[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

This was a result of election night that is underreported, but hugely telling and frustrating.

All this noise about California being liberal, progressive, and the resistance to Trump. But they kept slavery in prison legal. And I think the people who are predicting prison "labor" will be used to replace migrant labor if mass deportation does happen have it right. And California had a chance to make that impossible and decided not to.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago

It's funny, I think Vegas is perfectly fine as the city of sin so things like this really don't phase me. It was built on the idea of crime and excess.

What does seem weird to me is how in a desert, why isn't everything solar? The sun is their only natural resource besides sand. Every rooftop and parking lot and flat surface possible seems like it should be a panel.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

In a Korean car too which is funny.

What does the BODG stand for?

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 76 points 7 months ago

If Roku actually does this I would definitely never use them again. Completely asinine behavior. Especially because most people aren't even using stand alone boxes with their smart TVs.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago

The biopic on this whole thing is going to be hilarious. The rumors are that the board didn’t like how fast the CEO is moving with AI and they’re afraid of consequences of possible AGI (which I don’t think these new LLMs are even close to) but that doesn’t feel like what modern boards of directors are so I don’t trust it.

It’s just baffling how this golden goose was half way strangled in the nest.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 109 points 1 year ago

There are so many wild things about that story. Assuming it is all true, he strangled his girlfriend, dismembered her, ran her through a meat grinder and disposed of the bones in three different bags. He got only 11 years. He was pardoned for being part of the Russian Army invading Ukraine. He only served in Ukraine for six months before retiring.

All that is insane. A murder with an already hilariously light sentence is pardoned by being on the front lines for six months?

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago

She was a public servant that worked for a long time on your behalf.

She worked a long time and was obviously better than the GOP, but staying on for so long was at best a lack of vision and at worse an egotistical decision that will bite us in the ass. All these geriatric ass politicians who don't mentor, grow the bench with the next generation, and retire when it is time to are leading us to the situation. This is going to end up being RBG all over again.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 89 points 1 year ago

Imagine if she had mentored and sponsored a younger replacement in 2000 and then retired in 2010. Where would we be?

Now that Skeletor has died with no one obvious to replace her, the Judiciary Committee will probably grind to a halt when it comes to confirming judges.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 231 points 1 year ago

It is mind boggling to me that in the year 2023 we're complaining about porn, LGBT existence, and fucking book content. Isn't this what we were laughing at 20 years ago? About book burnings and how stupid the previous generations were for fearing and banning media that challenged them?

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

IDK exactly what the "world" can do here. The Taliban is the legit government of Afghanistan now (well, maybe legit should be in quotes). Do people want another war to take out the Taliban? That didn't go so well the first time. And there are already sanctions on the Taliban's government but other countries are still willing to trade with them.

I don't see any international fix working here. There needs to be internal change. Whether that's reform, coup, or whatever.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago

For me at least, there’s just not enough content. Not enough communities, with not enough posts with not enough comments. Lemmy still hasn’t reached that tipping point where it can replace sites like Reddit. It fluctuates, but I think it is on the way.

[-] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

It’s fun seeing the actual test the article is talking about playing out in real time.

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It's a little rough this week, even for a speed sub group like OPScans. Hopefully they're able to get a higher quality one up soon.

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Early spoilers out.

::: spoiler Chapter 1,088: "The last lesson".

One Piece Live-Action series special Color Spread!! We can see Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji in the front (in fighting pose) and the faces of Shanks, Koby, Buggy, Kuro, Garp, Mihawk, Arlong, and Krieg (or Smoker, not 100% sure) in the background. The sentence "tomorrow studio x Netflix" appears too.

Chapter starts with a flashback in the old Marineford. Garp is teaching a class for new Marines. Koby is in the class too, it's his first lesson (he has the same appearance as in East Blue arc). Garp asks a question to all new Marines.

Garp: "If 1 baby and 1 old man get stranded on an island, and you have a boat that can hold only 2 people... Who would you save?"

Koby: "I would get down from the boat myself, so both of them can live."

Garp: "You are wrong!! The old man doesn't have much time left anyway, so you just let him die!! Why did you all become Marines? Isn't it to protect the people's "future"? Then, you and the baby have more future than the old man. Only you and the baby must live on!!"

