There's a woman on my tour who... might... know more(???)... about Star Wars(???)... than me??? Anyway we talked during the entire lunch hour while everyone else was staring like 👀. Unfortunately she's married. To a man. Cause if not I'd be like I mean I have a spare room back home we could combine Star Wars collections or something...
She used to work at a comic book store like wtf...
This has never happened before and it probably will never happen again.
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SCO Summit in Tianjin: Strategic Convergence Amid Tariff Turbulence
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit will take place in Tianjin on August 31–September 1, bringing together more than 20 heads of state and leaders of 10 major international organizations.
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Garrett Nussmeier leads No. 9 LSU's rally for 17-10 season-opening win at No. 4 Clemson
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heyyyy but we spend 10 trillion dollars a day on fast fashion and its the 1980s all over again (or have we moved on to 1990s?) because that useless emotion makes people go stupid and accept clothing made from plastic that wears out in 10 months.
But we have people with mullets + aviators thinking they are cool again.
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Can we stop it with love triangles, PLEASE
Just like let everyone kiss everyone
Is “gender critical” the mirror image of the gender industry?Jennifer Bilek (Jennifer’s Newsletter)
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I'm a thirsty little operating system. You have to water me
You have to turn on all the tracking permissions
(from Don Quixote)
Kathy Acker's Don Quixote is an indomitable woman on a formidable quest: to become a knight and defeat the evil enchanters of modern America by pursuing "the most insane idea that any woman can thinkwww.worldcat.org
From "The Spectator"
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When you call for an ambulance the local government may charge Medicare or Medicaid an inflated amount. Then pocket the difference between the private company's fee and what the USG was charged. Like 4x the cost of the ambulance.
Similar inflation may occur for other services.
A little-known accounting trick has turned paying for an ambulance via Medicaid into a bloated scam that enriches public agenciesChad Hagan (The Spectator World)
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Proud as proud can be to note that I’ll be speaking at PancakesCon on Domain Intelligence and Investigative Journalism, alongside the importance of play. infosec.exchange/@pancakescon/…
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The more
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Hollows me,
The more
Room
There is
For love.
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The "Midwestern Doctor" looks at high blood pressure
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Going through the real causes, problems with common medicines used for treatments, and methods to fix the underlying causes.
Exploring the Forgotten Causes and Treatments of Hypertension and the Dangers of BP MedicationsA Midwestern Doctor (The Forgotten Side of Medicine)
“We are now witnessing a frightening attack on history — an ongoing effort to rewrite, and to whitewash, the complicated story of the United States of America.
“In recent months, many organizations dedicated to exhibiting, protecting, documenting, and archiving the multidimensional narratives of our country’s history have faced threats to their funding, and to their independence.”
An Unfinished Atlas consists of essays by authors of color, each of whom has been asked to select a place — intimately known or not; famous or minor; historical or contemporary— and to write this place into the record of the continent we now call North America.
[via Places Journal]
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Enriching the cultural record of place-based narratives across North America. Featuring scholars, cultural critics, essayists, and novelists of color.Places Journal
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When you enter a cheat code that is apparently used in one of the commander keen games in Wolfenstein 3D made by the same company you are told you can also buy the commander keen games through them but you already know that and they call you a cheat master
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Numbers drawn for estimated $1B Powerball jackpot
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Baking day done
1.5 cups whole wheat
3.5 cups T55
3 teaspoons yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
400ml warm water
Used the bread maker in pizza mode to mix it.
Then divided them into pieces and let it sit for half ab hour before baking in 220°C for 12 minutes
#Baking #Bread #HomeCooking #Food #France
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the rest of the stuff, flywheel, clutch disc and pressure plate connect to the crankshaft so i'll have to hold off on that stuff until the block is back together.
i am thinking about installing a "block guard" which stabilizes the floating cylinder design of the d series engines, making it a partially closed design, to avoid the cylinders shifting around under high boost instead of naturally aspirated cylinder pressures.
block guards are a bit sketchy though cause they can also squeeze your cylinders and distort them slightly causing binding. so i'm not sure yet. i'll see how the one i ordered turns out
Blood soaked bread!
A picture taken after today's Israeli attack against a bakery in Gaza city that killed at least 11 civilians, including children.
#Gaza #Genocide #FoodAsWeapon #Israel
Auto translated from Arabic:
Today Israel killed at least 70 Palestinians including 40 in Gaza City. An Israeli strike took place at a bakery in Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City, strike hit civilians waiting for bread. 12 were killed & dozens wounded including many children.
In the past 7 days, 548 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, including 158 seeking aid & 59 from #starvation.
Graphic video:
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#Gaza
#palestine #Israel #Genocide @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml
Auto translated from Arabic: August 30, Israel killed at least 70 Palestinians including at 40 in Gaza City. An Israeli strike took place at a bakery in the Al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City, strike hit civilians waiting for bread.Telegram
No. 17 Kansas State dodges upset-minded FCS North Dakota 38-35 on last-minute TD
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Dad: "Bring me the chicken from the refrigerator."
Teenager: "Is it cooked?"
Dad: "It is so cooked."
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You hate Substack because you think it's Medium for Nazis.
I hate Substack because it's OnlyFans for philosophy nerds.
We are not the same.
They're Lying About Venezuela While Moving War Machinery Into Place
As if we didn’t have enough ugliness in the world right now, Trump has deployed warships near Venezuela’s coast, prompting Caracas to ready drone and naval patrols for conflict.
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Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)
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Chasing Waterfalls
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in reply to Chasing Waterfalls • • •@ChasingWaterfallsI hath been so shaken I might need to go to a hospital about it.
But hey at least I have someone to talk about Star Wars with for a few months.
Mabon Penny
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in reply to Mabon Penny • • •@ChasingWaterfallsShe does have a great Star Wars collection. Bought and built the lego death star all on her own! And the lego imperial star destroyer!
The power we would hold together...
Mabon Penny
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Is this a “when we get divorced” kind of thing or “when he dies” kind of thing?
And if it’s a “when he dies” kind of thing, is that by natural causes, or….
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in reply to Chasing Waterfalls • • •@astarsscreamsIndeed. I think the truest forms of friendship are exceedingly rare. One friend of mine has spent her whole life wanting a "best friend." The ride or die do everything together type. I told her that what she's imagining doesn't genuinely happen in the lives of most people. She of course is under the impression that she is one of a handful of outliers who hasn't received a "best friend" certificate.
But I do think that if friendship held more cultural significance, more people would find themselves with deeper and higher quality friendships - on average - than they do right now.