spyd3r
5 hours ago
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Shut it down permanently!
News
Feds target SUV, truck size to save pedestrian lives — ‘one of the last frontiers of vehicle safety’
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12 hours ago
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This is misleading because being higher up you can see much better further ahead, and over obstacles and barriers. Your special awareness is much better at distances that are relevant for avoiding collisions. If something is 1.5m away its too late anyway.
The angle is also incorrect because they are putting the eyes of the driver straight in line with the hood, which is not how its been in any vehicle I've ever driven, the head should be higher or further forward.
spyd3r
16 hours ago
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16%
Its better than Canada's...
Technology
YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
spyd3r
1 day ago
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96%
Somewhere along the line, maybe the early to mid 2000's they stopped making products "for" the end-user and flipped it around so the end-user (their data) is now the product, and the customers are governments, corporations, and share holders.
Technology
Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers
spyd3r
2 days ago
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19%
College campuses across the US/Canada will be holding memorial services, no doubt.
Technology
This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10
spyd3r
4 days ago
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75%
I don't have the level of schizophrenia required for the GIMP ui to make sense.
Technology
This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10
spyd3r
4 days ago
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93%
Number of times I've been hacked: 0
Number of hours I've wasted reinstalling everything because Microsoft bricked my Windows install with a faulty update: 6.022140857×10^23^
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'We can't do computer graphics anymore without artificial intelligence. We compute one pixel, we infer the other 32': Jensen thinks AI is integral to next-gen graphics tech
spyd3r
4 days ago
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96%
So I can pay $1 for a game and you can infer the other $32?
Technology
This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10
spyd3r
4 days ago
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75%
Disabled Windows Update and have never been happier.
spyd3r
5 days ago
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20%
Women really need to reevaluate their position on guns. Guns are a self defense tool and a great equalizer that will allow you to defend yourself and your family against a rapist or home invader twice your size and double your strength. Gun rights are women's rights and empowerment for women.
spyd3r
5 days ago
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80%
Also: "people still pay for TV?"
Technology
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
spyd3r
6 days ago
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50%
I've done my part by feeding it nothing but cat pictures, shitposts, and memes for 10 years.
spyd3r
1 week ago
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50%
Vehicles used to have way fewer blind spots before like 2005-ish
Technology
Lexar unveils the world's first SD cards made of 316 stainless steel
spyd3r
1 week ago
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98%
Should have used glorious Nippon steel, folded over 1000 times.
News
Most US voters say plastics industry should be held responsible for recycling claims – report
spyd3r
1 week ago
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92%
Recycled plastic is also terrible if you have any type of quality standards you have to meet. You generally end up creating even more scrap because the regrind always has some amount of contamination in it, and never performs the same as virgin.
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Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media | Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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16%
Now report on Iran, Qatar, and China worming their way into leftist media and college campuses.
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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect told investigators he purchased gun as holiday present for son, sources say
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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20%
Let me analyze this for a minute... Nope not giving up my rights because criminals can't control themselves from committing crimes.
Technology
Why is Facebook filled with so much random junk now?
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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50%
Was great when it was just for organizing college parties and finding hookups.
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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20%
They aren't "Anti-Genocide" voters, as evidenced by their complete silence on the actual genocides that are occurring in other parts of the world.
Hint: They're Anti-Western/Anti-American, and they only give a shit about Palestinians because they are attacking the West.
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US has 'biblical' duty to support 'one Jewish state', Trump's former ambassador says: Report
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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50%
Pretty sure Hamas believes its viable.
News
Casualties reported in shooting at Georgia high school, sheriff says. A suspect is in custody | CNN
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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54%
Guns are already illegal to possess in schools...
Technology
Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all
spyd3r
2 weeks ago
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100%
We drive giant trucks because the small ones are cheap pieces of shit, with inferior designs, inferior engines, and inferior driveline components, that aren't rated to tow or haul anything.
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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16%
If Hamas truly cared about the lives of it's people they would return the hostages, disarm, and surrender.
News
Reports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywhere
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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100%
They made a really loud noise in the lunchroom if you inflated the pouch all the way, folded over the straw to seal it, then stomped on it really hard with your shoe. This was before mentally deranged people started shooting up schools though, so maybe don't try it.
