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Stop drinking bottled water: Experts warn of health and climate impacts
  • Ill drink what I want, thanks for the unsolicited advice ""experts"". I'd pay to see these smug assholes come drink a gallon of the stuff that comes out of my well.

  • Iran's dilemma over restraint or revenge for attacks on Hezbollah
  • Western college students face a dilemma, to continue carrying water for the IRGC, or admit they've been supporting terrorist groups this whole time.

  • Doctors Describe the Horror of Israel’s Pager Attack in Lebanon
  • Its was targeted strike on members of the terrorist group Hezbollah, its quite literally anti-terrorism.

  • A snowmobiler who crashed into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is awarded $3 million
  • To keep track of the visions in his eyes.

  • Which do you like better: Windows or Ubuntu?
  • I've used Gentoo and/or Slackware forever. Trying to use Ubuntu was like stepping in a dog turd barefoot, instant disgust.

  • Canadians in Lebanon told to get out while flights available, don't wait for government evacuation
  • Does Canada really need more terrorists entering the country?

  • Israeli Bulldozers Flatten Mile After Mile in the West Bank
  • Nothing terribly significant, the Dutch held quite a lot of territory around what is NYC, but they had long since packed up before the Revolutionary War.

  • Israeli Bulldozers Flatten Mile After Mile in the West Bank
  • Yes, we took the land from the British, the French, the Spanish, and more recently from the Russians, and made a kickass country out of it.

    Edit: I see you Euros are still a little sore about us kicking your asses off our continent, but let's face it, you're so insufferable, its no wonder people here literally went to war so they wouldn't have to live under European rule.

  • EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
  • I believe it, but I don't give a shit. I buy a car/truck because of how capable it is, and how easy repairs are to do myself, not because of how many smug Californian's circlejerk over it.

  • The United Nations has a plan to govern AI – but has it bought the industry’s hype?
  • An unelected body of bullshitters and grandstanders shouldn't be governing anything.

  • YouTube has found a new way to load ads | AdGuard Blog
  • [Enshittification intensifies]

  • United Nations wants to treat AI with same urgency as climate change
  • You can thank NATO and the USA's military for lack of war in Europe, the UN is a joke.

  • Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating
  • Utilizing the tools available to you to solve problems is not cheating, its resourcefulness, and using your brain. Which is of course frowned upon in schools that exist to churn out mindless drones for corporate enslavement.

  • United Nations wants to treat AI with same urgency as climate change
  • And I want to treat the UN like my weekly garbage, and have it hauled away and buried.

  • The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race
  • Maybe instead of spending billions on doing our own research, we should just steal China's. They've been doing it to us for decades.

  • Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’
  • This is misleading because being higher up you can see much better further ahead, and over obstacles and barriers. Your special awareness is much better at distances that are relevant for avoiding collisions. If something is 1.5m away its too late anyway.

    The angle is also incorrect because they are putting the eyes of the driver straight in line with the hood, which is not how its been in any vehicle I've ever driven, the head should be higher or further forward.

  • YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
  • Somewhere along the line, maybe the early to mid 2000's they stopped making products "for" the end-user and flipped it around so the end-user (their data) is now the product, and the customers are governments, corporations, and share holders.

  • Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers
  • College campuses across the US/Canada will be holding memorial services, no doubt.

  • IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation
    www.jpost.com IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation

    Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were rescued in a joint operation by IDF, Shin Bet and police's Yamam unit.

    IDF rescues four hostages from Hamas captivity in daring Gaza operation

    Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were rescued in a joint operation by IDF, Shin Bet and police's Yamam unit.

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    Rowsdower

    In Memory of Bruce J. Mitchell (1945-2018)

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    Know him? He was delicious!

    I made some trail mix out of rat droppings and hair.

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    May the 4th be with with you!

    To celebrate this amazing holiday, here is Han shooting first.

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    [DS9] Runabout Entering The Gamma Quadrant | 4K

    Screenshot from DS9 - 101/102 - Emissary

    Processed with the Orb of Enhancement:

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    [NLD] Fireflies E07X Canon FFL351A (Beamshots in description)

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    Also, in an attempt to provide some comparison data, and to find out what is too heavy to comfortably carry, I have weighed an arbitrary selection of common lights to compare it to the E07X.

    Based on these results, the weight is good, the flashlight is balanced well, and it feels good in the hand. I'd say the E07X fits nicely in the large coat/hoodie pocket carry category. It's fat head and thick tube make it uncomfortable in a pants pocket however, so you'll want to make use of the clip and clip it to a belt/webbing/pouch etc. Overall I'm impressed with it, it's a solid addition to my lineup, the new FFL emitters are spectacular, and I appreciate the improvements over the old E07.

