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New hamburger place today.
Styled 50s American 'diner', down to the uniforms.
Guy in the logo is wearing 1940s fighter pilot headgear.
Music inside was 1930s big band jazz.
But it kinda worked!
(Customers seemed very happy with their burgers, the stuff behind the glass gave me visual diabetes, and WOW - good coffee!)

2024-08-11 08:39:23

Putin's regime is melting.
https://tass.com/politics/1654071
#russia #russianinvasion #PutinIsaWarCriminal #PutinTerrorist #ukraine #un

2024-08-11 08:31:53

Shooting facehuggers in a barrel, but o christ ROMULUS looks soo bad...
#alien #ridleyscott #crazyridley #prometheuswasshit

2024-08-11 08:28:32

MINDHUNTER SEASON 3 !!!!
#mindhunter #netflix #tv #streaming
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/942/442/694/834/446/original/351cef5ec80dec7c.jpg

2024-08-10 09:49:47

Didn't mind episode 1 of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW!
But then I realised I was impressed the MUSIC was *not* REALLY LOUD and ENDLESSLY PRESENT in EVERY SCENE!!
#tv #television #moderntv #SoundtrackShenanigans #soundtracks

2024-08-10 08:15:59

US Friends.
Is there any reliable online metric of probably voter turnout for the US november election? Is there an umbrella body that tracks such things?
#HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-10 08:09:02

Christ this is funny.
But MSNBC must be in a giant panic, surely?? If this fuckstick disappears, what the hell are they going to talk about on every page of their website constantly from now on??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mplfnRytV-E
#msnbc #msnbcakatrumpnews #trumpisdead #harris2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #trump #comedy #conference #highlights

2024-08-10 00:48:48

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@npub1ujh…l2qd
I LOVE the Halibut!!

2024-08-09 11:06:28

"In the seventh circle were people with roofs over their heads. Low-income people! It was an appalling use of government funds, almost as bad as providing food to children, and the ghost of a big police tank sadly rolled past, never built thanks to this senseless waste. Donald Trump saluted it."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/07/tim-walz-policies-hell-trump-satire/
#uspol #HarrisWalz2024

2024-08-08 04:27:27

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@npub1v34…z9tq
HE'LL FUCK YOUR COUCH!!

2024-08-08 04:24:35

True!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russell-johnson-44-combat-missions/
#tv #gilligansisland

2024-08-08 04:22:47

I have a book open now.
How long are we giving Telstra to re-enable 3g after they shut it down, because it turns out a heap of critical services still depend on it?
#telstra #3g #yayprogress #modernsoftware #digitalradio

2024-08-08 01:42:13

I'm sorry, I'm afraid the only time I can do housework is during working hours.
I don't make the rules.
#wfh #firstworldproblems #modernlife #modern #life #adhd

2024-08-07 01:16:52

"Controversial" must be news-speak for "Fuckwitted".
If the Dems win I hope regional bullshit like this gets crushed under overriding Federal legistation.
https://longisland.news12.com/nassaus-mask-transparency-act-seeks-to-prohibit-mask-wearing-in-some-scenarios
#uspol #uselection #covid #coviddeniers #gop #gopmustdie #harris2024 #fixtheusa

2024-08-07 01:11:19

Translated from German
Wind power opponents in Baden-Württemberg claimed that there was not enough wind in their town for a new system and protested against this. But their protest failed because the wind was too strong. No joke.
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/anti-windkraft-scheitert/

2024-08-07 01:06:52

Ooooh YouTube just keeps trying to sneak those ads in past Brave!
Come on YouTube, where's your $3 a month plan? I'd even consider a $5 a month plan. I'm not giving you $11 every month, it's not the 90s.
#youtube #micropayments #reality #bravebrowser #ads #adblockers

2024-08-06 12:46:08

Comment, on a half star review of Oppenheimer, that giggled me aloud!
"I agree with almost everything you said, except for this line: "film is at least 45 mins too long". IMO, this isn't really a movie: it's a glorified Power Point presentation. Eliminate 45 minutes, add 45 minutes, it doesn't matter. It's all shit."
Gods what a SHIT. FILM!
#nolan #fucknolan #hollywood #oppenheimer #history #movies #badmovies

2024-08-06 03:50:59

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@npub1tlk…2fha Hmm, although reading that Snopes article more deeply I think the result should be marked "Mixed" rather than "False".
Orange still did bad things.

2024-08-06 03:49:05

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@npub1tlk…2fha
Not quite true (unfortunately?)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-steal-kids-cancer-charity/

2024-08-06 03:44:38

1. Markets reacted angrily today to news that the government is considering tightening thin capitalisation provisions that have provided foreign investors with strong incentives to expand their Australian operations.
2. Rich people overseas reacted angrily today to news that they might have to pay tax on the profits they earnt in Australia. ... Some very wealthy Americans threatened to take their bat and ball and go home if they were forced to pay tax.
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/july/1435672800/richard-denniss/clowns-and-treasurers

2024-08-06 03:20:10

I've just made a lot of money today fighting with the Fucking Stupid Framework instead of solving the problem!
Yay!
#software #modernsoftare #modernsoftwareisshit #thewebisshit

2024-08-05 23:49:56

I don't even watch this crap and I can tell you what's going to happen.
1. Nothing.
2. Something shark-jumpingly ABSURD when the ratings tank.
If a show goes nowhere and ends on a crypto-cliffhanger, it only means one thing.
The writers are making it up as they go along and have no idea what they're doing, and the producers don't care because coke more coke and money.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/05/house-of-the-dragon-season-two-episode-eight-recap-what-were-the-writers-thinking

2024-08-05 23:40:55

Ah fuck
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/05/david-lynch-says-he-is-too-ill-to-direct-films-in-person
#lynch #davidlynch #emphysema

