Raijin1999 blogged
Cap blogged
Neoblog 58
The site is an afterthought and Chimaira has a point. Most of us are only here because we have nothing better to do or its just habitually logging on to post nonsense. Thread quality is at an all time low. There's still a bit of a murmur in certain forums, but outside of hosting or tech articles, is anything really going the right way here?
I want to highlight a blunder that I find most egregious right now. About a week ago, longtime voice actor Charles Martinet had stepped down from his role as Mario. The site published an article on it, but misspelled his name 4 times as "Martinez." It is even in the title.
I tagged some people in charge yet the article still sits there, incorrectly. A week later. Sure there's not a ton of eyes on this, but where's the quality control? We banged on the drum of quality some years ago with the Quality Team which fell by the wayside.
I don't even know anymore, man. I can only wonder how many other things are slipping by here. How many scams go unheard in Summoner's War or whatever trading forum. They pay real money for status there. I'm not super schooled on what goes on there since I have no interest in the games, but are their needs being met? Seems like a lot of them are moving to Discord anyway.
This stuff has been stirring in my mind for a bit and I felt like I needed to write it down here. Eventually I'll give up the ghost and leave here forever. It's already pulling teeth to interest anyone in my nonsense in Tabletop.
I want to highlight a blunder that I find most egregious right now. About a week ago, longtime voice actor Charles Martinet had stepped down from his role as Mario. The site published an article on it, but misspelled his name 4 times as "Martinez." It is even in the title.
I tagged some people in charge yet the article still sits there, incorrectly. A week later. Sure there's not a ton of eyes on this, but where's the quality control? We banged on the drum of quality some years ago with the Quality Team which fell by the wayside.
I don't even know anymore, man. I can only wonder how many other things are slipping by here. How many scams go unheard in Summoner's War or whatever trading forum. They pay real money for status there. I'm not super schooled on what goes on there since I have no interest in the games, but are their needs being met? Seems like a lot of them are moving to Discord anyway.
This stuff has been stirring in my mind for a bit and I felt like I needed to write it down here. Eventually I'll give up the ghost and leave here forever. It's already pulling teeth to interest anyone in my nonsense in Tabletop.
jester blogged
DarkRose blogged
Debunking Dragon Ball with DarkRose Episode 1: Ultimate Gohan is on par with SSB Goku
First of several segments to come where i debunk misconceptions whether common or not using source material. The first one up is the claim that Ultimate Gohan is close to power in SSB Goku when it came to their fight pre-ToP.
First thing, you have Ultimate Gohan and SS2 Goku going punch for punch no clear advantage.
Just imagine if Goku went SS3.
Gohan begging his father to go all out brings back memories of Gohan telling him the same thing when they were in the RoSaT together training for Cell.
Very obviously if Goku was actually trying, Gohan would've been vaporized.
Now moving onto the power of SSB. It was said in the pre-ToP mini-tournament that SSB rivaled the power of the gods.
And you have the narrator saying Ultimate Gohan rivals SSB Goku, probably him using Kaioken included.
With those claims being made, let's look at SSB Goku's performance against base Toppo.
Absolutely schooled him.
Now let's look at SSB Vegeta for fun.
Took him to class as well.
Now let's take a look at Ultimate Gohan.
Well that's awkward, Ultimate Gohan got embarassed.
It just goes to show that statements saying "x rivals y" doesn't really hold much weight.
And this concludes my first episode, thank you for reading!
First thing, you have Ultimate Gohan and SS2 Goku going punch for punch no clear advantage.
Just imagine if Goku went SS3.
Gohan begging his father to go all out brings back memories of Gohan telling him the same thing when they were in the RoSaT together training for Cell.
Very obviously if Goku was actually trying, Gohan would've been vaporized.
Now moving onto the power of SSB. It was said in the pre-ToP mini-tournament that SSB rivaled the power of the gods.
And you have the narrator saying Ultimate Gohan rivals SSB Goku, probably him using Kaioken included.
With those claims being made, let's look at SSB Goku's performance against base Toppo.
Absolutely schooled him.
Now let's look at SSB Vegeta for fun.
Took him to class as well.
Now let's take a look at Ultimate Gohan.
Well that's awkward, Ultimate Gohan got embarassed.
It just goes to show that statements saying "x rivals y" doesn't really hold much weight.
And this concludes my first episode, thank you for reading!
Rust blogged
VampireWicked blogged
Wokism, ESG, CEI, Mainstream Media Manipulation
The wikipedia definition of Wokism: Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities, such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans.
Th Britannica Dictionary definition of politically correct: politically correct
adjective
[more politically correct; most politically correct] sometimes disapproving
: agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people
Many of those using the word Wokism/Politically Correct or deemed as Anti Wokism are using it in an ironic sense of the words, knowing full well what being Woke/PoliticallyCorrect means & see the applied rhetoric in direct contrary to the meanings of the words themselves.
