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Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans?
  • it would never have happened in the first place. if roles were reversed, there would have been adequate forces in place to prevent it from escalating.

    Remember, Trump made sure to have a relatively light law enforcement presence in the capital. There were no unscalable barricades present. there was no call for the Nat Guard- despite assurances they were ready to go, and that was trump's call.

    the entire insurrection was planned by people who wanted to put trump back in the white house by any means necessary. I don't know that it was entirely planned by trump- he's a moron- but it was certainly done with his cooperation.

  • Iranian Helicopter Crash: Confusion and Concern Cloud Rescue Efforts
  • "Confusion and Concern Cloud rescue Efforts."

    ... oh dear.

  • is this muslim argument accurate? "we can't doubt god testing us because it is gayeb (cannot be perceived or known by humans), something that only allah knows for example: children dying at birth"
  • it's gaslighting. it's one of the ways that narcisistic assholes use to manipulate you into doing and being what they want.

    Don't fall for it in romance, and don't fall for it in religion either.

  • Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity'
  • so. Alabama is a bunch of very fine people then? and Kentucky.

  • [US Senator] Vance doubles down on praise for Viktor Orban’s crackdown on universities in Hungary
  • So, Vance, you’re saying that college tuition should be totally subsidized by tax dollars? Right?

    I'm going to say it's already heavily subsidized by tax dollars. (aka student loans that are supposed to be forgiven at one point or another.)

    easy access to student loans has only caused tuition to skyrocket. subsidizing tuition more directly is just going to do the same. What really needs to happen is to provide viable public education for 2 year and 4 year degrees.

    And Vance can get the fuck out of the curriculum.

  • Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners
  • Bruh the only politician who has been flattened in the past 24 hours was Ebrahim Raisi.

    too soon. also... was he flattened? or is he more of a smear?

  • Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners
  • Not as much. But I do notice you on every trump post insisting people are screaming both sides... and others taking legitimate criticism of biden as people screaming both sides.

  • Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says
  • about as likely as internal power struggles, or some other actor who wants to maybe stir up shit in the middle east. (wouldn't put it past the russians, to be honest. they'd benefit from israel going to war and people forgetting about Ukraine.)

    not as likely as mechanical failure or shitty weather.

  • Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity'
  • So… it’s fine if it’s my cousin?

  • Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuters
  • It’s reasonable to imagine.

    It’s also reasonable to imagine internal power struggles, or mechanical failure.

    Don’t buy anything. We’ll probably never really know.

  • Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuters
  • Cars become a lot safer when they close entire stretches of highways for you, the driver is a professionally trained driver, and never gets distracted or drunk while driving; and you’re driving something heavily up-armored.

    Helicopters are very complicated machines for whom total engine failure inevitably leads to a crash- a crash that generally people can’t walk away from.

    Yes it’s possible to safely land a helicopter without power- and most everywhere doing so is part of pilot training for thermal licenses. Those training landings are a) known, b) in ideal locations where it’s safe to land, c) generally in an aircraft that hasn’t lost control.

    Even then, they fuck it up they’re dead.

  • Blinken orders crackdown on leaks
  • better call a plumber, then.

  • Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate
  • Wasn’t trump’s White House doc handing out hard drugs line candy?

  • Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes, search under way
  • It’s on land. That’s a landing. Yiu didn’t specify in preflight check in that you required a safe landing.

  • Tacos.
  • Welcome to most of history.

  • Don't fall for MAGA's "election integrity" con job
  • The only thing Trump was right about is how stupid his base can be.

  • Real men wear diapers
  • Naw they’ll just drop satire and be legit news.

    Legit, but with snark

  • Rudy Giuliani indicted for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme
  • the trail of hair grease will make it obvious where he went. then they lock him up in a fishtank.

  • Rudy Giuliani indicted for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme
  • He deserves a pat on the back.

    Nice and firm.

  • The schools & police trampling on student rights don't understand the true meaning of "trespassing"
  • Minor point… at any time a property owner or an agent thereof can ask you to leave and your trespassing at that point.

    As far as civil liberties, the reasons can’t be that you’re a protected class. But that’s about it. Generally, it’s really hard to prove that the rules are being unfairly applied to begin with, and then there are a lot of ways around that. it’s really hard to prove racism for some of those ways (“suspicious”=hoodie, for example.)

