People sometimes ask why these old comics are still relatable, and part of the answer is: selection bias! Namely, those of us who post them tend to select those that we find relatable. To highlight that, here are all the Everett True comics on the Library of Congress site that came out on October 26 (of various years). These are not cleaned up or even cropped from their newspaper:

• Everett True doesn't give up his seat! 1905. Inconsistent with how he acts in future years
• Everett True complains to Mrs True 1906. A candidate for selection
• Everett True berates an employee 1908. Not very good behavior.
• Everett True discusses tariffs. 1910. Kind of relevant to current US politics. But the joke isn't that great.
• Everett True objects to a preacher's language. 1910. Probably more relevant back in the day.
• Everett True pushes past a guy. 1914. Kind of funny, but not really all that exciting
• Everett True wants to get waited on. 1914. Maybe kind of relateable... not really though.
• Everett True objects to a card game. 1914. I don't really get it, but I don't play cards...
• Everett True doesn't do chores. 1916. Only slightly relateable
• Everett True objects to a dating couple. 1916. wtf?
• Everett True beats up a drunk who doesn't buy a Liberty Loan. 1917. Kind of dated.
• Everett True beats up another guy who didn't buy a Liberty Bond. 1917. Also kind of dated. Note that the quality of this image is very poor.
• Everett True beats up a guy who wakes him up. 1918. Dated, kind of...
• Everett True objects to tipping. 1918. Very relevant, though they seemed to tip differently back then. A candidate for selection.
• Everett True freaks out on the phone. 1921. I don't really get this one, I think he was listening to "hold music"?
• Everett True gets called to bail out a friend who was speeding. 1921. A candidate for selection.
• Everett True can't get a word in. 1921. A candidate for selection.
• Everett True irritates Mrs True. 1921. Would be a candidate for selection but I'm not crazy about Mrs True referring to his "brutality" - it sounds like he's abusive (which he isn't shown to be).
• Everett True has gout. 1922. Wat is gout? I thought only Kings of England got it. Seems dated.
• Everett True hates jazz. 1922. seems weird. I think jazz back then was like rock n roll was later on?

SO TO SUMMARIZE, out of 20 candidates, only 4 of these are candidates for selection. I'd probably pick the one related to the dangers of speeding, because it might appeal to the !fuckcars@lemmy.world crowd (of which I am one!) Or maybe the one about tipping, since the image is a lot cleaner. But many of the other ones are dated, some don't make sense, and some even present Everett in a very unflattering light.

Another thing to think about is that this may not be a complete selection of the comics that could be available. Some might only be in newspapers that are not in the Library of Congress' archives. Some might not have been selected for publication by the editors of the papers that are (because I think a batch of comics would be sent to the newspapers periodically, and the editors would then fit one in whenever they had room). And some, like that one example from 1917, might be in such poor condition that it couldn't be cleaned up enough. I think this is a type of survivorship bias, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I hope that was interesting! And if it wasn't, then... OUTBURST.jpg.

Source.

Alongside its endorsement of Kamala Harris, the Los Angeles Times editorial board had also planned a multi-part series against Donald Trump before the whole thing was quashed by owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, TheWrap has learned.

According to internal memos viewed by TheWrap, the series, tentatively called “The Case Against Trump,” would have ran throughout this week. The endorsement of Kamala Harris would then have been published on Sunday.

However, Soon-Shiong ordered the cancellation 0f the series and the endorsement without explanation, current and now former staffers have confirmed, setting off a massive crisis for the 142-year-old paper.

A campaigner who launched a legal battle which quashed planning permission for oil drilling near Gatwick is calling for the extraction to end immediately.

In June Supreme Court judges said Surrey County Council should have looked at the climate impacts of burning the oil extracted from the site at Horse Hill, outside Horley.

The council told the BBC it was "assessing any potential next steps", while the company drilling at the site said the judgement did not tell it "to stop producing".

Growing up in Northern Ireland, we are surrounded by rolling hills, dramatic coastlines and hidden forests that paint such a beautiful picture right outside our doors. A recent move away from the city, has reignited my own love for this incredible landscape.

Every corner of this land seems to hold a special memory. From windswept cliffs of Antrim to the serene lakes of Fermanagh, nature has gifted us endless beauty and countless hours of peaceful exploration. Just stepping outside, I’m surrounded by vibrant flora and fauna. Weekends often find me hiking in the Sperrins, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Lapwing or Curlew.

This natural landscape isn’t just a pretty backdrop, it’s something we all have a responsibility to protect. Imagine future generations experiencing the same magic, crisp air filling their lungs, the sound of birdsong in their ears, the thrill of spotting a rare bird. That’s why I jump at the opportunity to support projects like ‘Giving Corncrake a Home’ helping to create better habitat to encourage Corncrakes back to Rathlin Island year on year. This work is supported by farmers and landowners across Northern Ireland who provide RSPB with access to their land to dig up nettle rhizomes which provide crucial habitat for the species. It’s amazing how small actions, like volunteering, can make a difference.

Behind the seemingly lush and decadent greenery of the UK’s rolling countryside lies a more troubling reality for its habitats and ecosystems.

In the past 50 years alone, more than half of the country’s biodiversity has been lost, whittling down wildlife and important vegetation whose presence helps to ensure a balanced and sustainable environment for all.

Protecting the environment has vast implications, and is pivotal for a stable economy too – nature-related risks could cause a decline of 12 per cent in the country’s GDP by the 2030s.

The importance of data, research & evidence

A recent survey revealed that more than 80% of Wildlife Trust staff believe that evidence is ‘very important’. We think of ourselves as being (amongst other things) ‘evidence-led and solution-focused’. Collecting and analysing data, monitoring change, accumulating biological records and generating good evidence by commissioning and carrying out research are in our DNA. We understand deep down that they will help everyone take meaningful and effective action, so that together we can achieve more for the recovery of nature, a stable climate and the benefit of society.

And we’re far from alone in that. Twenty years ago, a group of conservation scientists set out to make it easier for the conservation community to access better evidence about what works in nature conservation. This led to the creation of the well-known Conservation Evidence initiative led by Professor Bill Sutherland at the University of Cambridge.

New AM4 processors just dropped.

OpenAI’s mission is “to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” Its use by U.S. AFRICOM will test that premise.

The attacks, widely expected as a retaliation to a missile barrage launched by Iran on 1 October, were described by a senior US official as ‘extensive’ and ‘precise’

Archived version: TBA

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Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor has it completed its integration with ActivityPub, the protocol that powers Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and other federated apps.

The copyright world is currently trying to assert its control over the new world of generative AI through a number of lawsuits, several of which have been discussed previously on Walled Culture. We now have our first decision in this area, from the regional court in Hamburg. Andres Guadamuz has provided an excellent detailed analysis of a ruling that is important for the German judges’ discussion of how EU copyright law applies to various aspects of generative AI. The case concerns the freely-available dataset from LAION (Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network), a German non-profit.

Case file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A_vnSJUwlrVovhIqA4rKIFaOktR4TvBt/view (German)

The US says no.

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