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"technology is real when americans announce making it" vs "technology is real when you can get it off alibaba at all price ranges"

@anarchiv "average person owns 14 Thinkpads" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person only has 1 Thinkpad. Thinkpad Hans, who lives in Stuttgart & owns over 10000 Thinkpads, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

the oceangate claim of "we used carbon fibre from boeing" suddenly makes a lot more sense, huh

“the side fell off” catching up on recent alaska airlines flights on tiktok

haven’t told anyone to “just fucking google it” in a while

i haven’t suddenly become a better person, it’s just google doesn’t really work any more

this is a distribution map of honeybees, I find the fuck-no hole in the middle hilarious

still quite a lot of empty space, give silkscreen ideas please?

I've appropriately adjusted my expectations for this sushi restaurant.

properly defined guides and standards like these are why not only floss but any graphic-design-is-my-passion "material" "design" UI will never beat windows 95

(h/t tumblr.com/weaselsblaugh/73871 for more dissertation about it)

It's incredible how much space is given to a few people in motor vehicles vs so many more people on foot or wheels. It's a vast inequity.

Nowhere is this more stark than #ShibuyaCrossing; the world's busiest pedestrian crossing with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. Compared to around 12 cars fromone direction of the junction in one sequence. #Urbanism #CitiesForPeople

‪have you tried making up a girl to experience joy vicariously through? have you tried making up a girl who reminds yourself so strongly of who you want to be that you can't help but follow in her footsteps?‬

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A lot has been said about Steamboat Willie entering the public domain in 2024. But also, 2024 is the year "The House at Pooh Corner" by A.A. Milne enters public domain, which is the book introducing the character Tigger.

there's something to be said for learning a new language. even one from a relatively similar culture to your own can be enlightening. for example, before learning swedish, i did not realise that “rule of law” is an anglo-american concept. it's not so commonly used in swedish.

Huge yikes.

Kagi is now partnering with Brave to power its search results — and they seem to be dismissing their users’ concerns regarding this partnership with a company that’s notorious for being led by a proud anti gay rights supporter.

Just as I’ve consistently advised against using Brave’s products, I now advise against using Kagi as long as it contributes to a homophobic business.

There can be no neutral politics when it comes to people’s rights and lives.

kagifeedback.org/d/2808-recons

one of the annoying things about being a person who occasionally writes speculative fiction is that sometimes you'll have a momentary misunderstanding or incorrect thought and instead of just going "heh, that was weird and wrong" and going about your day, you'll stop and spend an hour thinking about BUT WHAT IF IT WAS SO? HOW WOULD THIS CHANGE SOCIETY? WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS?

which is great if you're looking for story ideas, of course, but sometimes you have other stuff to do.

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