  • Hooo?

    cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/12883966

    > Hooo?

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    Why bag the hydrant?

    Saw this going to a friend’s house- they bagged the fire hydrants….one thought was snow; but this is the first year apparently. And snow has been a mild issue this year compared to most.

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    Loaf.

    !

    Mamma loafing around with the minions. (one is behind her, to the front, the other is behind and to her tail.)(edit: those are snacks,)

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    [joke]Broke out grandma’s candy thermometer….

    Gotta ask, what kinda candy was she making? Soft crack. Hard crack. Pot….

    Even has the donuts on there for, you know, dealing with the munchies.

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    [meme] Am I the only one that starts quoting Macbeth while making pea soup?

    Double, double Toil and Trouble; Fire burn and Cauldron boil. and the finished soup: !

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    [question] for the chemistry types- making chicken soup. Why did lemon juice turn the light brown chicken stock almost white?

    Okay, so I was making chicken soup from stock I had made using a (lightly,) browned carcus and neck. just before dumping the the dumplings into it, the stock's color was a nice light brown. I added about 1/4 cup of lemon juice, turned my back for 30 seconds after a stir and it turned it an almost milky-off white. Eventually it deepened to this:

    !

    It's delicious, and tastes as expected, I'm just curious as to what happened in the broth's chemistry?

    Seasoned with salt (duh), a sprig of thyme, some ginger and garlic, (just a hint of ginger,) black pepper, lemon zest (which was added with the torn chicken,) and white wine deglazed the pot from browning the dark meat.

    The stock was from garlic, onion, celery, carrot and maybe ginger scraps cooked with the chicken carcass..

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    linear rail upgrades, looking for feed back.

    Due to reasons... I've "adopted" a CR10s that a friend had bought. It was used, and was already well on it's way to being a janky Printer of Theseus. My hope is to get it up and running and put through it's paces before the holidays so I can give it back as a gift.

    With the linear rail upgrades, I picked up the hardware and it's on it's way; which got me looking at how to do the upgrade, which I have mostly figured out; the question I'm having is, most upgrades seem to place the rails on 2020 extrusions sitting on top of the base frame- same as how the original y axis 2040's were designed.

    Which raises the question- why not lower it so the 2020 rails are even with the frame, with the mgn12 rail sitting on top? Like so:

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    The short answer I came to is this would necessitate replacing the brackets for the y stepper motor and it's idler; but it should be possible. the easiest solution would be something like:

    !

    which raises the question: are printed parts rigid enough to hold against the tension on the belts? The motors can't handle too much tension anyhow, and the printer already has the screw-cap tensioners for x and y printed that seem to have been holding up well.

    has anybody replaced the OG metal bracket on the back? does it stress and need replacing often, or is it fairly reliable (and above all, consistent,)

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    UC security cops are literally the worst.

    I mean, like incompetent. For the record those organs I just stole? literally on the desk in front of him. Time to hike on over and sell it. To the Trade Authority.... all 20 feet away...

    (this was in the UC security in the Well, new atlantis)

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    Car wash: touchless or soft touch?

    Which do you use and why? Which one gets it cleaner. If it matters we have “real” winters here, meaning snow cruft and salt that absolutely must be removed.

    Edit to clarify: I’m talking about a choice in automated car washes- not hand washing cars. Seems people are getting confused. Touchless is a few passes with a pressure washer. Soft touch adds spinning car-wash brush things.

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    [HSW] well, that was entirely preventable

    Lockouts save lives

    Usually idiots, but sometimes we’re all idiots.

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    Ship building question

    Okay, so, with structural modules- specifically the cowl/belly/hull modules you can slap in... aside from the trivial gains to hull, are they basically just for attachment points/decoration?

    could i protect things that can be targeted- the weapons, shields, engines, and grav drive- by placing 'under' hull components? or does that just not matter?

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    CNN posts trump's indictment from Fulton County, Georgia
    edition.cnn.com READ: Trump indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, probe | CNN Politics

    An Atlanta-based grand jury on Monday indicted former President Donald Trump on state charges stemming from his efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in the Peach State.

    READ: Trump indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, probe | CNN Politics

    19 individuals including Trump, 41 charges, 98 pages.

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    FuglyDuck FuglyDuck @lemmy.world
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