@Renauda said in How's the culture war going to play out?:

@Jolly

Trump governs according to his reactive impulses of the moment. Nothing centrist, left or right about him.

Study to show thyself approved.

Look at Trump's statements and political leanings before the presidential campaign, and look at what he has tried to do while in office.

@jon-nyc said in Sweden - the world's cautionary tale:

Johns Hopkins says 175

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I think this is cases, not deaths

Deaths:


Giving it to every 75 year old and above for example doesn’t really matter in terms of potential long term adverse effects.

The WaPo "Fact Checker" criticizes Trump's proposed immigration plan:

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Umm...Mr. Kessler, ah, never mind, you know where I was going with this.

I do understand the concept of black lives matter vs all lives matter and I had a large degree of support for it.

Given the militancy of #cancelculture I feel much less obligated to be introspective of my white privilege. In a takedown effort vs collaboration they will miss their initial stated objectives.

@George-K said in I am metal:

@Loki said in I am metal:

Ok Aqua you went there with Malcolm and Revisionist History.
Here is your consequence...

That was brilliant, about 3 minutes too long, but still brilliant. How, where, and why did you find that?

Malcom Gladwell discussed Pat Boone on a Revisionist History Podcast with David Hill (comedian) who is the father of the most Metal band name. Witch Taint.

Tuberville was U of Cincinnati coach for four years. Did pretty well until his last year.

It seems to me a viable theory. Whether or not it is a viable treatment is another matter entirely.

She's also past her expiration date on pancreatic cancer.

OTOH, it is 2020.

popcorn

@Aqua-Letifer said in Another cancel-culture resignation:

@Loki said in Another cancel-culture resignation:

It’s just going to continue to build resentment to their cause. Everyone is muttering fuck them. Pretty soon it will be at a level people can hear.

I really hope you're right. Because it's already not gone that way a handful of times throughout history.

Blacklisted comes to mind.

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The election is still 4 months away.

There will be at least a dozen huge, amazing, epic events before then.

Neither party has committed to a candidate yet.

Yeah, after this summer it surely is. Good.

Would think the presence of pig blood would complicate things.

I consented for ex-vivo perfusion, then still experimental, but in the event didn’t need it.

Recently I redd an interview with Russell Crowe; he talked about how the initial script for Gladiator was so bad that the actors frequently went before the camera and made up their own lines. The end result was kind of a mishmash with many contributors, everybody getting into the lingo of the time. It ended up pretty good, he said.

Who had plague squirrels for July?

https://wgntv.com/news/squirrel-tests-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-colorado/?fbclid=IwAR3dXqJ4S9CDtcrZEQ0CndyJNXwsRnRy9UjTnXvU7sXMjyfZ7AQBxdZrE_4

@xenon said in A Shot Across the Bows:

Interesting idea - but I don't see how it works in terms of dollars and cents.

A shared article already gets revenue from increased traffic.

Entirely depends on the platform. If you're talking Instagram, for example, no they absolutely do not. Instagram provides no increased traffic whatsoever. (Although retailers do see a benefit due to the Marketplace.)

Other platforms, it entirely depends on the amount being shared. I'm sure you've noticed yourself that you don't need to read an article on social media to comment on it. The view/visit ratio is far from 1:1, and much of the time the traffic from social is nominal compared to other sources.

What value do you apportion to a shared news article? What's the distinction between a news article vs. a blog? What about a really viral tirade, should the writer get compensated for that?

Yep, no idea. All good questions.

Which model number is it?