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stupidjim

@stupidjim@mastodon.social

Hi there! My name is Jim, from #europe, and I'm drawing silly comics about silly people. Oh, comics can contain sarcasm. It may show a different opinion than the mainstream. Oh my.

Updated every week!

Coming from a different instance? See all my comics here: https://mastodon.social/@stupidjim

#webcomic #neutral #comic #fair #funny #silly

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CelloMomOnCars, to solar
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Smelting Without Fossil Fuels: Power Shatters the 1,000°C Barrier for Industrial Heating

"Swiss researchers have developed a solar energy method using synthetic quartz to achieve temperatures above 1,000°C for industrial processes, potentially replacing fossil fuels in the production of materials like steel and cement."

https://scitechdaily.com/smelting-steel-without-fossil-fuels-solar-power-shatters-the-1000c-barrier-for-industrial-heating/

Caveat: this is a lab result, albeit a promising one.

stupidjim,
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@CelloMomOnCars

This would be amazing and save TONS of co2 from being emitted.

The only hurdle now is to block oil & gas investors from stopping to use this method.

stupidjim,
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@CelloMomOnCars

Sounds like a start up like any new technology. :)

QasimRashid, (edited ) to random
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BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announces he is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leadership Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, & Ismail Haniyeh, and Israeli leadership PM Benjamin Netanyahu & Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Both parties are charged with multiple specific war crimes. Both parties must stand trial. No one is above the law as this is how we protect international rules based order. Posting a detailed analysis soon.

stupidjim,
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@QasimRashid

Yes but has anybody ever sought arrest warrants for the US?

It's always other people, just never the US and the evidences are flowing over the bucket by now.

If nobody is above the law then it would be great to actually see the system work properly, unless it's 'nobody is above US law', which would be a thick scam.

hape_boenki, to linux German
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Wer würde denn auf die Idee kommen, dass Waze auch ins Google-Imperium gehört? Ich erst mal nicht als Laie. Da könnte ich ja gleich bei Maps bleiben. Und bei Waze bin ich wohl teilweise sogar völlig gläsern, da andere Fahrer mich "sehen" können.

Was bleibt noch als Alternative, wenn man aus Google raus will?

stupidjim,
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@caos @raulo @fuersi @organicmaps @hape_boenki

Biste gerade 'lokjo.com' vergessen.

@Lokjo

nocontexttrek, to StarTrek
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image/jpeg

stupidjim,
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@nocontexttrek Was this made before or after Red Dwarf?

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Generation Z forced the world to stop and respond to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. In return, they are being punished by the same system implicated in the killing.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/do-no-harm-a-week-in-the-life-of-democracy-and-the-betrayal-of-the-university-student/


@palestine @israel

stupidjim,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

One word: US corporations.

There's a lot of gas on palestine territory (just like in the Ukrain) and they'll do everything to justify a war, to get those juicy minerals through Israel/Ukrainian domination.

derpostillon, to random German
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Italien ist weg https://www.der-postillon.com/2009/05/italien-ist-weg.html

stupidjim,
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@derpostillon

Ja schön und so aber wo hole ich jetzt verdammt noch mal meine pizza? Wieder mal die Lidl sauerei?

Mastodon, to mastodon
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forms new 501(c)(3) non-profit entity with new board of directors in the United States to facilitate tax-deductible donations and in-kind support:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

stupidjim,
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@Mastodon

I figured you were doing business in the US after your former post 2 weeks ago...

I just really really hope the ONLY non-american social platform in europe will not be influenced one-way-or-the-other by americans corporations.

Really.

See the power of US corporations (instead of EU products..) for europeans here in this 2 minute survey: https://www.lokjo.com/eu

mcc, to random
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Surreal moment: there was a dude shooting a rap video in Kensington Market, but what this looked like was him standing on a street corner holding a big microphone and rapping into it in complete silence. Just really going ham, big gestures and facial expressions but making no noise whatsoever. His cameraman was way on the other side of the intersection and I didn't see him at first so for a moment it just appeared this man was trapped in a pocket dimension in which a rap video was occuring

stupidjim,
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@mcc Was it an older brown guy with a red fishing-ish hat? Cause I had one standing next to me a while ago on an crowded street, doing exactly that. (without microphone though)

derpostillon, to random German
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Studie: Hühner aus Freilandhaltung geben deutlich mehr Milch https://www.der-postillon.com/2015/05/studie-huhner-aus-freilandhaltung-geben.html

stupidjim,
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@derpostillon

"bevor die Hühner im Herbst in den Süden fliegen."

Ich WUSSTE es.

linguistgoneforeign, to Korean
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This week in ✨

If you are into languages, you are probably familiar with those conversations with your multilingual friends: you take arbitrary elements from the languages you both speak, and randomly squeeze them together into sentences.

That is any regular Monday for the Swiss. Schwyzdüütsch, a.k.a. German is a colorful amalgamation of German, French and Italian.



Subscribe and don't miss any comics! 💌

https://linguistgoneforeign.wordpress.com/

stupidjim,
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@linguistgoneforeign

While living in germany not for long I once had a german friend telling me she build her own closet, so me in reply said 'wow, du bist schlimm!' (when 'slim' in dutch means 'smart')

Her face skewed and she threw a rant but after some explanation we had a good laugh, but yeah, languages can be funny sometimes mixing them up!

jensorensen, to Columbia
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Latest comic: Where's the crisis?

(Drawn before events of last week, but still relevant!)

