Another not-random question for #bookstodon - has anyone done modern reviews of classic middle school aged series like Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew or similar looking at how/if they are dated and likely problematic? (I assume they are, I read a bunch of them when I was that age but it was 40ish years ago and I don’t remember much about them)
Broadly as a service for parents today looking for discussion about which classics have stood the test of time and remain good and which haven’t aged well.
I find it interesting what is happening to the polls in Canada.
What looked like an upcoming comfortable victory for The Conservatives has changed dramatically after the inauguration of Trump.
Should the Liberals end up winning the election later this year, the US president would be facing the new leader of the Liberal Party, Mark Carney.
We would then see the chaos president Trump fighting a trade war against a calculated, educated and experienced economist who has lead central banks.
Until then we will all experience a whole flood of tariffs and EOs....
Let's sse if the USA still "exists" by then. 😬😱
Just sayin':
Nobody ever has seen a sadistic destruction of a superpower before. Who knows what's gonna happen til fall.
This happens all the time.
French fries are not French, they’re Belgian at best.
One of the most popular Chinese dishes in the USA is General Tso's Chicken. In China no one knows who the General Tso is and never tasted his Chicken.
This is not an exhausting list.
reminds me of the dutch "filet americain"
which 1) for whatever reason has a french name
and 2) is literally raw minced beef with some spices that you're supposed to put on a slice of bread (with maybe some onions/eggs/more spices).
I guess maybe because americans like meat and boneless things? I have no idea what the connection is here honestly
so called "vocal stim collection" actually impossible to quote due to heavy reliance on sound effects
many such cases
Spotify rips off artists, pays Joe Rogan to produce his propaganda, and distributes Andrew Tate lessons on how to traffic women.
Are you supporting this? I'm not paying them to do this.
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WIP Wednesday, 12 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development:
Draft: Roy_043 fixed several bugs, including Draft’s fillet not working the first time you try it, as well as incorrect snapping behavior. He also implemented a new Dim Auto Flip Text option to disable automatic text orientation based on where you click first.
BIM:
Syres916 fixed two cosmetic bugs in the UI code,
furgo16 re-enab
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WIP Wednesday, 12 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy_043 fixed several bugs, including Draft’s fillet not working the first time you try it, as well as incorrect snapping behavior. He also implemented a ne…FreeCAD News
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May 17, 2006 2 a.m. - just hours before the EFF and AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein's first hearing on their lawsuit vs AT&T for helping the NSA run a massive internet spying operation
Klein's evidence was under seal. Only a few had seen it. The NYT & LA Times were too scared to publish.
I had gotten a hold of them. Just a freelancer. Wired under EIC Evan Hansen agreed to publish everything.
2 a.m., we published.
Room 641a was public.
AT&T's lawyers death stares were glorious.
RIP Mark Klein
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." - John Steinbeck
Running out of days to post winter photos. Not complaining.
#fujifilm #photography #novascotia #canada #quotes #winter #snow
RE: tech.lgbt/@dotjayne/1141523321…
Jayne, destroyer of integrated circuits (@dotjayne@tech.lgbt)
Would you rather: [ ] watch the typing "..." appear and disappear for 10 minutes while waiting for an important response [ ] jump off a cliffLGBTQIA+ and Tech
US tariffs could deepen Germany's recession, says bank
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Posted into Business @business-BBCNews
US tariffs could deepen Germany's recession, says bank
Germany's central bank president says US tariffs and retaliation to them could tip Europe's largest economy into recession again.Faarea Masud (BBC News)
Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney’s Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd
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Salvador Dalí & Walt Disney's Short Animated Film, Destino, Set to the Music of Pink Floyd
Dalí long gone and Disney gone longer still, it came out. The delayed arrival of Destino had to do with money trouble at the Walt Disney Studios not long after the project began, and it seems that few laid eyes on its unfinished materials again until…Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
Expert Tipping: Round 1 is here
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Expert Tipping: Round 1 is here
See who our expert tippers are backing in for Round 1.Sydney Swans Media (Sydney Swans)
malware-filter / urlhaus-filter · GitLab
Malicious URL blocklist for uBlock Origin (uBO), AdGuard, Vivaldi, Pi-hole, Hosts file, Dnsmasq, BIND, Unbound, Snort and Suricata.GitLab
What the heck is malicious about landley.net?
Bizarro. Hope it's just a typo in the list rather than malicious.
ソラリスはもうvideoの秘密を解明しているでしょうか
Apple Mac Studio Review: A Rocket Engine in the Old Chassis cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-…
亜人もMetallicaには興味があるんですよ
Apple Vision Pro users can check out a short, immersive Metallica concert film this week engadget.com/entertainment/mus…
Apple Vision Pro users can check out a short, immersive Metallica concert film this week
Apple has perhaps answered the prayers of Metallica fans who also have an Apple Vision Pro.Kris Holt (Engadget)
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for the First Day in Dublin in Ireland - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
On your first day in Dublin, there is a good chance that you will be tired and exhausted - take it slow and have a relaxing afternoon in one of Dublin’s most beautiful parks.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
One of the fun things about having multiple types of Fediverse accounts is getting to see common scams, etc. from multiple angles. The "Nicole the Fediverse Chick" spammer from Mastodon and Friendica started hitting the Lemmy / PieFed end of the Fediverse starting roughly a week ago.
They responded by making a forum dedicated to her stuff. feddit.org/c/nicole
#synth #behringerTD3 #circuitTracks
i had a bit of an argument with @Blobsta about the positioning of the dots, and why one would want to flip them.
I guess because I don't mind having them in either position really, so I can't decide which I like best.
He says its personal preference, which is true of course, but I guess I don't have one, I may never pick one and switch between the modes for fun.
“Blaming Only the Defendant Would Be Too Harsh”157;: Chiba Father Given Suspended Sentence for Killing Intellectually Disabled Son
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“Blaming Only the Defendant Would Be Too Harsh”: Chiba Father Given Suspended Sentence for Killing Intellectually Disabled Son
On the 12th, the Chiba District Court delivered a verdict in the trial of a 78-year-old man accused of murdering his younger son, who had a severe intellectual disability, by strangling him in July…Barrier Free Japan
when I first ran across this company, the product I saw was a refrigerator
not only can I not believe the brand name, I was outraged to discover it's a luxury high-end brand
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Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Who decided these personalized Siri features should go in the WWDC keynote, with a promise they’d arrive in the coming year, when, at the time, they were in such an unfinished state they could not be demoed to the media even in a controlled environme…Daring Fireball
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari The Extra is Too Strong (Chapter 86) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
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⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
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Wandering Hermit
in reply to Shannon Clark • • •This would be interesting. I read all the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew/Tom Swift books 50+ years ago, be interesting to see how they've aged.
Note that while I'm interested, I'm not interested enough to go back and re-read them myself...
Shannon Clark
in reply to Wandering Hermit • • •@wanderinghermit exactly. My question was prompted by seeing multiple people selling long runs of the books in local marketplace listings (seemingly in some cases fairly recent printings by appearance - or basically never read) but before I bought them for my son I wanted to see if anyone had been going back to such series and reviewing them with a modern eye.
(And likewise curious what classics have stood the test of time - The Phantom Tollbooth was still great when I read it to my son)
Wandering Hermit
in reply to Shannon Clark • • •