a kilo of saucepans (rakslice)
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headline picture: the middle of a nautical chart, DFO chart 6451 to be specific
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headline picture: the middle of a nautical chart, DFO chart 6451 to be specific
Pinned
reference: www.csmonitor.com/1991/1107/07...
(just reposting the sign so I can tap it again, since pinned tweets time out here)
(just reposting the sign so I can tap it again, since pinned tweets time out here)
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
LRP: hits different because it's the uk who have been through thick and thin with 'em over the last 25+ years
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
LRP: hits different because it's the uk who have been through thick and thin with 'em over the last 25+ years
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UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean
UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean
Rare rupture between military allies comes as concerns grow over Trump administration’s lethal sinking of boats
Britain has suspended the sharing of intelligence with the US on suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.
Such a decision – a rare rupture between the normally close military allies – would indicate that the UK does not believe the Trump administration’s controversial practice of sinking boats allegedly used by drug traffickers is legal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
UK pauses intelligence-sharing with US on suspected drug vessels in Caribbean
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draw distance too low for aurora
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
draw distance too low for aurora
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I have only known one air traffic controller, a friend of a friend, really nice guy who talks fast and is very funny and can keep an insane number of unrelated ideas circulating in his head at once
it is, to paraphrase liam neeson, a particular set of skills. would not antagonize
it is, to paraphrase liam neeson, a particular set of skills. would not antagonize
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I have only known one air traffic controller, a friend of a friend, really nice guy who talks fast and is very funny and can keep an insane number of unrelated ideas circulating in his head at once
it is, to paraphrase liam neeson, a particular set of skills. would not antagonize
it is, to paraphrase liam neeson, a particular set of skills. would not antagonize
misplaced some local useful files re windows retrocomputing and having to search for some interesting numbers to find them again, so I am rapidly reacquainting myself with the state of affairs in windows land
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
misplaced some local useful files re windows retrocomputing and having to search for some interesting numbers to find them again, so I am rapidly reacquainting myself with the state of affairs in windows land
LB: this, but also the fact that it's softbank considering their track record
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
LB: this, but also the fact that it's softbank considering their track record
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Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
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For both the NHS and the BBC- we pay for it. We are entitled to it. We are entirely within our rights to point out when it is not fit for purpose without having to worry about it being taken away if we aren't nice enough about it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
For both the NHS and the BBC- we pay for it. We are entitled to it. We are entirely within our rights to point out when it is not fit for purpose without having to worry about it being taken away if we aren't nice enough about it.
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My feelings about the BBC are largely in line with my feelings about the NHS.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My feelings about the BBC are largely in line with my feelings about the NHS.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
LRP: as much as such films operate on some level as apologia, the fact of putting a certain number of counterexamples in plain sight is how you turn dumb bullshit platitudes about commitment to the rule of law into an albatross made of obvious lies they have decided to wear for some reason
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
LRP: as much as such films operate on some level as apologia, the fact of putting a certain number of counterexamples in plain sight is how you turn dumb bullshit platitudes about commitment to the rule of law into an albatross made of obvious lies they have decided to wear for some reason
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The sad violins documentary about how sad it made Israeli soldiers to do genocidal war crimes for more than two years straight because "an order is an order" will of course be prohibited by Israeli censors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The sad violins documentary about how sad it made Israeli soldiers to do genocidal war crimes for more than two years straight because "an order is an order" will of course be prohibited by Israeli censors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
LRP: but also, like, maintain overall situational awareness; a handful of people you already knew were dipshits caved, and that's all it takes because the coin toss is standing on its edge, therefore losing a first round that most people consider just theatrics anyway: what of it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
LRP: but also, like, maintain overall situational awareness; a handful of people you already knew were dipshits caved, and that's all it takes because the coin toss is standing on its edge, therefore losing a first round that most people consider just theatrics anyway: what of it?
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It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s not about “purity politics” or whatever the current buzzword is, it’s about making sure that, at critical moments, you didn’t put up a popular coward who’ll fail every trolley problem they’re handed
LB: I don't know to how to break it to people that there are countries where you can imagine in some universe companies potentially waiting for a subpoena to disclose all your data to the authorities and that isn't one of them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_...
Stored Communications Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
LB: I don't know to how to break it to people that there are countries where you can imagine in some universe companies potentially waiting for a subpoena to disclose all your data to the authorities and that isn't one of them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_...
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I heard on a report about the “Word of the Year” nominations that people around here have taken to calling ChatGPT チャッピー, that is… Chappie. An interesting coincidence.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I heard on a report about the “Word of the Year” nominations that people around here have taken to calling ChatGPT チャッピー, that is… Chappie. An interesting coincidence.
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in conclusion, there is no practical, moral or legal reason for these strikes
but they keep happening
but they keep happening
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
in conclusion, there is no practical, moral or legal reason for these strikes
but they keep happening
but they keep happening
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-they are ineffective (drugs of all sorts come across land borders far more frequently than by sea)
-they are ineffective (killing small fish/crew uninvolved in drug production at scale)
-they are immoral (killing innocents)
-they are not reversible (you can't unkill innocents)
-they are ineffective (killing small fish/crew uninvolved in drug production at scale)
-they are immoral (killing innocents)
-they are not reversible (you can't unkill innocents)
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
-they are ineffective (drugs of all sorts come across land borders far more frequently than by sea)
-they are ineffective (killing small fish/crew uninvolved in drug production at scale)
-they are immoral (killing innocents)
-they are not reversible (you can't unkill innocents)
-they are ineffective (killing small fish/crew uninvolved in drug production at scale)
-they are immoral (killing innocents)
-they are not reversible (you can't unkill innocents)
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there are several arguments against these strikes:
-they are not legal (use of military force unauthorized by congress)
-they are not legal (using the military to kill civilians)
-they are not needed (the coast guard does this, and arrests people, generating intelligence)
-they are expensive
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-they are not legal (use of military force unauthorized by congress)
-they are not legal (using the military to kill civilians)
-they are not needed (the coast guard does this, and arrests people, generating intelligence)
-they are expensive
+
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
there are several arguments against these strikes:
-they are not legal (use of military force unauthorized by congress)
-they are not legal (using the military to kill civilians)
-they are not needed (the coast guard does this, and arrests people, generating intelligence)
-they are expensive
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-they are not legal (use of military force unauthorized by congress)
-they are not legal (using the military to kill civilians)
-they are not needed (the coast guard does this, and arrests people, generating intelligence)
-they are expensive
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big freedom-is-slavery doublespeak energy
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
big freedom-is-slavery doublespeak energy