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was it worth 2 days of suffering and about $300 in parts and tools? absolutely cause the other day i realized how scorching hot the all black interior of that thing is going to get after parking it outside in the sun for a short time.

as a bonus i ended up with some new sets of snap ring pliers, and a dedicated serpentine belt tensioner tool and some stubby sockets. also fixed that last ugly little bumper sag in the front, cleaned some gunk off the alternator and the engine block, and mitigated a bit of rust in the frame while i was in there.

all in all not a bad result. just really glad i didn't screw something up and have to take stuff apart again which has definitely happened before

Two thumbs up! Worthwhile primer describing the methods and growth of global technocracy. πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ

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Der Shitter-Kindergarten zwischen dem MilliardΓ€r mit den nuke-codes und dem MilliardΓ€r mit dem Privatsatellitennetzwerk & dem Zugang zu allen Daten ist jetzt ernsthaft bei "Er hat angefangen - Nein, er hat angefangen!" angekommen,

und jetzt wΓ€re mal wieder ein prima Zeitpunkt darΓΌber nachzudenken, ob man solche Typen oder sonst irgendwen mit so viel Macht & Geld ausstatten sollte.

#KapitalismusEndstadium

There is a judicial coup underway in this country. The presidency cannot remain functional β€” and the Republic cannot remain sovereign β€” if its core powers are subject to the whims of rogue, lawless judges.
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Β»Ein gutes Beispiel aus dem RIAS-Jahresbericht 2024, wie die Beschreibung realer Γ„ußerungen in Israel als antisemitischer Vorfall in Deutschland gilt. Es gibt mehrere Aufrufe von Rabinnern, die religiΓΆs begrΓΌndet Gaza mitsamt der gesamten BevΓΆlkerung vernichten wollen.Β«

Β»Der Fall von Rabbi Mali aus Jaffa wurde auch international berichtet - er wurde fΓΌr seine Γ„ußerungen, IDF sollte alle Kinder und Frauen in Gaza tΓΆten, auch nicht angeklagt.Β«
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Boiling distilled water in my new borosilicate glass stove-to-fridge pitcher. Sometimes I live on the edge and do nasal lavage with distilled water STRAIGHT FROM THE GALLON JUG!!! But if I wanna be really anal like other people trying to stay on top of their bronchiectasis, I gotta boil it for 11 minutes first, because technically even bottled distilled water isn't sterile.

Bronchiectasis makes one vulnerable to infections of otherwise "friendly" bacteria in the air, soil, and water, so we're supposed to sterilize everything all the time. It's of course impossible to sterilize one's environment and I wonder how hard I should try. It's like acquired OCD. Trying to balance mental health with physical.

Anyway I got this pitcher you can boil water in on the stove, which is weird and fascinating and I keep imagining it shattering but so far so good.

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@polariseraYeah that's not for sterilizing.
You're supposed to boil water, even bottled distilled water, for 10 minutes at sea level plus another minute for very thousand feet above sea level.
Then you can store it for up to 48 hours in the fridge.
Then you do it agin.
I will probably use it beyond 48 hours. I live on the edge, high risk.
I'm doing this mostly to see if I can stand it, make it part of my daily routine. If not, I'll just use distilled water straight from the grocery store jug and hope for the best. I figured I should at least try. This borosilicate pitcher at least simplifies the process as you don't need to pour from vessel to vessel. But it is very weird to heat it on the stove! It makes strange sounds, different from stainless steel pots.
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Erst seit Ende MΓ€rz ist Julia KlΓΆckner (#CDU) PrΓ€sidentin des Deutschen Bundestags. In dieser Zeit hat sie sich aber schon eine stattliche Anzahl an Fehltritten geleistet. Eine Auflistung.

woz.ch/taeglich/2025/06/05/jul…

Weil ein Münchner Richter den Haftbefehl der Staatsanwaltschaft außer Kraft gesetzt hatte, konnte ein Iraker, der zwei Frauen vergewaltigt hatte, fliehen. Nun wurde er in Abwesenheit zu viereinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt.

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Deutschland hat ein massives #Justizproblem.

In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die GΓ€ste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den GΓ€sten an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration
#Sharia #Islam #Islamismus #GG #Grundgesetzt

