[DISCUSSION] [SPOILERS] The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Fantastic FOOOOOOOOOOUR! Phase Six kicks off, although it's tough to say what a phase means nowadays.
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
- Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer
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OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
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Backwards much?
Public transit should be aiming to be --->> FREE!!
OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
It will soon be the end of the road for OC Transpoās youth pass, as the City of Ottawa gets set to scrap the discounted pass for 13- to 19-year-olds at the end of August.Josh Pringle (CTVNews)
Also OCT: itāll cost ya!
Make it free for everyone!
Lemmy Development Update July 2025
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'Whites-only' community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas
āWhites-onlyā community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas
A 'whites-only' community in Arkansas is not allowing any one of another ethnicity, or anyone who is Jewish or LGBTQ+ to live there.Alastair James (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
Timmie's is a marketing project of billionaires international, paying disrespectful wages, and using flown in TFW workers without rights who can't stay or vote.
Democracy loving Canadians need jobs because invasion.
Billionaires are taking away democracy.
Because the world is a jewel they mismanage and they want more. And no complaints.
Because their problem and drive is arrogant delusion.
Did RNC Chair Michael Whatley Help Run a Fossil Fuel āFront Groupā?
Did RNC chair Michael Whatley help run a fossil fuel "front group"?
The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversightāwhen it meant stopping Obama's green power plans.Mother Jones
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible.
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible.
He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn't want the public to know what's really happening.Robert Reich
Elon Musk Gave Millions to Trump After Publicly Blowing Up Their Bromance
Elon Musk Gave Millions to Trump After Publicly Blowing Up Their Bromance
Musk seems to still want to be in Trump's good graces, even after accusing the President of being in the Epstein files.Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Is Shutting Down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Is Shutting Down
MAGA notches another win in its battle against anything good in America.Matt Novak (Gizmodo)
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Funny how one of the billionaires could probably fund it indefinitely without batting an eye, but instead: crickets.
They're going to give back any day now! Aaaany day now ... because of all the tax breaks they got, right? Aaaaaaany day now ...
National Guard Ordered to Do ICE Paperwork at Immigration Facilities in 20 States
National Guard Ordered to Do ICE Paperwork at Immigration Facilities in 20 States
Trumpās deployment of the National Guard to immigration facilities further blurs the line between military and law enforcement.Nick Turse (The Intercept)
This is where the grit in the gear works comes into play. Oops, filed out the wrong form? Oh no, I misspelled their name. Only Page 2 of 4?
Adhere to every single bureaucratic policy till it hurts. Do it slow. Make small enough mistakes that would mean the work has to be done again.
Do your job, but just poorly enough to slow this shit down. Make fascism inefficient.
A community for the study of Neoplatonism and its intersection with spirituality, science, and society
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I invite everyone from all walks and backgrounds to join! I'm trying to make an inclusive space that serves as a repository of academic resources on Neoplatonism. If you're interested in philosophy from late antiquity, want to see how science and philosophy intersect, or are spiritually curious, this community invites you to join!
Fedicon Livestream
Let's get this party started!
Day 1 of FediCon
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personally i find that interop can lead to worse UX if you have to compromise on your own experience to be compatible with someone else's assumptions. so improving UX might require explicitly breaking interop.
more generally, UX friction can be good, and good UX doesn't imply that the thing is good. putting decentralization first means you emphasize values -- do it right before you do it well. putting interop first means you defer the value judgement.
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chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca talking about starting up SocialBC is inspiring!
Makes me wonder if something like this could happen in Ontario... esp. rural communities.
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The number of interesting apps and services running off BlueSky is staggering.
Just. What.
i can't really speak for anyone here as a relative outsider, but as someone that has worked with both protocols i think one big reason is the lack of a public, accessible, synchronous space for discussion, development, and support
the unofficial discord linked in that slide tends to be fairly active - i've managed to receive answers to most of my atproto-related questions there, and as a result i've been able to get stuff done relatively quickly. whenever i've had issues with activitypub projects in the past, i've just sat on them for long periods of time because i wasn't sure where to ask about them (and i never really got much response from posts i made on the network about them either)
i see socialhub as a great place for asynchronous, more formal happenings, but there's not much for more casual happenings right now afaict (though i'd love to be proven wrong in this regard!)
as someone who's also on the outside looking in, I kind of have to concur here. nobody's really having fun. even on socialhub, all I really see is just the same few people people getting really pedantic and argumentative over implementation details and whether rdf is good and where the bike shed for the nuclear reactor should be built. contrast atproto, where people can just be like "I built a toilet social network because it's funny."