After the lesson, Garp is scold by a Marine instructor. He asks Garp to never teach such things again, since all people's lives are equal. Garp disagrees.

Garp: "The future of young people is limitless!!"

Then we cut to another flashback at Amazon Lily, after Boa Hancock's incident some days ago. Blackbeard agrees to leave Amazon Lily, however he's taking 800 Marines and a battleship with him. Vice admiral Yamakaji only stands and watches since "Marine HQ" didn't give permission to fight a Yonkou.

However, Koby steps up and offers Blackbeard to take him as prisoner instead of his men. Vice admiral Yamakaji allows him to do it since Koby is a SWORD member.

Back to present. Everyone on Garp's battleship is panicking. They shoot at the giant hand but cannot stop it.

Then all three of them immediately move on Garp's orders. Pirates are laughing, thinking Koby, Helmeppo and Grus can't do anyting without Garp.

Grus asks Koby why Garp entrusted him with destroying the giant hand. He wonders if Koby has a bomb or something like that to destroy it. Koby replies he hasn't any weapon, but he will try to do something.

Pirates shoot at them, Helmeppo blocks a bullet with his sword and gets caught up in an explosion.

Garp stands up and faces Kuzan. He punches Kuzan to the ground, moving so fast that Kuzan is surprised. Then Garp jumps on roofs toward the skull and attacks it.

Garp: "Galaxy Divide!!!" Pizarro: "Ugyaaaaa—!!!"

Garp uses a massive attack that splits the skull in two, making Pizarro's real body heavily injured with blood coming out of his head. Grus and Koby follow Garp.

Koby then jumps into the air facing Pizarro's giant hand. Pizarro is in pain, but he can still move. So he swings his hand down to crush Garp's battleship in revenge.

Then another flashback starts, back to the time when Koby and Helmeppo first joined the Marines.

We see Garp and Helmeppo talking in the training field that we saw on the cover story. Garp noticed that Koby manages to improve very fast, but he has an abnormal amount of injuries on his hands and shoulders.

Helmeppo says Koby doesn't want him to tell anyone, but the fact is that Koby knows he has less fighting skills than a normal person. So to make up for it, he needs to train between 100-200 times harder than other people.

Helmeppo says too that Koby has been training in secret every night by punching Garp's "battleship bag".

Cut to present, Garp is smiling while he remembers that training. All pirates are laughing at Koby, saying there's no way he can stop the giant hand. Pirates say the "Hero" title must have gotten into his head.

Koby is about to attack the giant hand.

Koby: "If I can't do this, everyone will die because of me... "Honesty Impact"!!!" Pizarro: "Owaaa—h!!!"

Koby punches and destroys the entire giant arm in an epic double spread (we can see black lightning from the impact). We see that Pizarro is screaming in pain as his real arm is breaking.

Garp is laughing in tears while both Helmeppo and Grus are shocked.Grus uses a technique called "Clay Web" to create a giant clay net to stop the falling stones and save Garp's battleship. Koby, Helmeppo and Grus end up safely on the battleship.

Garp calls everyone on the battleship with a den den mushi.

Garp: "All of you, full speed ahead and sail away from "Hachinosu" right now!!.I will find a way to survive on my own. Our mission is already completed, and your safety is the most important thing!!"

Koby cries and tells the ship to head back, but Grus stops him (he's in tears too). Garp continues.

Garp: 'All of you are the "future of the Marines"!!!'

In the last double spread, Garp is lying on the ground with an ice blade stabbed on his chest. He's surrounded by all Blackbeard Pirates and Kuzan.

Garp is still laughing as ice is spreading from his wound. We see Kuzan's face but his eyes are hidden, making his expression unknown...

Narrator: "In the next day's newspaper, the news that are reported to the world are...

The "young hero Koby" returned safely.

The "legendary hero Garp" disappeared at Hachinosu (the "Pirate Island").

"Yonkou Straw Hat Luffy" is taking Egghead Island as his stronghold."

In the final panel of the chapter, we see that Marines' ships are arriving at Egghead Island...

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