In Arizona the norm seemed to be to pass fast on the right and go slow on the left. Even on a three lane road, with me going slightly above the speed limit in the middle, idiots would choose to pass on the right rather than use the open left lane. Definitely the worst part about the state in terms of daily experience
There are a lot of aspects of the world that are wonderful, can’t yet be explained, and maybe don’t even need explanation to be worshiped and enjoyed. Religion is just a means to make sense of these parts of our cosmos (I myself am a complete atheist, but have friends whose lives have been definitely enriched by finding religion). The problems arise when manipulative people codify these beliefs into regimented systems of control. That creates an incentive to coerce others to follow the same beliefs. That in turn leads to religions beginning to be shaped by a kind of memetic survival of the fittest. Some religions try to short-cut the hard work of having actually good ideas that improve people’s lives, by instead coercing people into beliefs that maximize birth rate and reduce individual thought.
On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some https://twitter.com/t3dotgg/status/1777425000133468582 began https://twitter.com/___frye/status/1777432913497465082 that posts https://twitter.com/__justplaying/status/1777433986500853845 via X for iOS were...
I have stopped using it to read news. I still use it to keep touch with my professional community (scientists who haven’t moved to Bluesky or Mastodon), but that’s it. I wish it would just die. Until then I’ve scripted it and blocked lots of elements to make it look exactly like old Twitter
Girdling (en.wikipedia.org)
List of Martin Scorsese's unrealized projects (en.wikipedia.org)
Involuntary park (en.wikipedia.org)
Pingo (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Breaking the law for real (lemmy.world)
Bayeux Tapestry (en.wikipedia.org)
Patterned vegetation (en.wikipedia.org)
Smart locks from Chirp systems found to store app credentials in plain text (krebsonsecurity.com)
Camp Pendleton bison herd (en.wikipedia.org)
Poulaine (en.wikipedia.org)
Pyramidion (en.wikipedia.org)
The Last Ringbearer (en.wikipedia.org)
Goofy is sued for negligence, inflicting trauma, in Disneyland collision (www.latimes.com)
Cassiopea (upside-down jellyfish) (en.wikipedia.org)
Bioswale (en.wikipedia.org)
Tile drainage (en.wikipedia.org)
Crackle tube (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Enheduanna (en.wikipedia.org)
Duane Jones (en.wikipedia.org)
Snowball Earth (en.wikipedia.org)
Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling (www.huffpost.com)
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some https://twitter.com/t3dotgg/status/1777425000133468582 began https://twitter.com/___frye/status/1777432913497465082 that posts https://twitter.com/__justplaying/status/1777433986500853845 via X for iOS were...