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Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.
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Shit, if everyone sees this, they’re all going to start fucking swearing all the time, and the bastards won’t be inhibited anymore. That means the rest of us cunts will have to find another way to express ourselves as assholes in public to achieve the same performance gains. Damnit!
She plays a mean trumpet solo?
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•We'd never deport veterans, Noem says in earshot of deported veteranEnglish
37·1 month agoThey can sincerely hold these beliefs. They will just believe “not that veteran”
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲English
1·1 month agoI actually only read the first four. Felt like a natural stopping point there. Pretty cool series though :)
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲English
14·1 month agoTangent, there is a fun fantasy book series by Adrian Tchaikovsky where all the main characters are humanoids with bug qualities. So basically spiderman, antman, mantisman, etc. It is entertaining when you mix fantasy tropes (dueling for honour!) with mantis arm spikes…
Do you have a program to help you count sheep to fall asleep? Asking for a friend
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Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Foundation Alternate Scenes | David S. Goyer
4·4 months agoYeah, it was fucking weird. Which is why I started googling and found this.
Fred, the Vampire Accountant.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Man arrested after driving child-size pink Barbie Jeep through Prince George, B.C.English
11·4 months agoTechnically, if the bicycle is motor assisted, then yes that would also illegal in Canada and on rare occasion. There was a recent case here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amherst-man-charged-with-impaired-driving-while-riding-e-bike-1.7576394
However, the original story and this one share a common theme – attempts to circumvent a driving ban by using a motorized vehicle that straddles a grey area of the definition. And both involved them playing in traffic.
As far as I know, no recent cases have involve true non-motorized vehicles. Legal precedent suggests that bikes, skateboards, horses, etc., are allowed to be operated over limit. However, you can still be charged with all sorts of secondary things depending on how you’re operating.
Nice perspective.
What would you consider to be a contribution of value? Posting? Comments? Moderating? Installing a server rack in your closer for nightly backups? What would you suggest a minimum contribution for continued use should be?
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow ColorsEnglish
182·5 months agoNo. If Stalin’s Soviet era showed us anything, it’s that the dogma of religion can be replaced with the dogma of state. Getting rid of organized religion just kicks the can down the road. Education is paramount.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow ColorsEnglish
20·5 months agoPaint the cameras ;)
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Technology@beehaw.org•'Ad Blocking is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned By Top German Court
4·5 months agoWhen modern billboards became a thing, many cities or similar jurisdictions passed laws limiting their proliferation, in order to ensure you didn’t end up in a billboard filled dome.
In Canada, at least, you can register your address as a “no admail” destination, and you’ll stop getting those flyers entirely. It doesn’t stop certain protected classes of ads, in particular ads for prospective politicians during an election campaign, or mail that is personally addressed to you (even if it is an ad). But does shut it almost completely down. This would be the legal equivalent of installing a real-world ad-blocker.
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Technology@beehaw.org•LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find
62·5 months agoAdmittedly, a lot of people have flawed reasoning too.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•FediForum October 2025 Tickets Are Now Out!English
1·5 months agoI worked on open source software for over a decade (KDE). When we started having in person conferences, that’s the first time money changed hands. And even then, the conference attendance was free. Viewed through this lens of experience, this feels like an attempt to earn money from the fediverse for running video chats, rather than a grassroots effort.
Old man yells at cloud.
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•FediForum October 2025 Tickets Are Now Out!English
21·5 months agoPaid online event? Weird. What happened to IRC for these sorts of meetings. I’m old.
I tried to get out of my bed today, but I am a fossil.

















They’ve already got a joint account. Basically married.