Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org
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So. Cal. engineer (hardware/software, retired, he/him), born at 313 ppm, musician, chef, now living in West Virginia. KW2P ham radio (the original social network), father of three, grandfather, astronomy, solar dynamics, photography, writing, birding, birdwatching, eBird, fountain pens, cats and dog, reader of banned books, Chairman of the Charcuterie Board, Whisk Manager, Compuserve refugee, founder of The Church of The Unwarranted Assumption. Crypto is short for cryptography. Blog: shuttersparks.net
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Still one of the best traditions out there. https://www.noradsanta.org/en/map
Merry Christmas, friends.
@black_intellect Yeah. Totally. I wrote an article about it many years ago.
Assuming Jesus actually existed, we have no date of birth. The only clue is he was born around tax time in the Roman Empire, which was in the spring.
The Church has always tried to piggyback its holidays onto existing pagan holidays and The Saturnalia was the choice for this one.
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My rebuttal: Which Nazi ideas have not already been considered and rejected? Which have been unfairly thrown out? Which of them do you feel it is vital to rescue and restore and list on the "marketplace of ideas?"
And when have Nazis ever been defeated in the way you suggest?
@JuliusGoat Brilliant. I'm stealing this.
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When Hillary Clinton called MAGA supporters “deplorables,” it was in the news forever. We still talk about it today. But when Trump called his political enemies “vermin”—actually invoking the words of Adolf Hitler—the press just moves on like it’s nothing. They are failing us.
@ErosBlog @cstross I have big problems with the fact that they exist at all, but I always thought it was cool that Palantir tells you exactly who they are and what they strive to do, right in the name, if you're literate enough to pick up on the reference. Most are not and it goes right over their heads.
@lovelylovely He doesn't change his adult diapers often enough.
@lovelylovely Breathtaking hypocrisy is to be expected when you live in a fantasy world full of falsehoods. Rational thinking becomes unnecessary. This appeals to lazy people.
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Things I have SEEN while shopping 2 days before #Christmas in a small #NewZealand city:
1. An elderly lady drawing willies wearing Santa hats on the walls of a public loo. She was emphatic that they "represent life's funny little ways"
2. A sweaty looking middle-aged guy in a discount garden centre bellowing "Darl, you like flowery shit, right?" at presumably the love of his life. Her profanity was audible and delightful for onlookers.
3. A woman in her twenties standing in the cheese section of the local supermarket, obviously completely overwhelmed. A sales assistant came up, put a hand on her shoulder and said "It's all gonna be okay, love. In five days it'll all just be indigestion. You'll do fine."
4. A dad giving his young son a very serious lecture about the importance of getting his mum the perfect watering can. The lecture went on for at least 5 minutes. I know this because I was waiting to grab one of the watering cans myself. It was lovely and worth it though.
5. A little girl excitedly collecting as many teaspoons as she could in a kitchen store, yelling at her dad that "Mum needs SPOONS!"
6. A woman in the Christmas markets, obviously on the edge of tears, standing in front of a house plant stall asking "But which one has the right energy for a large family dinner?" The lovely Canadian running the stall suggested a cactus. She is now my hero.
7. And finally, an elderly man yelling "YOU BASTARDS DON'T HAVE ANY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" to a parking meter.
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To the conservatives who assert that the way to beat Trump is through the ballot box and not through litigation, he was beaten at the ballot box. In 2020. But then he fomented an insurrection in an effort to overturn being beaten at the ballot box. That’s why he has been indicted.
@run_atalanta @histoftech Haha. It's almost heaven to people who haven't seen much else.
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As vaccine deniers take control of state legislatures and push their attacks on public health, new data shows that contracting measles -- the prevention of which the deniers want to end -- has disastrous further effects.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesia
Make no mistake: anti-vaccine = pro-death.
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President Biden pardoned federal convictions for simple marijuana.
Thank you Sir.
@oldladyplays I made this argument 40 years ago in front of a school board. Sex has a billion years of design behind it. It's foolproof.
Do you think you're clever for figuring it out yourself? An idiot can figure it out. This is not an accident.
Teenagers are focused almost exclusively on sex. Every single thing they do is filtered through that focus. You're not going to change this no matter how much you think you ought to. We are designed to make babies.
From Nature's standpoint it is our ONLY relevant function. Yes. Only. Our only relevant function is to pass on our genes. Everything else is decoration. The big brains, high IQ, multitude of talents, all exist or are side-effects of improvements in our ability to win mates and pass on our genes.
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@shuttersparks I think it's because of the Colorado rulings. The first judge found that Trump did incite insurrection, and the appeals court affirmed it 7 to 0 (the 3 dissenters did not dissent on those grounds).
It has gone from a matter yet to be decided in court, to a matter that has been decided in court.
@GurdeepPandher Yes. Someday, maybe. I have one friend who lives in the Yukon and have considered a visit.
In my younger days, harsh winters were interesting and "fun". I'm old now so cold is no longer so interesting. Hahaha.
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#Trump #jan6 #Colorado #election #supremecourt #uspolitics
Seeing a lot of right-wing (#foxnews) articles crying how the #democrats are using the #courts to bypass the ballot box. Excuse me?
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So. Cal. engineer (hardware/software, retired, he/him), born at 313 ppm, musician, chef, now living in West Virginia. KW2P ham radio (the original social network), father of three, grandfather, astronomy, solar dynamics, photography, writing, birding, birdwatching, eBird, fountain pens, cats and dog, reader of banned books, Chairman of the Charcuterie Board, Whisk Manager, Compuserve refugee, founder of The Church of The Unwarranted Assumption. Crypto is short for cryptography. Blog: shuttersparks.net
#HamRadio
#Morse
#MorseCode
#Birding
#BirdWatching
#eBird
#wv
#WestVirginia
#food
#cooking
#astronomy
#physics
#engineering
#photography
#FountainPens
"To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire
Joined Nov 2022