So people are saying with the applied notion of whomever or whatever being unaware of the chaos WokeI'm someone who questions it all & sees Woke/PoliticallyCorrect as being applied wrong on many fronts.....Or purposely wrong by Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry with the intention of further dividing & distracting people as both Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry knows exactly what really pushes our buttons when certain aspects are targeted to be remade, rebooted, removed, censored, re-written, or redone altogether. They'll shout & scream a few buzz words & many of us will fall over at their feet believing what we're told & with very rarely something is added in addition to, expanded on, newly made, or originally created. Well hardly anything original anymore but where's the attempt
yet we think we've gotten what we wanted when really we didn't ask for to be done that way.
I'm someone who questions it all & sees Woke/PoliticallyCorrect as being applied wrong on many fronts.....Or purposely wrong by Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry with the intention of further dividing & distracting people as both Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry knows exactly what really pushes our buttons when certain aspects are targeted to be remade, rebooted, removed, censored, re-written, or redone altogether.
Media Manipulation: 10 Strategies the Media Uses to Manipulate Us
They'll shout & scream a few buzz words & many of us will fall over at their feet believing what we're told & with very rarely something is added in addition to, expanded on, newly made, or originally created. Well hardly anything original anymore but where's the attempt
yet we think we've gotten what we wanted when really we didn't ask for to be done that way.
Yes the whole idea of appealing to a wider audience is understood & it's cheaper just to remake an existing work but why take a huge gamble on losing, & or alienating an already established fanbase just to seek & appeal towards a non-existing one.
See some don't think it's about that as it is about switching to a new audience that's fresh faced & gullible, eagerly waiting to shell out the cash for new & shiny cause the old audience has long gotten wise, cautious, & more demanding to please.
So the convictions are questioned, especially when Woke/PoliticallyCorrect content is removed across seas. Or when the majority of Mainstream Media, The Entertainment Industry are owned by many of the same conglomerates, & politicians running things.
That's why I don't think many believe it's about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, etc as much as it is about money. Getting as many distracted as possible, targeting each new generation, so they'll believe they're gaining something & won't notice what they're losing or even ask if anything was lost to begin with.
I think we really need to remember it's all a business & who really benefits from anything here.
At the end of the day it's not about diversity as whether or not you're left with either good or bad writing.
BlackRock, Inc BlackRock, Inc. is an American multi-national investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$9.09 trillion in assets under management as of April 14, 2023. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries. BlackRock is the manager of the iShares group of exchange-traded funds, and along with The Vanguard Group and State Street, it is considered to be one of the Big Three index fund managers. Its Aladdin software keeps track of investment portfolios for many major financial institutions and its BlackRock Solutions division provides financial risk management services. BlackRock is ranked 184th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
BlackRock has sought to position itself as an industry leader in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). It has been criticized by some for investing in companies that are involved in fossil fuels, the arms industry, and human rights violations in China. Others have scrutinized BlackRock for its efforts to reduce its investments in companies that contribute to climate change and gun violence and its promotion of gender diversity; the U.S. states of West Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana have divested money away from or refuse to do business with the firm because of its ESG policies. The company has also faced criticism for its close ties with the Federal Reserve during the COVID-19 pandemic and for anti-competitive practices due to its significant ownership stakes in many companies.
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), also known as environmental, social, governance,is an approach to investing that recommends taking environmental issues, social issues and governance issues into account when deciding which companies to invest in.
Since 2020, there has been accelerating incentives from the United Nations (UN) to overlay ESG data with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), based on their work, which began in the 1980s. The term ESG was popularly used first in a 2004 report titled "Who Cares Wins", which was a joint initiative of financial institutions at the invitation of UN. In less than 20 years, the ESG movement has grown from a corporate social responsibility initiative launched by the United Nations into a global phenomenon representing more than US$30 trillion in assets under management.
In the year 2019 alone, capital totaling US$17.67 billion flowed into ESG-linked products, an almost 525 percent increase from 2015, according to Morningstar, Inc.
Critics claim ESG linked-products have not had and are unlikely to have the intended impact of raising the cost of capital for polluting firms, and have accused the movement of greenwashing.
Environment Europe Foundation is running an executive education programme focused on Business Transformation, ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investment and New Sustainable Business Models in Oxford in August 2026 url=https://environmenteurope.eu/oxford-summer-2023
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Th Britannica Dictionary definition of politically correct: politically correct
adjective
[more politically correct; most politically correct] sometimes disapproving
: agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people
Many of those using the word Wokism/Politically Correct or deemed as Anti Wokism are using it in an ironic sense of the words, knowing full well what being Woke/PoliticallyCorrect means & see the applied rhetoric in direct contrary to the meanings of the words themselves.
