Russia’s space agency says pioneering Soviet-era cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, who made the first of his three flights to space in 1963, has died at age 84.Roscosmos said Bykovsky died Wednesday, but it didn’t state a cause of death.Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked to prepare for space. He first flew to space in June 1963 as a member of the Vostok-5 crew.He underwent training for a moon mission before the United States won the race to the moon and the Soviet Union canceled its plans to go there.Bykovsky made his second space flight in 1976 and his third in 1978. He spent nearly 21 days in orbit in all.
Roscosmos said Bykovsky died Wednesday, but it didn’t state a cause of death.
Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked to prepare for space. He first flew to space in June 1963 as a member of the Vostok-5 crew.
He underwent training for a moon mission before the United States won the race to the moon and the Soviet Union canceled its plans to go there.Bykovsky made his second space flight in 1976 and his third in 1978. He spent nearly 21 days in orbit in all.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 March 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
wow air https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/28/business/wow-air-scli-intl/index.html
― maura, Thursday, 28 March 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
Liverpudlian duo Her's and their manager in a car crash in US. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/members-and-tour-manager-of-liverpool-band-hers-killed-in-us-car-crash
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 29 March 2019 08:17 (five years ago) link
Agnès Varda
― Alba, Friday, 29 March 2019 10:49 (five years ago) link
:(
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 29 March 2019 10:51 (five years ago) link
I suppose she couldn't live forever ;_;
― Don't Go Back to Brockville (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2019 10:53 (five years ago) link
☹️
― A funny tinge happened on the way to the forum (wins), Friday, 29 March 2019 10:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-shane-rimmer-dead-voice-14202785
Shane Rimmer, with one of the most magnificent and varied acting careers.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Friday, 29 March 2019 11:52 (five years ago) link
Don't know the band Her's, but the story is horrible. Having done both, I'd rather sleep in a parked van than drive in the night after a gig every time and I hate when I get outvoted on that. The accident was pretty clearly the other party's fault, but there are fewer drunks on the road in the morning.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 29 March 2019 13:44 (five years ago) link
The last time I drove that stretch of I-10 in Arizona late at night, the driver of a truck-trailer fell asleep at the wheel fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the median-strip, and head-on'ed into a SUV going the other way. We got there 10-15minutes after it happened and everything was still on fire - 3 dead. I'd sleep in the van too.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 29 March 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
Sad about Pugmire, had just heard last week that he was in a hospice. I did wonder if he was suffering from something new because he was seeming very slow in his youtube videos. He had earlier brushes with death and seemed to surprise himself with his productivity after that. I'm sure I'll hear more details soon enough.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 29 March 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
i hate driving late at night, anytime after midnight. i think lonely interstate driving at that time is reasonably okay, but on city streets and freeways and wide-open suburban roads it's pretty dangerous. especially in L.A. and the surrounding counties. every other day there's a wreck and five people die.
― omar little, Friday, 29 March 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
geoff harvey
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 30 March 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-Nominated Rapper, Shot Dead in L.A.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nipsey-hussle-grammy-nominated-rapper-shot-dead-in-l-a-815476/?fbclid=IwAR2SPPiyvj6zzLG-S1g_etKl2qf2B3j-RzpTHscAj37ygFd5pqi2Z0TP1Zs
― nickn, Monday, 1 April 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
Ken Gibson, first black US mayor of a Northeast city (Newark)
https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/03/ken-gibson-newarks-trailblazing-mayor-and-the-first-black-mayor-of-a-major-northeast-city-dies-at-86.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 April 2019 03:31 (five years ago) link
T Mallet
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 April 2019 10:51 (five years ago) link
Bloody hell I thought that was going to be Timmy Mallett for a moment, don't do that to me
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 1 April 2019 10:55 (five years ago) link
SF author Vonda N. McIntyre, 70
http://file770.com/science-fiction-author-vonda-n-mcintyre-official-obituary/
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 00:12 (five years ago) link
House legend Kim English
https://youtu.be/uuPKsth-zwg
― or something, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 11:36 (five years ago) link
Shark house legend Bill Heine
Bill Heine, the man who in 1986 stuck a giant shark on the roof of his terraced house in Oxford, has died. He fought planning officers all the way to the top for the right to keep it. The government's final ruling is thing of beauty. https://t.co/dpgRGxFrN1 pic.twitter.com/XG8xIIwoz2— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) April 3, 2019
― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
obit thread not generally the place for a lol, but lol
― or something, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 11:46 (five years ago) link
doo doo doo doo doo doo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 13:59 (five years ago) link
The people’s champion
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
Architect/Curator Francois Perrin dies at 50
https://la.curbed.com/2019/4/3/18292807/francois-perrin-architect-obituary?fbclid=IwAR34H78r0WR2MIN6UAmuBx5i37ZK4a3Jk0rsPzDbv0EkxBc7W4L26LPdQIo
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
According to Twitter, journalist / writer Pete Cashmore. The name wasn't familiar to me, but it seems he wrote quite a lot of things I liked and I hadn't made the connection until now.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
the mashable founder?
