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I recline corrected, grazi.
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It's an old, old story, certainly, but every time it's re-told I can at least imagine a few of the mental-sleepwalkers might wake up.
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Trump isn't a boomer, he's a pre-boomer.
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Doing this in all restrooms, as a response to vandalism or the dreaded smoking, arguably makes sense. Doing it only for the kids officially hated and required to use a segregated restroom that's only for them, is not security, only cruelty.
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Well, then I should probably have more sympathy for the late Dr Towers Parry. I'll work on it, seriously... but it won't be easy...
([archived link](https://archive.ph/WoPiE))
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Yeah, I try not to judge, but probably I don't try hard enough.
Thing is, I have known two people with multiple sclerosis, known them quite well, including my now-dead best friend. Neither of them went bonkers like this. My snap judgment says to blame Tamara Towers Parry for what Tamara Towers Parry did, not some medical condition.
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Exactly right. The right-wing wants trans kids to stop existing... by any means necessary. Policies such as this, aimed at adolescents, are an invitation to bullying, misery, and suicide.
And they feel the same about trans or gay adults, the poors, the blacks, the immigrants, and more (it's a long list) ...
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It's a sadness, but I also have occasional issues with Firefox. It's still the best browser by far, but its share is so small, more and more developers aren't testing their pages in Firefox any more.
Doesn't make no never mind to me. If a page doesn't work in Firefox, I can do without.
• [Climate change is causing algal blooms in Lake Superior for the first time in history](https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-causing-algal-blooms-in-lake-superior-for-the-first-time-in-history-233515) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/xWT10)) • [From UK to Norway, drillers legally dump tons of toxic, radioactive waste into the North Sea](https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/19/from-uk-to-norway-drillers-legally-dump-tonnes-of-toxic-radioactive-waste-into-the-north-sea/) • [Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/23/earth-breach-planetary-boundaries-health-check-oceans) • [Study finds climate change doubled likelihood of recent European floods](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/climate/climate-change-europe-floods-boris.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU4.ZBME.LfY5ZNxnBHF4) • [Britain's tropical rain and parched Amazon are new norms in a messed-up climate](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/26/britain-tropical-rain-parched-amazon-new-norms-messed-up-climate) • [Zillow will now show climate risks for property listings in the US](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255325/zillow-real-estate-climate-risk-insurance) ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240929005641/https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255325/zillow-real-estate-climate-risk-insurance)) • ["Completely and entirely erased": How Helene swallowed one mountain town ](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/completely-and-entirely-erased-how-helene-swallowed-one-mountain-town/) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/Ze9VT)) • [America's most popular national park devastated by Helene](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/americas-most-popular-national-park-devastated-by-helene/) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/BQvV2)) • [Trump continues to deny climate crisis as he visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia, plans two fundraisers in oil-rich Texas](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/trump-visits-georgia-denies-climate-crisis-after-hurricane-helene) • [American dams weren't built for today's climate-charged rain and floods](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-02/us-dams-weren-t-built-for-today-s-climate-charged-rain-and-floods?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyNzg5NzQ1MSwiZXhwIjoxNzI4NTAyMjUxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTS1FVNjZEV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5NUFFRTA2Q0Q1NjM0NTM4OTBFQjZGNDE2M0FCMTQ4NiJ9.pafXkebJIz80nmcXfjT9_xV0jCZfl6Ss39nIh7sguV0) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/zJLZp)) • [Arctic plant study suggests the rate of climate change threatens to exceed the adaptive capacity of species](https://phys.org/news/2024-10-arctic-climate-threatens-exceed-capacity.html) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/NhLgb))
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you). There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself. • [Bobby Aguilar](https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bexar-county-jail-san-antonio-texas-inmate-dies-medical-episode/273-7dc08413-2d37-42c2-93a1-7f25a366dc44) in county jail ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241003150834/https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/bexar-county-jail-san-antonio-texas-inmate-dies-medical-episode/273-7dc08413-2d37-42c2-93a1-7f25a366dc44)) • [John Amos](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/) actor, *Good Times* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/8ypO6)) • [John Ashton](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/arts/beverly-hills-cop-john-ashton-dead.html) actor, *Beverly Hills Cop* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/tK4WG)) • [Edward Atkins](https://mynewsla.com/crime/2024/09/30/man-shot-to-death-at-apartment-complex-in-lancaster-identified/) shot and killed ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/k1iZ3)) • [Sandra Cunnigham](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/09/26/oklahoma-county-jail-death-sixth-2024/75399552007/) in county jail ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20240929220649/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/09/26/oklahoma-county-jail-death-sixth-2024/75399552007/)) • [Bob Foster](https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/09/30/bob-foster-r-i-p/) cartoonist, *Myron Moose* • [Randall Glass](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-teen-ided-as-victim-in-shooting-near-illinois-state-campus/3561338/) shot and killed ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/QEHV0)) • [Kris Kristofferson](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kris-kristofferson-activist-causes-farm-workers-1235120247/) singer, songwriter, actor ([archived link](https://archive.ph/oTEZW)) • [Jamie Langille](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tent-encampment-death-saint-john-jamie-langille-frostbite-amputations-street-team-sj-1.7340072) forgotten