([archived link](https://archive.ph/r7u65))
DougHolland 1h ago • 100%
Boeing effectively is the US military, so it's in zero danger of going out of business, no matter how incompetently it's run.
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you). There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself. • **[Steven Barron](https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2024/10/16/elderly-homeless-man-dies-2-weeks-after-attack-in-el-cajon/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/sIumN)) • **[Ward Christensen](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/)** co-inventor of computer bulletin board system (BBS) ([archived link](https://archive.ph/P3gyA)) • **[Sherry Coben](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sherry-coben-dead-emmy-winning-writer-creator-kate-and-allie-1236034804/)** writer and creator, *Kate & Allie* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/8j4qV)) • **[Mitzi Gaynor](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/movies/mitzi-gaynor-dead.html)** actress, *South Pacific* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/wAI9f)) • **[Luis Gonzalez](https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/driver-death-lie-traffic-hauppauge-u49818g2)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/R31n4)) • **[Lilly Ledbetter](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyv0ydp96po)** activist • **[Megan Marshack](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/us/politics/megan-marshack-dead.html)** *in flagrante delicto* ([archived link](https://archive.ph/EUM6s)) • **[Mario Morra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Morra)** film editor, *Cinema Paradiso* • **[Andreas Münzhuber](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/11/neo-nazi-slips-to-his-death-climbing-hitlers-favourite-moun/)** Nazi ([archived link](https://archive.ph/PuNfB)) • **[John Nady](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/18/john-nady-wireless-rock-dies/)** cordless micropohones ([archived link](https://archive.ph/I0VqY)) • **[Roxanne Otero](https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/san-antonio-inmate-bexar-jail-died-19831816.php)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/QqCGl)) • **[Alvin Rakoff](https://exclaim.ca/film/article/canadian-filmmaker-alvin-rakoff-has-died)** filmmaker, *Say Hello to Yesterday* • **[Alex Salmond](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-died-trying-open-33895880)** ketchupped ([archived link](https://archive.ph/flTXB)) • **[Lillian Schwartz](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/technology/lillian-schwartz-dead.html)** computer artist ([archived link](https://archive.ph/1EfaF)) • **[Richard Secord](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/16/richard-secord-iran-contra-dead/)** Oliver North's criminal sidekick ([archived link](https://archive.ph/JyhQ2)) • **[Elizabeth Marie Torres](https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/10/14/a-death-on-the-streets-in-chula-vista-highlights-key-obstacle-to-helping-homeless/)** forgotten person ([archived link](https://archive.ph/94WCN)) • **[Alex Wright](https://www.koco.com/article/family-holds-memorial-for-man-who-died-inside-cell-at-the-cleveland-county-jail/62587801)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/KBRua)) • **[Toni Vaz](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/15/toni-vaz-dead/)** Image Awards ([archived link](https://archive.ph/RK58X)) • **[Patrick Watz](https://www.news-journal.com/prisoner-39-dies-in-jefferson-county-jail/article_04cddf05-d65b-5a73-bdbe-ee39ff97a9f3.html)** in county jail ([archived link](https://archive.ph/y8HHG)) • **[Philip Zimbardo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/18/philip-zimbardo-stanford-dead/)** psychologist, "Stanford Experiment" ([archived link](https://archive.ph/97sm7)) [**Previously dead**](https://lemmy.world/post/20788117)
DougHolland 2d ago • 100%
Also (sorry, but old guy here) the nozzle sometimes unexpectedly sprays sideways. It's no worry if you're sitting down, but if you're standing up you might've just wet your pants... or the pants of the unlucky schmoe at the neighboring urinal.
DougHolland 2d ago • 75%
Harris: Let's do not enough about climate change.
Trump: Let's burn the planet to the ground.
• **[Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns](https://theconversation.com/atmospheric-rivers-are-shifting-poleward-reshaping-global-weather-patterns-240673)** • **[For the first time in human history, we are pushing the global water cycle out of balance](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/climate/global-water-cycle-off-balance-food-production/index.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6a0UJ)) • **[Insurance 'nightmare' unfolds for Florida homeowners after back-to-back hurricanes](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/hurricane-milton-helene-insurance-nightmares-torment-florida-residents-rcna175088)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/EjmjI)) • **[Climate change made hurricane milton stronger, with heavier rain, scientists conclude](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12102024/climate-change-made-hurricane-milton-stronger/)** • **[What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/finland-emissions-target-forests-peatlands-sinks-absorbing-carbon-aoe)** • **[Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe)** • **[Only one-third of Europe's surface water is in good health, report warns](https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241014-europe-water)** • **[Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change](https://grist.org/politics/the-fate-of-thousands-of-u-s-dams-hangs-in-the-balance-leaving-rural-communities-with-hard-choices/)** • **[Rapid urbanization and climate change key drivers of dramatic flood impacts in Nepal](https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-urbanisation-and-climate-change-key-drivers-of-dramatic-flood-impacts-in-nepal/)** • **[The world's carbon sinks are on fire](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/climate/carbon-fires-forests-global-warming.html)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/6cp9Z)) • **[Water challenges — made worse by rising temperatures — are threatening the world’s crops](https://grist.org/article/water-availability-farmers-crops-food-agriculture/)**
DougHolland 5d ago • 60%
Not every post, comment, or spoken word in life is intended to convince anyone of anything. It's a laugh, for folks with a sense of humor.