    All weights are with a full complement of batteries

    Lights: Acebeam X45: 710g BLF LT1: 626g Emisar D18: 480g Sofirn SP36: 432g Noctigon K1: 378g E07 TiCu: 310g Emisar D4SV2 (26800): 260g Sofirn SP33S: 238g -> E07X Canon: 200g <- Emisar D4k (Mule): 136g Sofirn IF19: 94g Sofirn SC21: 58g

    Batteries: 26800: 116g 26650: 96g 21700: 66g 18650: 44g

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    For All Mankind (1989) | An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. [1h20m]
    archive.org For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between...

    For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16245170

    > ! > > For All Mankind (1989) > > - Not Rated > > - 1h 20m > > An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. > > The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world. >

    For the best viewing quality on Archive.org, it is suggested to download the file directly from the 'Download Options' page instead of watching via the built in player.

    If you are experiencing really slow downloads on Archive.org, try using a VPN with a server near California, or use a download manager (eg: FDM).

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    [Documentary] For All Mankind (1989) | An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. [1h20m]
    archive.org For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between...

    For All Mankind (1989/Laserdisc) - LaserVids : NASA, LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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    For All Mankind (1989)

    • Not Rated

    • 1h 20m

    An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.

    The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world.

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    MST3K - #913 - Quest Of The Delta Knights (Remastered) FULL VERSION

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    A remastered and upscaled version of the never commercially released MST3K episode Quest For The Delta Knights. Possibly, the best quality version anywhere outside of the vault with the MST master tapes in it.

    This is the fully reconstructed version, with intro, host segments, and credits. Multiple sources of varying quality were used to piece everything back together, for technical reasons the frame rate of all the clips was converted to 24fps to match the movie frame rate.

    Enjoy!

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    Arena (1989/Laserdisc) - Full Movie - LaserVids [4K]

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    Arena ----

    1989 - PG-13 - 1h 55m

    A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.

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    Director: Peter Manoogian

    Writers: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo

    Stars: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Claudia Christian, Armin Shimerman, Marc Alaimo

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    Storyline:

    Steve Armstrong is a human short-order cook in a fast food restaurant on a "starstation" where the most popular arena fighting tournament in the whole galaxy is held. Members of various alien species fight one on one, often dirty, to become the ruling champions of the galaxy. The restaurant's sole waiter and Steve's boss is Shorty, a short four-armed scheming humanoid alien. When Steve saves Shorty from a particularly unpleasant and violent alien guest, they're both fired by the restaurant's automated A.I. for brawling. Shorty shows gratitude and they become friends. However, without jobs, they'll both be kicked off the space station. Thankfully, Quinn, a human female no-nonsense fighting promoter, who's in quick need of new fighters, hears about Steve's fight with the alien guest and offers him sponsorship. Human fighters have traditionally been defeated easily by naturally tougher alien fighters in previous tournaments and Steve would be a real underdog. Shorty manages to convince Steve to take the offer and after some initial difficulties, Steve proves to be a really tough fighter with an actual tiny chance of success. In the eyes of humans all across the galaxy, who feel inferior to the various alien races, Steve becomes their idol and champion of humanity. Steve doesn't really want all this attention, but he understands the hope people put in him. Rogor is the tournament's crooked organizer, who's complete control over the competition and the players is shaken by Steve's surprising success. He offers one of his deals to Steve as well, but he refuses. Rogor then comes up with a plan to get rid of Steve for good, if he gets to the finals. Rogor's rat-faced yesman Weezil is eager to help. Meanwhile, beautiful Jade attracts Steve's attention.

    Notes: Source is a pit-perfect Laserdisc capture, upscaled to 4K for best possible quality playback on YouTube.

    Direct download link

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    ST: DS9 - Behind The Scenes (1993/LaserDisc)
    archive.org ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

    ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc)Includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season.

    ST: DS9 Behind The Scenes (LaserDisc) : LaserVids : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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    As ST: DS9 airs its pilot episode, PM airs this 50 minute documentary as a way to spark excitement about the new show. It includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season.

    In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".

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    To my knowledge this was only aired on TV once in 1993, then was released on VHS shortly after in the US and UK, and has never been re-issued on any newer DVD releases.

    It just so happens that it was also released in Japan on Laserdisc, and I happened to find it while looking through my collection of discs. To watch this in the best possible quality, I have digitzed, restored, and upscaled this rare find to for viewing on modern devices.

    Enjoy! (and download it before it disappears)

    Note: For the highest quality viewing experience, download the 1.5GB .mkv file and play it in your software player of choice.

