Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it....
This isn’t a “go back in time and assassinate” someone question. It’s just their musical career never takes off and thus any music they ever would have made is no longer in this timeline.
I’m going to start this article off by saying that you don’t have to be born in the boomer generation to be a boomer. You can be a boomer by acting like one. Hate new stuff? boomer. Run a desktop from the naughties? Boomer.
My wife takes the piss out of me for turning every task into a spreadsheet, but who ate a perfectly cooked, stress-free Christmas dinner exactly when it was supposed to be ready? We all fucking did, that's who.
I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.
Loads of things superconduct below 10K - aluminium for one. This is for a different type of superconductor that can be turned on and off with a magnetic field.
The UK was generally accepting of trans people (other than the occasional bigots), but in the past decade there has been a steady increase in transphobia, mainly pushed by the print media and our pathetic government. They see it as a "wedge issue" and are using it to distract from the appalling job they have done in running the country. It's working too. I have talked to people who should know better, who think they have "genuine concerns" about trans people in sports, prisons and toilets.
It's quite depressing how easily it's done really.
I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online....
I use mega.nz. £50 a year for 400GB and it's encrypted with your private key. The Linux support is really good with a nice sync, file browser extension, access via web etc.
A rapid phase out of fossil fuels is the only way to avert the worst damages of climate change and nearly 30 years of COPs have so far failed to articulate this as a goal, let alone set binding targets for it, despite overwhelming evidence of its importance.
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it....
If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?
This isn’t a “go back in time and assassinate” someone question. It’s just their musical career never takes off and thus any music they ever would have made is no longer in this timeline.
Speed camera cut down for second time in Cornwall (www.bbc.com)
It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
Why do we have an internal monologue?
What is it for?
Linux Boomers (janethemotherfucker.wordpress.com)
I’m going to start this article off by saying that you don’t have to be born in the boomer generation to be a boomer. You can be a boomer by acting like one. Hate new stuff? boomer. Run a desktop from the naughties? Boomer.
Have you ever seen a rudolph moment happen in real life?
So either a trait or idea someone has that others make fun of, that saves the day?...
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free (www.theverge.com)
Stinky
"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?
I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.
U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records (www.tomshardware.com)
What is an obscure piece of media or videogame that you think nobody else here has heard of?
It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don't think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.
Teenagers guilty of ‘senseless’ murder of transgender girl Brianna Ghey [CW transphobia] (www.theguardian.com)
Murder-obsessed 16-year-olds convicted of killing girl who was stabbed 28 times in Warrington park...
What is a horror tension scare / visual scare movie is actually scary?
What are some good places to advertise your personal blog?
Looking for some places to advertsie my blog.
Photos and Videos Online Storage
I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online....
Russia to hold presidential vote in occupied Ukraine (www.lemonde.fr)
New COP28 draft deal stops short of fossil fuel 'phase out' (www.reuters.com)
A rapid phase out of fossil fuels is the only way to avert the worst damages of climate change and nearly 30 years of COPs have so far failed to articulate this as a goal, let alone set binding targets for it, despite overwhelming evidence of its importance.
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McDonald’s burger empire set for unprecedented growth over the next 4 years with 10,000 new stores (english.elpais.com)
Do you ever come up with genius ("genius") ideas for joke domains to unsettle/embarrass people when you tell them your email?
like, GiantHairyNipplemonsters.com…...
Names (lemmy.ca)
City roads should be ‘ripped out completely’ to fight pollution, says government adviser (www.telegraph.co.uk)