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GrumpusNation

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Dadland, eh?

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GrumpusNation, to random
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@tvdv This is like a term of endearment or something?

GrumpusNation,
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@tvdv To be honest, the kids are getting far more useful phrases in Spanish…

Sheril, to art
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Explore ~14 billion years of time in this fascinating graphical summary of events from the Big Bang to the present day by talented artist Pablo Carlos Budassi.

Beginning at center of the spiral, every billion years is represented by a 90-degree stretch, with the exception of the last 500 million years represented as the last 90-degree stretch for greater detail. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/nature-timespiral-the-evolution-of-earth-from-the-big-bang/

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@Sheril I love stuff like this. While not nearly as visual, the framing of the universe and earth as 24hr clocks has always blown the kids' minds, too, to communicate large numbers: https://web.archive.org/web/20150325080603/http://cassian.memphis.edu/history/jmblythe/Global%20F05/UniversalClock.htm

thomasfuchs, to random
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RIP Henry

I’m gonna be offline for a while.

GrumpusNation,
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@thomasfuchs Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that. A beautiful creature…

flargh, to random
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“Foundation” vs “Dune”

Isaac Asimov: we’re headed for some bleak imperialist nonsense but humanity’s salvation will come from using math we haven’t discovered yet

Frank Herbert: we’re headed for some bleak imperialist nonsense but humanity’s salvation will come from tripping on drugs we haven’t discovered yet

GrumpusNation,
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@flargh Rush's 2112: we’re headed for some bleak imperialist nonsense but humanity’s salvation will come from a kick ass guitar solo we haven’t heard yet

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Working my way through ST:Lower Decks and glad I gave it a second chance. I abandoned the first episode about 10 minutes in—didn’t quite get the hook. But absolutely see why people think it’s some of the best new Trek out there. Recently watched ST:SNW S1 with no reservations, loved it; just started on S2, after being reassured it’s not all Gorn, all the time. Quite wonderful. I see they added a Guinan to the cast in the form of Carol Kane.

GrumpusNation,
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@glennf Both have certainly proven to be gateway drugs for a certain sassy teenager in this household, for whom TNG/DS9 & the like are too dated or baggage-heavy.

GrumpusNation, to animals
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Maybe the best side eye I’ll see all day (and I have two teenagers):

GrumpusNation, to random
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“Good job” is, of course, the only correct response here…

GrumpusNation,
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@derickr Poor Falstaff!

GrumpusNation, to random
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@lisamelton Well, thanks to Safari's ability to add user-created CSS files, which you probably know a lot about, it's come to this…

AshleyMarineP, to Parenting

The 6yo has informed me that he intends to open a cafe that sells coffee, swords, plants, and cookies. I don't see how this can fail.

☕ 🗡️ 🪴 🍪

GrumpusNation,
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@AshleyMarineP My 15YO will be first in line (minus the plants part, I guess, but she might bring her own cookies, to barter…) Will there be tea as well?

futurebird, to random
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There is no human genre of music that if you listen to some of the most popular songs and some of the “critically acclaimed” songs you won’t be able to find at least one song that’s interesting enough to listen to a few times and end up liking… challenge.

Give me a genre.

GrumpusNation,
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@futurebird No suggestion from me (although I’ve been lobbying for Canadian Progressive Rock for ages), but you might like everynoise.com if you haven’t seen it and its genres…

Meyerweb, to random
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She did not throw away her (moon) shot.

GrumpusNation,
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@Meyerweb @lisamelton I asked Amorphia here to make me this shirt, for which I wrote him a (doggerel) poem: https://amorphia-apparel.com/hirsute/margaret-hamilton-a-nasa-apollo-programmer-shirt

GrumpusNation, to animals
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Happy from this little usually surprised and often confused fellar!

GrumpusNation, to animals
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AM JUST CHILLIN LIKE PIE FILLIN

tewha, to random

I just finished a re-read of Project Hail Mary. I love and hate this book. It’s well-written, skips along at a great rate, and tells a great story.

But I also hate it because it has the best idea for a sci fi story possible. It’s entirely possible I will read better books in my lifetime, but none will have as good a core idea.

GrumpusNation,
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@tewha Have you read Rian Hughes’ XX? It’s a faster read than it seems at 980 pages…

tewha, to random

30° outside. Definitely feels hotter in the sun. No shade to speak of around here.

GrumpusNation,
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@tewha Thoughts and prayers, man…

GrumpusNation,
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@tewha I just stepped out to run an errand and came back into the lovely, lovely AC, and I’d complain… Would have stayed in The Peg if I wanted this…

tewha, to Cats

My enjoy watching ice cubes melt. I enjoy watching them watch ice cubes melt.

GrumpusNation,
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@tewha Happy Canada D’eh!

GrumpusNation, to animals
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Hey! Happy not just but from these lovable idiots!

b0rk, to random
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i'm working on open sourcing a small project I wrote a couple of years ago and the README is mostly just an extended apology for the development experience

GrumpusNation,
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@b0rk I… I feel seen…

johnefrancis, to random
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It must be quite traumatizing to hear this toy endlessly singing "Baby Shark", covered in blood, blood tinting the bath water pink, as you tend to your wet, bleeding, screaming toddler.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/baby-shark-bath-toy-recall-laceration-hazard-health-canada-plastic-fin-zuru-1.6888564

GrumpusNation,
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@johnefrancis You had me at battery-operated toy placed in water…

GrumpusNation, to animals
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Archie the bike store cat. Moves exactly as fast as your bike doesn’t. Or something.

GrumpusNation, to random
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Oh, well, as long as we’re all in agreement: “Moms for Liberty Chapter Apologizes for Quoting Hitler in Newsletter: The group insists that they understand that Hitler is bad” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/moms-for-liberty-chapter-apologizes-quoting-hitler-newsletter-1234776667/

tewha, to random

I might be moving. My wife isn’t on side yet but I think it’s really important. I hope I can convince her.

GrumpusNation,
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@tewha Ain't the Lower Mainland grand? Whenever we have to go to Langley or The ’Ford, the map sez an hour, and half of that is just getting onto the highway out of Vancouver (and we can see Boundary from our front door).

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