Technology
As He Realized His Mistake, Elon Musk Begged Twitter Staff to Turn Off the New Feature He'd Pushed For
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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96%
Watching Twitter die the slow agonizing cancerous death it deserves makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Technology
Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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100%
I only buy second hand physical media, studios aren't getting a cent of my money no matter what.
Canada
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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100%
As an American who sometimes watches Canadian TV due to living near the border, your news stations are obsessed with American events (almost all negative stories) to the point that its likely being used to distract Canadians from their own country's problems.
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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Yes sir, and it actually has better quality picture than the DVDs, although it is way more impractical and expensive.
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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100%
Watching that episode now
Technology
US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024
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US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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4%
Ill stick with natural gas, its cheaper, clean burning, and doesn't require being reliant on the electrical grid.
spyd3r
3 weeks ago
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100%
Sweet, time to go collect some free plutonium!
Technology
Amazon cloud boss echoes NVIDIA CEO on coding being dead in the water: "If you go forward 24 months from now, it's possible that most developers are not coding"
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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100%
I guess the programmers should start learning how to mine coal...
Technology
Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs?
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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100%
The 480p streams on Youtube are significantly worse than 480i/p video on Laserdisc or DVD, that's not a fair comparison. Youtube's compression algorithm is utter shit for picture quality.
News
U.S. government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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12%
Nah, they can use tooth paste and a brush or go get supplements under the supervision of a doctor.
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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26%
If these people really cared about Palestinians, and wanted to help improve their lives, they would get on a plane to Gaza and protest Hamas.
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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7%
Innocents are dying because Hamas refuses to surrender and stop attacking Israel with thousands of rockets, and also because they hide behind human shields, and operate within civilian areas, for the sole purpose of causing high levels of collateral damage whenever Israel destroys a piece of Hamas' military infrastructure or hardware.
News
U.S. government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids
spyd3r
4 weeks ago
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31%
Remove toxic industrial waste from our water!
spyd3r
1 month ago
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10%
No, I wouldn't buy any EV, ever.
Technology
All Windows users should immediately update their computers. An exploit rated 9.8/10 (CVE-2024-38063) compromises all devices running Windows with an IPv6 address.
spyd3r
1 month ago
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www.jpost.com
Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv were rescued in a joint operation by IDF, Shin Bet and police's Yamam unit.
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To celebrate this amazing holiday, here is Han shooting first.
Screenshot from DS9 - 101/102 - Emissary Processed with the Orb of Enhancement:  Raw: 
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For a higher quality downloadable version: [https://archive.org/details/st-ds-9-rootbeer-analogy-2160p](https://archive.org/download/st-ds-9-rootbeer-analogy-2160p)
    ---- Also, in an attempt to provide some comparison data, and to find out what is too heavy to comfortably carry, I have weighed an arbitrary selection of common lights to compare it to the E07X. Based on these results, the weight is good, the flashlight is balanced well, and it feels good in the hand. I'd say the E07X fits nicely in the large coat/hoodie pocket carry category. It's fat head and thick tube make it uncomfortable in a pants pocket however, so you'll want to make use of the clip and clip it to a belt/webbing/pouch etc. Overall I'm impressed with it, it's a solid addition to my lineup, the new FFL emitters are spectacular, and I appreciate the improvements over the old E07. All weights are with a full complement of batteries Lights: Acebeam X45: 710g BLF LT1: 626g Emisar D18: 480g Sofirn SP36: 432g Noctigon K1: 378g E07 TiCu: 310g Emisar D4SV2 (26800): 260g Sofirn SP33S: 238g -> E07X Canon: 200g <- Emisar D4k (Mule): 136g Sofirn IF19: 94g Sofirn SC21: 58g Batteries: 26800: 116g 26650: 96g 21700: 66g 18650: 44g
Screenshot from DS9 - 111 - The Nagus (Laserdisc)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16245170 >  > > For All Mankind (1989) > > - Not Rated > > - 1h 20m > > An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. > > The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world. > For the best viewing quality on Archive.org, it is suggested to download the file directly from the 'Download Options' page instead of watching via the built in player. If you are experiencing really slow downloads on Archive.org, try using a VPN with a server near California, or use a download manager (eg: FDM).
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 For All Mankind (1989) - Not Rated - 1h 20m An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8. The decade long Apollo Program was the largest and most expensive undertaking in the history of Man that wasn't devoted to a war. During the four years between December 1968 and November 1972 there were nine manned flights to the Moon. Twenty four men made the journey; twelve actually landed on the lunar surface. They were the first human beings to leave the planet Earth for another world.
