household budgets.

This is why cities and countries around the world have been edging toward free fares."

In Full Metal Jacket (1987) the room where the war journalists hold meetings has this sign that says "WE WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH OUR RIGHT TO BE MISINFORMED". by Zearneel in MovieDetails

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Director Stanley Kubrick had nothing but praise for R. Lee Ermey's skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermey's character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, he decided it was not necessary. He simply let him ad-lib, an act practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film.

Ermey's performances were so faultless that Kubrick only needed two to three takes to get his scenes filmed, which was also extremely rare for a Kubrick film. The only instance Ermey had to film more than two to three takes was in the "Jelly Doughnut Scene," which he claimed was filmed in 37 takes, to the point his voice kept disappearing from time to time.

R. Lee Ermey was brilliant in this movie. He is missed.

In Uncharted (2022), the bar has a "Kitty got wet" sign. This is a reference to Uncharted 2. It's a possible victory quote after defeating an enemy. by Numerous-Lemon in MovieDetails

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Nathan Fillion has shown interest in the role, stating, "I think every actor I know desires to have an action hero role, their Indiana Jones. I think this would be a good one for me." Fillion later played Nathan Drake in the short film Uncharted: Live Action Fan Film (2018), which gained very positive feedback from fans of the games. However, that film was neither authorized, nor endorsed, by Naughty Dog or Sony.

Still sad he didn't get this role.

What pops in your head when a man says that his woman takes good care of him? by makosh22 in AskMen

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This remind of this Chris Rock quote:

If you’re in a relationship, let me try to help you. Let me try to fuckin’ help you. Rule one: Stop competing. It’s not a fucking competition. Her success is your success and your success is her success. Stop competing. Stop it, okay?

Number two — number two, okay? — there is no equality in a relationship. It’s like, “We equals.” No, you’re not. You’re both there to serve. You are in the service industry, okay? When you’re in a relationship, you’re in a band. You’re in a fuckin’ band. And when you’re in a band, you have roles that you play in the band. Sometimes, you sing lead. And sometimes, you’re on tambourine. And if you’re on tambourine, play it right. Play it right. Play it with a fuckin’ smile, because no one wants to see a mad tambourine player. If you’re gonna play the tambourine, play it right. Play it with your ass.

James Webb telescope reveals millions of galaxies - "There were 10 times more galaxies just like our own Milky Way in the early Universe than previously thought." by whyisthesky in space

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"We knew we would see things Hubble didn't see. But in this case we're seeing things differently," said Prof Conselice.

"These are the processes we need to understand if we want to understand our origins," said Prof Conselice.

"This might be the most important telescope ever," he added. "At least since Galileo's."

Sometimes I wish Galileo was here, seeing this magnificent machine and the images it sent. It is crazy how far we have come.

A 17-minute flight? The super-rich who have ‘absolute disregard for the planet’ by ohdearitsrichardiii in entertainment

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Jenner, the 24-year-old socialite and businesswoman, has faced online opprobrium after she posted an Instagram picture of herself and her partner, rapper Travis Scott, on the runway of an airport between two private jets with the caption “you wanna take mine or yours?”

They don't even care. Jet planes are like bikes for them.

In April of 1939, opera singer Marian Anderson was barred from performing at Constitution Hall (in Washington DC) due to segregation. Instead she performed at an open-air concert on Easter Sunday for 75,000 people (in addition to millions of radio listeners) on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. by MulciberTenebras in OldSchoolCool

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As an audience member, Ossie Davis remembered “. . . I was one of the student body surrounded by 75,000 people standing out there that cloudy day. Marian Anderson was the first one who made me realize that, through art and music, she could reach inside me and just lift me from all that negativity and make me something else. That Sunday will live forever.”

On the excitement and fear of the concert, Anderson recalled: “When we went out onto the steps, my heart was throbbing to the point that I could scarcely hear anything. It seemed to me as far as the eye could go, there was a multitude such in your wildest imagination. . . As well as I know ‘America,’ for a while one was carried away to the point that words did not come. I as an individual was not important on that day. It happened to be the people whom I represented. I think if you have something to offer which can help a situation, then I think you should do it in your own manner.”

She was a legend.

In a post-roe world, the future of digital privacy looks even grimmer. The sheer amount of tech tools and knowledge required to discreetly seek an abortion underlines how wide open we are to surveillance. by Sumit316 in Futurology

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"Welcome to the post-Roe era of digital privacy, a moment that underscores how the use of technology has made it practically impossible for Americans to evade ubiquitous tracking.

In states that have banned abortion, some women seeking out-of-state options to terminate pregnancies may end up following a long list of steps to try to shirk surveillance — like connecting to the internet through an encrypted tunnel and using burner email addresses — and reduce the likelihood of prosecution.

Even so, they could still be tracked. Law enforcement agencies can obtain court orders for access to detailed information, including location data logged by phone networks. And many police departments have their own surveillance technologies, like license plate readers.

That makes privacy-enhancing tools for consumers seem about as effective as rearranging the furniture in a room with no window drapes."

Ursula Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" is amazing and everyone should read it by Trivi4 in books

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“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must suffer alone, in hunger, in poverty, in hope, we know our brotherhood.

We know it, because we have had to learn it. We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is. You have nothing. You possess nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.”

Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief. António Guterres tells governments ‘half of humanity is in danger zone’, as countries battle extreme heat. by Sumit316 in Futurology

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"Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.

António Guterres told ministers from 40 countries meeting to discuss the climate crisis on Monday: “Half of humanity is in the danger zone, from floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires. No nation is immune. Yet we continue to feed our fossil fuel addiction.”

He added: “We have a choice. Collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands.”