    Note: The audio is in English but there are Japanese subtitles in the picture.

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    Which one do you choose?

    I know which one I'm going to, but I'd take both of these over any other coney joint in the state.

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    Star Trek on LaserDisc, if you've got the right equipment, it looks amazing! (samples in the description)

    Star Trek on Laserdisc

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    *Available in TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and theatrical release flavors.

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    It's guaranteed very few Star Trek fans have ever seen these, they are as hard to find as it gets. What we have here is Star Trek on a fully analog video format that isn't plagued by digital artifacts found on streaming platforms and early DVD releases (such as the DS9/VOY releases), nor does it have any of the quality issues found with VHS tape.

    The elephant in the room here is cost, so don't go searching Ebay/ZenMarket just yet. As with most analog hifi things, you have to spend a lot to get high quality results. Laserdisc is no exception, and it's even worse because of the rarity of the discs and the equipment all having antique status.

    That being said, in my quest to transport myself back to the 1990's, I have amassed enough equipment and specialty gear to capture Laserdiscs in stupidly high quality, and have uploaded the results for normal people to see. Now the preferred way to watch these is in their native resolution with a high end LD player hooked directly to a retro Trinitron CRT or Plasma TV, but these direct disc captures will be the best possible viewing method on modern display devices.

    Voyager LD Sample YT -- VOY LD Sample Direct Download

    DS9 LD Sample YT -- DS9 LD Sample Direct Download

    Hardware used for capture:

    • Pioneer CLD-D704
    • Domesday Duplicator
    • Windows PC (i9-10900k/RTX-3080/32GB RAM)

    Software used for processing:

    • ld-decode
    • Hybrid + Vapoursynth
    • Premiere Pro
    • Audition
    • Topaz
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    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) (Non-MST3K Version)
    archive.org Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTie

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTieThe mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian gov...

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1984) [UHD] - Project MSTie

    [!](https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/23571/ID8085RG/Overdrawn-at-the-Memory-Bank)

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank - (1984)

    The mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped in the virtual reality simulation. He must find a way out before he expires.

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    In the regimented world of the future, five major corporations wield total control over men's minds and actions. But a few men still remain strong enough to resist and romantic enough to dream.

    Aram Fingal (Raul Julia) is just such a man. Refusing to submit to the mindless monotony of his world, Fingal punches up endless reruns of "Casablanca" on his video display terminal. Until, in a strange mechanical mix-up his identity and Rick Blaine's become FUSED within Novacorp's computer bank.

    Fingal is suddenly plunged into a parallel reality within the central computer. Only now, "Casablanca" is not just flickering fiction on his screen, but a frightening reality. Now, the Fat Man throws "real" poison darts. Now the police shoot real bullets and Pierre really die. Now, Rick Blaine is a FLESH AND BLOOD hero headed straight for identicube destruction!

    Starring: Raul Julia

    Color--Running Time: 85 minutes

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    This made-for-public-television classic and MST3k favorite is presented unriffed, uncut, and digitally restored, with approximately 12 minutes of footage that was cut from the MST3k version.

    Overdrawn At The Memory Bank never made it to DVD, and never got any kind of an high quality HD release... Until now, this movie was only available on out of print VHS tapes, and an ultra-rare Laserdisc release, which was used for this restoration project.

    Due to Youtube's low streaming quality, we suggest using this direct high quality download link

    Youtube link

    Screenshots:

    [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [!](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/)

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    Merry Upscaled MST-mas Holiday Playlist

    A collection of MST episodes, shorts, and host segments to enjoy during the holiday season.

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    MST3K Mega Turkey Day Marathon Running Nov. 23-24

    Where to watch: http://MST3KTurkeyDay.com | Help us make more episodes! Let's Make MST3K Season 14!

    Serving Extra Helpings of Cinematic Turkey – Starting at 9 a.m. ET – Thanksgiving Day

    This Thanksgiving, fans of cheesy movies can rejoice with the return of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon! Continuing a three and a half decades’-long movie-riffing tradition, this year features extra helpings of cinematic turkey, spilling some of its gravy into Black Friday and beyond for the first-ever Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon!

    Premiering on Thanksgiving Day like the series itself did in 1988, The Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon will showcase a whopping 24 classic MST3K episodes over the course of two days. The event begins at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 23rd and concludes Saturday, November 25th at 9 a.m. ET in tandem with the conclusion of the MST3K Season 14 crowdfunding campaign. Will MST3K raise $4.8 million to produce a new season of episodes? You decide, by visiting https://showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14.... It’s going to be bonkers in more ways than one!

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    spyd3r spyd3r @sh.itjust.works
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