So people are saying with the applied notion of whomever or whatever being unaware of the chaos WokeI'm someone who questions it all & sees Woke/PoliticallyCorrect as being applied wrong on many fronts.....Or purposely wrong by Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry with the intention of further dividing & distracting people as both Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry knows exactly what really pushes our buttons when certain aspects are targeted to be remade, rebooted, removed, censored, re-written, or redone altogether. They'll shout & scream a few buzz words & many of us will fall over at their feet believing what we're told & with very rarely something is added in addition to, expanded on, newly made, or originally created. Well hardly anything original anymore but where's the attempt
yet we think we've gotten what we wanted when really we didn't ask for to be done that way.
I'm someone who questions it all & sees Woke/PoliticallyCorrect as being applied wrong on many fronts.....Or purposely wrong by Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry with the intention of further dividing & distracting people as both Mainstream Media & The Entertainment Industry knows exactly what really pushes our buttons when certain aspects are targeted to be remade, rebooted, removed, censored, re-written, or redone altogether.
Media Manipulation: 10 Strategies the Media Uses to Manipulate Us
They'll shout & scream a few buzz words & many of us will fall over at their feet believing what we're told & with very rarely something is added in addition to, expanded on, newly made, or originally created. Well hardly anything original anymore but where's the attempt
yet we think we've gotten what we wanted when really we didn't ask for to be done that way.
Yes the whole idea of appealing to a wider audience is understood & it's cheaper just to remake an existing work but why take a huge gamble on losing, & or alienating an already established fanbase just to seek & appeal towards a non-existing one.
See some don't think it's about that as it is about switching to a new audience that's fresh faced & gullible, eagerly waiting to shell out the cash for new & shiny cause the old audience has long gotten wise, cautious, & more demanding to please.
So the convictions are questioned, especially when Woke/PoliticallyCorrect content is removed across seas. Or when the majority of Mainstream Media, The Entertainment Industry are owned by many of the same conglomerates, & politicians running things.
That's why I don't think many believe it's about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, etc as much as it is about money. Getting as many distracted as possible, targeting each new generation, so they'll believe they're gaining something & won't notice what they're losing or even ask if anything was lost to begin with.
I think we really need to remember it's all a business & who really benefits from anything here.
At the end of the day it's not about diversity as whether or not you're left with either good or bad writing.
BlackRock, Inc BlackRock, Inc. is an American multi-national investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with US$9.09 trillion in assets under management as of April 14, 2023. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries, and clients in 100 countries. BlackRock is the manager of the iShares group of exchange-traded funds, and along with The Vanguard Group and State Street, it is considered to be one of the Big Three index fund managers. Its Aladdin software keeps track of investment portfolios for many major financial institutions and its BlackRock Solutions division provides financial risk management services. BlackRock is ranked 184th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
BlackRock has sought to position itself as an industry leader in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). It has been criticized by some for investing in companies that are involved in fossil fuels, the arms industry, and human rights violations in China. Others have scrutinized BlackRock for its efforts to reduce its investments in companies that contribute to climate change and gun violence and its promotion of gender diversity; the U.S. states of West Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana have divested money away from or refuse to do business with the firm because of its ESG policies. The company has also faced criticism for its close ties with the Federal Reserve during the COVID-19 pandemic and for anti-competitive practices due to its significant ownership stakes in many companies.
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), also known as environmental, social, governance,is an approach to investing that recommends taking environmental issues, social issues and governance issues into account when deciding which companies to invest in.
Since 2020, there has been accelerating incentives from the United Nations (UN) to overlay ESG data with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), based on their work, which began in the 1980s. The term ESG was popularly used first in a 2004 report titled "Who Cares Wins", which was a joint initiative of financial institutions at the invitation of UN. In less than 20 years, the ESG movement has grown from a corporate social responsibility initiative launched by the United Nations into a global phenomenon representing more than US$30 trillion in assets under management.
In the year 2019 alone, capital totaling US$17.67 billion flowed into ESG-linked products, an almost 525 percent increase from 2015, according to Morningstar, Inc.
Critics claim ESG linked-products have not had and are unlikely to have the intended impact of raising the cost of capital for polluting firms, and have accused the movement of greenwashing.
Environment Europe Foundation is running an executive education programme focused on Business Transformation, ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investment and New Sustainable Business Models in Oxford in August 2026 url=https://environmenteurope.eu/oxford-summer-2023
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Skittles blogged
MrGrimm blogged
Cinedome 12
This is an old movie theater in Henderson NV, I remember our father bringing us here to watch lotsa movies in the early 2000's. Place still looks the same.
Seeing it brings back tons of memories that wouldn't be particularly interesting to anyone else. But I do remember leaning back in my chair once, looking up at the ceiling, and seeing the shadow of a big rat running around.