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  • If the 6th-century plague was called the Justinian Plague, after the ruler of the empire whose end it marked, this would be the Trumpian Plague.

  • It appears to be a FPGA-backed device with a C64 core. I wonder if it’d be capable of running cores simulating more powerful systems as well, though if the keyboard layout is just the old-school C64 one, it may be awkward to use.

  • PIC

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  • People aged more rapidly back then

  • The UK’s nuclear arsenal is still dependent on the US for maintenance, with warheads going to North Carolina periodically.

    The new strategic nukes Starmer is ordering will be tied into the US infrastructure, as are the F-35s to launch them, though given the last-resort nature of nuclear weapons, their actual purpose may be to keep Trump onside politically while Britain’s everyday military capabilities integrate more closely with its European neighbours.

  • Apparently the Argentine equivalent is something like “take your hat off, you’re not in this photo”

  • “meat” is descended from a Germanic word that just meant food, which is still evident in cognates in other languages (i.e. “mad” in Danish) and archaic words like “sweetmeats”

  • The City of London is the one square mile in the centre that consists mostly of office space, at a fairly high density, and not the entirety of London. Bicycles outnumbering cars there is just common sense, and shouldn’t be remotely controversial. (Parking there would probably be a massive headache, for one.)

    With other boroughs of London, it’s a lot more varied. Westminster and Chelsea, for one, is very different, with its council vetoing bike lanes the Greater London council planned to run through it, as its wealthy residents don’t want them taking road space away from their Land Rovers and Porsche Taycans or bringing the wrong kinds of people through their neighbourhoods.

  • Wow. Haven’t seen a proper medieval-style Blood Libel in the wild for a while.

  • Either that or he’ll vote for Musk’s Epic Based Lulz Party

  • Dude slathers himself in antelope guts, jumps the fence into the leopard enclosure, then complains about his face having been eaten.

  • What happened to fish-benders, though?

  • If it determines their name sounds like (((one of them))), MechaHitler could lock its doors and detonate its batteries, helping to continue its namesake’s mission.

  • They made the mistake of being underprepared in 1939; they’re not going to make it again.

  • Vietnam is known for its broadcasting equipment?

  • You laugh now, but a hundred years after the collapse of technological civilisation, the surviving mass-produced artefacts of that lost age will be associated with great prestige and power. Imposing buildings like palaces and cathedrals will feature parts from long-lost machines as prominent architectural features to signal the power and proximity to the divine of those who commissioned them.

  • SneerClub @awful.systems

    Steven Pinker in race-science podcast shocker

    SneerClub @awful.systems

    Moldbug has a sad

    NonCredibleDiplomacy @sh.itjust.works

    Irish reunification, slightly behind schedule

    cats @lemmy.world

    While we’re tortieposting

    The Church of Garfieldism @lemmy.blahaj.zone

    Big Tiddy Garfield isn’t real and can’t hurt you

    NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works

    Behold, the ISRion Constellation

    SneerClub @awful.systems

    We regret to inform you that Ray Kurzweil is back on his bullshit

    Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    There’s always someone who takes things literally

    SneerClub @awful.systems

    Techbro develops AI-powered sex toy to “save the world”

    NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works

    New economic warfare method just dropped:

    Antiwork @lemmy.ml

    Britain: Antiwork Nation

    Steam Deck @sopuli.xyz

    Slim protective cases for the Steam Deck