[–] 11 points 1 week ago

It's infuriating how they're desperate to insert themselves into the act of cognition itself. Thinking is free, and as they see it, anything you do for free is money rightfully theirs denied them. It absolutely galls them that you can think for yourself and not pay them rent for the privilege.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 week ago (16 children)

    I don't really have an opinion on this, but it feels really weird. Though elected to the rôle, Pope Leo is one of the world's last absolute monarchs, answerable to no one. Partly because of this the Vatican isn't even in the U.N.

    Like I said, no real opinion on it, and I suppose that legally there's no reason to keep an absolute monarch from voting in U.S. elections—it's not like dual citizenship isn't absolutely normal—but it does feel strange somehow to have a monarch vote in a republic's elections.

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  • [+] -12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    Meh. Not a surprise to anyone watching from the sidelines that version 1.0 shows some flaws. There’s a reason I wouldn’t buy anyone’s first swing at a foldable.

    At least they’ve got a stellar engineering team. I’d expect future iterations to be solid.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    It’s a little boring, but it’s a start. A slightly boring meal never hurt anyone. I wouldn’t shame him for trying; I’d say “Thank you very much,” and instead offer to collaborate if he ever felt like expanding his repertoire.

    Not a knee-jerk answer, but here we are.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago*

    I’m in Seattle and live further north than the majority of Canadians. Canada reaches as far south as Northern California’s latitude, and if you live in East Tennessee, you’re closer to Canada than you are to Memphis.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

    As little Donny Two-Scoops has taken us to war with Iran, this makes his statement literal treason.

    We have a treason-spouting Republican for president. If you're older than your twenties or so, that's one of those statements you just have to let sit and soak for a minute. For all their faults—and they are legion—the party has always cast itself as defender of America's ideals. Yet a Republican president is spouting literal treason, and the response from his party? Crickets.

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    The view of a 2024 Crust Romanceür from West Seattle at dawn, reproducing an earlier post with a new frame.

    The bike was rebuilt after getting t-boned by a red-light runner in January of 2024 which destroyed the bike, broke my pelvis, snapped my left femur, turned my left tibia and fibula into a jigsaw puzzle of seven major pieces, and shattered my right knee's condyle.

    Now I've got 39 titanium pins, screws, bolts, rods, and a plate inside me, but am back on the bike. First ride was December of 2024, 11 months after getting hit. Nearly every part was salvaged from the old bike, only having to replace mudguards and a tacoed rear wheel.

    At some point I'll have to put together a timeline post of the wrecked bike, x-rays, and this rebuilt one.

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