person • [Martin Lee](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglk1zwdzeyo) rock'n'roller, Brotherhood of Man • [Ella Leffland](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/books/ella-leffland-dead.html) novelist, *Rumors of Peace* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/XaOor)) • [Man](https://www.wsmv.com/2024/10/01/man-dies-outside-new-restaurant-capitol-view/) forgotten person ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241003152231/https://www.wsmv.com/2024/10/01/man-dies-outside-new-restaurant-capitol-view/)) • [Dikembe Mutombo](https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/dikembe-mutombo-a-hall-of-fame-player-and-tireless-advocate-dies-at-58-from-brain-cancer/) basketballer, activist ([archived link](https://archive.ph/fOfth)) • [Lawrence Orso](https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-police-officer-dies-in-riverside-county-after-dui-arrest/) drunk-driving cop ([archived link](https://archive.ph/uXeEK)) • [Pete Rose](https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pete-rose-gambling-baseball/) baseball's best ([archived link](https://archive.ph/BFDJe)) • [Zacharia Spriggs](https://gazette.com/news/local/el-paso-county-coroners-office-releases-id-in-recent-jail-death/article_284f25b4-80fb-11ef-ac20-f36da43363c0.html) in county jail ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241003151503/https://gazette.com/news/local/el-paso-county-coroners-office-releases-id-in-recent-jail-death/article_284f25b4-80fb-11ef-ac20-f36da43363c0.html)) • [Paul Stanley](https://www.wvtm13.com/article/man-found-shot-and-killed-in-fairfield-hotel-room-1727731391/62455363) shot and killed ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZSiBE)) • [Tyler Taffe](https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-tyler-taffe-millwood-arts-academy-dies-shooting-edmond/62475320) shot and killed ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/maAWB)) • [Harmoney Timmer](https://www.live5news.com/2024/09/23/coroner-ids-ladson-woman-who-died-berkeley-co-jail/) in county jail ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/5605N)) • [Ozzie Virgil Sr](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/ozzie-virgil-sr-mlbs-first-dominican-born-player-dies-at-92-opened-doors-for-all-latin-players/) first Dominican major leaguer • [Robert Watts](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-watts-star-wars-indiana-jones-producer-1236018824/) film producer, *Star Wars* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/fnmNb)) • [Woman](https://www.chronline.com/stories/pierce-county-jail-inmate-found-dead-in-housing-unit-sheriffs-department-says,362766) in county jail ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/HNPvF)) [**Previously dead**](https://lemmy.world/post/20331030)
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([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241003025130/https://www.nj.com/news/2024/10/unhinged-trump-accuses-kamala-harris-of-murder-and-conspiring-with-cartel-heads.html))
[Streaming free](https://tubitv.com/movies/100004702/homicidal) at Tubi *Homicidal* is an unusual film, mesmerizing and ridiculous, and probably needs to be seen in the context of its time, and its director, William Castle. Castle had his biggest success as the maker of low-budget horror movies that usually came with a gimmick to help sell tickets. *Mr Sardonicus* came with a "punishment poll," wherein the audience voted to determine whether the bad guy lived or died. For *The Tingler*, Castle had a few seats in every theater wired to deliver an electric shock, ensuring screams in the audience. *Homicidal* is Castle's response to *Psycho*, and feels like a sequel, but it ain't bad. Similar set-up as *Psycho*, similar characters, but it goes in its own direction with a wild twist that seems obvious nowadays, but was doubtless shocking in '61. There's also a 45-second "fright break," allowing patrons to leave the theater if they were too frightened to see the end of the film, and you could get your money back if you were willing to follow the yellow trail in the lobby and stand in the "Coward's Corner" instead of watching. Castle made crazy movies, and I'm a fan. No "Coward's Corner" for me. I watched this to the end, and had a good time. Verdict: YES.
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Says the judge: **"It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could – or should – force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another."**
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What goes around comes around.
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I loved him in Heaven's Gate, but he missed my death deadline. Next time.
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It's so startling to hear this, yawn.
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Always good to see a crook toppling, and Adams has smelled crooked since he was a cop. Probably before he was a cop.
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As a lifelong reader and ex-subscriber to the Times, my opinion is that its ordinary day-to-day reporting has problems, but it's generally within arm's reach of accurate. The Times' coverage of politics, however, is so laughably hollow and bend-over-backwards subservient to America's rightwing lunatics, it's best ignored.
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You reading more into it than it says is misunderstanding, but not misleading.
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All true, except your claim that the title is misleading.
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Quantum physics makes my mind do loop-de-loops.
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Mr. Burnett did not respond to invitations to be interviewed.
I'm still reading the article, but that's the key. Burnett knew Trump was fake, a lightweight and not at all how he was portrayed — which is no big deal in creating a TV show. But he kept quiet as Trump ran for President, and has maintained silence about it to this day, which to me makes Burnett and NBC accomplices to the last eight years of bludgeoning America.
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Where I live, Washington, the minimum wage is $16.28 p/hour. Across the border in Idaho, the federal minimum applies — $7.25.
Businesses on the higher-wage side of the border are doing fine, and Spokaners do not drive across the border into Coeur d'Alene for cheaper groceries or a half-price Big Mac.
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It's a great story, and I always get the impression Robin Williams was a mensch, but also: I can't imagine a time when anyone anywhere wouldn't have known Nathan Lane was gay.
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Poo-pooed states' rights?
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Also, that picture isn't me.
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