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Dune (2021) from trakt.tv
Beyond fear, destiny awaits. Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

That feeling when you’re watching a movie and you think you recognize the describer, and then you realize it’s @HeyHeyDoubleJ! Thanks for making Dune 2021 as enjoyable to watch as the original Dune was to read.

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I watch panels like this as well as related talks, and then I think about the state of tech privacy and ethics generally in the United States, (see our recent congressional tech hearings), and I’m asking myself why I haven’t started day-drinking. Europe is having constructive discussions about this stuff while

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Takeaway from this talk, which anyone who contributes to open source or free software or anyone introducing others to said software should take to heart: Capitalism loves what you create, but companies do not love you and never will, even if they create things you like. Companies are not your friend. They are not on your side. We should all keep this in mind the next time we find ourselves overcome by the desire to kill ourselves in the creation of something which has the potential to benefit a lot of people. By all means, create that thing. But we need to make sure we look after things like our mental health, our relationships with our loved ones, the things that are truly important in life. I saw some tweets today mentioning the fact that Apple essentially glorified working weekends and the like during WWDC. I’ve seen the prioritization of working basically non-stop for the cause of disability rights or equal access for all. Of course nobody comes out and recommends that, but it’s there. It’s sort of expected I think, (see, for example, people with disabilities being urged to educate rather than to demand

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Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community divided from cnn.com

1. This left-wing cancel culture is out of control. 2. I’ve been repeatedly told by the anti-woke that the concern is over things like the 1619 Project and figures like Robin Di Angelo and Ibram Kendi. I’d like to believe that’s what’s really going on here but somehow I’m not convinced. 4. Wait, I’m confused. Is banning ideas and/or words bad or good? I keep receiving mixed signals on this from both Real True Patriots ® and Real True Intellectual Free Minds ® and as a result I’m having trouble with accommodating this much whiplash. Perhaps Bari will manage to fire up yee old Substack and clear all this up between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, because I’d hate to think all that stuff about exposure to ideas you don’t agree with is just bullshit designed to generate clicks and subscription dollars. So far the Substack Intelligencia, the Intellectual Dark Web, and the signatories of the Harper’s Letter have all been unavailable for comment, but I’m sure they’ll be on this as soon as possible.

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I saw this earlier and couldn’t figure out what was going on because i tried to OcR a screenshhot and didn’t realize this was a video.

now that I’ve watched it, yeah actually that’s pretty Goddamn misogynist.

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Congressional efforts to advance Afghan Special Immigrant Visa reforms were stalled by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky. from C-SPAN.org
SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY. MR. PAUL: RESERVING THE RIGHT TO OBJECT. IN THE FIRST TWO DECADES AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICA WAS UNDER SIEGE. OUR CAPITOL WAS RANSACKED BUT I DON'T RECALL IN READING HISTORY THAT ANY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SAID THEY WOULD FLEE THE COUNTRY OR LEAVE AND GIVE UP ON THE QUEST FOR LIBERTY. THE QUEST FOR LIBERTY REQUIRES FIGHTING BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR LIQUIDITY, THE PEOPLE WHO -- THEIR LIBERTY, THE PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE HELPED TO GET THEIR LIBERTY. YOU CAN SAY THE PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN HELPED US BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY WE HELPED LIBERATE THEM AS WELL. THEY'VE BEEN FREE FOR 20 YEARS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT PRECIPITATE THE OVERCOMING OF THE TALIBAN IF YOU TAKE 18,000 OF THE MOST WESTERNIZED, THOSE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH AND YOU SAY FLEE, FLEE, FLEE, THE END IS COMING. GUESS WHAT, THE END COMES QUICKER IF THEY ALL LEAVE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM RATHER TO STAY AND FIGHT. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE MANY ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE FUTURE OF AN BEGAN STAN COULD BE A BRIGHT -- AFGHANISTAN COULD BE A BRIGHT FUTURE BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT AND ULTIMATELY IT'S THEIR FIGHT. IF WE OFFER EASY ESCAPE AND PLANS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, WE'RE ENSURING THE DEFEAT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS IN AFGHANISTAN. SO I OBJECT TO THIS PIECE