An LGBT group that advocates for a country that executes LGBT people, or even just people suspected of being queer. It was a very depressing double take.

That was years ago. Now, little surprises me. Humans are idiots and are extremely shortsighted when it comes to climate change and politics. It will be interesting to see if we can salvage things before there is a large scale ecosystem collapse.

Unlike Interstellar, there’s no portal that’s going to give us access to other earth-like worlds.

At one point, I got into indigenous history. Super interesting stuff, but I had to laugh when I read that they landed in a “new” area. They colonized the shit out of it and the poor mini-humans living there, and had a caste system that was apparently pretty brutal (no social mobility, low caste men were used as human sacrifices). Land was distributed for everyone, and nobody “owned” the land, but when a chief died, everyone got their lands redistributed by the new chief and his cabinet, despite it being “everyone’s land”.

Eventually the people had a massive war and collected all the power into one region, euro-style.

Then, Europeans came and colonized the shit out of them, such is the circle of life. Elsewhere in our region, a separate indigenous group practiced slavery, and would enslave people from raids far and wide too. Until they too were dommed by Europeans.

Anyways, this appears to be a serious chink in humanity’s armor, and it allows us to do some terrible things to each other (See Russia’s invasion and systematic slaughter of civilians in Bucha). It appears to be a crime of indifference and opportunity. We’ve apparently been taking each other’s shit since people apparently had shit to take. :/

I’d be fine with lab grown meat, I’d actually prefer it, for health and safety reasons. Real meat is dirty.

Thank you for what you do!

Someone on a weeklong school volunteering trip was sent home early for pooping in a urinal. It made waves even during summer vacation.

Are puppygirls more of a local thing, or a worldwide thing? And what are the criteria for being one? Does it have significant crossover with the pup/petplay community?

Because it’s saving me craploads of money to bike instead of drive. Our city put in protected bike lanes. It’s faster and cheaper than driving in traffic in a state with $5.60 gas.

The traditional ™️ heterosexual family with two kids and a bio dog. Which is totally fine too, in my book.

JK Rowling and the other TERFs have kinda ruined that term just like the american right soiled the flag.

I prefer “egalitarian” at this point, less loaded, and gender inclusive. I’m one of those radicals where I want non-traditional families, no gender roles, and all the vanilla straight stuff to all exist side by side in harmony.

Also, women’s clothes needs real pockets. And men need cuter clothes like shortalls. That’s a world I want to be a part of :)

The one thing I’m not egalitarian about- straight men need to be taught to pee sitting down, or at least lift the seat, damn. I know it’s not all of you, but there are a couple of animals out there that need help. :p

ATT Firefly, from a Lumia 920.

My text tone is the fatal error sound from XP:

https://youtu.be/kBNOZdXwzdg

Storage (tech), bike tires, many consumable parts. Almost all digital goods, too.

I might ask a librarian for good books on it. Investopedia can also help break things down.

My personal, unsolicited advice (edit: this is US-based advice, I’m not familiar with EU regs): I personally prefer low to medium risk stuff like the S&P 500 index funds and mutual funds. Max your 401k if your company matches it. Dump that into an IRA whenever you switch jobs. HSAs are a pretty decent deal if you live in the US and your company offers one.

Mostly, it’s about saving and investing whatever you have, and not spending all of your money. You don’t need to be a genius on this stuff. Lower risk investments + time = good outcomes. As you get higher paying jobs, keep investing more and more into your retirement and investment accounts.

For vocals, probably Constellations (Unplugged) by Dabu. This song can be found on less compressed platforms too, which I recommend

https://youtu.be/opQXCg1ZoVc

If we are talking in the magical sense, absolutely not, especially if it was proportional to crimes committed. Putin, Trump, XI, and Kim never would have made it to power, not to mention quite a few others.

I don’t really like it, but sometimes those types of cases are the only good ones with radiator clearance in a relatively small footprint.

I still miss this one, it was all metal and very close to an Apple G5 case, minus the compatibility issues.

Unfortunately, this case also couldn’t support radiators in any meaningful capacity, so I had to sell it. Currently using a Lian li case that I dislike, but it has damn good radiator support, and my PC is now completely silent.

My buddy started balding at 16. He held on for a number of years, but eventually we helped him rip the bandaid off and he shaved himself bald. Instantly looked younger again just because he didn’t have a ring of hair at 27 anymore. Honestly, it can look really cool if you shave it.

Universities are like little cities. I love all the different styles they have :)

It also shows the strength and resilience of an area. Places like that have weathered many booms and busts. It’s particularly interesting when one building has many styles, having been continuously occupied for hundreds of years. Or in some cases, even longer.

I want a conversation pit!

Transit (Bike/Bus/Rail) and Waze, sometimes Google maps just for more…global maps. (Eg, stuff like finding a campground on a map, or a certain bakery)