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[chgoliz]

Watch: Police very politely arrest Illinois mass shooter: "do me a favor, get down on your knees"

I don’t think people frustrated with how easily this guy got taken into custody means that they WANT him or someone like him to be shot down in a hail of bullets. I think it is sarcastic frustration that someone who they were 90% sure was armed and 100% sure had just killed a bunch of people was taken into custody rather routinely, while a routine traffic stop so often turns fatal. Jayland Walker was shot at like 90 times! 90!!! I mean holy fucking shit - 90! I heard the body cam. I was like, w…

[Sally_Mahoney]

Wacko Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) says she would shoot her 5 grandchildren to protect their lives

she suffers - as do many gun owners i think - from lake woebegone syndrome: where everyone thinks they’re above average. they think the guns will protect them from intruders in a way not proven out by statistics. they think they’ll be a far better shot than average. they think they won’t hesitate like average. and they think that if they do manage to shoot someone, they’ll recover faster from the trauma of being a murderer than most they think their gun is less likely to get stolen than avera…

[Sally_Mahoney]

Container homes (still) overrated

Not to accuse an American literary icon of being even half so irksome as any of today’s lifestyle social media influencers; but it’s not like LARPing on your wealthier friend’s property, with some help from mom, in order to learn valuable lessons about simplicity and self-reliance hasn’t been a thing since 1850 or so.

[Murgatroyd]

Floating abortion clinic in Gulf proposed to serve patients in south

I really don’t want to know more. But to fight it, I also have to know more.

[Mindysan33]

Twitter sues Musk: a model of "bad faith" and "hypocrisy"

I’ll take a stab at it… I am the very model of bad faith and hypocrisy I’d be an abject failure in any meritocracy Fawning fan-boys dub me lord of meme kakistocracy From reddit to 4Chan, I’m an empty boastful want-to-be I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters peado-logical Upstage me, then you are one, it’s a law quite cosmological The bullshit I spout steaming is ridiculously grandiose And If I fail to deliver, just blame it on lazy workers, bros If I fail to deliver, just blame it…

[Sally_Mahoney]

How to properly clean your eyeglasses like they are delicate camera lenses

Much simpler: Stick glasses in cup. Fill cup with seltzer. Dry with paper towel. Buff with lens cloth.

[Akimbo_NOT]

Astronomers detect a particularly strange radio "heartbeat" from a distant galaxy

“SETI reluctantly announced today that after decoding FRB 20191221A, the data confirms there is no intelligent life behind the signal. ‘All it said over and over again was "Make Andromeda Great Again.’”

[mick129]

Tickled my punny bone

Doom running on a Doom

The Infinite Doom Scroll.

(Hoping I get the formatting right- first attempt)

[Sally_Mahoney]

Rep. Jackie Speier is disgusted by Republican acts of showmanship during the debate on abortion services

Talk about missing the point. One of the things that the abortion opponents refuse to acknowledge is that biology is inherently more complicated and nuanced than they’re making it out to be. They say “life begins at conception” but science doesn’t even have a single definition for “conception.” Does life begin when a sperm encounters an egg? When the egg divides into a zygote? When that zygote implants in the uterine lining? Even under normal circumstances something like half of all embryos fai…

[LockeCJ]

Here's an old clip of Michael Caine talking about the working class

Uh… THE PANDEMIC IS NOT “OVER” YET. WE’RE STILL IN IT. Please do better and don’t actively feed into the Dumbening.

[Sally_Mahoney]

The commentary after this passenger landed a plane with a passed-out pilot is superb

There is a button to operate the radio on the stick/yoke. The likelihood is that there is someone listening but this isn’t a certainty. If there is, that’s cool. If not, emergency frequency is 121.5 but you would need to know this already and also need to know how to tune the radio to that frequency. If you do, that’s cool. If not, you are unlikely to be able to teach yourself how to fly in the available time unless there is someone there to talk you through it. Most people’s idea of how airc…

[FGD135]

It's official: Andrew Yang launches third party with both Democrats and Republicans

The problem with Yang (and I’m guessing many of the failed candidates who’ve joined him in this) is that he doesn’t actually understand what government does or how it works. So he thinks it’s easy and proposes overly-simplified solutions for difficult problems. Public policy is a specialized field that does actually require experience to do right. We’ve just seen what happens when government is attempted by inexperienced outsiders: disaster. Even the things that 45 and his administration attemp…

[Sally_Mahoney]

A new "quantum proof" encryption standard is broken by a low-end PC

With all the (well-justified) animosity here toward cryptocurrency, I understand your annoyance. But please do not make the mistake of conflating cryptocurrency with cryptography. The former is a planet-burning ponzi scheme. The latter is a highly technical academic field with a rich history applications to mathematical theory, military intelligence, and international commerce. The discipline’s academics all hate cryptocurrency just as much as you do, and they’re a victim of this glib verbal co…

[Murgatroyd]

Watch: A weather reporter is blown away when he realizes — on air — that his map is a touchscreen

The other day I discovered the Space bar trick… [image]

[j9c]

Watch as Alex Jones learns, in court, that his lawyers messed up and sent proof he was hiding evidence to opposing counsel

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[Mindysan33]

[smulder]

New scientific paper shows the Mandela Effect is real

That’s not how I remember it.

[Sally_Mahoney]

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says God is the founding father of America "He wrote the Constitution."

God needs to do some better vetting of Their local franchise operators.

[DukeTrout]

Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 4)

Given the CDC is taking a nap right now, I wanted to share what I learned at a building science conference a couple weeks ago. For mitigating your personal risk, think of it in order of filtration, ventilation, UV penetration. Upgrade your home or office HVAC filters to MERV 13 if you have forced-air and the system can handle it. If not, or in addition, build a few Corsi-Rosenthal boxes and have them running whenever people are sharing an indoor space. Aim for a clean air delivery rate (CADR) …

Fantastic and practical information for how to go beyond vaccination and masking to protect you and yours.

[ClutchLinkey]

Wait, is it incestuous to like the post about my own post?
I meant it as a “thanks,”