My god. I forgot, I would play guitar so much more if I didn't hate guitars and amplifiers so much.
Unfortunately, none of the other instruments are depraved enough.
I believe in humanity. One day we'll invent a guitar that doesn't fall the fuck apart when you play some enthusiastic doom metal and/or country music on it. One day we'll make an amp that doesn't sound like a little fuckin toy from Mcdonald's when you crank it up.
As we hear reports that it will take 10 years (🤯) to replace the 1.6 mile Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, remember that China built the Danyang-Kunshan bridge and Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in 4 years each.
Danyang-Kunshan Bridge is 102 miles long, and 100 ft above the water.
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is 16 miles and 623 ft tall, earthquake and typhoon proof, and can withstand a direct strike from a 300,000 ton cargo ship. That last point is unfortunately topical.
@maggiejk@mekkaokereke@PJ_Evans Friend of mine is a carpenter. He gets called in to fix leaks on 1 or 2 year old houses all the time. The American construction industry is thoroughly corrupt at almost every level.
People have spent years downplaying COVID by saying "it's just the flu." This is reckless for many reasons, one of those being that new flu strains pose a constant threat to public health. I really hope we don't have to experience directly how devastating the flu can be.
@KawaTora@jessta@jay_chi That reminds me of an interview I read with an Italian former bicycle racer who was still riding centuries at 98. The interviewer was like, "isn't it hard on your body to ride that much?" and he was like "you don't understand, cycling is regenerative, I think the only reason I can still walk is because I still ride centuries"
The health benefits of cycling statistically add years to your life, even factoring in the risk of crashes.
@energisch_@jamesglave@VisionZeroYVR I wouldn't necessarily advocate this, but I know a guy here in the USA who rides his bicycle while open carrying his Glock. Cars give him a pretty wide berth.
@TomSwirly@Lazarou Denying any elements of the holocaust qualifies as holocaust denial. It’s a problem where if you give an inch, these people will take a mile. It’s not a slippery slope thing, it’s a dog whistle thing. “I just have questions about the official narrative” is the probably the most common form of Holocaust Denial.
@marcprecipice This right here is the main reason I wear a styrofoam hat when I ride my bike. I don’t want to get victim blamed when some cager runs me over
On-street battery-swapping station for electric scooters in Taipei. Rather than plug-in and wait, you can just swap your low battery for a charged one … and go. #climatechange#ev
@JasonThorne Been waiting for more stuff like this to come out. Make 'em interchangeable like propane cylinders and we can do all kinds of cool stuff with them.
The other day I watched Leave the World Behind and while the general concept of the film was fine I guess and the cast was generally talented there were all these weird Boomer Lib moments in the construction of the characters that made it really alienating to anyone who's not, you know, a boomer lib
Then I go on to Wikipedia and I see that Obama personally gave feedback to the screenwriter, telling them how to make the characters more sympathetic
One of the greatest own goals in the history of cinema