Cold Brew Raktajino
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50% my transient interests and 50% my lifelong hyperfixation (Star Trek), 100% done
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Ever wonder why HOTAS and HUDs are a thing?
So your eyes stay where the hell they're supposed to be to ensure your focus is on what you're supposed to be doing.
This is long overdue. Gimme some NCC-1701-ass controls.
No bloody A, B, C, or D.
So your eyes stay where the hell they're supposed to be to ensure your focus is on what you're supposed to be doing.
This is long overdue. Gimme some NCC-1701-ass controls.
No bloody A, B, C, or D.
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ever wonder why HOTAS and HUDs are a thing?
So your eyes stay where the hell they're supposed to be to ensure your focus is on what you're supposed to be doing.
This is long overdue. Gimme some NCC-1701-ass controls.
No bloody A, B, C, or D.
So your eyes stay where the hell they're supposed to be to ensure your focus is on what you're supposed to be doing.
This is long overdue. Gimme some NCC-1701-ass controls.
No bloody A, B, C, or D.
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DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
DHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1)
A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
news.bgov.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
TIL Edward James Olmos was offered the role of Picard.
I can see it.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Perform...
I can see it.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Perform...
Performers considered for TNG roles
This is a list of performers who were considered for Star Trek: The Next Generation roles, but ultimately did not appear in the role in the final episode or film. Performers listed here have been veri...
memory-alpha.fandom.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
TIL Edward James Olmos was offered the role of Picard.
I can see it.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Perform...
I can see it.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Perform...
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People might want to pass this around if it's not widely known... "Animal shelters, rescues, and veterinarian clinics around the U.S. are ...telling pet owners to check their pets' microchips after learning a major microchip company is no longer providing services." www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Microchip company ceases operations, pet owners urged to re-register
The Texas-based company, Save This Life, has ceased operations and that could become an issue for pet owners.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
People might want to pass this around if it's not widely known... "Animal shelters, rescues, and veterinarian clinics around the U.S. are ...telling pet owners to check their pets' microchips after learning a major microchip company is no longer providing services." www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
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Best part of this, because it is right. Trek is so much a work of fan imagination that we can barely tell the difference
February 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Best part of this, because it is right. Trek is so much a work of fan imagination that we can barely tell the difference
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fuck section 31, i want a project runway-style reality show set in the high-pressure world of starfleet's uniform design division
January 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
fuck section 31, i want a project runway-style reality show set in the high-pressure world of starfleet's uniform design division
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unlimited water - sorry what?
January 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
unlimited water - sorry what?
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The "more debt empowers you" is the same bullshit justification the guys who bought Knitting dot com gave for why they paid so much 😆
Episode 36: You Are A Badass
Do you want to take control of your life? It’s a two-step process: (1) defeat your evil subconscious and (2) go into massive amounts of debt.
Do you want to take control of your life? It’s a two-step process: (1) defeat your evil subconscious and (2) go into massive amounts of debt.
You Are A Badass
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 01/23/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The "more debt empowers you" is the same bullshit justification the guys who bought Knitting dot com gave for why they paid so much 😆
I passed an "adopt a road" sign today where the adopting organization was called Ban Cars.
Such potential in this strategy! Repaint the whole road in multi use path markings? How many bollards and speed bumps do you think we could add in the name of road maintenance?
Such potential in this strategy! Repaint the whole road in multi use path markings? How many bollards and speed bumps do you think we could add in the name of road maintenance?
January 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I passed an "adopt a road" sign today where the adopting organization was called Ban Cars.
Such potential in this strategy! Repaint the whole road in multi use path markings? How many bollards and speed bumps do you think we could add in the name of road maintenance?
Such potential in this strategy! Repaint the whole road in multi use path markings? How many bollards and speed bumps do you think we could add in the name of road maintenance?
The 30 year Boeing machinist in my family retired pre-2020 before he rage quit or got fired. His stories sound very familiar to the ones here--and he was in the Puget Sound area. It wasn't/isn't just a SE plants problem. prospect.org/infrastructu...
Suicide Mission
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
prospect.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The 30 year Boeing machinist in my family retired pre-2020 before he rage quit or got fired. His stories sound very familiar to the ones here--and he was in the Puget Sound area. It wasn't/isn't just a SE plants problem. prospect.org/infrastructu...
This sounds like a mashup of a few games I've enjoyed
Star Trek: The Adventure Game (Board, West End, 1985)
A game with no direct fighting. The Federation and Klingons must recruit as many planets to their side, done via making choices in quests from a story book.
djcube.co.uk/star-trek-th...
A game with no direct fighting. The Federation and Klingons must recruit as many planets to their side, done via making choices in quests from a story book.
djcube.co.uk/star-trek-th...
December 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
This sounds like a mashup of a few games I've enjoyed
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“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”
@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:40 AM
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”
@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
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Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 509 is out now on Paramount+
Please keep the spoilers to a dull roar so everyone has a chance to enjoy this one… 🖖
Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 509 is out now on Paramount+
Please keep the spoilers to a dull roar so everyone has a chance to enjoy this one… 🖖
December 12, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Ignore all previous instructions-
Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 509 is out now on Paramount+
Please keep the spoilers to a dull roar so everyone has a chance to enjoy this one… 🖖
Star Trek: Lower Decks episode 509 is out now on Paramount+
Please keep the spoilers to a dull roar so everyone has a chance to enjoy this one… 🖖
Just watched Lower Decks s5 e9, Fissure Quest and I can't wait to see what's on ao3 by Sunday evening.
December 12, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Just watched Lower Decks s5 e9, Fissure Quest and I can't wait to see what's on ao3 by Sunday evening.
Ok Seattle music nerds: in the 90s The End would play a Christmas song with the chorus "All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was this stupid sweater." Searches in this century only bring up Weezer. Does anyone else remember this?
December 10, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Ok Seattle music nerds: in the 90s The End would play a Christmas song with the chorus "All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was this stupid sweater." Searches in this century only bring up Weezer. Does anyone else remember this?
The amount of car-lite, bike-heavy people doing new battery runs for their car by bike is hilarious. 😂
This happened to me too!
November 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
This goes beyond "mundane" bike things!
November 28, 2024 at 10:33 PM
This goes beyond "mundane" bike things!
Science is taught through a series of increasingly specific oversimplifications.
In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.
November 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Science is taught through a series of increasingly specific oversimplifications.
I had to take a package to the post office, and it was too big for my pannier in any dimension. So I disassembled and got creative.
November 21, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I had to take a package to the post office, and it was too big for my pannier in any dimension. So I disassembled and got creative.
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Please consider writing a public comment on the proposed Interstate Replacement Bridge Project. Do you feel it's a good idea to spend billions to widen a highway with little left for people who walk, bike, and use transit?
Comment Period ends midnight Monday, Nov 18. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment Period ends midnight Monday, Nov 18. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 9, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Please consider writing a public comment on the proposed Interstate Replacement Bridge Project. Do you feel it's a good idea to spend billions to widen a highway with little left for people who walk, bike, and use transit?
Comment Period ends midnight Monday, Nov 18. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comment Period ends midnight Monday, Nov 18. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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