SGT1 - Chapter 14
We're 'coming home', and do brace for the landing.
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#PennedPossibilities 611 — Have you ever been able to relate to your antagonist / villain? If the answer is yes, then how so?
Yes... first I imagined him played by John Simm. Then I made him a chaotic character, whether he's being good or bad, he's playing it to the hilt and always going in unexpected directions.
He is extremely good at pitting friends and neighbours against each other, but those who stand firm against him are made stronger by the ordeal.
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I am inordinately fond of that song because it was the first 7" single I ever bought (well, the second, but the first was a rather embarrassing novelty song so I pretend it never happened).
Also it's a fantastic piece of cheesy, over-the-top, bombastic rock-pop. Yay for Bonnie Tyler!
The liberal obsession with Russia... Look, I fucking hate Vladimir Putin. I hate him for what he's done to Russia and the world. If the Russian people rose up and overthrew him tomorrow I would not be sorry. But neither he nor "Russia" is responsible for all the ills of the world, and they're not the final Big Boss of evil whom we must fight.
The Republicans are fascists. I know liberals are having a hard time with that. But they're not fascists because "the Russians." Honestly, it's far more sensible to say that the United States is to blame for Vladimir Putin. We're not the good guys either. The Republicans are obsessed with China and the Democrats are obsessed with Russia, and neither is rational.
The sheer scope of the misinformation campaign coming out of Russian servers, and the actual open warfare with Ukraine would seem to blunt your message.
There is no big bad. The US government is currently fascist. Russia's government is currently fascist. The FOTUS is currently beholden to Putin.
We're in the worst timeline.
There are new batteries and new motors with silicon carbide semiconductors.
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I find following Lemmy discussions from Mastodon easy on desktop, though it involves a lot of copy-pasting. On mobile, it's even more frustrating.
Interoperability is great, but it would be much more convenient if we could fully use the Lemmy or Pixelfed interfaces with just a Mastodon account. Right now, it still feels like having a separate account is necessary to access the full feature set and user experience.
$42.5 Billion Broadband Grant Program Being Rewritten To Benefit Elon Musk
We’ve often noted how there are $42.5 billion in broadband grants headed to the states courtesy of the 2021 infrastructure bill. The GOP voted against the bill, but have repeatedly turned aro…Techdirt
I know he means well.
Republican Refers to Transgender Member as a Man, Cutting Short a House Hearing
Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” and adjourned the session when challenged about it.
[15:37] Duiken voor mensen met een beperking is geen sprong in het diepe. ‘Mooi dat ze zelfstandig kunnen zweven onder water’
Duiken voor deelnemers met een beperking is geen sprong in het diepe voor onderwatersportvereniging De Emmer Duikers, die in 1997 is opgericht. De drie instructeurs weten exact waar ze mee bezig zijn bij het begeleiden van dit speciale groepje duikers. Locatie is steevast zwembad Aquarena op sportpark Meerdijk, vlakbij het stadion van FC Emmen.
In the first QUARTER of 2024, Truth Social posted a loss of $327.6 million. I know that the purchase of Twitter wasn't really financial, but that has been valued at 80% of its purchase value. That's a loss - just disappeared into nothingness - of $34.6 billion. In the last two months alone, Teslas value has been wiped out, losing $655 billion. However SpaceX is up $140 billion in valuation due to new government contracts, but in total that still represents a massive overall loss.
I realise I'm preaching to the choir here, but if I lost £425 billion in two years (greater than the GDP of Austria, or 2 Hungarys, 3 Ukraines, 4 Slovakias or 5 Bulgarias), I'm not sure I would be the best person to speak to about financial efficiency.
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Fascists are buying up welsh countryside to train their footsoldiers
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Woodlander Initiative: the far right buying up land in Wales
Neo-Nazi Patriotic Alternative called the Woodlander Trust a 'fantastic initiative that allows nationalists to pool their money to buy land'Einir Bach (The Canary)
While UK newspapers were falling over themselves to cover the "stalling" EV market, the actual number of EVs on the UK's roads surged by 39% in *just 1 year*
The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs
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Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 - Carbon Brief
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of LondonCarbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
This is how you do it.
