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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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"Biden is just as bad as the Republicans--"

A Republican House Rep. called for no aid and bombing Gaza like Nagasaki and Hiroshima yesterday.

Like yes, Biden is signing off on way too much military aid to Israel. This is in fact a very bad thing. But he is also (at least in theory), pressuring Israel to increase the amount of aid that it allows across the border.

Meanwhile:

Congressmember Tim Walberg of Michigan made the comment during a recent town hall event. Rep. Tim Walberg: “We shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid. It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick.” After facing widespread criticism, Congressmember Tim Walberg, who is a former pastor, issued a statement claiming he was not advocating for the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza. (Src)

Like. That's worse. You understand how that's worse, right?

You understand how pressuring the Dems, while having them in power, is more effective than allowing the GOP to get more seats, right?

Please tell me you understand how the GOP is worse.

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two birds with one stone.

edited the pic above bc i forgot raven's earrings. which i did last time, too, i think, lol.

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Finally got the time to fuel my new hyperfixation yippeee <3

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weirdest art trick i have is that sketching limbs is easier and neater if you slice em at the joints instead of using those little circles

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ok but have you ever seen a parked blimp?

why is this so goddamn funny

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inspired by Batgirl (2009) #5 and #7! i love the bonding between Damian and Steph while their mentors bicker/talk about them lol

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seaweed brain

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was testing out a bunch of different brushes yesterday and doodled a bunch of percabeth in the process lol enjoy

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They are THE siblings ever‼️

They are the moment👏🏻

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Cosplay + convention dump!!

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I love how remarkably consistent the tcw/tbb fandom is about how we want our most-hated villains to die. we see a zillo beast in distress and immediately begin advocating for who its next meal should be

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in my head the star wars equivalent of tswift is some human woman named tay’lor spiff or something and her stans are losing their minds over theories that she’s secretly a jedi singing about the horrors of war, even though she’s from a neutral system that hasn’t seen so much as a moral panic in 50 years

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I think other than Jason, Steph is probably the Batkid who understands the value of money the most as her family’s struggle with money or Steph’s lack of money can be seen throughout her history as a character.

Steph & her mother are forced to live with their abuser because they can’t afford a lawyer to get Arthur’s name off the mortgage, when Steph goes to college she’s the only person in class who uses pen & paper because she can’t afford a laptop & has to take a job at the campus library so she can afford to go to college.

She even jokingly quips that she can’t afford a DVR & looking it up they’re like $30-50.

In Valentine’s Catwoman run when the characters had to dress for a party Valentine jokingly stated that Steph’s outfit was the hardest to pick not because it was hard to find an outfit that fit Steph’s style but that it was hard to find an outfit Steph could afford

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I feel that the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon has a weird chokehold over a lot of the DC fandom, particularly the parts that don't actually READ or even like COMICS, to the point where this show, whose creators openly admit had to be simple enough for a toddler to follow, largely informs a lot of fans' interpretations of some pretty complex characters, themes and continuity. The show, specifically, can tend to become nostalgia bait, and I think it's due time for a lot of this fandom to take off their rose-tinted glasses and let the show go.

Like I enjoyed the show growing up and I still have a soft spot for episodes like Lightspeed and Hide & Seek, but...frankly it's a simple show tailored to young kids that just does not, and was never meant to, do justice to the Titans' comic canon. This show could never have done Who is Donna Troy? and conveyed the unlabelableness of Donna and Dick's relationship, but it was never supposed to. Characterisations are intentionally dumbed down, themes are broken down into bite-sized morals, half of the show is dedicated to comedy, and character development is purposely few and far between because this show was designed for kids aged 2-11. And all that is fine but it's just not at all a reflection of what the Titans really are in print. It should not really inform any serious reading of the DC comic universe.

On the one hand, I really didn't need to see a Red X comic arc or Starfire talking in broken english in a comic, it's all just cheap nostalgia bait that people need to stop falling for. It's sacrificing theme in favour of cheap references. On the other hand, I do think the fans I'm talking about probably owe it to themselves to a) be a little more honest and critical about their engagement with DC media, and b) challenge themselves more when engaging in media to avoid wallowing in flanderized fluff.

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I might've added the BG3 Art Book to my dnd assets stash

It' 100% does not have things like the 5e players' handbook + 5e’s character sheet, several gm guides, critical role's explorer's guide to wildmount, baldur's gate and waterdeep city encounters, 101 potions and their effects, volo's guide to monsters, both of xanathar's guides, a bunch of other encounters, one shots, and class builds

In no way are there any pdf’s relating to any wizard who may or may not be residing on any coast

(Edit that I’ve moved the folder to the new link above! So if you catch a different version of this post that link won’t work anymore!)