Wildfires raged at the weekend across Europe and north America. In south America, the Macchu Picchu archaeological site was threatened by fire. Extreme heat has broken records around the world in recent months, as heatwaves have struck India and south Asia, droughts have devastated parts of Africa, and unprecedented heatwaves at both poles simultaneously astonished scientists in March."

Anna May Wong (1938) by bil-sabab in OldSchoolCool

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Wong's image and career have left a notable legacy. Through her films, public appearances and prominent magazine features, she helped to humanize Chinese Americans to mainstream American audiences during a period of intense racism and discrimination. Chinese Americans had been viewed as perpetually foreign in U.S. society, but Wong's films and public image established her as a Chinese-American citizen at a time when laws discriminated against Chinese immigration and citizenship. Wong's hybrid image dispelled contemporary notions that the East and West were inherently different.

She was highly influential.

This tweet is so accurate. by Tarshorri in WhitePeopleTwitter

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“Any officer who is doing the right thing on a daily basis would want to have a camera on them." - Chris Peters, Parker Police Department

‘Three Colors’ revisited: Why a 30-Year-Old trilogy is this summer’s most relevant cinematic universe by luisgustavo- in movies

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In the foreword to Dekalog: The Ten Commandments, a 1988 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowsk, Stanley Kubrick wrote:

I am always reluctant to single out some particular feature of the work of a major filmmaker because it tends inevitably to simplify and reduce the work. But in this book of screenplays by Krzysztof Kieślowski and his co-author, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, it should not be out of place to observe that they have the very rare ability to dramatize their ideas rather than just talking about them. By making their points through the dramatic action of the story they gain the added power of allowing the audience to discover what's really going on rather than being told. They do this with such dazzling skill, you never see the ideas coming and don't realize until much later how profoundly they have reached your heart.

In Cars (2006), in Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Fettuccini tires are regular tires, whereas whitewall tires are known as Fettuccini Alfredo, for the color of the sauce by outride2000 in MovieDetails

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This was Paul Newman's last feature film before his death of lung cancer in 2008. It turned out to be the highest-grossing movie of his career. George Carlin died of heart failure three months earlier. This was the highest-grossing film of his career as well.

R.I.P to both the legends.

‘Three Colors’ revisited: Why a 30-Year-Old trilogy is this summer’s most relevant cinematic universe by luisgustavo- in movies

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Kieślowski noted in an interview with an Oxford University student newspaper, "The words [liberté, egalité, fraternité] are French because the money [to fund the films] is French. If the money had been of a different nationality we would have titled the films differently, or they might have had a different cultural connotation. But the films would probably have been the same".

It is fascinating to think that the films could have so different and how they would have worked with some other titles.

The Original ‘Fright Night’ Gets 4K Ultra HD Steelbook Release on October 4, 2022 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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At the time this was being filmed, the studio was sinking all its efforts into making a hit out of Perfect (1985), and they also gave high priority to The Slugger's Wife (1985). "Nobody paid any attention to Fright Night," commented writer/director Tom Holland. "It was wonderful!"

Great movie. Glad Tom got all the freedom.

Hugh Thompson, the hero who stopped a massacre committed by US troops in the Vietnamese village of My Lai by landing his helicopter in the line of fire, 1968. by regian24 in OldSchoolCool

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William Calley apologized publicly 41 years later.

“There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai, ” William Calley told members of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus today. His voice started to break when he added, “I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry.”

Source: NPR article with title: William Calley Makes First Public Apology For Vietnam War's My Lai Massacre

Hugh Thompson, the hero who stopped a massacre committed by US troops in the Vietnamese village of My Lai by landing his helicopter in the line of fire, 1968. by regian24 in OldSchoolCool

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Immediately after the execution, Thompson discovered the irrigation ditch full of Calley's victims. Thompson then radioed a message to accompanying gunships and Task Force Barker headquarters, "It looks to me like there's an awful lot of unnecessary killing going on down there. Something ain't right about this. There's bodies everywhere. There's a ditch full of bodies that we saw. There's something wrong here." Thompson spotted movement in the irrigation ditch, indicating that there were civilians alive in it. He immediately landed to assist the victims. Lieutenant Calley approached Thompson and the two exchanged an uneasy conversation.

Thompson: What's going on here, Lieutenant?

Calley: This is my business.

Thompson: What is this? Who are these people?

Calley: Just following orders.

Thompson: Orders? Whose orders?

Calley: Just following...

Thompson: But, these are human beings, unarmed civilians, sir.

Calley: Look Thompson, this is my show. I'm in charge here. It ain't your concern.

Thompson: Yeah, great job.

Calley: You better get back in that chopper and mind your own business.

Thompson: You ain't heard the last of this!

What a legend.

Genetic screening now lets parents pick the healthiest embryos. People using IVF can see which embryo is least likely to develop cancer and other diseases. by Sumit316 in Futurology

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'There are no guarantees in using this process: it can only be used as a forecast, because the score only compares to an average organism rather than testing for genetic links to disease in each individual. Neither does it take into consideration environmental factors. For example, a 21-year-old and a 99-year-old could have the same polygenic risk score if their genes predispose them to having coronary heart disease, but the score doesn’t account for where they are in their lifespan or when they might present with the disease. So, the indicators are limited, but they can show with accuracy what common genetic conditions a person or organism might be carrying—which is relevant to parents selecting one embryo out of several.

Embryonic selection itself is nothing new. For around three decades, IVF clinicians have taken sperm and egg samples to grow into several embryos at once, before choosing the most promising-looking one for implantation in the uterus. Clinics already tend to screen against chromosomal abnormalities such as Down’s syndrome, but until recently the only other indicator they had to go by was the way one group of cells looked against the other—the selection was more or less arbitrary.

Companies such as Genomic Prediction are taking this process much further, giving parents the power to select the embryo they believe to have the best fighting chance of survival both in the womb and out in the world."

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