I think that activitypub sorely needs more creativity and experimentation and people pushing the protocol in ways that are super unexpected, as well as having developers welcome new people on board and helping them get up to speed (and the casual discussion space that essem mentioned). doing this will probably bring a lot of much needed diversity and progress to the space imo
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> even on socialhub, all I really see is just the same few people people getting really pedantic and argumentative over implementation details and whether rdf is good and where the bike shed for the nuclear reactor should be built. contrast atproto, where people can just be like "I built a toilet social network because it's funny."
I'd love to put some of my creative and cat-herding energies toward developing an implementor-first place for AP developer support. I often make the claim that AP-related discussion should take place over ActivityPub, so I'd love to put that into practice.
I'm not a chat-first person, so Discord isn't my first option, but there are other options...!
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Am loving how benpate@mastodon.social is focusing on getting creators onto the fediverse. Important work to cross that chasm!
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dawn@cosocial.ca presenting an interesting history of how coop@cosocial.ca came to be.
I love how both we have representation from both CoSocial.ca and SocialBC!
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A co-op run social media server for all Canadians. More info at https://blog.cosocial.caMastodon hosted on cosocial.ca
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dawn@cosocial.ca makes the point that it's important that cosocial members buy at least the share into the coop so as to have a stake in the coop itself.
It's more of a commitment than just filling in a form.
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johannab@cosocial.ca on Digital Third Spaces!
Back in the day forums were that digital third space. Social media took that over and they've dropped the ball.
Let's bring them back (with more forums obviously)
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Someone's got Mastodon open on their device with sound on and it keeps dinging, and I'm having a Pavlovian urge to check my phone.
I don't even use the Mastodon web app wth
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I think the āMoosetodon Movementā means more than just mstdn.ca, further solidified at #FediCon; a movement country wide to kick the Zuckerverse to the curb.
We still have a lot of work to do but I believe our small but mighty community is working toward that common goal.
Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
The US just launched its biggest effort yet to compensate victims of human trafficking, setting up a process to dole out $200 million from seizures related to shutting down the notorious online escorts ad service Backpage.com.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Department of Justice confirmed that "this marks the largest remission process to date to compensate victims of human trafficking."
Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti said the effort to redistribute millions of ill-gotten gains "underscores the Departmentās unwavering commitment to use forfeiture to take the profit out of crime and to compensate victims." It comes after Backpage's "owners and key executives and businesses related to the platform" were found guilty of facilitating crimes including money laundering and "unlawful commercial sex using a facility in interstate or foreign commerce," the DOJ said.
Backpage scandal ends in largest US payout to trafficking victims
Backpage victims can share texts and emails to cover expenses and lost wages.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
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Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication | TechCrunch
Proton has a free authenticator app, which is available cross-platform with end-to-end encryption protection for data.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
There are no very clear reasons to distrust proton, but is it just me that finds them releasing a 2FA app kinda disturbing? Like, why waste the resources? What could they do better than Aegis, which is already FOSS and privacy preserving? If there is no reason, than I have to wonder if the hidden reason is to get more data into their ecosystem. Which a privacy focused company shouldn't care about.
I am probably just paranoid but I don't trust Proton.
Hunger in Gaza reaches 'tipping point' under Israel's offensive as children face lifelong impacts
Gaza hunger reaches 'tipping point' as children suffer malnutrition
Starvation in Gaza under Israelās assault has reached a ātipping point,ā with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not get urgent relief, while many children who survive will now face lifelong consequences.Chantal Da Silva (NBC News)
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates
Florida prison email blunder exposes visitor contact info to inmates
: Victims fear leak at Everglades Correctional Institution could lead to violent extortionConnor Jones (The Register)
He compensates his lack of wings by having slightly larger ears. But the big almond shaped eyes, the cuteness and his love for (some) fruits might imply a relationship.
#poodle #dogsofmastodon #dog #Dogstodon
Campaign's Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
Campaign's Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
"Trump and Republicans in Congress are single-handedly inflating the cost of everyday items that Americans rely on," said one advocate.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Woman Who Died of Heart Disease in ICE Custody Reportedly Told Son She Wasn't Allowed to See Doctor for Chest Pains
Woman who died of heart disease in ICE custody reportedly wasn't allowed to see doctor for chest pains
Questions about the death of Marie Blaise at a South Florida ICE detention center have lingered since she collapsed in April.C.J. Ciaramella (Reason.com)
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I need to tell you something unsatisfying: your personal consumption choices will not make a meaningful difference to the amount of enshittification you experience in your life
Here's why you're getting enshittified: we deliberately decided to stop enforcing competition laws. As a result, companies formed monopolies and cartels. This means that they don't have to worry about losing your business or labor to a competitor, because they don't compete. It also means that they can handily capture their regulators, because they can easily agree on a set of policy priorities and use the billions they've amassed by not competing to capture their regulators. They can hold a whip hand over their formerly powerful tech workers, mass-firing them and terrorizing them out of any Tron-inspired conceits about "fighting for the user." Finally, they can use IP law to shut down anyone who makes technology that disenshittifies their offerings.
