blueduck

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[–] blueduck@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Just finished my reread of Mistborn Era 2 yesterday! As I was wrapping book 3, I was confused how Sanderson was going to pull in all the things I remembered from my last read… then I remembered there’s a fourth book 🤦🏻‍♀️

currently reading Venetian Vespers by John Banville. I love the unreliable narrator. He’s total scum. The absolute pits. 

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well to be fair, SCOTUS hasn’t ruled on the merits yet. This decision just upholds the lower court’s TRO.

If the court grants cert for the actual case, we’d see some kind of precedent established. It’s very unlikely they’d rule narrowly and limit the scope to a single deployment since the administration’s argument is consistent across all of them.

Using national guard forces to protect federal buildings and employees because local law enforcement can’t or won’t

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This ruling upholds the Circuit Court order barring the use of national guard forces specifically in Chicago.

A separate order was issued in the ninth circuit barring the use of national guard forces in Portland. That has been appealed and was waiting for this decision.

It’s unlikely the administration will prevail in lifting the order in Portland now that this decision was made against their favor.

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago

Correct. British English typically calls it a full stop

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

cross tabs are important

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| | Tot | 54 | 7 | 37 | 2 | | Rep | 11 | 10 | 77 | 1 | | Dem | 96 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Ind | 59 | 7 | 33 | 1 | | Men | 47 | 9 | 42 | 2 | | Wom | 61 | 5 | 33 | 2 |

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

That’s just a crib

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

How much did a company spend to product the widget?

How much is the widget worth?

The difference of those two is productivity

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The show ran into issues with distribution rights. SyFy didn’t want to keep funding it because the views were from next day streaming rather than live broadcast. SyFy made less (or nothing?) from the streams.

Amazon bought the rights and funded the final season, but didn’t continue the because the viewership wasn’t huge and they were funding Rings of Power instead.

at least that’s my vague recollection from 8 years agot

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In and out. A lot.

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Haha no. If he can’t recite the most esoteric, inane facts in an unending chain of blather

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Good to know you’ll have a flashing red light if he ever starts to develop dementia

[–] blueduck@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A linear story is split in two parts. 

The black and white sections explain Leonard’s backstory and show that he’s willing to lie to himself to be happy just like his wife was willing to lie to him because she was unhappy.

The color section is revealing the consequences of Teddy using Leonard, but also Leonard’s willingness to lie to himself.

The special edition DVD had it recut in a linear fashion. It works both ways… linear is a standard detective story without much depth. Recut, it’s a compelling story about Truth and consequences

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