― maura, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
this guy - https://www.theguardian.com/profile/petecashmore
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 April 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
yeah the mashable founder
― flappy bird, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
No, a guy from Wolverhampton who worked for NME and men’s mags.
― suzy, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
Oh shit, it's the Pete Cashmore who was also part of the UK battle rap scene. RIP.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 5 April 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
oh, he's talked about his mental illness quite a bit - in the graun once i seem to remember - and must be only in his mid 40s. shouldn't speculate i suppose but sad in any case
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 April 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/tiger-merritt-vocalist-guitarist-of-morning-teleportation-dead-at-31/
― flappy bird, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
Pete Cashmore on not being the other Pete Cashmore. RIPhttps://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/nov/21/pete-cashmore-successful-namesake-twitter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
― Alba, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Shawn Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUpbPiu8xpA
― I am message board pro and respond when talked to (stevie), Saturday, 6 April 2019 10:27 (five years ago) link
former Senator Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, 97, opponent of both civil rights legislation and "porn rock"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2019 04:05 (five years ago) link
what is porn rock and where can I find it
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 April 2019 04:56 (five years ago) link
it's all around you
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
Porn rock landed on us
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 7 April 2019 05:36 (five years ago) link
...in 1985. (thx to Tipper Gore)
Senator Hollings began the proceedings by noting that the only redeeming social value he detected in “porn rock,” as he called it, was that its words are “inaudible.” “It’s outrageous filth,” he went on, “and we’ve got to do something about it…. If I could find some way constitutionally to do away with it, I would.” He said he had asked “the best constitutional minds” around to see if the stuff could be legally outlawed.
“The framers of the First Amendment never considered broadcast airwaves that could pipe this stuff willy-nilly into homes,” Hollings said.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-censorship-big-brother-meets-twisted-sister-100136/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:09 (five years ago) link
(icymi, he was a Democrat)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
porn rock piped willy-nilly
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:19 (five years ago) link
Sly Fox - "Let's Go All The Way" – Classic or Dud?porn rock willy-nillyporn rock willy-nillyporn rock willy-nillyporn rock willy-nilly
― just another country (snoball), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
is anyone itt surprised to learn that a conservative nut senator from south carolina, first elected in 1949, was a democrat?
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
Wait until Dnesh Dsouza finds out
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link
well Doc some ppl may not have the historical background
he ran for prez in' 84, dropped out after NH... and endorsed Gary Hart!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
also a fair number of Dixiecrats had switched parties by the '80s
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
So the PMRC and “porn rock” were a Democrat thing? WTF were they thinking???
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Hurt yourself a little so your enemies won't hurt you a lot. See also the Comics Code Authority.
― Jared Kushner's Blows Against the Empire — C/D (WmC), Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
see also three strikes, "super-predators," welfare reform etc.
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 7 April 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
Shocked to learn that Okwui Enwezor died on March 1. He one among the preeminent art curators in the 21st century, and his projects and writings are responsible for vastly expanding discourses on post-colonial and global politics in art: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/obituaries/okwui-enwezor-dead.html
― ed.b, Monday, 8 April 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link