Eternal Flames
Iāve posted a new video on natural gas āeternal flamesā. This video features info about the Darvaza āgate to hellā crater, which I previously wrote about for Spooky Geology, and new content related to the Eternal Flame falls in New York. I visited the falls in June 2025 and did research on how and why the flame exists. The Darvaza section contains new information about how the Turkmenistan government is aiming to extinguish the crater.
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Eternal flames
Natural gas is the source of flames that burn at the surface. Two locations: Darvaza crater and Eternal Flame falls in New York are featured.Darvaza "gate to...YouTube
Fedicon is happening in Vancouver, BC this weekend
An in-person conference centered around the fediverse is happening this Friday and Saturday at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver, BC.
Put on by reiver@mastodon.social, it is bringing together a number of big names including Evan Prodromou (of AP fame), Dan Supernault (Pixelfed creator), and more!
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I'll be on stage speaking about some of ActivityPub's "hard problems", and what people are doing to fix them. It's a rehash and expansion of a talk I gave at FOSDEM this past February.
Are there threadiverse related problems? I'd imagine so. Would love to include them in my presentation.
Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records - High Country News
Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records
Activists opposed to the Thacker Pass mine were āunder the microscopeā for years.Mark Olalde (High Country News)
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour"
Written by: Dana Horgan & Kathryn Lyn
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Colorado AG explains why the state is suing a deputy who aided ICE
Colorado AG explains why the state is suing a deputy who aided ICE
The state of Colorado is suing a local sheriffās deputy, accusing him of aiding federal immigration agents with the arrest of a college student with an expired visa.Geoff Bennett (PBS News)
Trump administration cancels plans for new wind energy projects in federal waters
Trump administration cancels plans for new wind energy projects in federal waters
The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development. It's the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States.PBS News
Gun Homicide and Suicide Are Closely Linked, New Study Shows
Gun Homicide and Suicide Are Closely Linked, New Study Shows
Interpersonal violence and self-directed violence have long been treated as separate public health issues, but the two are more connected than previously understood, according to the findings of a new study by researchers at the New Jersey Gun Violenā¦Fairriona Magee (The Trace)
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
(RNS) āĀ The Rev. Yehiel Curry, bishop of the ELCAās Metropolitan Chicago Synod since 2019, will serve a six-year term as presiding bishop of the 2.7 million-member denomination.Yonat Shimron (RNS)
Do You Condemn Israel?
Do you condemn Israel?
For years, the Democratic Party has litmus-tested candidates by asking if they disavow Hamas. Now, could the opposite become the norm?Mother Jones
the Democrat party is permanently dead to me, and it was their embrace of genocide & apartheid as cherished values which did it. absolutely unforgivable, and something which is not possible to fix or redeem. the entire power structure is rotten all the way to the core.
the only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
The Deep Ties and Deeper Pockets of Minnesotaās Far-Right
The Deep Ties and Deeper Pockets of Minnesotaās Far-Right - UNICORN RIOT
Maple Grove, MN ā The Rush Creek Golf Clubās event space was filled with the din of knives and forks, scraping and tapping ceramic to the tune of conspiratorial chit chat, as a fluorescent white audience āmostly over the retirement age ā shared with ā¦niko (UNICORN RIOT)
High Noon recalls vodka drinks mislabeled as Celsius
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High Noon is recalling some of its vodka seltzer drinks because they were mislabeled as nonalcoholic Celsius energy drinks, according to a recall notice posted Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).High Noon is recalling two production lots of High Noon Beach Variety packs. Some of these 12-can packs have cans that are filled with High Noon vodka seltzer alcohol and are mislabeled as āCELSIUSĀ® ASTRO VIBEā¢ Energy Drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Editionā with a silver top.
Setting aside that High Noon should clearly be a THC seltzer, this is the most plausible excuse for a DWI I've heard of. "But officer, I only had two energy drinks."
