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timbray, to random
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Wow, there’s a rare burst of good news: Modi's ethnofascist election campaign fails to secure a majority government in India: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/4/modis-bjp-loses-majority-in-india-election-shock-needs-allies-for

Madagascar_Sky,
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@timbray
Yes, that is wonderful news! It feels so good!

P.S.: It's not ethnofascist but theofascist. It's very difficult to be ethnofascist in india.

msquebanh, to incarcerated
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When / tell someone, like me, that they love men in uniform, I like to respond by agreeing & saying I also love in uniform - .

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
🤗 🤗

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
And you still made those ham sandwich jokes? You deal with the mounties, right?

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
Good on you, someone has to. Communities need brave leaders. My spine has the osteoporosis of the moral kind.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
Lol! If I said that, they would 'stop resisting' the living daylights out of me!

Caveat: I have no experience with cops. I'm just of the right minority.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
Do you believe they all can be saved? That it's just that they are wearing moral blinders put on them by the system. If you talk to them the right way they all can realise the system they work for?

nyrath, to random
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APR: 3D Printed Aerospace/Nuclear subjects

https://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=5399

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@nyrath @jstevenyork
Holy Frijoles Batman! That is one mad looking concept!

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@60sRefugee @nyrath @jstevenyork
There's a true blooded capitalist! Charred islands for Saturn!

Man, a few years ago I would've said that no one has the balls to create such monstrosities, but then they made the Starship. Maybe one day they'll make this too.

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@nyrath @jstevenyork
You just don't have the entrepreneurial spirit Winchell! A few carbonised islands are worth the cost for low $ to orbit! Imagine all the telescopes and comm satellites you could orbit! Don't you want cheap calls and high res nebula pictures Winchell? Are you a communist?

sundogplanets, to random
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Good morning from baby goat land. I got over a gallon of milk from 3 goats this morning, I started draining my second batch of chevre, there's beautiful grass for the goats to eat, and we're up to 12 baby goats this season. I am so grateful!

4 tiny baby goats (2 brown, one white, one black) all snuggled together sleeping next to a wooden fence, in a very dusty dirt pile. They look pretty happy.
A black baby goat standing on the back of a brown mini horse. The mini horse is looking at the camera as if asking for help. The baby goat looks very pleased with himself. In the background is a tall wooden fence and a metal sided building, and a few other goats.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@sundogplanets
Is this where the story comes from?

gamingonlinux, (edited ) to random
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Sigh. Google flagged https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/classic-rts-perimeter-returns-as-perimeter-legate-edition-with-linux-support/page=1/ as containing "Malicious or unwanted software" with no way on the adsense control panel to speak to them, to get them to recheck it.

It's a news article about a game, that links to the GPL source code (GitHub) and a Steam page.

What about that is "Malicious or unwanted software" exactly?

Madagascar_Sky,
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@gamingonlinux
You had a link to github, which clearly makes you [record scratch, sunglasses pulled down] a hacker man !

msquebanh, to random
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I received a request tonight, for a deep heart & longtime resentments clearing ceremony.
I do all requested heart & resentments cleansing ceremonies by running creeks or rivers. I choose ceremonial locations - based upon the request of spiritual healing needs.

I always choose running fresh water sources - specifically for cleansing of heart & heart related hurts/pains. It's very powerful & meaningful energies. I explain more on this, during offline spiritual ceremonies.

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@msquebanh
This is very cool. I'd like to 'resolve' a few grudges to get to experience this at least once. Sounds like a step closer to moksha.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
I actually get this, you know? One day, I too wish to be completely reconciled.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
Do you have to reconcile the parties or they come pre-reconciled and you just help them with the emotional mending?

msquebanh, to random
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It is against our beliefs to charge any monies for doing any spiritual healing works. If you meet folks who try to charge you monies for spiritual healing works - they're grifting charlatans. My peoples believe we go to demonic dungeons, if we ever charge monies to help people suffer less. We will accept foods. If we have to travel far to deliver our spiritual ceremonies services, we'd like to not be out of pocket for providing free spiritual healing services. We will sleep on your floor.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@msquebanh
You are like the modern day spiritual healer. Well, I suppose they never went away, so you're just a day spiritual healer. Good on you, someone's gotta look after us sorry lot.

sundogplanets, to random
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Oh YEAH. On top of the baby goats, the stupid committees, the student talk judging, the teaching, and the conference wrangling I'm supposed to do today, the switchover of my university email to microsoft has left me emailless. I made a first attempt to get it to work with Thunderbird (and failed), but managed to get in to the web version so I'll see if there's anything really urgent. But maybe it's a good thing I don't even have time to worry about email today...

