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24 Aug 07:18

That's A Moray

I love Moray already

16 Apr 01:56

Day Around the Bay: No California County Is Left In the 'Purple' Tier

by Jay Barmann
  • Governor Gavin Newsom came to the Bay Area today to herald the start of vaccine "open season." At a press event at a vaccine clinic in Union City he said, "This state is ready to come back, come roaring back. But the architecture of that is getting more shots in people’s arms — 50% is good but it’s not good enough." [Chronicle]
  • As of today, all 58 counties in California have exited the "Purple" tier. The last to be in the strictest tier for reopening, Merced County, turned "Red" today. [KTVU]
  • Paul Flores, who is charged with murder in the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly classmate Kristin Smart, and his father Ruben Flores, who is charged as an accessory, appeared in court Thursday but did not enter pleas. [ABC 7]
  • Even though indoor entertainment venues like Bottom of the Hill and PianoFight are permitted to reopen as of today at reduced capacity, both say that it's a money-losing proposition until they can have full capacity, and they will wait this out. [SFGate]
  • UCSF-educated Dr. Christopher Liverman has been appointed San Francisco's new Chief Medical Examiner. [Chronicle]
  • Caltrain is halting service into San Francisco for the next two weekends in order to make repairs on the Napoleon Street bridge, located near the base of Islais Creek under Interstate Highway 280. [CBS SF]
  • State Sen. Scott Wiener's bill to legalize psychedelic drugs passed in the Senate Health Committee by a vote of 6-1 on Wednesday. [CBS SF]
Day Around the Bay: No California County Is Left In the 'Purple' Tier

Photo by Adam Dillon on Unsplash

16 Apr 01:55

Setting Conditions

You're doing great, honey

03 Mar 09:50

Communism Store

by Corey Mohler
Description: a supermarket called "Communism Store: fetish free commodities"

Marx: "Hi! Welcome to the Communism Store, what do you need?"
Rich customer in a top hat: "How much do oranges cost?"

Marx: "How much do they cost?"

Marx: "They cost the labor of the workers who planted the seeds and harvested the fruit!"

Marx: "They cost the time and energy of those who drove the trucks and stocked the shelves!"

Marx: "Here at the communism store we do not fetishize our commodities by imbuing them with the mystical property of price, which masks the human relations in the exchange of labor."

Marx: "In a true marketplace, commodities are exchanged by human beings for their use by other human beings, labor for labor. But Capitalism has distorted this market, and produces commodities purely for profit."


Marx: "The true labor relations are obscured and commodities are taken to only having value in exchange, rather than their real use."

Customer: "Right...but how much does it actually...cost?"
Marx: "Well, this is a communism store, so everything is free."

Customer: "Really....everything?"
Marx: "Yep."

Marx: "In that case I'll take everything, including the store itself."
Marx: "Uh...well..."

Customer: "Now get off my property before i call the cops!"

Description: Marx gets roughly kicked out, they repaint the sign to say: "Capitalism store: fetishized commodities"

Marx: "Hey, stop that! Stop doing capitalism!"
Marx: "Damn you, bourgeoisie!"
04 Apr 01:31

How to Work Out Like a Superhero, According to Brie Larson's Trainer

by Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker

In training to be Captain Marvel, Brie Larson worked her way up from a normal-but-fit person to someone who can crank out pull-ups and do push-ups with chains and who pushes her trainer’s car up a hill. We talked to her trainer, Jason Walsh, to learn what goes into training to be a superhero.

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31 May 19:54

An Old Pokemon Gold Demo Was Found and It Has TONS of Unseen Pokemon

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For decades, diehards were searching for the mysterious demo of Pokemon Gold that showed up at Nintendo's Spaceworld show in 1997. Tales were told of unused Pokemon evolutions, de-evolutions and creatures that were cut entirely and never seen again. This early build, has only surfaced in magazines and some grimy VHS footage. Until now. 

Since getting their hands on the holy grail of Pokemon history, The Cutting Room Floor, 4chan and Reddit have gutted the Spaceworld demo and found all sorts of wild stuff, including Pokemon made by Nintendo that no one has ever seen. Don't worry, not all of the findings are as horrifying as Ditto's lost evolution Animon (shown above).

There's so much going on that it might be a little hard to parse it all, so we've pulled out some of the most fascinating bits.

There are quite a few never-before-seen Pokemon evolutions in the unreleased build. Farfetch'd, for instance, was going to have an evolution named Madame.

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Years before Tangrowth was introduced in Diamond and Pearl, Tangela had a different evolution: Gelanla.

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Then there's Pinsir, who had an evolved form named Plux.

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Several familiar Pokemon were also assigned de-evolution versions in the early Gold build. The pre-evolution of Vulpix was named Trifox.

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The pre-evolution of Doduo was called Chiks. In a disturbing twist, Chiks has three heads. Where does the third one go when it evolves? Does it just hide until Dodrio comes along?

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Meowth was slated to have a gosh-dang adorable pre-evolution named Meowsy. I love everything about this.

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Some familiar Pokemon also show up in the build looking a bit different. Remoraid and Octillery were originally going to have more weapon/military-style features. Octillery would have actually been more like artillery!

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A handful of brand-new Pokemon were also unearthed in the demo, like the fantastic Tigrette and Electiger here.

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Then there's Turban, who appears to be a separate version of the Pokemon that bites onto Slowbro's tail. This makes so much sense.

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There were even prototype starter Pokemon that were completely different than what we got. Instead of the Cyndaquil line, the demo build had Flambear, Volbear and Dynabear. 

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There were different water starters too. Meet Cruz, Aqua and Aquaria. They almost seem like Popplio from Sun/Moon, don't they?

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The coolest Gold omission might be the shark Pokemon Ikari, which has an anchor for a tail.

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As our own Justin Hall points out, a fan came up with a VERY similar Fakemon years before this Pokemon was unearthed.

Even more bonkers than that, just a couple of weeks ago during an episode of Drawfee, CollegeHumor's Jacob Andrews drew his own new Pokemon. It looks EXACTLY like the Doduo pre-evolution that was just discovered. 

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This seems to be happening a lot, as 4chan found.

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Be sure to check out the work of The Cutting Room Floor wiki more info on this incredible find!

29 Apr 21:42

Australia Pledges $379 Million to Help Save the Great Barrier Reef, But It Won't Be Enough

by Tom McKay

The government of Australia announced on Sunday a plan to spend 500 million Australian dollars (roughly $379 million) on saving the Great Barrier Reef—the largest single investment ever committed towards the reef’s future, but that environmental activists say is still too little to preserve it in the face of climate…

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