I’ve contemplated buying a bike, Harleys start at double what you’d pay for an equivalent Honda. You can crank two hogs for the price of one.

In for a penny, in for a pounding

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The closer you get to the end of the month, the worse the line will be at the inspection station (in my experience)

t-ig ol’ bitties

Prior to the ship hitting the support column, you can see it lose power, then regain power, then thick smoke starts billowing out the top, then it loses power again, and regains power again seconds before contact.

Could the bridge have been engineered to be strong enough to survive an impact by a >100k ton ship? Maybe, but it seems like better backup and emergency systems on these huge ships might be a more practical idea. Obviously we are still very light on information.

Not trying to dox myself, but this is in my neck of the woods and I can confirm there was a substantial protest the last time it happened. Several main streets in the area were shut down and I expect that to happen again next week.

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Apparently Angela Chao’s Tesla recorded audio inside the vehicle during the incident and it was just leaked. Listen here before it gets taken down.

I have a very hard time understanding people who live in the city or suburbs and enthusiastically engage in anti-social behavior in general. Housing is literally half the price if you drive 30-40 minutes away, why are you here if you can’t interact with other humans in a non-aggressive manner?

For me it’s people who cover half their yard with “don’t let your dog poop/pee/walk/breathe on my lawn” and “you’re on camera” signs. If you didn’t want that happening, you probably shouldn’t have purchased a home in the suburbs. What are you going to do if my dog does pee on your lawn? Call the cops? I’m sure they will be thrilled to respond to that call. At the same time, fuck people who don’t clean up their dog’s shit (or bag it and just leave it there). Totally reasonable to get mad about that, but my senior dog is going to piss like 20 times on a walk and you’re going to have to deal with three drops on your precious Kentucky bluegrass.

Driving the news: More than 45,000 Minnesota’s Democratic primary voters — close to 19% of the electorate — backed “uncommitted” on Tuesday.

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Some fear a failure to win those voters back could hurt the president’s chances in November, including in Minnesota, which former President Trump came within 45,000 votes of flipping in 2016.

TFW you commit to finishing a task for a event, but suddenly the event is rapidly approaching and you really don’t feel like finishing the task which is now partially completed, but you’re not sure if your disappointment over not finishing the task in time for the event will be worse than just expending the energy to finish it and being exhausted

I’m not sure how it’s possible but this guy is having lunch in the same room as me, he’s eating broccoli and keeping his mouth closed the whole time but it sounds like he’s chewing on ice cubes. It’s like he’s got a speaker in there or something.

Facebook and Instagram are both down, another W for the Hexbear social network

Sometimes people just like throwing stuff in a big pile, shell middens especially can be absolutely massive. The Whaleback Midden in Maine is like 1600 x 1600 x 30 feet in volume, mostly oyster shells with some animal bones mixed in. It was created over 1000ish years.

Orthodox Jews aren’t allowed to do much of anything on Shabbat, a big no-no for pretty much all of them is literally or figuratively starting a fire (can’t use electrical devices either). This is explicitly against their religion’s rules, but I agree it’s a very silly thing to care about when you’re also doin a genocide and “thou shalt not kill” is one of the ten commandments.

Another thing you can do, which is a bit less disruptive to your view out the window, is attach a mesh netting to the exterior window frame. The cheapest kind to get is bird netting that’s meant to go over plants, you just have to make sure it’s small enough that the birds don’t get caught. As long as it’s taught, the birds will just bounce off instead of hitting the window.

Excellent political instinct as the “harm reduction” candidate to announce your opposition to the concept of bodily autonomy. Eager to see how the Dems will attempt to claim that he misspoke or something.

“I don’t agree with the right to choose, but it’s the politically expedient position, Jack!”

Having 6 drinks at a wedding in your 20s: amateur hour

Having 6 drinks at a wedding in your late 30s: enjoy your 24 hours of suffering, idiot

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