SwingingTheLamp

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 13 points 7 hours ago

I'm convinced that to many Americans, there's no difference, and that their mental image of a person includes four wheels. (And that a human without a car is not a person, as in, not deserving of moral comsideration.)

Sure, lady, explain that again when they want to put Ivanka in the Oval Office after her old man croaks.

English isn't that far off. Animal has the same root as animate, which is the Latin anima, "soul" or "breath." The English word plant has synonyms and general connotations of fixedness or non-intentionality.

Just pour water on the magnets. ➡️ No more magnets. Checkmate, atheists.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In general, the "what's your favorite [x]?" questions, where [x] is movie, album, game, or the like. Few people share anything about the title, or why it's meaningful to them, and very little discussion ensues, because, what's to talk about? It just tends to result in a list of media (most of which I've heard of) connected to screen names of people I don't know. Not usually worth reading.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aye, that is the one silver lining of this fascist take-over: Miller et al. have attached themselves to a demagogue who has a looming expiration date, so they are speed-running the creation of the fourth reich. Our best hope is that they're doing it too quickly to really take root. (And that they can't find another demagogue to step in when the orange one bites it.)

And windshields/screens.

As well as tires, lubricants, tools, etc I guess. People tearing around the desert in vehicles with flawless glass is maybe the most unrealistic part of that image for me.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd like to point out feckless Democrats that while Citizens United is bad... money ain't everything.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 495 points 1 week ago (28 children)

I started the day with the news that Dick Cheney is dead. Now I'm ending it with news that Zohran Mamdani is mayor. It's been the best day in a long, long time.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I recognize one particular vehicle that lives near my house quite well, since it looks like Calculon as a werecar. It's even orange. (I think it's a Jeep?)

Ah geez, I meant that the Constitution is irreparably broken, and that the nation it created is gone, but yeah, you're right. I hadn't even thought about him trying to rename the nation that we have now, but it makes total sense.

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I just heard that Congress passed a bill making October 14th a day of remembrance for a true hero, who sacrificed their life for the good of humanity. A sad, tragic death far before their time.

That said, it is kind of weird that Congress spend its time on a, let's face it, minor media figure, what with all of the pressing issues of the day facing our nation, but that's what they did. So, let's do as Congress intended, and honor Charly Burke on October 14th.

Maybe with a big stack of pancakes.

Artwork by krls8.

 

No, I wasn't stoned. This thought was inspired by the post the other day about how trees evolved independently (e: multiple times) from different plants, the product of convergent evolution.

 

I'm very glad to hear that this wasn't a targeted attack, it was just another instance of routine traffic violence that kills hundreds of people daily. That means that I don't have to care about the victims. I don't have to learn their names, or their stories, or see their faces splashed across the news as tragic, sainted victims of a destructive ideology. They're just more roadkill to be tossed anonymously on the heap of bodies. Thank goodness! There's a lot going on in the world lately, and the last thing I need is more terrorism victims to wring my hands about. I just don't have the time or the energy.

(/satire, I hope obviously)

 

Today, I searched DDG for information on Rythmnbox and Jellyfin. For the very first time that I've ever seen it, one of the top results was from Lemmy. Huzzah!

 

Kelly: Is there a downside? I'm thinking of people trying to find a parking place, for starters.

Horowitz: So we see that in places that have actually eliminated parking minimums, that we see fewer people driving at all and having cars and we see vehicle miles traveled decrease because people can get around via other mechanisms.

Well, now, would you look at that?! If we change the incentives, if we stop incentivizing driving by law, people change their behavior. In this case, they can save a ton of money by not needing a car.

 

Yeah, basically that. I'm back at work in Windows land on a Monday morning, and pondering what sadist at Microsoft included these features. It's not hyperbole to say that the startup repair, and the troubleshooters in settings, have never fixed an issue I've encountered with Windows. Not even once. Is this typical?

ETA: I've learned from reading the responses that the Windows troubleshooters primarily look for missing or broken drivers, and sometimes fix things just by restarting a service, so they're useful if you have troublesome hardware.

 

They say that if you want to get away with murder, use a car as the weapon. By the way, Wisconsin has no jaywalking law, so they're letting a killer off the hook for, like, reasons?

 

"There’s probably nothing that we do that causes more suffering to wild animals than driving."

 

Lost cause or not, this is still typical of the traffic infrastructure we're building. Notice, this is a designated "bicycle boulevard."

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