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Musings and remembrances. Basically Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. No DMs but Dungeon Masters, please. Regional Ani-Mayhem champ. Xenogears is the best allegory of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Health care is always free in Tropico.

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Get Ubuntu | Download | Ubuntu Download Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi and IoT devices, Ubuntu Core and all the Ubuntu flavors. Ubuntu is an open-source software platform that runs everywhere from the PC t...

Luckily, there’s an easy solution

ubuntu.com/download

07.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This just in, a second plane has hit the Nordstrom Rack

07.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Soft playgrounds make soft kids

Bring back the Thunderdomes that made us great!

07.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nominative determinism has cost so many lives…

07.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Uncertainty faces China Inc's projects in Iran after US–Israeli strikes Weeks before U.S.–Israeli strikes in Iran, wide swathes of state-backed Chinese companies were eyeing projects in areas from energy and heavy industry to trade promotion, data showed, spotlighting ​th...

We’ve begun to see reports of Chinese weaponry flowing into Iran, we will now see the proxy power of China’s BRI.

β€œIran is also embedded in China's Belt and Road Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure scheme intended to stretch from East Asia to Europe.”

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

06.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cuba Is Next Trump’s campaign to take out long-standing U.S. irritants looks back to the Caribbean.

Seeing regime change as a new way to define his legacy, President Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. Vivian Salama reports:

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

With every new development in this story I am even more gobsmacked that Epstein and his co-conspirators escaped accountability over and over and over again. There's more to come from my investigation. Stay tuned.

06.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 1563 πŸ” 545 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 22
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a man in a blue suit talks to another man with jimmy written on the bottom Alt: Branscombe Richmond with his title credit in β€œRenegade” (1992).

And yet I want a reboot of Renegade, is that weird?

06.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mapped: How Trump’s war on Iran has spread to 14 countries Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan are among the nations that have been attacked

Trump’s war on Iran has spread to 14 countries and plunged region into CRISIS

Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan are among the nations upended & attacked.

100s are dead. Billions of $s damage. NO NATION has been able to get on with ANYTHING since he became 47th.

06.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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St Elsewhere Saint Elsewhere GIF Alt: Chad Allen as Tommy Westphall in β€œSt. Elsewhere” (1982), divining deep political thought.

Referring, of course, to the notable political theorist Tommy Westphall

06.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is saying great sense of humor Alt: Colm Meany as Miles O’Brien in β€œStar Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993). The text reads: β€œWarm. Caring. Great sense of humor.”

Conversely, you can put potatoes in anything!

Soups, scallops, au gratin, O’Brien…

06.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just voted with @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the Epstein Files. The cover-ups have gone on far too long. I won't stop until we get to the truth.

04.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 397 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 1

Break up the chicken too hot, get burned

Break up the chicken too cold, risk bacteria

Find the right temperature for the chicken in your life

04.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Beware of β€œwartime updates”

"By manipulating victims into sideloading this malicious APK under the guise of an urgent wartime update, the adversaries successfully deploy a fully functional alert interface that masks an invasive surveillance engine designed to prey on a hyper-vigilant population[…]”

04.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Only in the sense that the people who launched it without a plan or objective all get pretty defensive when criticized.

04.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 2720 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 7

Jasmine Crockett for president!

04.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gamers aren’t finishing games, and that’s a problem Every segment in the games market is facing challenges. While some experts remain optimistic about gaming’s growth pace returning in the near future, the truth is that many arguments for this never-en...

Especially since most gamers won’t finish the games they start, so why not usher the player along to the conclusion?

If anything, more people need to be playing on easy.

www.midiaresearch.com/blog/gamers-...

04.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Other acceptable synonyms would be β€œrehash”, β€œretread”, and β€œnostalgic cash grab”

04.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They’re trying to put The Onion out of business

04.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room Alt: James Doohan in β€œStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986). The text reads: β€œThere be whales here!”

Imagine, a starship run on whale oil

04.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People like pirates more than cyborgs, shoulda kept the strap

04.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What to do if you spot an Iranian Shahed drone A feeling familiar to millions of Ukrainians was suddenly experienced across the Middle East over the weekend β€” the terror caused by Shahed drones flying overhead and smashing into buildings. Footage ...

How many desks should I get under?

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

04.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

They’re using carcinogenic waste water to cool their hardware, which super saturates the water with waste nitrates.

β€œThat means that when the polluted water has moved through the data centers and back into the wastewater system, it’s even more contaminated[…]”

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

04.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of a flower and a frog with a flag that says u on it Alt: Daffy Duck as a cautionary tale to never insult the animator, from β€œDuck Amuck” (1953). Daffy’s tail flag signifies he is a screwball.
04.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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yoda says " no there is another " in the dark Alt: Yoda in β€œStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980). The text reads: β€œNo, there is another.”

β€œWe have destroyed the Khamenei regime!”

04.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Texas Dems choose milquetoast Senate candidate who looks like actual milk toast

04.03.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prometheass

04.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wanted Picard to be 4 seasons of β€œMy Dinner With Andre In Space”, with a revolving guest star from the canon so far. Was that too much to ask?

04.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coffee just went down the wrong pipe

What doesn’t kill me makes me more caffeinated

04.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

For just such an occasion

04.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0