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[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

Neat lyrics (I love "welcome to the Internet"), a little off-topic though. Did Lemmy attach your comment to the wrong thread?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

That would be the stupidest thing he could possibly do. He has absolutely nothing to lose by going for it as hard as he can.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

My guess is that he intends to call for a special election* on Aug 2, once he doesn't get a response.

(* even though I claim that under the KY constitution, he doesn't have to and could just unilaterally appoint a replacement instead)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

My Gigabyte "9070 XT GAMING OC 16G" has three 8-pin power connectors.

I slightly regret it because it's a 3-slot card and only has two DisplayPort outputs. I had to buy a new case for it, and my third monitor (on HDMI) doesn't behave quite as well as the other two. Almost a year and a half later and I'm still mildly annoyed that I didn't have the ability to return it in favor of a PowerColor Reaper once I realized my mistake.

I'm sure the Gigabyte card is fine if you have a normal size (not mini-ITX) case and only one or two monitors, though.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

My biggest complaint about videos is simply that the fediverse hasn’t figured out a decent video hosting solution yet.

https://joinpeertube.org/

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I wish PeerTube was better (more content and easier to find it, especially across instances).

This is less reasonable, but it would also be really cool if trying to insert a video from Youtube or some other centralized site caused it to get reuploaded to a PeerTube instance running alongside the Lemmy (or other service, like Mastodon?) instance the post was in.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Q is not the Koala.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 29 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

You missed the fact that a lot of Americans are prudish, authoritarian followers, outright stupid, and/or cowed by their employer to the point that blindly enforce rules without critical thinking for fear of losing their job.

I don't know which of the four possibilities it was in this case.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Nevermind his more recent boneheaded proclamation that masks don’t prevent disease spread.

That was an attempt to get people to stop hoarding masks so that there would be enough for hospital workers etc. until production had a chance to ramp up. Deliberately trying to mislead the public like that was a bad idea in retrospect, but the goal behind it was good.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Why would a Democrat governor voluntarily appoint a Republican Senator?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/50646165

A well researched and referenced video (see yt description for references and spreadsheets), from Sharath of Building Beautifully.

The cost of building transit in the Anglosphere has spiralled out of control. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong are all terrible at managing transit costs. Meanwhile, nations like France, Spain, South Korea and Turkey are running laps around the Anglosphere, building world-class transit at unprecedented speeds for prices up to four times cheaper. There is no reason for building transit to cost this much. Follow me as we unpack the staggering reasons that costs have spiralled out of control, and what we can do about it. Thank you to Jedwin Mok for appearing in this video! Jedwin introduced me to the transit costs crisis in mid-2025, which led me to ultimately create this video and interview him for it.

 

Youtuber "Brad is Brad" creates a custom controller for Subnautica using an exercise bike and an Arduino so that he has to pedal the bike in order to swim in the game.

 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/46852721

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that his department would redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build roads and bridges instead.

So, what exactly is a “DEI bike lane?”

The Daily Wire pointed to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s claim that a series of 2021 grants funding bike lanes would serve to “improve infrastructure, strengthen supply chains, make us safer, advance equity, and combat climate change.”

Upon hearing “equity,” President Donald Trump’s goons can’t help but get triggered into attacking any federal spending that won’t benefit them directly. In reality, those Biden-era grants directed funds to build a new transit center in North Carolina, replace bridges in New Mexico, extend streets in New Hampshire, install traffic lights and crosswalks in Missouri, and install bike lanes in Seattle, among other projects. Now the financial status of these projects is unclear.

 

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/61209

A new big-data analysis of the U.S. pinpoints how urban design aids the health of city residents—especially when cities provide walking opportunities, greenery and mixed-use streets with a blend of commercial and residential activity.


From Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change via This RSS Feed.

 

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/10923091

From the Atlanta Community Press Collective

Cop City-related charges become the second case brought that explicitly mentions the controversial Trump administration initiative, NSPM-7, targeting left-leaning movements. You can support stories like these at https://atlpresscollective.com/support-us.

#Atlanta #AtlantaPressCollective

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/50143863

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46763057

Hopefully my neighbors will rejoice as I no longer have to cut and drill steel.

My next goal is to find another junk trailer so I can get the wheels more centered and have better handling and keep the rear of the trailer from scraping when going up and down driveways.

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