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5428446-high-noon-vodka-seltzer-recall-celsius/
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UEA havas novan estraron
Fernando Maia estas la nova prezidanto de UEA. La komitato de la asocio dum sia unua kunsido en Brno elektis novan estraron. La komitato sekvis la rekomendon de la elekta komisiono, krom ke anstataÅ Istvan Szabolcs post du voÄdonadoj estis elektita FranƧois Lo Jacomo. Amri Wandel ne ricevis sufiÄe da voÄoj por denove eniri la estraron.
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in reply to JarvisBot • • •Just got home, we caught the "Screen X" version which has a main fake Imax size screen, then projects additional footage on the left and right walls.
Hardly anyone went to the Screen X version so we had that going for us.
What it looks like going in:
What it looks like in practice:
It's... interesting. It's not 100% through the movie, just key scenes, and it does appear to be unique footage shot for the format, not stretched or copy/pasted.
Obviously the main screen is the real movie and everything extra is, well, extra. It also makes daylight scenes way brighter in the theater due to three projectors running.
If you like comic books and comic book movies, there's a lot to like here. No spoilers. I was concerned about a run time coming in under 2 hours, but everyone did a great job.
My only real complaint is not enough Ben. Reed, Sue and Johnny all seem to have projects in the movie, oh, and Ben was there too. š Feels like if they had wanted to add more run-time, fleshing out Ben would have been a good start.
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in reply to jordanlund • • •That theater experience looks distracting. I would personally hate it.
I agree on Thing. He really didnāt have much to do based on the nature of being the brawn of the group and this movie was about solving problems intelligently. Iām not super familiar with the Fantastic 4 comics versions though, so Iām not sure if they could have/should have switched the language decoding from Johnny to Ben or not. Johnny had enough time to show off powers.
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in reply to WindyRebel • • •Ben never would have cracked the language thing, but they do have the bit with all the kids cheering him on at the school, and they had multiple opportunities to expand on that, especially when the public turns against them, but just... didn't.
Weird that they set it up, didn't follow through, and had a sub-2 hour movie. 10-20 minutes wouldn't have made a difference for the movie as a whole, but would have added a bunch to Ben.
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in reply to JarvisBot • • •It was a visual splendor and I loved all the actors and roles, but I left wondering if Galactus was a good choice as a first villain.
Iād say the only really new dynamic we got here was adding a child into the mix. Curious to see where this goes since they went with literally their biggest villain off the bat.
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in reply to ApollosArrow • • •The movie was fast paced but they made it clear that the Earth was taken care of, so the threat had to be extraterrestrial. Of course I agree Galactus is a big swing.
My guess is by introducing him now, we know he could come back at any time. Basically what they tried to do with Kang. At the end of Quantumania Paul Rudd is happy and walking down the street, the world is safe. The world is safe right? It's the same here. Now I'm guessing he won't be back until after Secret Wars, but they're introducing him now so you always wonder.
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in reply to MimicJar • • •I honestly think Kang would have been a much better villain used here. Especially since Kang is descended from the Richards. It would have created a very interesting conundrum in that Kang canāt kill Reed, Sue or Franklin without killing himself, and Reed figuring it out towards the end of the movie and using that to defeat him. It would still have set up the āKang will returnā aspect of it, without leap of Antman having taken down one of the smartest people alive.
Edit: Miss remembered the family lineage, they are related, but not direct.(It seems to flip flop around) So he could still kill them. I still think he would have been better used here for the family aspects.
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in reply to JarvisBot • • •Been thinking about this...
Ending spoiler:
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They teleport Galactus and Silver Surfer to the other side of the galaxy, but doesn't that leave Galactus' ship in orbit just... you know... LOOMING?
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in reply to jordanlund • • •I don't remember if we ever see the ship approaching Earth. We hear it's getting closer and closer. (In fact it seems to move really slow, I seem to recall it being near Jupiter at one point while they're still mid teleport pad construction.) Which is to say that maybe when it got close enough (still within the solar system) Galactus just hopped down.
But in either case you're right that the ship should be nearby. Maybe Silver Surfer sent it away or maybe Galactus can remote drive/return it to him.
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in reply to JarvisBot • • •I liked seeing the Timely Comics store, but as I told my wife about it in the car, I couldnāt remember why it was important. Can yāall help? Was that the first imprint that printed Captain America comics or something along those lines?
Seeing the Latveria chair empty early on made me think weād see him later I the film. As we watched the mid-credits scene, my wife mentioned Robert Downey, Jr., as Doom. I told her I was reminded of the recent Ultimates comic where Doom was introduced as a repentant Reed Richards. She said thatād explain why the baby wasnāt freaking out. Four years is a long time to create stories.
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