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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 3m

Poor Buster Baxter, he’d be so shocked

a cartoon rabbit is sitting in front of a television and a ladder .

ALT: a cartoon rabbit is sitting in front of a television and a ladder .

media.tenor.com

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MrNelson007, Defender of Skara Brae @mrnelson007.bsky.social · 6m

A thing that is amazing is the actual message of WW2, as much as you can morally simplify it at all, is “even people who would normally happily kill each other worked together until the evil was defeated”, and instead we’re all arguing over why most of them Didn’t Count Actually

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 9m

The Soviet Union:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

Operation Osoaviakhim - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 9m

Amazing how tankies will just go on the internet and post lies

Teles Santos @telesjr.bsky.social · 38m

The US never fought to end fascism anywhere. They joined the war because Japan forced their hand, and they saw a great way to make money. After the USSR pretty much had pushed Germany out of eastern Europe and they knew the nazis were going to lose, they jumped in.

Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 58m

I love liberal memes like this because the implication seems to be that the guys storming Normandy would have all voted for Kamala Harris or whatever. It's like...have you ever talked to a super old white guy?

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11m

even if you take the most wildly generous interpretation of 'jumped in' as meaning June 1944, and not say, September 1943 (invasion of Italy), or November 1942 (North African landings), let alone December 1941 (entrance into the war), the Soviets were still fighting hard battles in Eastern Europe.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 1h

"Yes… Hahaha… Yes!"

Laszlo Krasznahorkai standing next to a window looking out in a black and white photo

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Just Barely Barning On @hughdelendaest.bsky.social · 1h

I am tired of DSA. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their posts.

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

Yet another Tron movie without Leto: Eh, they put it up on Netflix, I guess I'm bored enough to give it a shot.

Yet another Tron movie with Leto:

a cartoon robot is laughing with the words " hahaha " written on the bottom

Alt: a cartoon robot is laughing with the words " hahaha " written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Mr. Spookytime Grift @djdunclive.bsky.social · 1h

Like, I'm sorry but there's just no way to recover from 'sent used condoms to coworkers' and it's weird that they keep trying. That they keep putting him in films that I might *barely* have been interested in without him also ain't helping.

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 2h

‘Stop trying to make Jared Leto happen’

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

-IT IS 2016; BERNIE SANDERS'S PRIMARY
PERFORMANCE HERALDS A NEW DAWN OF AMERICAN SOCIALISM
IT IS 2018; AOC'S ELECTION HERALDS A NEW
DAWN OF AMERICAN SOCIALISM
IT IS 2025; MAMDANI'S MMINENTELECTION HERALDS A NEW DAWN OF AMERICAN SOCIALISM

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2h

Sir, we’ve found the Rebel Bass

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 1h

Again:
1) If the RIFs are illegal, "We are going to divert appropriated funds to pay Da Troops" is double mega illegal, and that actually matters.
2) The military's payment system is so baroque I'm not sure it's even possible to do this
3) They just keep blowing up their own leverage.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

It seems the reports of a ScarJo-Disney rift may have been exaggerated

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

‘Tangled’ Live-Action Movie Back in Development With Scarlett Johansson Eyed to Star

Michael Gracey remains attached to helm Disney's new version of the 2010 animated film after the project hit the pause button earlier this year.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 1h

Feel like it needs to be tagged on to another misty name like a MtG legendary. "Hugh Mann, Uncanny Valet."

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👻Spooky Sean🎃 @huckelcommasean.bsky.social · 1h

Yes. I want Peter to be both very happy and deeply disgusted with himself at the same time, as this is the best Peter Parker state

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1h

Marvel should hook up Peter Parker and Spider-Gwen in a deeply problematic way for soap opera reasons

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

From Wikipedia:

In the memoir and interviews regarding it, Trump claimed that Donald Trump, in response to his request to refill his disabled son William's medical fund, told him to "let him die" instead, claiming that William doesn't recognize him and that he should "move down to Florida" afterwards. 21[91|101 According to Trump, Donald Trump has never met William. '01[111 He also claimed that Donald Trump made a similar remark in May of 2020, only generalized to say that all people with complex disabilities should
"just die" due to their expenses, 21191111112) and that he used the N-word twice in one day after his car's tires were slashed. 2][91[10||12][13] Trump
explicitly stated that, while he does not believe that his uncle is a racist, he does believe that he uses people "as props" and will "cast them aside" when he "gets what he needs out of them" (2|13) Despite his allegations, Trump stated that he still wishes to have a relationship with his uncle, emphasizing that "he's family, and that means a lot". |2][12][13]

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

The researchers tested vision-language models that combine some language understanding with the ability to analyse imagery. They focused on 10 different versions of the open-source CLIP AI model, which was originally developed by the company OpenAl and then released for anyone to use and develop under what is known as an MIT License, along with an 11th model developed by Apple called AIMV2 that came out more recently and represents one of the best such models.
Two of the versions of CLIP had been trained specifically to interpret medical images by separate groups of researchers.
In the first test, the researchers challenged the Al models with retrieving images containing certain objects while specifying the exclusion of other related objects - such as asking for pictures of tables without chairs. Here the Al models ran into difficulties. While most of them could successfully retrieve an image based on the presence of given objects about 80 per cent of the time, this dropped to about 65 per cent or lower when they were asked to retrieve images lacking particular objects.
The second test asked the Al models to select the most accurate caption for an image of a general scene from a choice of four possible options.
The versions of CLIP trained on medical images were asked to choose between just two possible options to describe medical conditions in X-ray images. Again, the caption options contained information not only on what was present in the image but also on what was absent - for instance, a caption describing an X-ray as showing evidence of pneumonia and another caption stating there is no pneumonia. The best-performing models achieved around 40 per cent or lower accuracy on this negation task - even though humans find this task easy.
Such results show how vision-language models have an affirmation bias.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Important to note that Donald Trump’s opinion of his grand nephew with KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy is that he should just die

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine these being your values: I think disabled children have it too easy, they should have less stuff. That's the global right atm, those are the people we're dealing with.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

That’s my secret, Captain. I’m always bombing at the box office.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 5h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

That’s more something they’re threatening rather than actually implementing at this point

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Need to protect those hymens (I’m serious that’s part of the reason)

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2h

Everything that the light touches is tummies horting

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