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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 14h

Where I live, buying beer at the self checkout is often considerably easier then buying baby formula at the self checkout, which is probably a metaphor for something or other.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so pleased that so many other people made this connection immediately.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he'll find some way of taking credit for it.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 1d

This is actually very common. Diego Luna grew up in Ottawa.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 2d

Well, there's the Minotaur. Head of a bull, torso of a man. Someone, somewhere is into it.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 2d

Which would solve the rude driver problem. And cause a big increase in the rude cyclists problem.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 2d

A haunted house, but every room is someone you swear you've never seen before who knows your name and wants to have a catch up conversation.

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

A haunted house but every room is just two people you have to help use the printer and one is older than you and the other is younger than you

Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 2d

I got hit by a bus in Charleston, SC turning right on red. It was going very slowly, so I wasn't hurt, just knocked down, but still not a great experience. And totally unnecessary!

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 2d

That would be a terrible constituency. Almost no one in those groups can vote. (Especially in states that ban felons from voting).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 3d

I know "Oh chatbots are great for autistic people, they provide an outlet to socialise with". Buddy, I am autistic and so socially awkward I could happily go weeks without speaking to anyone, and I have far too much dignity to talk to a chatbot.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 3d

At least once, there was a riot over a ballet. Culture has become debased.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 3d

Not that I agree with pretty much anything out of the Less Wrong crowd, but this does raise the question of why we have allowed individuals to amass the kind of capital that could build world destroying machines. Seems like we should have worried about this earlier.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 3d

We live in a complex society. No one can know everything. This is why we have whole systems for creating, credentialing, and monitoring experts. So that people (including experts in other areas!) can rely on them. Or I guess you can go with your brain worm vibes. I'm sure that works, too.

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 3d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 3d

YES

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 3d

Where I live, there are people on the street just handing out Bibles, why would you buy one?

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 4d

Hell, why not go full Catholic Church and bring back Magdalene Laundries? Then the supply of babies goes up and the single mothers have guaranteed employment! These guys should love that.

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Miss Hap @misshap.bsky.social · 4d

Powers that be, when I was 12: Now remember, never share any personal information online, even your name.

Me, at 40: This still seems like solid advice. Done.

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