#protest #columbia #gaza #college #firstamendment #cartoon #uspol

stupidjim,
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@jensorensen

Has any media reported about the gas and oil fields on Palestinian territory yet? You know, the one US (media) investors have interest in and might be the reason they're trying to justify a war?

Just raising a little point here.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israel-gives-nod-gaza-marine-gas-development-wants-security-assurances-2023-06-18/

stupidjim, to politics
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If you think Russia is bad for invading a country, wait till you find out what the US has been doing in the last 80 years.

mcc, to random
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Web traffic analytics company's new figures find that at the moment Windows 10's market share is continuing to go up while Windows 11's market share is actually going down https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-reaches-70-market-share-as-windows-11-keeps-declining/

stupidjim,
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@mcc

Knowing corporations a bit, I wouldn't be surprised if soon windows 10 'surprisingly' would get some serious bugs/hacks etc.

See it as the Apple trick, trashing older phones to push people to get the newer one. (because god forbid people would be smart enough to get a fair product from another company.........)

pvonhellermannn, to random
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Great news: UK university divests from Israel-linked arms companies following pressure

“The University of York has been forced to divest from weapons and arms manufacturers tied to Israel after a series of protests from a student-led coalition.”

Protest works!

https://www.newarab.com/news/uk-university-divests-israel-linked-arms-companies

stupidjim,
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@pvonhellermannn

Eeehh... universities investing in arms&weapens?....

What the holy hell.

ralphruthe, to random German
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"The First Slam Dunk" von Takehiko Inoue - Heilige Scheiße, was für ein Müll. Absurd flache bis sinnlose Dialoge und eine Geschichte, die man in 25 Minuten hätte erzählen können (der Film dauert 2 Stunden). Der Regisseur weiß selbst nicht, was er da überhaupt macht - Sportfilm, Drama, over-the-top-Anime-Action? Worum geht es, was sind die Regeln, was wollen die Figuren? Niemand weiß es.
Ich hab nichts gefühlt - Außer Langeweile.
5/10 (weil super animiert)

stupidjim,
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@ralphruthe

Das hört sich an als ob die USA sich da etwas reingemischt haben...

linguistgoneforeign, to Israel
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    stupidjim,
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    @linguistgoneforeign

    Thanks for the sharing!

    renchap, (edited ) to random French
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    Mastodon now supports automatic switching between the light and dark theme, depending on your system setting.

    It will be available in the upcoming 4.3 version, or is already there if your instance runs the nightly code.

    You can switch to this new automatic theme in your Appearance preferences. Instance admins can also set it as the default theme (I just did it on mastodon.social and mastodon.online).

    This has been done in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/29748, thanks a lot to @nshki for the initial PR!

    stupidjim,
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    @renchap How does the automatic switching actually work? I mean, what does it do?

    stupidjim, to bluesky
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    Uncle sam is at it again.

    It's not that they don't tollerate european social media in europe, it's just a coincidence having only US ones here.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Imagine really caring what gender someone is. The only reason you would really care is if you intend to treat one gender in a different way than the other.

    "I don't know what to call them!"

    Call them by their goddamn name.

    stupidjim,
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    @RickiTarr I'm still confused by what people want. First they say 'everybody's equal' and the next thing we have 'gay limpics', 'womans-nights', and 'TGQNB only'.

    I'm fine with all of them but are getting a little bit confused about what the heck they want: equal or not?

    Sherifazuhur, to palestine
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    Sweden Resumes Payments to UNRWA @palestine

    https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4901276-sweden-resumes-payments-unrwa

    stupidjim,
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    @Sherifazuhur @palestine And that while being a fresh part of NATO? Wow.

    lzg, to random
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    stupidjim,
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    @lzg You spelled 'corporations' wrong.

    DJDarren, to random
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    Met an excellent chimney today.

    stupidjim,
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    @DJDarren Tip of the hat to that, Sir.

    annaleen, to random
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    I reviewed two fascinating new books about surveillance systems in the United States and China for @nytimes -- both Byron Tau's Means of Control and Minxin Pei's The Sentinel State argue that the real problem is overreaching law enforcement, not newfangled tech. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/books/review/means-of-control-byron-tau-the-sentinel-state-minxin-pei.html

    stupidjim,
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    @annaleen There's a 'beyond Palantir'? Ok thanks will look into it.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Something I've noticed a lot lately, is that especially Boomer women, but honestly, women in general, don't seem to ask for what they want or need in a direct way. I notice this a lot with my Mom and her friends. Instead of just asking for what they need directly they tell a story, to ask in a roundabout way. For instance, my Mom needed help this morning, and Instead of just saying, "Hey, I dropped my remote, can you pick it up for me?" She tells a one minute story about what happened, no ask, and eventually I get the point, and then suggest that I come pick it up. Or if one of her friends wants to do something like have a birthday party for a friend, they don't say "We should have a party!" They say, It's Sarah's Birthday coming up, you know she likes surprises, what does everyone think we should do?"

    I often wonder if this is why older people think younger women are rude and demanding, because younger people often just ask for what they want and need in a more direct way. But also it's probably just straight up sexism, because men are supposed to make decisions, and women are supposed to make suggestions.

    What do you all think? Is this just me? Have you experienced something similar?

    stupidjim,
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    @RickiTarr This is where it shows that newer generations are learnign from older ones and start to break free.

    Older generations aren't 'bad', they just got tought that way, like newer generations are now in a new way.

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