Madagascar_Sky,
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@sundogplanets
🙌 Go Prof Sam Go! 🙌 Have a great day!

cstross, (edited ) to random
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You know, if we ever detect a SETI signal with an LLM as its payload, I'd totally get behind any proposal to RSVP the asswipe fuckers who sent such a jack-in-the-box with a Nicoll-Dyson laser, because those things LIE (and can't actually be made truthful):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nicoll#Nicoll-Dyson_Laser
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112378716387762959

@arstechnica

Madagascar_Sky,
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@cstross @arstechnica
Imagine they sent a copy of The Cat. Have you by chance read Blindsight by Peter Watts?

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Yesterday I had one person say I'm too so pro-tech pro-capitalist and one person say I was trying to force a leftist ideology, and both were responding to A City on Mars. All I can say is I wish people would stop trying to find the hidden motive and just read the words as plainly written!

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@ZachWeinersmith

Weak Induction!

@TechConnectify

sundogplanets, to random
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It's nice and warm out, and the 2 new baby goats are really healthy, so they got to go out and meet their herdmates. (Their herdmates were EXTREMELY interested in meeting them, hilariously, especially the llama)

A tiny fuzzy black goat getting sniffed by a giant fuzzy llama, while standing next to his white mama in a straw filled farmyard
Many goats of different colours standing around in a farmyard, the giant fuzzy llama is standing behind a tiny brown horse and sniffing a tiny fuzzy white baby goat.

Madagascar_Sky,
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@sundogplanets @Starry1086
😁 😁

Migueldeicaza, to random
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The nice thing about retro games is that they don’t expire - unlike 99% of modern games [1]

[1] I pulled this number out thin air

Madagascar_Sky,
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@Migueldeicaza
I'm going to be that guy and spam this wherever it is relevant, but I don't know when the next best opportunity will come.

Everyone who cares about game preservation should watch the video below and participate. This is a Global Legal action being taken, so take heed.

It is being spear headed by Ross of Freeman's Mind machinima fame. He wants to stop The Crew from dying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE

Go here - https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

Madagascar_Sky, to random
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@futurebird
I thought you'd like this.

This is ‘Wood Ants Firing Acid Secretion,’ by René Krekels.

https://petapixel.com/2024/01/09/the-best-photos-from-the-2023-close-up-photographer-of-the-year-contest/

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@futurebird

Photographer: René Krekels
Title: Wood Ants Firing Acid Secretion
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: Biologist

René:
‘I had been studying the lifestyle of wood ants in the Netherlands for work when I noticed the defending ants of a very large ant’s nest seemed eager to scare me off by spraying acid towards me. Luckily it wasn’t that destructive, and it provided me with a great opportunity to photograph them defending the nest.’

Website: www.renekrekels.nl
https://www.cupoty.com/category-winners-5

nyrath, to random
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On the theory that "everything old is new again", I think a good movie could be made by taking the plot of Only Angels Have Wings but replacing airplanes with starships and the dangerous mountain pass with some sort of dangerous cosmic phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Angels_Have_Wings

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@isaackuo @60sRefugee @eldadoinquieto @nyrath
There is also the consideration that what orbit you want to get to. I would imagine that the service satellite would be some run of the mill ISR/comm relay satellite servicing trans lunar, Martian and Jovian orbits. It would sit in one of those weird orbits that lunar gateway will sit in. Then you would struggle with just a falcon x, even when launched from Guyana. All kinds of unpleasant compromises will have to be made to be even capable/profitble

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@isaackuo @eldadoinquieto @nyrath

Wow, you learn something new every day! South Atlantic Anomaly.

Yeah, I was just guesstimating. Orbital mechanics are not my strong suite. Those launch locations would make more sense for the plot. Maybe Vostochny? Or possibly somewhere south, like S. america or the islands of SE Asia.

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@eldadoinquieto @nyrath
A complete cast of South American actors. The setting in French Guyana space ports. The Protagonist's company rents one of the multiple pads and a third-hand Falcon-9 lifter. The government contract is for satellite maintenance. They have to compete for unfavorable launch windows that lead through Van Allens and partial Kessler disaster zones. One last chance to show their repair-bot carrying amoured capsule can provide reliable service. PDCs, hope and broken hearts.

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