2024-08-05 23:39:54

Wow, ok Naked Mole Rats are fascinating!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/06/a-naked-mole-rat-the-worlds-only-eusocial-mammal-has-an-endlessly-pregnant-queen
#science #zoology #nakedmolerats #aliens

2024-08-05 23:33:50

I'm fascinated by the Orange bullshit generator.
The technique seems to be:
Make some shit up. Then say something made up about the shit you just made up. Then claim to be the one who cares about that shit.
#orange #donaldisdead #harris2024

2024-08-05 23:29:17

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"The police eventually apologised in 2014, days before the 20-year anniversary, and settled a class action lawsuit totalling $6m. Victoria police’s LGBTQIA+ communities portfolio manager, Jeremy Oliver, says that Tasty was “probably the biggest catalyst for change” in the organisation.
...
Now many police officers are proudly and openly queer, including the deputy commissioner, Neil Paterson."

2024-08-05 23:22:45

Well that's timely. I was just thinking about the TASTY' raid the other day.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/06/we-were-in-shock-we-were-numb-the-violent-police-raid-that-changed-melbournes-gay-scene-forever
#australia #policebrutality

2024-08-05 23:18:26

Google have enough money to simply purchase the government.
This is far from over.
#antitrust #google #monopolies #bigtech #bigmoney #hashtags

2024-08-05 23:16:48

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@npub1ua7…rrg3 I'm reliably informed ProtonVPN is pretty good. I'm going to give them a try.

2024-08-05 23:00:47

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@npub1dhd…02ra You could go the comedy path and do it like "Quarantine" from Red Dwarf! :D

2024-08-05 23:00:14

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@npub1dhd…02ra I like that.

2024-08-05 22:55:32

https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/nasa-mars-rover-finds-first-compelling-detection-of-potential-fossilized-life-on-the-red-planet
#mars #realnews

2024-08-05 22:54:14

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/dire-situation-gazas-health-ministry-declares-polio-epidemic-across-gaza/

2024-08-05 22:53:52

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-voter-data-trump-harris.html

2024-08-04 09:31:18

Home Assistant looked interesting, but I decided a dozen pages of caveats and fucking around with Docker really was not the easiest path to de-Cloud'ing a robot vacuum cleaner! :blobcatcoffee:
#linux #tux #homeassistant #cloud #clowncomputing #fuckyou #modernsoftware

2024-08-04 08:19:33

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@npub1z04…wx5w Ja, kaput

2024-08-04 04:54:34

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-ohio-voter-rolls-purge-4c8fda4ae658b1b1607b5f8188a57729
#harris2024

2024-08-03 08:58:00

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@npub1ysz…c5k6 Great book cover!

2024-08-03 08:52:34

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@npub1ysz…c5k6 Gorgeous photo, almost ominous.

2024-08-03 08:50:40

Netflix is funny on fast speed. Because of the wank way all their Originals are shot, you get these pauses (which are the "meaningful moments with tasteful camera work") then suddenly the dialogue is like racing-call speed and all the characters are doing clown running!
#streaming #tv #netflix #moderntv

2024-08-03 08:00:36

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I do remember in Harry Harrison's THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT SAVES THE WORLD, they have to drop the Rat above the atmosphere when they time-jump him because it's too dangerous to do so close to the planet's surface.

2024-08-03 07:58:24

Turns out there ARE one or two time-travel stories out there that take the motion of the Earth into account!
#sf #scifi #sciencefiction #writing #stories #fantasy

2024-08-02 11:43:27

I went looking for 'Earth orbital precession' and instead landed on this gem of a page.
If you stumble on climate denier trying to splurge out some 'natural cycles' bilge, just send them here.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/
#seasons #orbits #glaciers #iceages #milankovitch

2024-08-02 00:20:30

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018949243/herald-deploys-ai-for-editorial-admits-lack-of-rigour

2024-08-01 23:48:34

USA - please fix your country, please.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/01/georgia-voter-cancelation-portal-launches/74616004007/
#uspol #uselection #harris2024

2024-08-01 23:48:05

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@npub1ama…s9ch
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/01/georgia-voter-cancelation-portal-launches/74616004007/

2024-08-01 23:42:12

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@npub13q8…ann7
Not sure if that photo is real, I'm afraid, though she is buried at the course.
Possibly as a tax break.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivana-trump-golf-club-burial/

2024-08-01 10:48:03

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/un-report-palestinian-detainees-held-arbitrarily-and-secretly-subjected
#israelisdone #palestine

2024-08-01 10:41:52

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@npub1j50…xe79
Yeah, right here!

2024-08-01 10:27:44

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@npub1fs4…207m Old Spookt Bassoon

2024-08-01 10:19:22

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@npub1s69…l9l2 Godlike!

2024-08-01 03:02:23

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@npub10j3…cg7u Blocking you is almost an orgasmic experience. Thanks for making my day!

2024-06-29 04:03:06

Poverty levels in the USA could be astounding after Trump. I'm fully expecting substantial US refugee waves if the majority turn out to be that stupid. The middle class will be first to leave, but then will come the millions with nothing.
#trump #biden #usa2024 #trumpmustdie #putintrump

2024-05-30 09:04:51

Firefox is owned body and soul by Google. Go look it up.
I use Brave, for better or worse; sue me.

2024-05-24 04:02:53

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@npub1yk6…4zz4 That is just stunning!

2024-05-19 13:38:30

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@npub10zv…nz7m Heh it's what we call at least one of our cats. No more science than that I'm afraid 8D

2024-05-19 13:29:55

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@npub10zv…nz7m
FLUFF ELEMENTALS

2024-05-18 01:39:54