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The Treachery Of Lemmy Shitpost
Ceci n'est pas une robinet
I happened to notice today that the "Itchy and Scratch Land" episode of The Simpsons aired just over 30 years ago (on Oct. 2nd, 1994). That means that, for a full 3 decades now, I have checked every single gift, souvenir, and tourist shop I've been in for a Bort plate. Its not obsessive and I'm not going out of my way, but if I see a rack of novelty license plates I make a point to look for Bort. Anyone else, or am I alone in this particular pop culture predilection?
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I had a grey pocket t-shirt I wore regularly for almost a decade, until it was finally too threadbare to go on.
It was comfortable like it was a size too big, but it actually fit pretty well. It was just the right length so it wasn't too long but also I could raise my arms straight up without exposing any of my belly and causing sinful thoughts in others. The neck was loose and comfortable but didn't sag in the front. It never really shrank or altered shape despite hundreds of trips through the drier. And somehow, in all that time, I never got any food on it I couldn't get out.
It was the perfect t-shirt.
Thought about posting this to lemmybewholesome, but thought it might not fit everyone's definition.
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My first thought was, "I'll never be able to unsee that." And for a Halloween decoration, I'd call that an A+.
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If we're being super pedantic about it: mirrors don't need glass (or anything else) over the reflective surface. Through most of human history, mirror kissers wouldn't have experienced that separation. And thus there was no bad luck (just to bring it back around to shitpost territory).
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Always take protection to a swingers party.
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Linux swinger parties: On the way in you drop a thumb drive loaded with a distro installer in a fishbowl, then spend 30 minutes drinking energy drinks and dunking on MS, then grab a random thumb drive on your way out. That's your new daily driver.
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All of Neil's insecurity and bravado stem from him not being able to kiss himself on the forehead
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There's another species of polar bear the lives among the brass forests of northern Canada.
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Pornitor would be a great name for the bad guy if they ever make Orgazmo 2: The Search for Larry the Lighting Guy's Gold.
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the universe has forsaken me at DuckDuckGo
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At least your Hyundai had a working rearview mirror so you had another way to see behind you.
[via](https://mastodon.world/@AaronDavid/113240135051001241)
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My self-hosted stuff is intranet only apart from the VPN I used to access remotely. My blog is a Hugo site currently hosted on GitHub.
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If they just wanted telemetry they'd just "enhance it" they way they did with the monstrosity that is new Paint or AI assisted notepad.
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The weird get weirder. He apparently spent $4000 to smash a guitar that was next to a signature. > A man who for some reason smashed up a guitar with a hammer in Texas may have thought it had been signed by Taylor Swift — but it was not, in fact, an official Swift-certified guitar. > But contrary to media reports, the guitar the man destroyed had not been signed by Swift — and was not a certified official guitar used by the singer, a source close to her merch company confirmed to Variety. The organization that held the auction, the Ellis County WildGame Dinner, presented the guitar with a signed CD insert but the guitar itself was not signed.
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My first thought was that the restaurant would never survive against McDonalds without him.
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> Some North Carolina cities were forecasted to receive 10 times their monthly rainfall amount. > The emergency flash flood warning issued by the NWS says that at least 3,000 people are at risk of emergency flooding downstream of the Broad River and Lake Lure Dam This is in additional to the flash flood warnings happening all over the state.
Thanks to Costco fueled bulk buying, between the last time I bought deodorant and this week, my deodorant changed from the Scent of Adventure to the Scent of Cypress. So is Cypress the sum total of adventure or an overdue respite?
I don't know why my brain connected Trump's "a concept of a plan" and his obsession with Hannibal (Lecter, but I went with Smith), but here you go.
I used to think Bob was right, "a lot of numbers are divisible by 3" and so its a bad mnemonic. But, on the other hand, I have an easier time remembering the Belcher's anniversary than my own.
Surprisingly good quality for something from 80's cable TV. In 2024 the first thing that struck me was that I can barely remember the last time I cared about what was in the mailbox.
A very early performance from TMBG, back when Letterman was still on NBC. February 1989 performing They'll Need a Crane I love their old TV performances. Especially the Conan appearances. If there's an audience for it I'll post the best (video/audio) quality ones I can find, from time to time.