 A remastered and upscaled version of the never commercially released MST3K episode Quest For The Delta Knights. Possibly, the best quality version anywhere outside of the vault with the MST master tapes in it. This is the fully reconstructed version, with intro, host segments, and credits. Multiple sources of varying quality were used to piece everything back together, for technical reasons the frame rate of all the clips was converted to 24fps to match the movie frame rate. Enjoy!
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 **Arena** ---- 1989 - PG-13 - 1h 55m A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species. ---- Director: Peter Manoogian Writers: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo Stars: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Claudia Christian, Armin Shimerman, Marc Alaimo ---- Storyline: Steve Armstrong is a human short-order cook in a fast food restaurant on a "starstation" where the most popular arena fighting tournament in the whole galaxy is held. Members of various alien species fight one on one, often dirty, to become the ruling champions of the galaxy. The restaurant's sole waiter and Steve's boss is Shorty, a short four-armed scheming humanoid alien. When Steve saves Shorty from a particularly unpleasant and violent alien guest, they're both fired by the restaurant's automated A.I. for brawling. Shorty shows gratitude and they become friends. However, without jobs, they'll both be kicked off the space station. Thankfully, Quinn, a human female no-nonsense fighting promoter, who's in quick need of new fighters, hears about Steve's fight with the alien guest and offers him sponsorship. Human fighters have traditionally been defeated easily by naturally tougher alien fighters in previous tournaments and Steve would be a real underdog. Shorty manages to convince Steve to take the offer and after some initial difficulties, Steve proves to be a really tough fighter with an actual tiny chance of success. In the eyes of humans all across the galaxy, who feel inferior to the various alien races, Steve becomes their idol and champion of humanity. Steve doesn't really want all this attention, but he understands the hope people put in him. Rogor is the tournament's crooked organizer, who's complete control over the competition and the players is shaken by Steve's surprising success. He offers one of his deals to Steve as well, but he refuses. Rogor then comes up with a plan to get rid of Steve for good, if he gets to the finals. Rogor's rat-faced yesman Weezil is eager to help. Meanwhile, beautiful Jade attracts Steve's attention. Notes: Source is a pit-perfect Laserdisc capture, upscaled to 4K for best possible quality playback on YouTube. [Direct download link](https://archive.org/details/arena-1989-ldrip-1080p)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/14455918 >  > > As ST: DS9 airs its pilot episode, PM airs this 50 minute documentary as a way to spark excitement about the new show. It includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season. > > In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary". > > ---- > > To my knowledge this was only aired on TV once in 1993, then was released on VHS shortly after in the US and UK, and has never been re-issued on any newer DVD releases. > > It just so happens that it was also released in Japan on Laserdisc, and I happened to find it while looking through my collection of discs. To watch this in the best possible quality, I have digitzed, restored, and upscaled this rare find to for viewing on modern devices. > > Enjoy! (and download it before it disappears) > > Note: The audio is in English but there are Japanese subtitles in the picture. > >
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 As ST: DS9 airs its pilot episode, PM airs this 50 minute documentary as a way to spark excitement about the new show. It includes interviews from the cast and contains sneak peaks into the show's first season. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary". ---- To my knowledge this was only aired on TV once in 1993, then was released on VHS shortly after in the US and UK, and has never been re-issued on any newer DVD releases. It just so happens that it was also released in Japan on Laserdisc, and I happened to find it while looking through my collection of discs. To watch this in the best possible quality, I have digitzed, restored, and upscaled this rare find to for viewing on modern devices. Enjoy! (and download it before it disappears) Note: For the highest quality viewing experience, download the 1.5GB .mkv file and play it in your software player of choice. Note: The audio is in English but there are Japanese subtitles in the picture.
I know which one I'm going to, but I'd take both of these over any other coney joint in the state.