Aaron Rupar:
Coons: "I'm gonna vote against what came over from the House Republicans to the Senate last night because I don't want to give my vote to support what #Trump and #Musk are doing."
This is how you don’t.
“Blumenthal on CNN says he's leaning against voting for the CR but doesn't commit to it”
And don’t even start me on Fetterman.
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[15:56] Vrachtwagenchauffeur zag Koen Schuiling masturberend op A7. Rechter veroordeelt oud-burgemeester van Groningen. ‘Dit is niet normaal’
Koen Schuiling is veroordeeld door de rechtbank Zwolle. Het staat volgens de politierechter vast dat de oud-burgemeester van Groningen met ontbloot bovenlichaam in zijn auto reed en masturbeerde. De rechter vond een verklaring van een vrachtwagenchauffeur die Schuiling in zijn auto zag overtuigend genoeg.
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Vrachtwagenchauffeur zag Koen Schuiling masturberend op A7. Rechter veroordeelt oud-burgemeester van Groningen. ‘Dit is niet normaal’
De rechtbank Zwolle heeft zich uitgesproken over de zaak-SchuilingBart Olmer en Bas van Sluis (Dagblad van het Noorden)
[15:44] Ex-burgemeester Groningen Koen Schuiling veroordeeld voor schennispleging
De politierechter in Zwolle heeft woensdag voormalig burgemeester van Groningen Koen Schuiling een boete van 250 euro opgelegd voor schennis van de eerbaarheid.
Trump Deports a Legal US Resident to Censor Criticism of Israel
Hey welcome back to my new channel, Documenting the Collapse of US Democracy! I know this must be strange for those of you who preferred the old format of discussing science and critical thinking butRebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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The comic "Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ruben Bolling is titled "Elon Musk and His Doge Pals™ in 'Auto Graft'". It has nine panels with the main characters being Elon Musk, a man in a MAGA hat, a Doge, and a man with glasses. The comic is about Elon Musk being responsible for billions in government looting and waste. The man in the MAGA hat says, "Let's go, pals! I'll just bet that guy's a... DEI!" A van labeled "Musk Mobile" is shown with dollar signs on it, and the person with glasses says, "Okay, Elon! After this guy took over a car company in 2008, he got a special low-interest loan from the Energy Department!" The man in the MAGA hat says, "How about $38 billion in government give-aways?! That made him unimaginably wealthy!" The man with glasses says, "Here! I found some African dude who started his tech career in America in the 1990s while working here illegally!" The other characters decide to go after Elon Musk instead, and the Doge says "Ruh-roh!"
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same same! I can't eat more than a couple of pieces. They always go bad when I buy those fruit trays with the cut up strawberries and melon 🙁
You can kill some of those flesh-eating enzymes by cooking/grilling the pineapple first.
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"#Trump Calls #Canada '#Tariff Abuser' After Electricity Surcharge"
you only need 2 neurons to see how stupid this is
you only need 3 neurons to see the #DARVO (deny, attack, reverse-victim-and-offender) #NPD #narcissistic personality disorder
what is so fucking baffling is how this obvious orange piece of shit is so appealing to so many #americans. it's deeply embarrassing. the #usa is fucked until we get a handle on the deeper problem here. trump is only a symptom
Trump Calls Canada 'Tariff Abuser' After Electricity Surcharge
President Donald Trump called Canada a "tariff abuser" Monday and claimed the United States did not need Canadian energy, after the province of Ontario imposed an electricity surcharge on three US states.Barrons
that's the thing: it never was a ploy. this is trump's essence, it's not an act. he's just this fucking stupid and this fucking narcissistic to the core
the real problem lies in how so many millions of americans found this radioactive shitstain appealing
it's a huge problem
Argh, the other day somebody posted an ip blocklist of ai scrapers that spoof a browser user agent and don't respect robots.txt, and I forgot to bookmark it 😡
Does anybody still have this?
[15:49] Youp (19) verrast op TikTok met zijn spontane fietsavontuur van Leeuwarden naar Madrid: ‘Mijn moeder was niet blij’
Zonder training of plan fietst Youp Zwagerman (19) van Leeuwarden naar Madrid. Zijn fietsavontuur trekt duizenden kijkers op TikTok. „Wat ben ik nou weer aan het doen?”
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End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think
COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.The Conversation
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