Yeah, I was enjoying some videos about dumb Steven Seagal movies, but then I realized that every single one would have jokes about women being bad drivers, being overly emotional, etc. At first I took it as a humorous way to look at Seagal’s misogyny, but then it became apparent that it was being applied in other cases where it didn’t make sense. It was subtle, in the context of the rest of the videos, but a definitely present part was the manosphere mentality.

You misread the first sentence.

We could have had the trans Pacific Partnership. Had it been signed, we would probably be in great shape globally, with trade securing peace and economic stability.

Depends somewhat on the particular negative. We can claim with certainty that dinosaurs are not alive today, even though there are theoretically places that are not sufficiently explored where, in principle, a dinosaur might live. We are well aware that the fossil record is globally consistent and demonstrates the timing of their extinction, as well as the lack of any fossils of dinosaurs since then.

Similarly, I can claim with confidence that a force does not exist in the universe that would allow me to teleport from place to place instantaneously, because such a force would violate many of the known laws of physics.

There are various types of god-beings that cannot exist because of a logical contradiction. An omnipresent entity, for instance, would be always detectable if it had any measurable effect on the world, but no such measurable effect can be observed. If it is not capable of a measurable effect, then it is indistinguishable from not existing.

Other types of negatives are not easily proven. That is why scientists will say things like, “Based on 3478 measurements, there is currently no evidence to support the existence of higher values than those reported here.”

I was at the conference he was supposed to attend - the Lunar and Planetary Science conference. There were a lot of people showing Los Alamos data there.

Media during the election:

Kamala said “from” instead of “to” – does she have what it takes to lead the country?

Next up, how ripping apart trade agreements while pretending to be a truck driver is the what America needs.

Same.

It’s all been downhill since JFK…

Has anybody made a checklist?

Yes, and it was super effective.

Watched last night on Disney+. I could swear that the nail went all the way through his foot, but in the streaming version, he pulls back as soon as the pointy end hits his food. Don’t know if that was edited or if my memory is faulty.

My doctoral school in planetary science had students from a mix of academic backgrounds, so we all had to take astronomy as geology classes. We all went together across town to the observatory to meet the somewhat elderly astronomy professor. When he opened his computer, the screen was filled with hardcore porn. We all sat in silence as he closed it and opened his presentation. He then started his talk, which featured a classical painting of the milky way coming from the breast of Hera. When the picture was on the screen he looked at it for a while, then said “mmm, I like this picture.”

I had a similar thought. I assume there was a /s missing from the end here, but the contrast with the recent pearl grabbing about Biden is kind of hilarious (and sad).

The graph is right there…

I mean…

• Nominal (current) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of South Africa is $405,870,000,000 (USD) as of 2022. https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/south-africa-gdp/

Elon Musk

$269.3B

Real Time Net Worth

as of 10/30/24 (https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/)

Well… On Earth…

Multiple techniques, multiple field sites, new, advanced method used… Not a surprising author list.

The Water of Life features in lots of fairy tales. Is that what is being referred to? Is Water of Death another name for an alcohol?

That is so true, my fellow human who is definitely a citizen of the United States!

Treason against who? A South African in America who has a company turned off access to Ukraine because Russia wanted it. Hard to say where that would fall in court.