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It's Saturday what have you watched this week?
  • Dark, the German sci-fi on Netflix that is super highly rated on a bunch of websites. It is incredible. From production value to writing quality to casting. Just such a good tv show. If you are at all into sci-fi thriller/mysteries, just watch it.

  • Firefly and the Lost Cause
  • I find it interesting how many pieces of media have been inspired by the book Killer Angels. Firefly joins Gettysburg (perhaps that one is obvious), and even Ken Burns sprawling Civil War Documentary.

  • Discussing Left Unity
  • The extremely wealthy have gotten their fingers so thoroughly in our politics through lobbying, campaign donations, and shady deals that it seems almost impossible to separate the money from power.

  • Amtrak's new Chicago to Miami train begins next month. Here's how long it takes, and how much it costs
  • Yes! That is so annoying. Then again, I do think it's better that more people from the small towns have the opportunity for public transportation, not just city to city. In Europe they manage to serve lots of locations and keep travel times short. It's possible, just an expensive commitment.

  • Amtrak's new Chicago to Miami train begins next month. Here's how long it takes, and how much it costs
  • I was looking into visiting a friend in Cleveland from Philadelphia. Basically, it's a straight shot West with hardly anything between. 6 hour drive, but I prefer the train when possible. 16 hours of travel time by train. Our system is so screwed.

    I know that the lines are owned by freight companies, so they have the right of way. It's just so frustrating to know that the infrastructure was there 100 years ago, but today, it is crippled by private interests and greed.

  • Decontamination of landfill waste leads to increase in toxic chemicals, says study
  • I can not imagine how anyone who has ever looked at a landfill did so and went, "Yup, this is a good idea." The sheer volume of trash is unsettling. The corporations that popularized wrapping everything in disposable plastic have doomed us.

  • Ring of steel installed around White House as police brace for violence
  • I think they have been putting something like that up for a while. Traditionally, college students from GW, Georgetown, American and Catholic descend on the White House once the race is called to celebrate. I'm sure plenty of other people are there too, but it was overwhelmingly harmless undergrads when I was there.

  • Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back
  • Plotnick, an associate professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, is the leading expert on buttons and how people interact with them.

    I like that being a leading expert on buttons is a profession that exists in this world. You go Rachel Plotnick.

  • What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?
  • Yeah, it is definitely dependent on region and lots of other factors. Plus, I fully admit it is a small sample size. But I just wanted to say my part because suggesting the trades certainly isn't as universal as advising kids to go to college was a generation ago.

    Also, I agree with the elite schools for grad programs. But so few kids get to that point and would have to get through undergrad (and likely crippling students loans) to even apply to for the good grad schools.

  • What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?
  • I hear this from some of the kids that I coach. I remind them that they have to do something worth watching. I know that some lucky content creators make money with low effort posts, but in a world where everyone wants views, you need to be good enough at something to catch peoples attention.

  • What will be this generation's "If you want a good job just go to college!" career advice?
  • I haven't met any parents telling their kids to go into the trades aside from one dad who is already in the trades and knows the life.

    Most of the parents of high/middle schoolers I speak to are pushing STEM and entrepreneurship. I coach this age group, and the parents still want their kid to go on to higher education. They just are more aggressive about it being a meaningful degree.

    There is also more discussion of the cost of schools. A degree from a local school with in state tuition or a community college transfer is looked upon more favorably now. Frankly, a lot of the elite schools are bullshit and the general public is waking up to that now. The work a student is willing to put into learning is much more important than if the school has a high rank.

  • How do you write a lengthy, informative comment/post?
  • I also found that watching 'video essays' on Youtube helped me develop and understand communication skills after years of math education. Depending on what you are interested in, Youtubers like Tom Scott, Every Frame of Painting, Miniminuteman, and Ask a Mortician are fantastic places to start.

  • How do you write a lengthy, informative comment/post?
  • I was just talking about how commenting has made me reflect on how effectively I communicate in everyday life. I only ever lurked on Reddit because it seemed like everyone had already said what was worth commenting on. But on Lemmy, there is an opportunity to give it a shot and see what happens.

    The worst case is someone picks apart what you were trying to articulate (rare), or no one responds (common). In the best case, you have an engaging conversation (also rare).

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