RIP Robert Watts (1938-2024)
The British producer worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey, the original Star Wars trilogy, the first three Indiana Jones, Who Framed Roger Rabbit... A legend.
Here he is with production designer Norman Reynolds, who passed away in 2023:
If it weren't for the pesky facts.
He lied about American energy production, which is up. He said it's down.
He lied about healthcare. Donald tried hard to kill Obama-care, but it survived.
He lied about abortion care. He said he never supported a national abortion ban. He wants a national abortion care ban.
He lied about the insurrections. He said we had a peaceful transfer of power.
Vance is an odious liar and unfit.
#debate #election #election2024 #Walz
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Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia (Associated Press)
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Two views of the rich's response to the potential increase in capital gains tax...
Nimesh Shah, tax advisor to the wealth: 'Every entrepreneur is talking about whether to move overseas...Some have done it already';
Graham Hobson, founder of Photobox: '[I'd] love to see capital gains tax rates aligned with income tax...I am a rich person & I will not leave — as many others won’t'!
So mass exodus or a few marginal migrations.... take your pick!
Does anybody know a good example of a reticulate-based R package? I want to create an #rstats package with bindings to a #python library. I'm curious to see how to correctly write the .onLoad() function to make Python functions accessible immediately after the library call.
`rgee` is nice, but too complex
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It's now just six days until my newest book and my first
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comes out: Infinite Cosmos!
Again, you can pre-order from Disney: books.disney.com/book/infinite…
or Amazon: amzn.to/4dtb8y5
anytime; preorders help authors succeed the most!
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in reply to StartsWithABang (old account) • • •Today, I want to give you a sneak peek to look inside at Chapter 2: the launch and deployment of JWST.
First, JWST had to be stowed and transported intercontinentally: thousands of miles across pirate-infested waters. It was a crazy, secretive journey!