Sorry, but conservatives who still use Google or Chrome are just feeding the beast.
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I don't care about gay marriage.
I don't care about immigration.
I don't care about inflation.
I don't care about white genocide.
I don't care about transphobia.
I don't care about racism.
I don't care about climate change.
I don't care about Republicans.
I don't care about Democrats.
I don't care about libertarians.
I don't care about communists.
I don't care about fascists.
I don't care about monarchists.
I don't care about socialists.
I don't care about aliens.
I don't care about Christianity.
I don't care about Judaism.
I don't care about Islam.
I don't care about Buddhism.
I don't care about Hinduism.
I don't care about marijuana legalization.
I don't care about universal basic income.
I don't care about the minimum wage.
I don't care about the death penalty.
I don't care about gun control.
I don't care about student loan forgiveness.
I don't care about corporate tax rates.
I don't care about military spending.
I don't care about NATO.
I don't care about the United Nations.
I don't care about affirmative action.
I don't care about critical race theory.
I don't care about reparations.
I don't care about wealth inequality.
I don't care about universal healthcare.
I don't care about social security.
I don't care about feminism.
I don't care about men's rights.
I don't care about LGBTQ+ rights.
I don't care about election integrity.
I don't care about gerrymandering.
I don't care about the Electoral College.
I don't care about vaccine mandates.
I don't care about mask mandates.
I don't care about homeschooling laws.
I don't care about public school curriculums.
I don't care about book bans.
I don't care about artificial intelligence ethics.
I don't care about genetic engineering.
I don't care about corporate lobbying.
I don't care about union rights.
I don't care about police reform.
I don't care about private prisons.
I don't care about cash bail reform.
I don't care about diplomatic relations with China.
I don't care about diplomatic relations with Russia.
I don't care about diplomatic relations with Europe.
I don't care about foreign aid.
I don't care about whistleblower protections.
I don't care about nuclear energy.
I don't care about renewable energy subsidies.
I don't care about electric vehicle incentives.
I don't care about space exploration funding.
I don't care about defamation laws.
I don't care about corporate personhood.
I don't care about urban planning policies.
I don't care about housing market regulations.
I don't want to hear about any of this shit ever again.
I wish I could never hear the name of any politician or famous figure ever again. I don't care about Trump, Biden, Elon Musk, The Clintons, or Jeffrey Epstein. I don't care about pop stars. I don't care about the television.
Leave me out of every conversation about these topics. Talk to me about books or software development.
I care about myself, my family, my dog, and my work.

FBI "Prohibited Access" and Nellie Ohr:

In May 2019, the FBI received a Congressional criminal referral from Mark Meadows alleging Nellie Ohr gave knowingly false statements in her testimony before Congress regarding (1) Nellie’s testimony that she had no knowledge of the DOJ’s Trump/Russia investigation; (2) her testimony that she had no knowledge of the DOJ’s β€œinvestigations on Russia.”

The fact that Nellie Ohr, wife of senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr, lied to Congress has been essentially established for a number of years. The Congressional referral discusses emails from the DOJ asking Bruce Ohr if his wife could speak with DOJ officials regarding her Russia research. Bruce asked Nellie if she would speak to the DOJ, to which Nellie emailed β€œSure!” Nellie would later provide these officials with her Russia analysis.

But the Congressional referral just scratched the surface. Nellie’s β€œopen-source research”, compiled while employed by Fusion GPS, was passed to the FBI by Bruce Ohr on a number of occasions. Recall that the subjects of her research included Paul Manafort, Carter Page, and Michael Flynn. Based on the timing of the disclosures (December 2016, for example) and internal FBI documents, Nellie Ohr’s research was used to help corroborate the Steele Dossier. Funny how that worked: a Fusion GPS employee corroborating a Fusion GPS work product. But it gets worse - Nellie Ohr’s research also informed and contributed to the Steele Dossier.

Before the Congressional referral was released, Nellie Ohr lied to Congress about the date she received her HAM radio license. Nellie testified that she received her HAM license in 2015, stating it was β€œwell before” her employment at Fusion GPS. Records we received via FOIA showed her HAM license was applied for, and granted on, May 23, 2016 – during her employment at Fusion GPS.

China’s rare earth restrictions halt first auto industry production lines. πŸ˜†

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#tradewar #winning

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Yep, and I think Putin's had enough. Ukraine better expect massive missile attacks at all major cities now.

It didn't help things to have Lindsey Graham & Blumenthal in Ukraine at the time of the drone attacks in Russia with news saying the US provided assistance in the planning of it.

What the hell is Trump even being told about these aggressions by our DOD & CIA?

Trump-Musk feud escalates: What happened? And what comes next?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/6/trump-musk-feud-escalates-what-happened-and-what-comes-next?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Billionaires are donating to cops in hopes of ensuring their loyalty and securing their protection from non-billionaires. (See also Ben Horowitz’s donation of Cybertrucks to the LVPD)
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Cloudflare is used by some real troublemakers for exactly the opposite of what it claims. The different Cloudflare net blocks are very different from each other in their behavior, just exactly like #Fastly, which owns an Israeli spyware company and half of it's addresses are a threat you should block. (Fastly 146... was an #Israeli spyware company, that was absorbed by Fastly)
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#Cloudflare #Fastly Furthermore, Fastly owns #Medallia which is itself spyware posing as a survey business. When a company asks you to take a 3rd party survey, isn't this a simple enough task for them to manage?
Not the way Medalia does it, to you. πŸ˜‰
And who owns all these companies?
Investment bankers. It's not too hard to find this in the business journals and wikipedia, but it changes. It changes when a corporation is so disgraced it's name becomes known.
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CNN's Jim Acosta on covering the Trump White House
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cnns-jim-acosta-on-covering-the-trump-white-house/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump and Musk feud explodes online and turns personal nbcnews.com/politics/white-hou…

Jim Gaffigan says cheeseburgers are in "grave danger"
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jim-gaffigan-says-cheeseburgers-are-in-grave-danger/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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