DougHolland 5d ago • 100%
If I hadn't switched from Chrome years ago, this would be a kick in the pants to make it happen. The internet without ad-blockers is a swirling cesspool of endless annoyances.
DougHolland 5d ago • 100%
DougHolland 5d ago • 100%
Blocked, grazi.
DougHolland 6d ago • 100%
I'm not sure how cynical to be about this. Probably it'll suck, because almost everything sucks, but jeez if it's done right a counterculture reminder could be a marvel.
It's from the same guy who runs the Beat Museum in North Beach, which opened some years after I moved away from San Francisco, so I've never seen it. Any bay area locals want to chime in, and tell me whether the Beat Museum is worthwhile?
([archived link](https://archive.ph/UQqJB))
• **[Destruction of global forests *increases* in 140 countries that promised to halt deforestation](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/deforestation-destruction-demolition-beef-soy-palm-oil-nickel)** • **[Double punch of hurricanes could become common due to climate crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/double-hurricanes-climate-crisis-florida)** • **[UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic](https://phys.org/news/2024-10-world-erratic.html)** ([archived link](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/pY8CD)) • **[Large French ski resort to close — not enough snow](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/travel/alpe-du-grande-serre-france-ski-resort-closes-climate-crisis/index.html)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010063445/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/travel/alpe-du-grande-serre-france-ski-resort-closes-climate-crisis/index.html)) • **[Helene was supercharged by ultra-warm water made up to 500 times more likely by global warming, study finds ](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/climate/hurricane-helene-supercharged-climate-change/index.html)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010070636/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/09/climate/hurricane-helene-supercharged-climate-change/index.html)) • **[Harvest in England the second worst on record because of wet weather](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/10/harvest-in-england-the-second-worst-on-record-because-of-wet-weather)** • **['Irreversible' environmental disasters loom as global temperatures rise, new study finds](https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20241010-irreversible-environmental-disasters-loom-as-global-temperatures-rise-new-study-finds)** • **[Climate change is drying up the world's rivers at an alarming rate](https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-drying-rivers)** ([archived link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072013/https://futurism.com/the-byte/climate-change-drying-rivers)) • **[Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3j0vzpl3o)** • **[Unprecedented Niger floods displace 1.1 million as devastation grows](https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20241009-unprecedented-niger-floods-displace-1-1-million-as-devastation-grows)** ([archived link](https://archive.ph/M6tPt))
DougHolland 1w ago • 33%
Laughed at for stupidity.
DougHolland 1w ago • 100%
I love this! It's from 1869...
DougHolland 1w ago • 100%
“Why is my movie not being shown on NBC prior to the election?” Morris wrote on X. “It’s about a policy that was disgusting and should not be allowed to happen again. Make your own inferences.”
DougHolland 2w ago • 75%
① Republicans target the lowest-info and dumbest people, which is apparently about 47% of America ② ... tell them the biggest whoppers ③ And never stop lying, because the media barely and only belatedly factchecks, and anyway, their top lie is that you can't trust the media.
DougHolland 2w ago • 66%
I don't know, but NASA's going to CLAP BACK!
DougHolland 2w ago • 75%
It's the link that says "archived link."
DougHolland 2w ago • 50%
Sorry and it's nothing personal, @silence7, but after years of Trump and tens of thousands of his lies, the answer seems so obvious it's not worth a click. He lies because he lies because he lies.
DougHolland 2w ago • 81%
I recline corrected, grazi.
DougHolland 2w ago • 75%
It's an old, old story, certainly, but every time it's re-told I can at least imagine a few of the mental-sleepwalkers might wake up.
DougHolland 2w ago • 50%
Trump isn't a boomer, he's a pre-boomer.
DougHolland 2w ago • 50%
Doing this in all restrooms, as a response to vandalism or the dreaded smoking, arguably makes sense. Doing it only for the kids officially hated and required to use a segregated restroom that's only for them, is not security, only cruelty.
DougHolland 2w ago • 85%
Well, then I should probably have more sympathy for the late Dr Towers Parry. I'll work on it, seriously... but it won't be easy...