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I'm pretty sure this is a new sentence for me: I'm glad I haven't been to the zoo in a few years.
[Original post](https://mstdn.social/@JenniferJorgenson/112984299500248164) via [JenniferJorgenson@mstdn.social](https://mstdn.social/@JenniferJorgenson)
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> LED screens designed to show the current Powerball Jackpot were affected in seemingly random locations, including billboards in Coos Bay, Albany and Portland between Aug. 12 and 14. Roughly four of the affected billboards were in the Portland area. > One of the affected billboards was recorded by Reddit user “HanginWithMrPooper” near the intersection of 68th Ave. and Halsey Street in Northeast Portland.
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Stratasys is claiming infringements on patents it owns (included ones acquired from Makerbot) on things like purge towers, heated beds, and force detection. Many of them things common to most FFF/FDM 3D printers. Its an interesting coincidence that this lawsuit against one printer maker is happening on the same day as a new product announcement (the [Prusa MK4s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO2MaQrUcqE)) from another major printer maker. > In two complaints, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, against six entities related to Bambu Lab, Stratasys alleges that Bambu Lab infringed upon 10 patents that it owns, some through subsidiaries like Makerbot (acquired in 2013). Among the patents cited are US9421713B2, "Additive manufacturing method for printing three-dimensional parts with purge towers," and US9592660B2, "Heated build platform and system for three-dimensional printing methods." > There are not many, if any, 3D printers sold to consumers that do not have a heated bed, which prevents the first layers of a model from cooling during printing and potentially shrinking and warping the model. "Purge towers" (or "prime towers" in Bambu's parlance) allow for multicolor printing by providing a place for the filament remaining in a nozzle to be extracted and prevent bleed-over between colors.
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The SLAPP seems to working as intended. > An advertising industry initiative targeted by an Elon Musk lawsuit is "discontinuing" its activities and has deleted the member list from its website. > Stephan Loerke, the CEO of the WFA, wrote in an email to members, seen by Business Insider, that the decision was "not made lightly" but that GARM is a not-for-profit organization with limited resources. > Today, the House Judiciary GOP's official account on X called GARM being discontinued a "big win for the First Amendment" and a "big win for oversight." X CEO Linda Yaccarino also applauded the news.
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Originally set to return in mid-June, Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams may be on the station until February, 2025. > During a press conference today, NASA representatives confirmed they have a contingency plan to bring astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams home from the International Space Station (ISS) early next year. If they’re unable to leave sooner aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that brought them there > Tests conducted at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility pointed to deformed Teflon seals being a potential cause of the Starliner’s thrusters failing, but the agency isn’t expected to make a final decision on whether or not Williams and Wilmore will return using Boeing’s spacecraft until mid-August.
I used the phrase "the unusual one" this morning, and half way through I started to hear it in Jen's voice. What are some other favorite Jen moments?
Back in the 00s there was a Canadian nature show called The Nature Nut (hosted by John Acorn) that did an episode of dedicated to beavers. It featured a catchy kids tune [Big Wet Rodent Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLB3LDNCXA) that got some internet attention back then... mostly in kids music circles- never mind what age I was. At some point people decided this celebratory day was July 26th and we'd celebrate the beavers, nutria, [coypu](https://retrieverman.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/happy-big-wet-rodent-day/), and alike every year. [Full Episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6QwnkY6gY) of the Nature Nut episode in question\ Same episode, [timestamped to the original song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6QwnkY6gY) *With beavers large and muskrats small\ We stop to celebrate them all\ The glory of a beaver dam\ That makes you say I am (that makes me say I am)\ A big wet rodent fan.*
> Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office outlining his decision not to seek reelection, his first on-camera remarks since making that announcement on Sunday. In addition to explaining why he is ending his candidacy, he listed off his priorities for his remaining time as president. > “And I’m going to call for Supreme Court reform, because this is critical to our democracy,” Biden said. > Multiple outlets have reported that Biden is considering proposals to establish term limits for Supreme Court justices and an enforceable ethics code for those on the high court.
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As an AWS focused solutions/systems architect, I've been feeling this for the last 10ish months too. I attended the first 9 re:Invent conferences (up until Covid upended things) but I was glad I didn't attend last year; and re:Inforce sounds like it was even worse.
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