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RW: Seattle (1998) - The Real World

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I wonder if any of the other roommates ever said, even to themselves, "Oh, Irene was right about how we were being manipulated and pitted against each other; sorry I called her a paranoid head case for it." David said, of the show in general, in the Jezebel interview linked upthread, "I learned ... three or four months in: If they were asking specific questions, they must be building a story in this lens. Read More...

Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, health official says

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Story highlights NEW: Apple employees will celebrate Steve Jobs' life on Oct. 19 Jobs died Wednesday He co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak Jobs had battled cancer for years CNN  —  Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest brought on by a pancreatic tumor, a public health official said Monday. Jobs died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at home in Palo Alto, California, said Amy Cornell of the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. Read More...

Virgin Galactic delays introduction of second suborbital spaceship

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WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic’s second suborbital spaceplane won’t enter service in 2023 as previously planned because of demands on company personnel to both return the first spaceplane to flight and begin work on a next generation of vehicles. In a Nov. 3 earnings call, Michael Colglazier, chief executive of Virgin Galactic, said the company was “prioritizing our resources” towards getting its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, back into service in the second quarter of 2023 while ramping up design work on the Delta-class of vehicles slated to begin flights no earlier than late 2025. Read More...