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Does Weird Al count? Because he is just as talented as any “serious” musician.

Also, The Presidents of the United States of America.

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Tangentially related: if you see something that needs to be addressed now, like CSAM or gore, notify an instance admin via Matrix. That tool can send push notifications, so you’re more likely to get a prompt response. Some instances also have public Matrix chats you can use.

You can find the Matrix account info for Lemmy users by clicking the “Send Secure Message” button in a user’s profile.

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You can dance if you want to.

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[Meta] What do you think of migrating to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz?

What do the users in this community think about possibly migrating over to !map_enthusiasts and locking this community? While there’s nothing wrong with having multiple communities for a topic, I feel like a consolidated community would be more fun and possibly get more overall engagement. And !mapporn is clearly the quieter...

Did the premise of an entity approaching you only when it's not being viewed originate with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels?

The Weeping Angels apparently originated with Steven Moffat seeing a statue of a weeping angel in a structure in a cemetery and returning later to find out it was gone. At least according to this RadioTimes article. They first appeared in 2007 in the episode Blink....

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The ghosts in Super Mario Brothers 3 (1988) would pursue Mario only when he looked away. When he faced them they would stop and hide their faces.

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Good idea! Done.

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You have a free weekend with no plans or obligations. What do you do with that free time?

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I think two issues have caused them to take baby steps here.
First, there was a big lawsuit between the Girl Scout of America and the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts wanted to open up to girls, and the Girl Scouts felt like their turf was being threatened. That took years to resolve.
Second, scouting has deep personal ties for some folks. People can get irrationally emotional about changes to the program, as if there’s some sacred tradition at stake.

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A Scandinavian Specialty (lemmy.world)

Scandinavia often has these three-walled cabins available on a first-come, first-served basis. In Swedish, they’re called vindskydd, or wind shelter. This particular one is northeast of Umeå, Sweden. No guarantees on what they’re called elsewhere, but I have seen them in Finland as well. And I have heard of but not seen of...

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In the northeast US we have something similar called Adirondack shelters. The fire pit is outside the shelter, though. As usual, the Scandinavian version is better.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Adirondack_Lean-to.jpg/1280px-Adirondack_Lean-to.jpg

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Where do the rural homeless near you live?

This seems to be something people don’t always give second thought to. When people talk about the homeless, the first things thought about are images of people on busy city streets in rusty clothes waiting around near allies. In there, the answer is quite static, because it can be I guess. But if that’s the case, change the...

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Mostly in cars. The people that are marginally better-off have old RVs. The people who can’t afford wheels will hide a tent in the bushes. Vehicle or not, everyone seeks out similar places where they are unlikely to be noticed or hassled: lightly-used dirt roads on public land, parking areas at trailheads, closed campgrounds, behind abandoned businesses on the edge of town, etc.

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This reminds me of the tech bros from Three Panel Soul.

A subway sign advertises a tech startup: “Uber but for cats.” Fashionable tech entrepreneurs meet, and the sign is then changed to read: “Cats on the block chain.”

Fashionable tech entrepreneurs meet again, and the sign is again changed to read: “AI Cats.”

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As much as I wish I could try an F2000 or AUG, I have no credible first-hand experience and can only parrot complaints that I have read on the Internet:

Ambidextrous use is more difficult when the ejection port is next to the shooter’s face. It’s not ideal for all your left-handed soldiers to have their weapons setup differently from all your right-handed soldiers. A workaround like the forward ejection on the F2000 is technically impressive, but complex.

All the controls - trigger, safety, bolt release, magazine release - are either operated by longer/more complex mechanisms or are tucked under the shooter’s chin, farther away from the normal hand positions.

Putting the chamber close to the shooter’s ear is nobody’s idea of fun.

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Good ol’ Shitpost Calligrapher!
https://theshitpostcalligrapher.tumblr.com/

https://64.media.tumblr.com/d11a37c66b0e7a5a11d075af1b5d2b16/4472195e9f47bb4b-41/s1280x1920/9a2fb4e6d624b2f4c7080f3b6e75cfe43a0cd215.jpg

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I really like these roundups. Thanks for doing this.

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Definitely don’t tell him you have a pacemaker.

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Lemmy is also finicky about federating certain actions between instances. If you watch the modlog you will sometimes see a user be banned, unbanned, and then immediately rebanned. That’s a mod or admin trying to get content removal to federate out to other instances.

That happened in the case of the spammer here ~3 hours ago. Their content was removed from their home instance but it stayed up in this community. It’s gone now, though.

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Update: the Texas Supreme Court has stepped in and temporarily blocked the program while the AG’s office appeals. Ken Paxton gets another chance.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/ken-paxton-supreme-court-harris-county-income-prog-19417962.php

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