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I discovered the hard way last night why there's really no such thing as surf & turf soups.

Finally installed a proper flagpole on the front of my house with a pride flag.
I was concerned about doing this in the past, because my neighborhood had *a lot* of Trump flags a few years back, but I figured that I, a well-armed cis white male homeowner, have enough security that I can afford to make myself a bit of a target to show solidarity for the kids in the neighborhood.

I tried mounting the flag on the back of my house a week ago (that faces a public park; it wouldn't have been hidden), but the very same day, a storm took it down. Guess I should have used real mounting hardware, huh? (Or just pissed off God less? lol). I used proper 3" wood screws on this one, so let's see what happens when the next squall comes blowing by.

@chrishudsonjr Even on the most basic level, he thinks Apollo *11* is the first time they tried it?

That's some aggressive stupidity.

Heard a small explosion nearby. Probably a transformer blew after the recent storm. My power is still on, thankfully, but I do see power company cherry-pickers driving by.

Now, can we stop talking about it?

John Proffitt  
Called it 2 days ago. Implosion. They died Sunday. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/titanic-sub-titan-debris-field-search-area-latest

When I moved to ten years ago, I got used to regular evening in the pretty quick.

But it definitely seems like, lately, they're much more intense. They used to be wet, but tame. Now, they regularly have gusts strong enough to take down my awning/flagpole and a chunk of the wood siding it was attached to.

If this is any indication of what kind of a fall we'll have, I'm really not looking forward to hurricane season.

Then again, I'm a Floridian, so "not looking forward to season" just means I'll buy a little more bottled water and call it a day.

@Talen_Lee @NoraReed only if you're talking about someone from the region previously known as cisalpine Gaul. Otherwise it's just sparkling gender.

@rlux Agreed. Apathy is fine, but when someone crosses the line and openly wishes for the death of other human beings, they've taken a turn down a very dark path, whether they realize it yet or (more likely) not.

I can't believe this is even a question. This is *clearly* an anti-competitive merger. It should be blocked without a second question.

Adi Robertson  
The FTC and Microsoft are squaring off over the Activision Blizzard merger, and @tomwarren is posting through it https://www.theverge.com/23768244/...

Okay, I'm officially sick of hearing about the poor rich people in their submarine.

@Pat Just you wait. They'll find a way to advertise to you, just like they found a way to tax electric car owners who don't have to otherwise pay gas tax.

@w7voa Would definitely be a preferable alternative to Trump or DeSantis...

@trinsec Nah, I've never woken up while going to sleep before. It just means I need to avoid jumping from cliffs and airplanes (probably good advice anyway). And I've got to stop drinking any kind of liquid so I never need to pee again.

@trinsec The dishes were much more work than the bags, so if I do have to wake up again, it'll probably be as an Egyptian slave working on the pyramids or something. Gonna enjoy this reality while it lasts.

Then I washed a bunch of dishes and cleaned up the house.

Did... did I just get inceptioned by my mom?

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