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**Star Trek on Laserdisc**  *Available in TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, and theatrical release flavors. ---- It's guaranteed very few Star Trek fans have ever seen these, they are as hard to find as it gets. What we have here is Star Trek on a fully analog video format that isn't plagued by digital artifacts found on streaming platforms and early DVD releases (such as the DS9/VOY releases), nor does it have any of the quality issues found with VHS tape. The elephant in the room here is **cost**, so don't go searching Ebay/ZenMarket just yet. As with most analog hifi things, you have to spend a lot to get high quality results. Laserdisc is no exception, and it's even worse because of the rarity of the discs and the equipment all having antique status. That being said, in my quest to transport myself back to the 1990's, I have amassed enough equipment and specialty gear to capture Laserdiscs in stupidly high quality, and have uploaded the results for normal people to see. Now the preferred way to watch these is in their native resolution with a high end LD player hooked directly to a retro Trinitron CRT or Plasma TV, but these direct disc captures will be the best possible viewing method on modern display devices. [Voyager LD Sample YT](https://youtu.be/CKUONgjzlr8) -- [VOY LD Sample Direct Download](https://archive.org/details/st-voyager-credits) [DS9 LD Sample YT](https://youtu.be/lTjkUEP6RuA) -- [DS9 LD Sample Direct Download](https://archive.org/details/ds9-credits) Hardware used for capture: - Pioneer CLD-D704 - Domesday Duplicator - Windows PC (i9-10900k/RTX-3080/32GB RAM) Software used for processing: - ld-decode - Hybrid + Vapoursynth - Premiere Pro - Audition - Topaz
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[](https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/23571/ID8085RG/Overdrawn-at-the-Memory-Bank) **Overdrawn At The Memory Bank - (1984)** The mind of a computer programmer forced to take a virtual vacation is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped in the virtual reality simulation. He must find a way out before he expires. ---- In the regimented world of the future, five major corporations wield total control over men's minds and actions. But a few men still remain strong enough to resist and romantic enough to dream. Aram Fingal (Raul Julia) is just such a man. Refusing to submit to the mindless monotony of his world, Fingal punches up endless reruns of "Casablanca" on his video display terminal. Until, in a strange mechanical mix-up his identity and Rick Blaine's become FUSED within Novacorp's computer bank. Fingal is suddenly plunged into a parallel reality within the central computer. Only now, "Casablanca" is not just flickering fiction on his screen, but a frightening reality. Now, the Fat Man throws "real" poison darts. Now the police shoot real bullets and Pierre really die. Now, Rick Blaine is a FLESH AND BLOOD hero headed straight for identicube destruction! Starring: Raul Julia Color--Running Time: 85 minutes ----- This made-for-public-television classic and MST3k favorite is presented unriffed, uncut, and digitally restored, with approximately 12 minutes of footage that was cut from the MST3k version. Overdrawn At The Memory Bank never made it to DVD, and never got any kind of an high quality HD release... Until now, this movie was only available on out of print VHS tapes, and an ultra-rare Laserdisc release, which was used for this restoration project. Due to Youtube's low streaming quality, we suggest using this direct [high quality download link](https://archive.org/details/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-laserdisc-1080p) [Youtube link](https://youtu.be/dKNF4hWvYr4) [Screenshots:](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/) [](https://archive.org/download/overdrawn-at-the-memory-bank-1984-1080p-project-mstie/Screenshots/)
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A collection of MST episodes, shorts, and host segments to enjoy during the holiday season.
Where to watch: http://MST3KTurkeyDay.com | Help us make more episodes! [Let's Make MST3K Season 14!](https://showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14) Serving Extra Helpings of Cinematic Turkey – Starting at 9 a.m. ET – Thanksgiving Day This Thanksgiving, fans of cheesy movies can rejoice with the return of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon! Continuing a three and a half decades’-long movie-riffing tradition, this year features extra helpings of cinematic turkey, spilling some of its gravy into Black Friday and beyond for the first-ever Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon! Premiering on Thanksgiving Day like the series itself did in 1988, The Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon will showcase a whopping 24 classic MST3K episodes over the course of two days. The event begins at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 23rd and concludes Saturday, November 25th at 9 a.m. ET in tandem with the conclusion of the MST3K Season 14 crowdfunding campaign. Will MST3K raise $4.8 million to produce a new season of episodes? You decide, by visiting https://showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14.... It’s going to be bonkers in more ways than one! ---- CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1tHdleb http://MST3KTurkeyDay.com https://showmaker.mst3k.com/makeseason14 https://www.gizmoplex.com/ WATCH more MST3K on Shout! Factory TV here: http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/film/mst3k BUY MST3K DVDs here: https://shoutfactory.com/collections/mystery-science-theater-3000 ---- Follow us on social media: -Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1uk1iYd -Twitter: / mst3k -Instagram: / mst3k -Tumblr: / mst3k