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tito_swineflu

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slum dweller, bridge troll and punk rock viking

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ElleGray , (edited ) to random
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listen, I think we need to hear this guy out

:‘ Skeleton J. Ball wait, if vampires don't need air, they would be AWESOME scuba divers. They could just wear a backpack full of rocks and walk on the bottom Skeleton J. Ball: And if they dive deep enough, light won't even reach down there. Like, aquatic vampire covens at the bottom of ocean trenches Skeleton J. Ball LS "Don't underwater cave dive, too dangerous." "Why, would | get lost & drown?" "No, fucking SCUBA VAMPIRES."
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    tito_swineflu ,
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    @ElleGray I think there's a genre of zombies that can do this.

    randahl , to random
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    Using US weapons, Israel bombs a UN school in Gaza killing 40.

    Their excuse? 9 of them were terrorists.

    Imagine if your local police got a tip about 9 criminals at you local school, and they decided to solve the problem by bombing the school killing 40 people. Would any sane person accept that?

    This is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality and therefore a violation of international law.

    Again.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/06/middleeast/israel-airstrike-un-school-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @randahl In 1985, the Philadelphia police thought this was a good idea too.

    ElleGray , to random
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    Personally I think we should go back to making beautiful hair accessories that have little swords hidden in them. I could have used this twice yesterday

    (Designer Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Paris)

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @ElleGray The really impressive part is not getting those dangling parts tangled up in your hair while you're stabbing bad guys with the stabby part.

    ElleGray , to random
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    I love objects that seem wildly out of place for their time. This antique French snuffbox looks like a teenager's makeup case from the 1980s

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @ElleGray cool stuff never goes out of style

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    tito_swineflu ,
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    @ElleGray my third grade is working on underbidding Raytheon on cruise missile technology. They've designed the prototype out of paper with a baking soda and vinegar engine, and they're willing to sell it for only $900,000 per unit and cost plus for materials.

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    Does sci-fi shape the future? Tech billionaires from Bill Gates to Elon Musk have often talked about the impact of novels they read as teens, from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" to Iain M. Banks' "Culture" series. Big Think's Namir Khaliq spoke to authors including Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold and @pluralistic about how much impact they think science fiction has had, or can have.

    https://flip.it/DmHzd2

    @bookstodon

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @CultureDesk @pluralistic @bookstodon @cstross It's weird how these billionaires haven't figured out that they're the bad guys in these novels.

    breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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    Upon retiring from work at age 58 (lucky me) in 2012, I chose to leave the United States in favor of Europe, where I ended up staying in Budapest, Hungary, for six years. I rented a studio apartment near the city center, bought a used bicycle, and enjoyed a modest, inexpensive, yet comfortable lifestyle.

    Since my return to the U.S. in 2018, I’ve found there are many things I miss. When I lived in Budapest, there were three different small independent bakeries within a five-minute walk from my apartment. Also in that same radius were a couple of almost literal hole-in-the-wall fruit and vegetable shops offering delicious fresh produce. And although the nearby area held no chain restaurants, it was home to several quite good local eateries.

    There were clothing stores selling both new and used goods, as well as shoe stores, all of them small and independent, not necessarily carrying a wide selection, but providing high quality items at surprisingly low prices, and with friendly trustworthy service. Plus, within a five-minute walk was a practically free public transit system than made frequent stops and could take me almost anywhere I wanted to go within the city, safely, reliably, and quickly.

    So I wonder, why is it that — at least in my current neighborhood in suburban Virginia — the only options for baked goods or produce or clothing or home furnishings or hardware or almost anything else are chain stores? Well, that, or freaking Amazon. Why are all other choices so limited, so few and so far between? Why does virtually everything depend upon — no, actually demand the use of a car to get there?

    Most United Statesians, I suspect, have no idea that people in other countries live so differently than the way we do here. We have been sold on the idea, taught from an early age, that ours is the best way, indeed the only sensible way to do things. Anyone suggesting that a less car-centric and hyper-capitalistic culture is not only possible but desirable, that it could be much more pleasant and satisfying, not to mention safer and more friendly to the environment, well, they plainly don’t know what they’re talking about. It makes me sad and angry.

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @breadandcircuses I've lived in Budapest and spent a lot of time in many European, Asian and Australian cities. I live in the most european of American Cities, SF. I am appalled by how little choice there is for small businesses in most of the US. It's so radically bad that I can only imagine that there is some element of government putting a thumb on the scales to make it this way. It's not organic, as most other countries are organized the non-american way.
    What do you think is different about our regulatory environment that makes it this way?

    saddestrobots , to random
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    absolutely unhinged

    look how quickly this can happen, we're all just one ruling-class vibe-check away from full "papers please" mode

    tito_swineflu ,
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    @saddestrobots That m16 is super helpful for turnstile hopping.

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